The first duty of a government is to protect its people.

As the death toll from Covid-19 in Great Britain climbs towards being the second highest in the world, it is clear that the present British government has failed catastrophically in their duty of care. They are killing us through their incompetence.

The reason is simple and straightforward. Never before has a British government been elected on a single issue platform. Whether you are pro- or anti-Brexit, this government was elected on a mandate to deliver Brexit. The Prime Minister therefore chose a cabinet of ministers whose primary aim was to achieve separation from the European Union.

Unfortunately any other abilities they could have possessed, such as competence, imagination or foresight were ignored. The NHS was seen as a campaign opportunity, a political football, not as a living entity requiring actual funding.

We are in the situation where we are being led by people who simply do not know what they are doing. They are out of their depth, promoted beyond their capabilities because they subscribed to a shared but irrelevant ideology.

The only trait our leaders share with the Chinese and Japanese is a fear of losing face. They are not brave enough to admit they need help, and will refuse to seek it. I am not hopeful for our future under this regime.

“Officialdom can never cope with something really catastrophic: what they are short of is imagination.” — Albert Camus, The Plague

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