simonnormalbloke.bsky.social

21 October 2026 22:06

should amount to criminal offences, along the lines of criminal negligence, misconduct in a public office or other similar. It is the very least - the very least - that the country could do for those who lost dear relatives or suffered at their hands. 4/4

simonnormalbloke.bsky.social

21 October 2026 22:06

relied upon to do his bidding. Hancock was one such. Repeatedly they said that they were ‘following the science’ and repeatedly they lied, marginalising the experts, as Gove had always instructed. So the tale of incompetence, refusal to take advice where needed and the resulting blunders 3/4

simonnormalbloke.bsky.social

21 October 2026 22:06

the job. In fact, he was incapable of doing the job. But he blundered on anyway like the chancer he is. He had previously purged all the remaining competent Tory politicians, who were likely to baulk at excesses, and appointed a cabinet of lightweight inexperienced charlatans who could be 2/4