(c) Doc Hackenbush 2014
The whoppers start more or less from the word go, with Ms Mensch deciding that Sun readers need her valuable insights into what will happen in May’s General Election, an event most of them will already be heartily sick of. And her targets include Alex Salmond, who “has damaged the SNP by saying he’d only deal with Ed Mili … if Salmond wants real concessions, he can’t rule out a deal with the Tories”.
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So Lulu Mensch, did you write a book?
Just a few days writing from a shady nook?
Then got the call from a man named Rupe
Writes for The Sun, just like she was a chick lit writer
A chic lite writer
It's the filthy story of a flirty girl
Wanted more than just to be an MP
So she left the UK for a place in New York
It's a dirty job, she just has to be a tabloid hack writer
A tabloid hack writer
Wan'be hack writer, tabloid hack writer,
Nasty type writer, tabloid hack writer.
Crap tabloid hack writer, yeah!
I really shouldn't be surprised anymore, but the stupidity of Ms Mensch in a) thinking ebola in Mosul might be a good thing, and b) suggesting, in the (highly unlikely) event the rumours prove true, that treatment should be denied, is absolutely staggering. The current outbreak in West Africa is orders of magnitude larger than any previously recorded for a number of reasons, including:
- No history of ebola outbreaks in the region, so governments and NGOs were unprepared, and the initial response was disorganised;
- Recent conflicts/strife had degraded health care resources (facilities, personnel, etc) so they were even less able to deal with the outbreak than they otherwise would have been;
- Larger population centres and greater population mobility than previous ebola regions (the latter exacerbated in the aftermath of the recent conflicts).
I'm no expert, but I doubt the ISIS controlled regions are any better on these counts. An outbreak in Mosul would therefore not be good news for those civilians currently at risk of slaughter, women at risk of gang rape and children at risk of being trafficked into brothels that Ms Mensch claims to be concerned for. Plus, such an outbreak would be more dangerous to Western nations for another reason - those traveling into and out of the region (and we know some are Westerners) are significantly less inclined to present themselves for medical screening upon crossing borders, or to mention where they've been should they need to seek medical assistance. Thus any infected person who travels is more likely to escape detection and more likely to infect more people at their destination.
A variant on the old theme, much supported by the Thatcherites, of shouting "free the poor, oppressed people of Eastern Europe from the Soviet Yoke" whilst pointing nuclear missiles at them.
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