Really, the title should read, Trump, and double standards, yet again.
Trump called for a boycott of Coca Cola, among other companies, but has been found to be drinking a beverage made by a company he has called to boycott. Not just any beverage, but one of the most famous ones. I guess Pepsi failed The Pepsi Challenge.
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Despite much government hype, people are suffering despite having universal credit over this time.
The system is designed to encourage people to find jobs, but we are living in times when there are less jobs to find.
One of the factors linked to not adhering to the need for testing and isolation is financial hardship.
If we are to tackle this, we need to ensure that those in most need are offered help when it comes to isolating so that they do not suffer. The government have the harsh view that giving money to people who are hard up will make them less likely to work, but this does not apply when it comes to tax for the wealthy.
The idea of keeping the current system that is failing so many is wrong. In a time when there are jobs, it could be argued that more money going into it would help people. I would say that in a time when there are less jobs available, that it is time to consider a basic income. Also called a citizens income, it has been tried in the past abroad before COVID, and can be argued, that Trump used it in the form of stimulus checks during COVID.
Basically, the options are to do nothing, or to do something when it comes to poverty in the UK. As someone who knows what a childhood on benefits was when I was growing up, I am of the view that we should do something to help those in most need.
First of all, the family. They are well, though due to the hours I worked yesterday, I only got to see my wife as the kids were still asleep when I left and were back to bed when I got back home. Today, they have been lovely, though I did not get to do much with them having worked in the vaccination hub in the morning and was knackered afterwards.
Saying that, I had asked my son if he wanted to go with me to walk Leia in the afternoon, but he declined. I took her to Spring Lane Park. She had been taken here by my wife and daughter in the past, and she loved the return here. Saying that, she would love going to any outdoor park really. Gave me some much needed exercise though.
He had surprised my daughter today. It was dark, she was going down the stairs. He waited in the dark and when she got to the bottom said hello. Not boo, just hello. She did not appreciate it. Made me smile when I heard about it though (if I laughed, she might have thumped me).
Our film today was Something Borrowed. I would have been annoyed if I had paid to watch this film. My son gave up on the film first, followed by my wife. My daughter and I had to watch it just to see how it ended. To be fair to the film, it was not so bad that I did not care about the end, but overall, this is a film I would not go out of my way to watch. The plot was sweet enough, but the character Dex, played by Colin Egglesfield, was more wet and pathetic than Rachel, played by Ginnifer Goodwin. I tend not to like the characters played by her in films, and this almost made me like her character. Rachel in this film had a spine at least which is more than can be said for Dex. Overall, like with many RomCom's the plot was predictable, but the journey from the beginning to the end was mostly boring, the excitement being when there was a big plot hole, this being because my daughter and I would complain about how the characters would have really reacted.
Apparently a sequel had been planned. Thankfully, it has not been produced.
We watched this yesterday thanks to my son. We had discussed what film to watch and he had suggested a RomCom. This genre of film is not my favourite and I had watched this before, many years ago.
I may be biased as this was one of the few films that we have watched as a family. Even Leia watched most of it (she did decide to sleep on the floor around the corner towards the end). Watching it with the love of my life always helps though.
As for the rest of the day, I had been to work earlier in the day, this being after a walk with Leia though the snow that had been expected. But after I got back, we did some work in the garden and the weather turned, the day being full of glorious sunshine. The climbing frame from before is almost completely dismantled and we just have to get rid of a few things. I also am going to have to mow the lawn soon.
As a film, it is good mindless fun. There were scenes that my daughter did not want to watch with me and while the bare bones of the plot can be predicted, the core of the film is hilarious. I might get my wife to watch it, but I suspect it will not be her favoured form of comedy.
I am glad I watched it.
