This is Not Game Playing, This is Serious!

Well I am glad that has been cleared up. Because I was thinking for a moment there that a U-turn as quick as this can only mean that dear Ms May is playing politics for all she is worth – which isn’t much.

Sorry, I was going to wait before I said anything remotely offensive, but what the hell!

She has obviously decided – never mind what she said before – that it is time to extend her authority in her party. This has nothing to do with strengthening her bargaining stance, and everything to strengthening her position among the Tory rank and file.

And I choose ‘rank’ for all its meanings!

Neither is this the legitimising of the Brexit referendum outcome. For the moment that boat has sailed, and apart from the Lib Dems I would be surprised if there is too much ‘Reverse Brexit’ rhetoric to be heard on the stump.

This should be about the Tory government. This should be about their determination to drive down and punish the worst off, for being the worst off. This should be about their destruction of the NHS, and the fracturing and fragmenting of the education provision – based on outdated and élitist concepts even the Victorians would now be ashamed of.

This may be Theresa being opportunistic, but what it does mean is that we have a chance to change the future, or face what the Tories would leave of the UK by 2020.

And the choice is remarkably simple. It is between a government that really doesn’t care about the majority, and a prospective one that does.

So, put the sound-bite character assassinations to one side, and accept that this is not about the cult of personality. This is about policies – policies that heal against policies that harm.

And, to all the pillocks in the Parliamentary Labour Party who are still sulking about who the party leader is – get over it!

This is too serious, too important for you to do anything else but unite around the aim of removing the Tories. And if you can’t do that, shut up and sod off!

This is now. People are suffering now. Your personal whingeing comes a very poor second, unless your beliefs and principles are not those of the party you represent.

We have a chance to change things for the better. The choice is easy.