Sorry I haven’t been active on the thread lately—I’ve had an incredibly busy time and even tried to take a bit of a “news-free” week for my own sanity. I’m just catching up now.
I’m so sorry to hear about what everyone went through during COVID. It was such a difficult time, and honestly, I think I’ve pushed a lot of it out of my mind—it feels like a different world now. I think we suffer from collective amnesia, similar to after the Spanish Flu. I do remember being in a meeting back in February 2020, before everything changed—thinking it wouldn’t be so bad, but hearing one of the doctors on the board say, “It’s coming, and it’s going to be bad.” It gave me chills.
I had a cancer scare at the beginning of the pandemic and remember going to London Bridge when it was completely empty—it was so surreal. My sister was a key worker and had to live separately from our elderly parents, which was really tough for her and them. My aunt also sadly passed away from COVID later on in the pandemic.
Johnson should be held accountable, his Prime Ministerial privileges removed and he should be charged with gross misconduct. But he wont be of course.
On a different note - Just catching up on the latest “shock news” that Farage is a racist. Who knew? Honestly, I’d heard all this before (I'd read Michael Crick’s book). I don’t think the article will have much impact—racists gonna racist. Hopefully, he’ll get some kickback from the Gill verdict. (I don’t know him guv!) What a traitorous piece of shit that guy is.
Here's some belated tax, Power to the Hamsters. ✊