The dictionary defines a delinquent as someone who “is failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation”. The conduct of your MP in 2021 almost certainly fits that bill. Why? Because on just about every single important domestic issue, be it Covid, the NHS, energy, inflation or education your MP has done the square root of nothing in holding the Government to account. There are always a few honourable exceptions such as Messrs Swayne and Brady who, despite sounding like an upmarket Savile Row tailoring outfit, have repeatedly asked the government questions they would rather not answer. Indeed my own MP, Tom Tugendhat, does fine work on Foreign Affairs such as rooting out the latest Foreign Office incompetence on the Kabul evacuation but sadly has nothing much to say on the home front.
Do you think I am being unfair to our elected representatives? I’ll leave you to judge on the following:
Omicron comes to Covid town. Yes masks are back, travel bans and hotel quarantining are back and 2-day mandatory testing for UK arrivals. If our MPs could be bothered to stir themselves they would tell us there is no evidence that the masks we are ordered to wear make a difference; that unless every single country in the world bans travel from Southern Africa, Omicron is here to stay and they would be asking why, when there is no evidence that Omicron is a killer, has Boris pressed the panic button? Instead what do the sheep do? They vote 434 to 23 in favour of these puerile measures.
Booster roll out shenanigans. Anyone who has gone through the booster process will tell you that, compared to the jabs one and two rollouts, it is a shambles. Tuesday’s Telegraph headline is “Booster rollout at a standstill” and now the government is so desperate it is bribing our increasingly lazy and wealthy GPs with £30 every time they pop a needle into you. Our MPs know perfectly well why there is booster chaos and it is because the Civil Service “blob” is back in charge now that Kate Bingham has departed the scene. Is your MP demanding answers from the government on this? At a time when Sajid Javid is urging everyone to get their booster is Starmer’s opposition headlining the absurdity of the situation? Of course not.
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See Also:
(1) How the West invited China to eat its lunch
(3) Team Theresa May plots revenge on Boris Johnson
(4) ‘Leave our Christmas alone!’ Nicola Sturgeon told to resign after latest restrictions
(5) Johnson faces vote of no confidence: Senior Tories wage war on PM ahead of critical week
