Parliament's Bars Now Have To Observe Curfew. But Let's Not Pretend We're In This Together
Let’s be real, we are not in this together. The public has been driven dizzy by government U-turns during this pandemic, the latest that Parliament’s bars will now observe the 10pm curfew imposed on the rest of the hospitality industry, after an outpouring of public disapproval following reports they were exempt.
But of course, we are familiar with a U-turn by now. What’s another one at this stage of the game?
From face masks in schools to evictions, the exam results debacle that essentially doomed many school and college leavers, the so-called “world-beating” NHS contact tracing app that barely exists, free school meals over the summer, the NHS surcharge, remote voting, working from home – need I go on?
The casual way in which this government has eroded the trust of the British people shows just how little interest our politicians seem to have in how their decisions affect the rest of us.
The Parliament bar debacle confirms what many have always known – it’s one rule for us and another for them.
For me, one of the most demonstrative examples of this in the past months was when our elected Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended Dominic Cummings who had allegedly broken lockdown rules. Not only did he defend him, but Cummings was given a huge platform to defend himself. After all, it didn’t matter if he had broken the rules – he had power on his side.
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