In a thin Queen’s Speech, the absence of answers to resolve the social care crisis was unforgivable.
The 1.5 million lives blighted by Boris Johnson, a man without a plan, are victims of repeated false promises from a Prime Minister cynically breaking pledges in Downing Street and at the General Election.
When these people can’t wait until later this year, next year or the year after that, the Government’s betrayal is contemptible and the time for excuses must end. Now.
Whether we fund social care through taxation or a levy on inheritances, we want to see the workable proposals. The worry inflicted on the elderly, frail and vulnerable, plus their families, is an ongoing scandal.
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We challenge a twisting Prime Minister to cease neglecting those in most need and care for people who deserve better, much better.
How we treat people requiring help is a hallmark of a civilised society.
Johnson is failing the test.
Quest for truth
A coroner has found 10 people killed in shootings involving British soldiers in Belfast in 1971 were innocent.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace acknowledged the verdict exposed a serious breach of discipline by a professional army.
In reality this was a massacre and the families’ quest for justice will not end here.
The Troubles in Northern Ireland claimed 3,600 lives over 30 years.
This is the time to set up a South African-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission for combatants to come clean, instead of pursuing veterans and accused terrorists in courts when trials may collapse.
Northern Ireland was a dirty war. To move on, the truth from all sides would help.
Back on song
The real winners at Tuesday night’s Brit Awards were the fans in the hall.
The return of mass events without masks and social distancing is music to many ears.