Wednesday 7 April 2021

Discriminatory Passport Tools

Apparently there's growing criticism of Covid Passports, as it would be discriminatory. Would it be any less discriminatory than the vulnerable having to shield for a year, or having to have a driving licence to drive on the road, or showing evidence of your age before being able to buy a pint? 

How about designating all pubs as British Overseas Territories, requiring the presentation of a valid vaccination certificate prior to crossing the border? The only drawback would be that British alcohol duties would not be applicable. Hang on! Pub landlords would be appointed as Governors of each Territory, establish their own police force, levy an independent tax system and issue their own passports to dual nationals....

I really can't understand those who are against Covid passports - they're designed to assist in ensuring places are as Covid-free as possible and thereby opening up the economy. A bunch of Tory MPs are complaining that it's an infringement of civil liberties, but given the fact they are totally focused on rolling back civil liberties with impending legislation and embarking on a programme of authoritarianism, the idea that Tory MPs are concerned about civil liberties is, frankly, laughable. 

On another tack, I've found a new tool I want - seems to accomplish just about everything!


Brilliant piece of artwork!


1 comment:

Steve Borthwick said...

Catching Covid-19 from someone who's too much of a snowflake to get a vaccine and then dying from it, or suffering for months is pretty discriminatory..