Just when Trump might be looking for a diversion.
Julian Lewis gave Boris Johnson a headache this week – he could do the same to intelligence chiefs with an early investigation into the pandemic.
He’s failed on COVID-19 and the economy is tanking. Could a military adventure in Afghanistan, Iran or North Korea be coming soon?
We can assume that incompetence will continue and that the economy will trump health – unless we all keep the pressure up.
British incompetence is in stark contrast to a coordinated high-tech response on the other side of the world.
There is a worrying lack of transparency over the involvement of the military-industrial complex in schools.
The British prime minister wants to be a Churchill but is looking more like George W. Bush.
The pandemic is going badly for Donald Trump, and it has left US aircraft carriers useless. Long-range bombers are still flying proudly, though.
Pointing out the many government disasters isn’t just an exercise in hindsight – it’s essential for saving lives.
The world spends almost $2 trillion a year on military forces, but they can’t fight the virus causing the biggest crisis since 1945.
US intelligence warned of the new disease last November. The British government failed to follow its own advice. The hindsight defence won’t do.
The richest 1000 people in the UK could easily pay off the cost of coping with the pandemic – but they will fight hard not to.
