As many as died in the wars Bush and Blair started? How many people got tortured in cages under their anti-terror laws? Obviously it’s horrible either way but I feel there’s a certain hypocrisy when it comes to Trump, because he outwardly appears to be an unreasonable person (which I totally acknowledge he is) rather than pretending to be a reasonable one.
Well yeah, he’s the President of the United States. How many murderous dictators have US Presidents been instrumental in installing in power and supporting over the years in the name of their own national security? Quite a few. I don’t really see much of a difference between locking up and killing people in the US and supporting foreign regimes that do the same. Trump is an awful person, but I wouldn’t say he’s really an outlier in that respect.
I can see the argument, but I fundamentally disagree that this is a good thing. What’s the good of that if it’s all a lie? What’s the positive side of people believing their leaders are good people and supporting them if they aren’t? Yeah, perhaps the people's belief in their leaders and institutions keeps society civil, but it doesn't stop the suffering of the people those leaders and their laws and policies persecute, whether that's their own citizens, immigrants or people half a world away they bomb into oblivion, or help other governments to kill because it's good business. If people believe in their leaders while those leaders do these things, it does nothing to stop them. At least when you can see them for what they are you can oppose them. If the price of the people knowing the truth is civil unrest, that's probably what should be happening as far as I'm concerned.
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The more I think about this, the more I come to the conclusion that the truth no longer matters, just who can tell the most outrageous and most convincing lies. I realise now that the mistake was to reply to the accusation "Jeremy Corbyn is an antisemitic terrorist sympathiser" with factual arguments for why he isn't. When what we SHOULD have been saying is "Here's a picture of Peter Mandelson with Jeffrey Epstein, his and Tony Blair's contact details were in his little black book, supporting New Labour is supporting paedo sex trafficking". At least next time we'll know.
| Day of Lockdown (Date) | Cases (% difference) | Deaths (% difference) | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days 01-19 (23/3-10/4) | 73,758 | 10,760 | 256,605 |
| Day 20 - 11/4 | 5,234 (7.1%) | 917 (7.8%) | 12,993 |
| Day 21 - 12/4 | 5,288 (6.7%) | 737 (5.9%) | 12,776 |
| Day 22 - 13/4 | 4,342 (5.2%) | 717 (6.1%) | 10,745 |
| Day 23 - 14/4 | 5,252 (5.9%) | 778 (8.0%) | 11,879 |
| Day 24 - 15/4 | 4,605 (4.9%) | 761 (6.0%) | 11,170 |
| Day 25 - 16/4 | 4,618 (4.7%) | 861 (6.9%) | 13,839 |
| Day 26 - 17/4 | 5,599 (5.4%) | 847 (5.9%) | 13,943 |
| Day 27 - 18/4 | 5,526 (5.1%) | 888 (6.6%) | 15,472 |
| Day 28 - 19/4 | 5,850 (5.1%) | 596 (2.8%) | 15,944 |
| Day 29 - 20/4 | 4,676 (3.9%) | 449 (3.0%) | 14,106 |
| Day 30 - 21/4 | 4,301 (3.4%) | 823 (6.2%) | 11,626 |
| Day 31 - 22/4 | 4,451 (3.4%) | 759 (4.1%) | 13,522 |
| Day 32 - 23/4 | 4,583 (3.4%) | 616 (3.5%) | 14,629 |
| Day 33 - 24/4 | 5,386 (3.9%) | 684 (4.6%) | 18,401 |
| Day 34 - 25/4 | 4,913 (3.4%) | 813 (3.7%) | 23,115 |
| Day 35 - 26/4 | 4,463 (3.0%) | 413 (1.8%) | 25,577 |
| Day 36 - 27/4 | 4,310 (2.8%) | 360 (1.4%) | 26,355 |
| Day 37 - 28/4 | 3,996 (2.5%) | 586 (3.7%) | 29,571 |
| Day 38 - 29/4 | 4,076 (2.5%) | 765 (3.1%) [All] | 33,455 |
| Day 39 - 30/4 | 6,032 (3.7%) | 674 (2.6%) | 54,575 |
| Day 40 - 1/5 | 6,201 (3.6%) | 739 (2.8%) | 73,191 |
| Day 41 - 2/5 | 4,806 (2.7%) | 621 (2.3%) | 63,667 |
| Day 42 - 3/5 | 4,339 (2.4%) | 315 (1.1%) | 56,397 |
| Day 43 - 4/5 | 3,985 (2.1%) | 288 (1.0%) | 62,956 |
| Day 44 - 5/5 | 4,406 (2.3%) | 693 (2.4%) | 69,839 |
| Day 45 - 6/5 | 6,111 (3.1%) | 649 (2.2%) | 57,006 |
| Day 46 - 7/5 | 5,614 (2.8%) | 539 (1.8%) | 65,092 |
| Day 47 - 8/5 | 4,649 (2.2%) | 626 (2.0%) | 67,443 |
| Day 48 - 9/5 | 3,896 (1.8%) | 346 (1.1%) | 63,339 |
| Day 49 - 10/5 | 3,923 (1.8%) | 269 (0.8%) | 64,362 |
