Boris Johnson: Grandstanding On The Carcass Of Brexit
Another week, another crisis. A human tragedy requires a humane response, and this is something the British government, and embarrassingly, millions of British people are completely incapable of. This week we’ve had Boris Johnson, waffling on about Peppa Pig, trying his utmost to distract us from the devastating Health and Social Care Bill, his dementia tax for the working classes, and the permanent stench of Tory corruption. Then the heartbreaking news came from Calais. 27 people, humans, including 3 children and 7 women - one of whom was pregnant - drowned in the English Channel, attempting to make the dangerous journey from the North coast of France to Southern England. Do you remember the gut-wrenching image of the body of 3 year old Alan Kurdi, washed up on a beach in Turkey? That was 6 years ago. Didn’t the international community collectively say “never again” and how “lessons will be learned”? Britain has seen 3 Conservative Prime Ministers in this time, and we *still* fin