Sir Desmond Swayne and his comments and scathing criticism thereof by Guardian article quoted in an NS post
This link is to the latest
blog. As I mentioned earlier, he has sent out a letter to local Party members and I comment as follows:
He comments on the ‘uncomfortable media coverage’ and apologises for that, but goes on to say that he does not apologise for his opposition to lockdown as a management policy. He gives his reasons for this and says it is a legitimate point of view to be ‘held and debated. He denies the charge of ‘encouraging an anti-vaccine organisation’ and points out he was speaking to ‘an anti-lockdown group’.
He quotes an exchange between himself and the PM:
site blogs, my speeches in Parliament and indeed, what I said to the PM last Wednesday:
Sir Desmond Swayne
To lift lockdown, will my right hon. Friend focus exclusively on the progress of vaccinations of those who are most likely to be hospitalised if infected? Is it not the case that mission creep beyond hospitalisations would inevitably lead to the diminution of our sense of urgency to lift the restrictions?
The Prime Minister
My right hon. Friend is completely right and he gets to the heart of the problem in the pretend policy that has been announced by the Opposition party. If we were to interfere with the JCVI 1 to 9 list, which is intended to target those most vulnerable and those most at risk of dying or of hospitalisation, we would, of course, interpolate it with other people appointed by politicians, taking vaccines away from the more vulnerable groups and, as he has rightly said, delay our ability to move forward out of lockdown. He is spot on.
Personally, I worry about the extent of the economic problems, not on my own behalf but for my granddaughters and their families as well as all other similar younger people.
Will I still vote for him? Yes- providing I’m alive of course!
And that’s quite enough political thinking for now!
