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wait, so not only did johnson say he'd "done everything he could do minimise loss of life," but people are defending him as well?
right, look, yes, sometimes it's unfair to hold someone accountable for something they *could not* have predicted or stopped, just because they had their hands on the steering wheel at the time
and yes, sometimes it's unfair to hold someone accountable when it was a team effort
and yes, sometimes it's unfair to hold someone accountable when it was a team effort
but let's look at the fucking facts, yeah?
- many, many people have been warning about pandemics for *decades*
- many, many people were warning about SARS-CoV-2 since late 2019
- many, many people, including the government's own advisors, were pushing for strong early action
- many, many people have been warning about pandemics for *decades*
- many, many people were warning about SARS-CoV-2 since late 2019
- many, many people, including the government's own advisors, were pushing for strong early action
- johnson has actively resisted doing anything for weeks or months at *every single stage* of this fucking thing
- johnson keeps. fucking. promising. things. he. cannot. and. should. not. deliver. EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.
- johnson has had to be pressured or shamed into every step
- johnson keeps. fucking. promising. things. he. cannot. and. should. not. deliver. EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.
- johnson has had to be pressured or shamed into every step
- when he has finally fucking pulled his finger out of his rectum and done the things every fucking bastard was shouting at him to do he has always, always halfarsed it
- when he halfarses every fucking thing he always, always pushes to reverse it as quickly as he fucking can
- when he halfarses every fucking thing he always, always pushes to reverse it as quickly as he fucking can
not once. not twice. not a regrettable trend for the first few months before he finally got his act together, pushed up his sleeves and started doing his fucking job, bit EVERY. GODDAMN. FUCKING. TIME
I mean Jesus, it's only been THREE FUCKING WEEKS since he had to be forced to shut the schools by the extraordinary measure of 90% of the teachers in the country writing to their bosses to refuse to come in.
the people of Britain are having to physically drag their government into not casually murdering them en masse by the sheer weight of public disdain - not helped in the least by paid shills whingeing about fucking pubs in every daily paper - and it has been fucking *exhausting*
by comparison, countries all over the world have weathered infection numbers and death tolls a tiny, tiny fraction of ours by just doing the fucking things our fucking advisers were telling our fucking prime minister to fucking do a fucking year ago
shit, some of them are opening back up, going out to gigs, watching sports, hugging their loved ones
we literally have the worst fucking death rate in the world. not worst in Europe, not worst among G-8 or G-20 nations; worst. bottom of the list.
we literally have the worst fucking death rate in the world. not worst in Europe, not worst among G-8 or G-20 nations; worst. bottom of the list.
do you remember at the beginning of all this when the virus exploded in Iran because the government all refused to believe it, and that one cabinet member was actually trying to get infected to prove how manly he was?
our death rate is higher than theirs
our death rate is higher than theirs
remember northern italy? the tearful thread from that one doctor about how bad it was?
our death rate has fucking *thrashed* theirs.
remember bolsonaro literally telling the people of brazil that they were just going to have to fucking die and like it?
well, we've beat them!
our death rate has fucking *thrashed* theirs.
remember bolsonaro literally telling the people of brazil that they were just going to have to fucking die and like it?
well, we've beat them!
remember DONALD JOHN FUCKING TRUMP? remember him trying to convince people this thing could be beaten by shining sunlamps into your lungs somehow and injecting bleach?
yup, we overtook the states a few fucking weeks ago
yup, we overtook the states a few fucking weeks ago
here's the thing. being responsible for this - gauging threats, guiding strategy, and ultimately being accountable for the decisions our government make - is LITERALLY HIS FUCKING JOB. the dream job, the one he spent years scheming and backbiting for
and johnson has done, by any and every fair standard, including and most especially by hard, cold, ugly numbers -- 100,000 of them, to be precise -- a worse job than every single other wanker in the WORLD in the same shoes as him
so yes, i can and fucking will blame him for this. i'll blame every other arsehole in his cabinet with him, of that you can be sure, but i am absolutely blaming Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson for this, and will every day for the rest of my life
Jesus H Fortescue Fucking Christ, you people.
