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Dominic Cummings & the Decline of Democracy

Did you offer to resign? I did not. Did you consider resigning? I never considered it. Under enormous pressure from the public, the media and politicians, Dominic Cummings did not consider resigning. The most powerful and influential man in the country is unelected. I would argue that that alone is evidence of a decline in democracy, or even its death. How did he get to this position? Through illegal tactics. This is not hyperbole or speculation. He masterminded the Leave campaign and broke the law when he did so. He has faced no consequences to this; he has, in fact, so far been rewarded. We cannot know whether Leave would have won otherwise, and this is the cruel beauty of this tactic. To suggest the outcome should be revoked is itself seen as a threat to democracy. The damage is done. Politicians who are against leaving, but who believe in the power of democracy, who first said that the outcome should be adhered to, and then changed their minds when the campaign was re...
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On passive murder

The government are now trolling us and trampling on our emotions, that much is clear. But they are *responsible* for the fact we now have the highest death toll. They knew it would happen. How much more literal does it need to be for people to really and truly tune into the severity of this issue? If they gathered together tens of thousands of elderly people, NHS workers, TFL staff, people with underlying health conditions and some healthy adults and children for good measure, and gunned them down, and we could see photos of the bodies, would we be asking them about eye tests? There are some things that aren't memeworthy. The death toll is one of them. That this government could knowingly allow this to happen is almost impossible to comprehend: it would be an act of sheer evil. That those people have control of this country is a terrifying, terrifying thought. But this isn't a crazy hypothesis. The evidence points to it being the case. All along, they said they w...

Do Not Download That App

Here's why you should at the very least think extremely carefully before you download the UK's test/track/trace app. Track would be the key word here. The above is a screenshot from an article from Privacy International: Coronavirus Tracking UK: What we know so far. Do not let them manipulate you by telling you it will save lives. This is not to say it was not right to stay inside and follow the rules so far; I commend all those who made immense personal sacrifices to do so. But it should be clear by now that they are masters of emotional manipulation. They do not have the right to emotionally blackmail you into sharing your personal data. If they had shown themselves to be trustworthy, perhaps you would be right to consider sharing your data even if they continued to give reason as to why they are collecting so much. But they have not. And they are refusing. If you are still thinking about sharing personal data with the government - forever - because you feel...

This is where we're at right now

A page to help you keep abreast of the news and what the politicians are saying. You're welcome.  It's also important that not a single lie gets lost among the others. ~ 28 May 2020 'Matt Hancock slammed for hysterically laughing at concerns about the 'rushed' track and trace launch.' I would prefer this headline in Indy100 simply to read 'Matt Hancock laughs hysterically at concerns about the 'rushed' track and trace launch' because it sounds even more ridiculous, but fine. This screenshot also sums it up quite well. This is the health minister when 50,000+ people have died. Do not lose sight of that number. If you have to imagine the bodies then do so. They knew this would happen. They were told. And they let it happen.

Conspiracy Theory or Reasonable Hypothesis: You Decide.

Article in the Northern Echo Is the suggestion that the above may be connected a) a reasonable hypothesis or b) a conspiracy theory? [500 words] Your answer may include a discussion of and be informed by the previous conduct of i) Dominic Cummings and ii) GlaxoSmithKline . https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/18400944.glaxosmithkline-barnard-castle-enter-vaccine-collaboration-fight-covid-19/

Further reading

What does Dominic Cummings want and what did he get into the Tory Manifesto? What does Dominic Cummings want is a question I have been asking myself a lot since Friday; the best answer I have so far is that he is a sociopath who gets a kick out of controlling people and achieving whatever aim he sets his mind to, so I was interested to read this Medium piece by Nicolas Holzapfel. The Humbling of Dominic Cummings I agree with much in this article. It is extremely well written and also key reading for anyone who wants to understand my concerns regarding democracy. However I do not agree with the headline. Why not? Cummings -as he does so well- has skilfully tapped into and manipulated the public mood. At first almost nobody was backing him. But #BackDom was a recent Twitter trend. A man called in to BBC 5 Live after Cummings' speech saying - paraphrased from memory - 'The more I hear from Dominic Cummings the more I like him'. The man's granddaughter was recover...

Partisanship, the Press, and the Police

The below was published last night on the Telegraph's website, after the BBC released a statement on Emily Maitlis' introduction to Newsnight on the 28th May. It's somewhat hard to keep up, but #EmilyMaitlis was trending on Twitter last night even before it was announced that she would not be presenting Newsnight that night. Then the news was that she had been replaced following her introduction and the statement from the BBC on 'due impartiality'. Obviously this caused an even wider furore. ~ Newsnight's anti-Cummings rant exposes the BBC's true partisan colours Madeline Grant  27 May 2020 • 5:40pm Last night’s episode began with a monologue that stood out, even in these partisan times, as brazen propaganda. From the first sentence, it displayed a level of editorialising that should astonish even viewers who agreed with every word. At times, I couldn’t believe I was watching British TV at all. The BBC has since acknowledged that the introduction “d...