The Road to Damascus
Friday, December 20, 2019
Custom was thrown outside the window.In moments yet to be uncovered, we have become a new being. The 2019 elections were the road to Damascus.
On December 12, 2019 the United Kingdom (UK) went to a snap general election to break the Brexit impasse. It was a third election in five years, with this ballot expected to shape how the UK finally leaves the European Union (EU) three years after the referendum. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the Conservative Party and main rival Jeremy Corbyn of Labour Party posed radically opposed proposals to end years of political deadlock over the EU exit.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...