Omnishambolic Tories!

Having a Conservative government packed to the rafters with arrogance and contempt for ordinary people is par for the course, but you might expect something different when the government is in the middle of the most serious health and economic crisis in over a hundred years. You might, but you will be disappointed. Johnson and his team of incompetents cannot even give the appearance of being serious politicians making important decisions in unprecedented times. Within days, we have the Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, repeatedly telling us "that there is a limit to working from home",in interviews with the media given from, of course, his home (Star, 29/08/20)! Is it too much to expect that an important member of the Cabinet would have the sense to see that this message would engender more positive reaction if delivered from his office at Westminster? The same applies to the rest of the Cabinet. Hancock and Sunak in particular are keen to get workers back into what in many cases will be "unsafe workplaces", but fail to persuade even their own staff to return to their offices. The numbers of civil servants who are still working from home are very high, with only a relatively small proportion taking what they clearly believe to be a risky undertaking. Considerations like adequate childcare provision, safety and cleanliness on public transport and Covid-secure workplaces, all matters which should have been high on the government`s agenda for months, are ignored. Profits still come before everything else! Should we expect any better from this omnishambolic government when its absentee leader sees nothing wrong with taking weeks off during this major crisis, and on returning, makes no effort to look other than idiotic. Visiting a school at the end of the holidays might seem a sensible move for a prime minister keen on photo opportunities and keen to get his message across via a speech to pupils going out "live" on a media platform. Indeed, unless the prime minister is Johnson! He tried to show some seriousness by taking out notes before starting, but clearly, if he was a smoker, they would have been on a cigarette packet! He didn`t even know the ages of the pupils in front of him, so could not relate to their situation in the education system whatsoever. After total confusion, Johnson finally ascertained what was imperative he knew all along, that they were Year 11 students. So to add to the litany of buffoonery, he then proceeded to talk about their examination results, unaware obviously that it is at the end of year 11 in school that GCSE assessment takes place! He then , as was well reported, claimed that results had been distorted by a "mutant algorithm", which really needs no further comment, except perhaps, that its further proof that this has to be the simply the most embarrassing government in memory!