The matter of work related death is being classified as a national emergency. Anyone that has been following this blog for any length of time will be well aware that this issue is anything but an emergency. People have been dying in the workplace every day, without respite, for many years now. Use of the term “emergency” is a last resort for the people that have never done anything concrete to address the problem. The so-called Gypsy emergency was, indeed, a widely acknowledged fact, long before Mrs. Reggiani’s death. The temporary worker emergency, the poor health care emergency, the emergency of semi-freedom of speech, the conflict of interests emergency, the emergency of a justice system that is lying in tatters, without adequate resources and being targeted by ongoing political interference, and the emergency of the current electoral law that, as I remind my readers, fails to make any provision for citizens to directly elect their preferred candidate. It would appear that the Country is nothing but an unending list of emergencies.
The word “emergency” is being used, like a fig leaf, in order to conceal political liability. I certainly do not exclude myself in this regard, and I too am obliged to bear a certain amount of responsibility for having been unable to convince our Government allies. I have raised the issue of these so-called “emergencies” in Cabinet on numerous occasions in the past, as clearly proven by the weekly videos published in this space. Unfortunately however, I have not always enjoyed full support from my allies. I have always done everything in my power, and continue to do so to this day, but I believe that the idea of causing the Government to fall, which is often proposed as a solution in the readers’ comments on my blog, would be the worst possible thing that could happen, because it would deliver the Country back into the hands of those who managed to almost totally destroy the Welfare State and freedom of information, into the very hands of those that would certainly go on to complete the task, of this I am convinced.
I will continue to expose the profound sense of malaise that is exerting its effect on many different aspects of our Country, and I will continue to intervene whenever possible. However, the term “emergency” nevertheless makes me itch, because it constitutes both an admission of failure, and hypocrisy. As regards work related deaths, the issue is not an emergency, but simply a matter of a political desire not to take action, displayed to date, even by the current Government.