I decided it was about time I emerged from the swirl of the last few weeks and try to make some sense, even if it’s just in my own mind, of what has been going on.
And it all comes down to saying sorry. Or rather, not saying sorry.
David Cameron – remember him, pseudo politician and pig worrier – who failed to win the Brexit vote which was supposed to reassert his authority over the parliamentary Tory Party, and then never managed to apologise for throwing the country into a very divisive turmoil.
Theresa May – still here, still struggling to get past first gear by always finding reverse – who called an election she wasn’t going to call, because everyone said she had no opposition, and then losing what majority she had.
She did, however, apologise. Although not to the electorate – why talk to them – but to her own parliamentary party, and those Tories who lost their jobs
Theresa May, for providing the Democratic Unionist Party with a potential lever to beat the present day with. She has aligned with a group whose main aim is to put us into reverse on just about every equality issue available. So I suppose the direction makes sense.
The Tory Party, extolling the virtues, bravery, dedication of all the emergency services, all so evident in the last few weeks, whilst overseeing in recent times the biggest reductions in funding they could squeeze through; and never mind apologising, how about at least acknowledging the hypocrisy.
The Tory Party and their beloved Media, for fighting the most distasteful, negative, attempted character assassination election campaign, and being bested by an honourable man, and not offering a hint of contrition.
Far too many Labour MPs, who avoided any mention of Jeremy Corbyn during their election campaigns. Perhaps, just perhaps, if you had accepted the party democracy, and got behind your leader, then perhaps it would be a different Britain today. Anyone want to step up with the apology first?
And how about every time the right-wing press, or xenophobic party activists demonstrated thinly disguised Islamophobia? Will there be any acknowledgement that it just might have helped instigate the attack last night?
Ownership is what I am waiting for. An acceptance that what you say or do, especially when you have a public voice, will reverberate, for good or ill. And just as they will always rush to claim the good, or their perception of it, the should apologise for the bad.
But that never happens. All that we get is a false history lesson – ‘That has past. We need to move forward.’
And so they do not move forward, because they do not learn from history. They just look at their position, and protect it at all costs – bugger the rest of us.
So, I will apologise. For all the mistakes I have made in the past. But also for not letting this go until there is an acknowledgement, even a grudging one, that ripples do spread, and actions have their consequences.
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