‘No government can abolish death’. At last, some sense spoken in Parliament
Much of our writing of late has been critical; of the Government, the ‘opposition’, the press, et cetera, et cetera. I do, however, realise the importance of raising awareness of those who do right. We can only hope that others may follow their example.
I have spent some of my afternoon listening to the debate in Parliament on the Government’s proposed tiered lockdown restrictions. Much of this (I would say ‘disappointingly’, though this is entirely expected) has been overly-partisan and uninformed. I have been particularly struck by the number of utopian ‘Conservative’ MPs. They ask both for lockdown to continue (though under another name), and for businesses to be given enough support so that no more jobs are lost. What planet are they on?
This depressing backdrop made Charles Walker MP’s speech all the more commendable.
Mr. Walker — Conservative Party MP for Broxbourne since 2005 — injected some reality into the debate on restrictions introduced in response to the coronavirus when he said: ‘no government can abolish death, it is impossible.’
He responded to the claim that the measures are being introduced for elderly people at the request of elderly people by giving a sense of the mood captured in many of the letters sent to him by elderly constituents: ‘not in my name’.
‘I don’t want to see my children’s future destroyed; my grandchildren’s business destroyed. I don’t want to see my son and daughter worrying about losing their home, worrying about losing their livelihood; I don’t want to see my grandchildren arrested on the streets of London for daring to raise their voice in protest at the removal of their liberties.’
Mr. Walker’s remarks are worth listening to in full (below).
If only there were more MPs (‘Conservative’ or otherwise) like him.
