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The BBC just did an interesting thing with their coverage of the UK opening up again, that reveals what the Tories plan is I think.
They said of course the country must follow the science, cut to Tory MP saying 'The science says this is very safe to do so long as we all follow the rules.' But that some scientists have concerns, cut to professor of virology saying what we're doing is basically fucking mad.
So they created a false equivalency between 'science' and 'Tory MP waffling bullshit', and then made a disparaging remark about 'some scientists' when bringing in the opinion of the actual virologist.
And the key message is 'We'll be fine so long as everybody follows the rules.' Even though nobody now knows what the rules are, and everybody is ignoring them because Cummings ignored them. So when the catastrophic second wave hits, the Tories will say 'Well we said everybody just had to follow the rules, clearly the people didn't follow the rules and that's why we're now in this horrible mess.'
It's cynical. It's murderous. And sadly it will work.
They said of course the country must follow the science, cut to Tory MP saying 'The science says this is very safe to do so long as we all follow the rules.' But that some scientists have concerns, cut to professor of virology saying what we're doing is basically fucking mad.
So they created a false equivalency between 'science' and 'Tory MP waffling bullshit', and then made a disparaging remark about 'some scientists' when bringing in the opinion of the actual virologist.
And the key message is 'We'll be fine so long as everybody follows the rules.' Even though nobody now knows what the rules are, and everybody is ignoring them because Cummings ignored them. So when the catastrophic second wave hits, the Tories will say 'Well we said everybody just had to follow the rules, clearly the people didn't follow the rules and that's why we're now in this horrible mess.'
It's cynical. It's murderous. And sadly it will work.