Eugenics

Eugenics is a term for the theory that people inherited mental illness, criminal tendencies and even poverty, and that these conditions could be bred out of the gene pool.

A prime advocate, before Dominic Cummings and Andrew Sabisky were even thought of, was Dr Josef Mengele.

During World War II, concentration camp prisoners endured horrific medical tests under the guise of helping Hitler create the perfect race. Mengele, an SS doctor at Auschwitz oversaw many experiments on both adult and child twins.

He used chemical eyedrops to try and create blue eyes, injected prisoners with devastating diseases and performed surgery without anesthesia. Many of his “patients” died or suffered permanent disability, and his gruesome experiments earned him the nickname, “Angel of Death.”

Under the eugenics policies of the Nazis, for example, people who were blind or deaf could be sterilised compulsorily.  Many disabled people found themselves in the death camps. "Caring Conservatism" indeed.

Cummings famously said there was no point in educating the children of the poor because the rich were genetically superior. Eton mess Boris Johnson is a prime example of this superiority. Chapter and verse are available here

The resignation of Sabisky is a step forward and indicates that Cummings is not as all-powerful as he would like to believe. However the refusal of Downing Street to repudiate this vile doctrine tells its own story.

Johnson does not need to pretend any more, now the election is over. The most disgusting racist views have been expressed by Johnson, Cummings and Sabisky. That is why the initiative of Unite and other trade unions to march against racism is so important.

 Mengele is dead. His views would seem to be alive.