We didn't mean for that to happen! The populist press has spent 3 months berating Britains for being timid. They have opposed the lockdown on spurious grounds, claiming to care about the economy (they don't, if they did they'd oppose capitalism, they don't). Now the Mail has a front page shot of a packed seafront that could be Anytown, Allcoastland. Accompanying it is the comment
Reap the whirlwind fellas, but it's not you, the rich press barons and their ruling class tax dodging owners, that will pay the price.
No one wants to be the Sheriff Brody on the beach, telling everyone to get the hell out of the water. SHARK! But what has changed between then and now? The virus went through the community until we locked down. Now things are relatively calmer (though not compared to the rest of Europe who are light years beyond our shambolic oafish response) what has changed? The shark is still out there! The great white on the beach slapping themselves with covid and sun cream. Or maybe not. It's entirely possible, maybe unlikely but still, that none of these people ramming the beaches like D-Day at Butlins are infected. The problem is, we simply don't know.
As I write, in the sweltering heat sloppy keys under melting fingers, a major incident has been delcared on the south coast because of this. The Covid Coast! Like I say, they could well be clean of infection. Let's hope so. But what credibility does the government have when it's own advisor broke the rules? There is nothing they can say at this point. They cashed that cheque and walked away.
Finally, as it's boiling hot and I'm exceptionally tired, Rebecca Long Bailey got sacked from her role in the shadow cabinet for a tweet supporting an article allegedly propagating antisemitic conspiracy theory. Specifically that Israel was training US cops in technique such as those used against George Floyd. RLB is actually fairly new to the party (compared to the likes of Corbyn), so she is an easy target. I think it might be a bit conspiratorial to argue that this was a masterstroke, but it could be read thus: give a Corbynista within the party a position in the Shadow Cabinet. Then, when they 'inevitably' tweet something we can paint as racist, drum her out saying "we gave them a chance and this is how they behave". Whether that is true or not I cannot know, but I am sure that is how it will be seen. The point being: this is leverage against the Corbyn/socialist contingent that will be used by the new, pro-capital, regime. Already, from the sidelines, the ugly sight of the Funny Tinge rejects: Joan Ryan and the milkman's favourite Gammon, Mike Gapes, along with the grotesque Margaret Hodge, have all applauded this. None of these people have clear consciences and are not covering themselves in glory here.
It is clear, against this backdrop of turmoil and crisis threatening to mutate, the Labour party is a hostile environment for people like her. Whether they will go after Jeremy himself or others that shared his platform and politics remains to be seen. Either way, there is no future in Labour. But that isn't really news. Is it!
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