Acting rashly

We are in the utterly unfathomable situation of Piers Morgan acting as somewhat of a national hero, holding politicians to account. Today after grilling Matt Hancock on vaccination rollout, Piers launched into the topic of free school meals and the profiteering taking place by the company with the outsourced contract. I understand that for privatisation to work, companies need to make a profit. But it is truly abysmal to see the level at which they must be profiteering per child they’re supposed to serve. Families would ideally receive more than a loaf of white bread and a few satsumas. Matt Hancock would only say that he was ‘glad’ the government was rolling out a free school meals programme. When pressed on whether he regrets voting against it until Marcus Rashford turned up the pressure, he simply couldn’t force himself to agree with the sentiment, and inanely repeated several times how glad he was that children were getting extra food.

I can’t understand this stance that politicians often take. You can see it play out on their faces in interviews. So petrified of going against the party line and of disappointing the inner cabal against just having some humanity and agreeing that yes, an opinion has shifted over time, and that they’d do differently next time. Surely the latter would curry more favour with the electorate, and be more relatable. I don’t believe politicians have always been so spineless.

Marcus Rashford deserves a medal. None of the members of the Tory cabinet do.

I spent the evening doing things that feel beneficial such as yoga, eating healthily and practising Portuguese. I really want to be watching Corrie and eating pork pies but the more wholesome stuff seems more sensible in the long term.

The weather was hideous but at lunchtime I walked around until I was too sodden. The Cam was raging with recent rainfall.