Protesters in Boris Johnson masks outside 10 Downing Street, London, January 13, 2022 (Amir Ghazzal/Shutterstock)
I joined political analyst Ali Miraj and talkRADIO’s Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije to discuss the latest turmoil in UK politics, with more revelations of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s flouting of Coronavirus regulations as Britons went through the deadliest pandemic in Europe.
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We analyze the significance of the notorious parties in 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office, with a “culture of impunity” throughout Johnson’s Government; the Prime Minister’s deceptions throughout the crisis; and the possibility that he might be pushed out by the Conservative Party in the near-future.
Beyond Coronavirus, this impunity starts with a Prime Minister who — from the time he was a teenager — said he would be World King.
World Kings believe they do not have to accept the restrictions that we do….
As the Conservative MP Leo Amery said to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at a low point in 1940 for the UK, “You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you.”
[Editor’s Note: As usual from Varharan, this is — from disinformation or from ignorance — a serious misrepresentation of the latest situation. This is from the report:
“One dose of vaccine was associated with a43% reduced risk of hospitalisation among symptomatic cases with the Omicron variant, 2doses with a 55% reduction up to 24 weeks after the 2nd dose and a 40% reduced risk 25 or more weeks after the 2nd dose, and a 3rd dose was associated with a 74% reduced risk of hospitalisation in the first 2-4 weeks after vaccination dropping slightly to a 66% reduction by 10+ weeks after the booster dose.
When combined with vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease, this was equivalent to vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation of 58% after 1 dose, 64% 2-24 weeks after dose 2, 44% 25+ weeks after dose 2, and 92% dropping to 83% 10+ weeks after a booster dose. Combining the dose 3 periods, overall vaccine effectiveness 2+ weeks after the booster was 89%.”]
UK data shows those who have received booster shots are still dying of Covid-19 in large numbers (Table 11): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1049160/Vaccine-surveillance-report-week-3-2022.pdf