Now that was a heading I never thought I would write. But, over the past months it seems that those that shout loudest about the sanctity of the democratic process are the same ones who are undermining it.
Wherever you look there are examples of apparent champions of the rights of man, and woman if you are lucky. But closer inspection reveals a very different view.
And yes, there are going to be references to those thorny old numbers – Brexit, Trump, Johnson, Gove, Rees-Mogg – plus the odd new one.
So, if you wish to change channel now, then please do. I will keep chipping away at these brick walls until they collapse, or I do. A wrong is a wrong, no matter how much time passes.
Now, I have always had a soft spot for a touch of anarchy. It is honest, mostly heart-felt, and usually based on a personal perspective. It is never proposed as an enforcer of the status quo. Or what used to be the status quo.
However, the advocates of democratic revisionism, the returning of the power to the people, the honouring of the mass electorate, all sing from that same tortured hymn sheet. And its all bullshit!
Whether you look domestically or internationally, those that shout loudest about the democratic rights of the populus are the ones least inclined to fulfil their promises.
Over the sea, an orange blimp promised to ‘clean the swamp’ and restore the power to those who had been dispossessed of it. What he failed to mention was that the dispossession was done by the party he represented but, hey ho!
And it wasn’t a return to true democracy. It was more of the same. The swamp got murkier, the half-hidden bottom feeders continued to gain, and the dispossessed? No change. A fair amount of delusion, but no change.
And in the mean time, flagrant attempts to subvert the hard-fought rights of those without power, without a voice. And also the voices of the newly activated.
And back here? Well, much as I have no intention of defending the current administration, there are some things that are not on! And not because of any strong constitutional protectionism on my part.
But, the blatant and very public subversion of the Prime Minister by a small band of self-servers is designed to do nothing productive. The intention is to destabilise her position so that they can gain influence over an outcome that potentially will only help them.
They do not want the ultimate power for themselves. Not yet. First you isolate the leader. Set her up to fail, and carry the can of shite that will descend. Then leave the field for the muggers to scrap over the power vacuum.
When that fine day arrives when those in power stop looking after their own narrow interests ……..
I don’t know where that one goes. Because I can’t see that changing.
We don’t need subversion.
We need anarchy!
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