Propaganda for the gullible

The BBC PM Programme’s lead news bulletin yesterday contained the phrase (when referring to the anniversary of the first UK Covid lockdown) that ‘Boris Johnson nearly died.’ This was news to me, and it’s the kind of thing one suspects came straight out of a No. 10 press release. So I’ve written to the BBC to ask them to furnish proof that he ‘nearly died.’ Being very ill from Covid is not the same thing. I think introducing this statement at this time will have been part of a deflection strategy to help erase our memory of Johnson’s serial errors of judgement which did indeed lead to one of the worst death rates in the world. At the same time we were told that we are to have a ‘national memorial’ to commemorate all those who died from the pandemic. I wonder if we’ll hear about those ‘who gave their lives’ and will Johnson have the nerve to be present at its unveiling? And all the while he doesn’t want a public inquiry.