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Does Any Sane person Still Think That Britain’s a Democracy? Please Think Again
The events of the last few days confirm the very worst about Britain under the Conservatives.
This was the week that was in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The indiscretions of Britain’s prime minister fully came to light in the past seven days, in a way that it has never done before. It was revealed that Number 10 downing street had a party on the 20th of May 2020, at a time when the country was completely locked down and the police went round fining those who dared to act otherwise.
As expected, the uproar was deafening and Britain’s leader was forced to own up to his error of judgement and gave what many saw as faux apology — one which politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have mastered quite well.
No sooner had the dust begun to clear than another new revelation came into public knowledge: It emerged that downing street had an overnight party on the eve of the burial of Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, something which reeks of…