“We discovered too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in the way that they could have.”
That is the statement that Boris johnson used. Those are the actual words. But they are not. Because he says that he didn’t say that. Repeatedly he has said that he didn’t say that. And other ministers have said he didn’t say that.
But I heard him say it. And so did everyone else who heard him say it. They heard it. Because he said it.
But he didn’t say it.
Which leaves me with a bit of a problem.
When he says something, and I hear it, and others hear it, have we heard what he said, or do we have to wait for an undetermined period to be told whether that is what he said? Even though we heard it.
Can you see my problem? It makes it very difficult to know what is or is not being said, when you hear it but it is denied, repeatedly.
You can only say “But you said that” so many times before it begins to sound like you are accusing him, or one of his esteemed colleagues, of lying. And that would be a terrible accusation.
After all, they are there to guide the country through some very difficult times. And if they are lying to us, then that is a worrying situation. And also makes it look like we were a bit silly to elect them in the first place.
I must admit that I am a little disappointed in Boris Johnson.
If he wants me to hear what he says he has said, thern perhaps it would make more sense to say that in the first place. Unless he did of course.
Except I heard him say something else. And so did everyone.
I am coming to the conclusion that the future is going to be a lot easier when each statement from him is introduced by an indication of whether I am supposed to hear what he says, or only what he says he said.
Because I guess there are some things he says, that he says he said.
Confusing, isn’t it?
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