So the government hired a ‘consultant’ as a researcher, forecaster and, weirdo and misfit, so as to meet the stringent criteria laid out by the weirdo and misfit in chief, Dominic Cummings. Who wanted to get the government into a new place, new ideas, no more bunch of apathetic old middle class white men, bring on the ‘outside-the-box’ thinkers. However off the fucking wall they may be.

And you really can’t get much further off that wall than Andrew Sabisky. But you’d kind’a think, that for a position in the government, someone might have done a background check. Someone might have looked for ‘flags’ that could be used against him. And about 3 minutes on that thing called ‘the internet’ would have revealed much about young Andrew. Most of it from when he was even younger Andrew. But there’s no statute of limitations on stupid comments, particularly in the hands of the press, and even when taken doubtlessly out of context.

If someone were to ‘research’ me, they’d find an intolerant, racist, sexist, misogynistic, perverted, deviant fascist. And obsessive grandfather. I’ve called for the death of numerous football managers. I’ve recommended VAR cameras be inserted into parts of bodies where things shouldn’t go. I’ve supported terrorism, witch hunts, nepotism and murderers. And you read it all, and laughed out loud. Vegans? Climate change?? Electric cars???? Who fucking needs any of ‘em?

Andrew Sibersky was a bit different. But when they find quotes like ‘you wife should submit to you as to the Lord and she must obey you’, I simply cannot believe that anyone who isn’t a Mormon would say such a thing without tongue firmly in cheek. Other of his gems include ‘women’s sport is closer to Paralympic than to men’s’. Again, you have to laugh. Well, some of us do. Because its so stupid and controversial that it is intended to be funny, not literal. Yet take away the context and that text message you sent your wife about the dog being neutered becomes inflammatory.

But I’m not saying Andrew Sibersky was good or correct or even the right man for the job. He bangs on about eugenics to an extent where it starts to become seriously unfunny. Controlling populations by mass contraception (sterilisation of the poor, basically) and making assumptions about race and IQ (the Eugencist’s favourite tool) which don’t take into account things like education, opportunity and home-life, are fascistic to the point of being positively Hitlerian.

What does hiring such an unsuitable person say about the government? And until someone actually votes for Dominic Cummings then Boris is still the nominal head of our government. And they contracted a man who they either knew transcended the line between ‘funny’ and ‘deeply offensive’, or they didn’t bother to look. Either way, it don’t look very good for our government.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx