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Posted on 04/01/2026 7:51:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Six years ago in the spring, as COVID-19 cases grew in distant China, Britain was torn between sealing the country off and letting daily life continue its restless hum. For people who lived through it, those weeks — and the subsequent months — were a strange state of upheaval.
Today, that collective experience is etched into London's landscape. Raised by ordinary citizens in 2021, the 1,640-foot-long National Covid Memorial Wall stretched along the bank of the River Thames, directly opposite the Parliament, as if holding vigil over the nation's corridors of power.
On a recent visit, I took a walk along that mural, where more than a quarter million hand-drawn hearts represented all the lives lost to the coronavirus — and the pain of those left behind. "Dad, our hero. Loved and missed," wrote Amanda and Andy. "Our best friend," they added. "My much-loved mother, Sylvia Renton, 1926-2021," read another heart.
Britain entered its first COVID lockdown on March 23, 2020. But what ensued also included a series of scandals that jolted a public still raw with grief and confusion: the prime minister's "partygate," the health secretary's office affair caught on CCTV camera, and controversies over the procurement of personal protective equipment.
That is why this wall matters.
A long, unbroken line of hearts beating defiantly against forgetting. It is a memorial as well as a mirror. It honors the dead while reminding those in power across the river of the cost of their missteps.
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And now, the truth:
UK Gov’t confirms Covid19 harmless to VAST MAJORITY of people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adj8MCsZKlg
May 11, 2020
And for the youngsters who don’t remember HOW this all transpired:
COVID Pitch Meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEwpWpuIk_E
Ben, why are you posting NPR doodoo?
Boris Johnson is ready to partay!
Doo-doo indeed. But so very well written and proofread.
Ultimately, it all comes down to an IQ test.
What kind of person or organization wants more government?
Florence Eshalomi: MP for Vauxhall, supported the memorial’s establishment.
Justin Welby: Archbishop of Canterbury, who served as a chaplain at St Thomas’ Hospital during the pandemic and supported the memorial.
>> Can you believe this crpp?
thankfully, you shared it…
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
When will there be a vigil for the fall of London to Islam?
We could seriously start a countdown until St. Paul’s Cathedral goes the way of the Haggia Sophia.
Last time I was in London was over 20 years ago, and it had already been heavily Islamated.
But as for St. Paul's, the one vivid memory is this:
The bustling cha-ching gift shop and the Crypt Café next to the ticket booth.
Never mind all that, the important thing was the sign at that entry, instructing the hat-wearers to remove their headcovers, in respect for the sanctity of the place. 🙄
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