Monday 30 March 2020

State of Emergency, Indeed

The United Kingdom's death toll from Covid-19 has risen by 201 to 1,429. There have been 159 deaths in England, 22 in Northern Ireland, 14 in Wales, and six in Scotland. That figure for Northern Ireland is enormous, and proportionally the Welsh and Scottish figures are also pretty striking. Why is nobody asking about this?

There are concerning features to our legislative response to this, but some context is provided by looking at Hungary's. Oh, well, Orbán and numerous other nasty elements, at various points on any political spectrum, are no longer legislating for us through the EU. But we are still committed to defending them, and to defending Erdoğan's Turkey as well. Bring on the second Brexit.

"One Nation, with an equal emphasis on the One and on the Nation, using Brexit as a double opportunity, both to reorganise the British economy under State direction, and to begin to develop a fully independent British foreign policy, including in relation to the United States, with military force used only ever in self-defence." Please give generously.

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