60. Scylla and Charybdis, and the games of deceit of today’s politics
I’ve
already posted on coronavirus dominating the news above all else and the public
boredom and informative exhaustion this generates. This also has another side
effect. Governments can pass controversial legislation which, in this context,
goes through unnoticed. This is the wet dream of the dishonest politician. In
the UK, Johnson’s cabinet is taking full advantage, announcing in the last few
days a relaxation of food standards and, mark this, an ultimately failed attempt
to charge additional tax to foreign health workers for accessing NHS services. The
latter beggars belief. I wonder how they thought they would get away with
something so crassly unjust. The fact they even tried tells us all we need to
know about this cabinet. As a more general, global point, citizens and
oppositions must remain vigilant despite coronavirus distractions. Maybe more
than ever. These are politically tricky times which must be navigated with the
same care Odysseus’ mariners took on the Messina Straits
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