It seems that the vibe from our Wonderful Government (TM) is that they are in fact massaging the death toll. Think about that. What more proof do you need that these bastards simply don't care about people?
By not including domestic/care home deaths (which I think the ONS is saying are an extra 15% - it's not going to be relatively enormous, though of course no less tragihorribad) the government gets to say "hey we did good!" when begging for a vote. That may come sooner rather than later, though electoral miracles are not worth the mana they are written with.
Twitter seems to think that showing Piers Morgan sticking it to (insert minister who draw the short straw for the day) is meaningful. Let's be clear: it isn't. Morgan is a self aggrandising eogmaniac who thinks virtue signalling, misrepresentation, and fallacy are a substitute for insightful questions. He doesn't help his case by never letting the interlocutor speak, even if they are a Tory liar. Piers doesn't care about the NHS except as a political football, "whatabouttheNHS?"
It's just two arseholes smashed together on screen. It's called churnalism. Anger journalism. Televised finger jabbing. It's shrill and pointless even though it's amusing to see wankers from WonderGov (TM) get vrebally dissected. It's polarising, because people will foolishly believe Piers is a working class advocate. He isn't. Tory boys will just whine that he's being 'unfair'.
Make no mistake when this 'ends' (by which I mean dies down enough to find a brief distraction, like Brexitapocalypse), they will be pushing Hancock for a peerage. Hail the conquering hero. The man who blames the NHS but doesn't provide resources.
In an act that may upset the more tactful of my readership :D, I'm going to start linking to this . Class War are not people I'm 100% behind. I think they do some stupid stuff, but you can't argue with this. A daily sheet they are putting out...daily...during this crisis. If nothing else it'll put a smile on your mush. Or you'll think it full of sweary old nonsense. In which case I'll have a smile on mine! :P
There's a petition calling for a public inquiry into this catastrophe. It's probably not the only one! Labour's losership will decry acting now, favouring procrastination, as will WonderGov (TM) apologists (ie murderers). Watch them whine, "now isn't the time" (will it ever be?), we have to push for this.
Don't get me wrong, change can only come from justifiable anger, which can only come with legitimacy from the working class whenever possible. Don't misunderstand me: these petitions are rarely effective. Sadly. But it's symbolic and doesn't ask much beyond a few clicks (and the dissemination of your personal details to yet another website!). It's no replacement for real activism and direct action, which, in time, will come - hopefully. Unfortuantely, right now for safety reasons to each other, that's not really an option. Just consider this, serving notice on the Tory bastards.
The real power, though, lies with us.
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