Barry Phillips Smith<p>I&#39;ve been pondering the argument given by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Johnson</span></a> to the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PrivilegesCommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrivilegesCommittee</span></a> yesterday, especially the bit about the leaving event for a member of staff, with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/champagne" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>champagne</span></a>, where the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defense</span></a> seemed to be that it&#39;s traditional to toast a team member at a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LeavingDo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeavingDo</span></a>. </p><p>This must irk a lot of people. </p><p>Me, my brother, my mother and all my mother&#39;s friends who couldn&#39;t have the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/traditional" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>traditional</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/funeral" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>funeral</span></a> and wake she would have loved in normal times - a proper send-off. The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Queen</span></a> sitting alone in her <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grief</span></a>. The millions of people who couldn&#39;t be at a bedside in those final moments. All those &quot;traditional&quot; things, missed. </p><p>But it&#39;s essential to toast a leaving colleague. Who the f**k does he think he is? What planet does he live on?</p><p>Can we please have socially responsible governance of this country from now on?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JohnsonOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnsonOut</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ToriesOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ToriesOut</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Covid</span></a></p>