What a tagline for an article! I can already imagine the number of people jumping to read this article. But to be perfectly honest, this will be the last post on “current affairs”. I have tried to keep up with current affairs, periodically, but I just cannot find the time any more. Each week, day, hour there is more terrifying news about this government’s shambolic affairs and I cannot keep up. If you can, or want to, I suggest you pick up the Daily Mail like everyone else seems to be doing and imagine that you are an “informed” member of society.
But, unlike the mainstream media, I write for myself. I have said it a few times but the mainstream media is not a charity, it is a business run by businessmen such as Rupert Murdoch and their sole purpose is to steer the political agenda in alignment with their own self-interest. If you don’t like the news, stop watching it. If you don’t like a newspaper, stop buying it.
It’s comparable with the new, never-ending Marvel films. I often hear a lot of friends and colleagues complain that Marvel will not stop making new films and that they are ruining their own legacy. But why would they stop making movies? People keep watching them and, rather more importantly, the money keeps rolling in. It is not in their interest to stop making movies. They will only stop when the cost-benefit analysis shows them that making more and more of these rubbish films will be a waste of their money. So, stop watching them. They will go away if you stop watching them.
And whilst this is true of the mainstream media, this is not true of current affairs. You CAN stop reading The Daily Mail or The Guardian and still be informed … this blog, for example. But alas, my digression has ceased. The main point of that rant was that things do not change in current affairs.
The “new” “news” you are reading today, is the same as yesterday and was the same as last year and the same as the decade preceding that. Dominic Raab is a bully. Not too long ago I wrote a piece on the reprehensible Gavin Williamson, the sad little bully who was finally forced to hand in his resignation. Where is he now? Honestly, who cares.
But, in the same article, I noted that even with an in-depth enquiry into Gavin’s behaviour, the systemic bullying within Westminster change. I was right, of course, but I didn’t think I would be proved so right so quickly.
It genuinely feels like Groundhog Day. Repeating the same events over and over, whilst the media will have you being angry at Qatar, or angry at the Chinese government, or disappointed with the US electoral system. Yes, you should be angry about all those things. Yes, they are despicable. But I’m failing to see where the massive amounts of coverage on the Iranian revolution is. This revolution, which I will cover soon, is a momentous event and is massively important. It was highlighted in England’s first World Cup game against Iran, where the team refused to sing their own national anthem. It was a huge moment of protest and, whilst England were too afraid of wearing an armband and getting a yellow card, these men and women openly embarrassed and ignored their own political system.
And good for them. England’s stance was embarrassing. More to follow.
But, as big as this event is, people have been steered away from Raab’s bullying saga. On Monday, the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came out in defence of Dominic Raab, after the deputy prime minister was accused of rude and demeaning behaviour towards civil servants. The PM said he did not “recognise that characterisation” of his deputy and denied knowing about any formal complaints against him.
Sunak is facing further questions over his judgment as allegations of bullying emerged from Raab’s previous stint as justice secretary – with staff reportedly offered a “route out” of his department when he was reinstated in October.
But Rishi, my dear, isn’t that the exact same line you gave about Gavin Williamson? “I didn’t know”. “That doesn’t sound right”. “No one told me”. It’s your job to know. It’s your job to protect and help people and you have failed twice already. It is an absolute joke and represents the very worst of this Tory government.
Whilst this article has been a boring ramble about the mainstream media, I refuse to write any further on the sagas of this ridiculous government. If, for some reason, you still decide to vote for Rishi at the next election I don’t even want to try and understand your justifications. I don’t want to hear from people who have, time and again, defended bullies, liars, criminals, and cheats. It. Is. Boring.
A picture of evil incompetence.
Raab, much like Williamson before him, is a bully. People don’t just make bullying claims at work. It takes immense bravery to put your entire career on the line over such incidents and the fact that they are not even taken seriously is utterly shattering. Rishi didn’t know? Fine. He doesn’t really seem to know anything about anything anymore. If something good happens, it was down to him. And when countless bad things happen, he’s ignorant or he blames someone else. But after 12-14 years he has no one else to blame? Just call an election Rishi, please, and then I may write about you again. But for now, these stories are repetitive, depressing, and tiresome.
Current affairs are only “current” in the UK because there are new names. But, until there is a new government, or some genuine internal change, it is not worth my time (or yours I suspect) to continue on reading and trying to understand this government.
They are beyond my comprehension. They are beyond yours.
Ignorantly Ignorant 