Surely this must include the security of the planet as well as the people who live on it, whether in our country or elsewhere? The Tories told us that they were going to “take back control of our borders” and so they posture behind the miserable spectre of their asylum policies, completely failing to deal with the situation in any effective way, whilst putting the blame for failure on anyone but themselves. The government’s first responsibility is to look after the security of its people. The commitment made, in the post war period, to the establishment of the welfare state which transformed public services and significantly levelled up provision of health care, education and universal benefits, began to be scaled back and the collective public good, began to bump up against the idea of individual advancement and the proposition that there is no such thing as society. It became evident during the Thatcher years that a different ideology was influencing policy.
The media rush round to get the latest scandal onto the front pages, whether it’s the tragic, but totally preventable, death of a little boy in a flat, unfit for human habitation, a Tory peer in a scandal about PPE contracts or how many portions of animal genitalia Matt Hancock can swallow it all results in obscuring the searchlight which should be shone on this government’s abdication of their responsibilities. The reality of this government’s agenda is shrouded by a deliberately intricate and impenetrable web of smoke and mirrors created by mini crises or by one minister after another taking his or her turn in the stocks.
There seem to be so many different realities depending on your circumstances and the amount of power and influence you have. Will somebody give me directions to the real world?
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