What else is going under the radar?

SO, at a time where the UK Prime Minister decided to unilaterally remove England from the “four nations” approach to dealing with Covid-19 – without consulting/informing the Westminster parliament; the leaders of the devolved nations; the mayors of the large, northern, cities of England; or the local authorities who might be expected to resume schooling in England’s “state” schools – who would have also expected that Northern Ireland would find out that there will, indeed, be a customs border with mainland Britain?

Who would have expected that frontline NHS staff and other public service workers would be informed about a new pay freeze coming their way? And who would have expected that elected MPs representing farming constituencies in Scotland would have voted against a Conservative amendment to protect food standards post-Brexit – effectively threatening the livelihoods of those same farmers who helped elect them to be their “representative” at Westminster and, indeed, in Cabinet?

Who would have expected our local representatives to open the door to chlorinated chicken, hormone-treated/ genetically-modified meat/crops, and the removal of labels of origin for food?

Alister Jack (MP for Dumfries & Galloway and Secretary of State promoting the UK in Scotland) and his predecessor in that post, David Mundell (MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) joined the other Tory MPs “representing” constituencies in