The GOS has been away on holiday for a couple of weeks, and now returns to find a rather different country to the one he left. Circling over Stansted the alteration wasn't noticeable, but arriving home and switching on the TV reveals that we now live in a land where ordinary folk like us have finally been given the opportunity to give Neue Arbeit and McGordon McBroon the kicking they so richly deserve. Well, Hallelujah.
No, I'm not being sarcastic. Really. It's wonderful. McBroon is arguably the most unpopular prime minister this country has ever had, and the nasty little vermin at Westminster are rushing round in small circles getting their scaly tails tied in a knot while they try to find something to appease the great British public they've been assiduously ignoring for the last ten years. Ten pence tax rate for low earners? - yes, we'll sort that out, never fear! Rubbish bin tax? - forget it! Petrol prices? - watch this space!
And the arch-rodent McBroon is promising to listen and learn. Well, roger me rigid, that'll be a first. Trouble is, Mr.McBroon, listening isn't going to do you or us any good, is it? Because however hard you "listen", you'll only ever hear what you want to hear.
For instance, what do you suppose has caused this tremendous tide of antagonism for Neue Arbeit, bringing it lower, we are told, than it has been since the end of World War I?
If you listen to the excuses of the rat-pack, glibly wrapped in weasel words about "We must all take responsibility" and "We'll learn from this", it's anger about the abolition of the ten pence tax rate. Well, yes. Can't argue with that. It was a crass, unfair thing to do. But mostly, they bleat, it's because people are worried about the economic climate, about the lack of mortgages, about negative equity, about rising food prices and soaring petrol prices.
I've got news for you, McBroon, you prat. We aren't half as stupid as you think. We know perfectly well that no government can guarantee to control the international money-markets. We are well aware that the current mess is largely the fault of the Americans. We put the blame for rising oil prices firmly on the oil-producing nations - who else, for God's sake? Mortgages are in short supply and house prices are falling because of the monstrous greed of the mortgage-lenders and the major banks. We don't blame the government for all these things because we know they're far too inefficient and short-sighted to take measures that will affect the world economy, whether for better or worse.
The real cause of the massive disaffection from the so-called "left" is that we see it for what it is. It's not really a left-wing political movement at all, but a tight-knit confederation of power-mad, purse-lining politicians, bullying civil servants and officials of both government and local government, self-righteous single-issue pressure-groups, deluded and/or self-seeking campaigners, minority groups intent on fashioning a new British society in their own warped image, and public figures who lack the guts to stand up and speak out about the activities of any of the afore-mentioned.
In a sentence, the British people are sick and tired of being bullied, harassed, criticised and criminalized.
In an excellent Daily Mail article recently, Stephen Glover wrote "There was a time not so long ago when … unlike many of their continental neighbours, the British did not fear authority. We were not wary of the police, and mostly felt that we were on the same side."
That's it in a nutshell. Our civil rights have been chipped away in the name of anti-terrorism or the environment. Mean, small-minded laws administered by mean, small-minded petty officials prevent us from going about our normal lives without looking over our shoulders. Common-sense has become a dirty word, to be replaced by political correctness. We no longer have the freedom to make up our own minds how to carry out our daily tasks at home or at work because "Health and Safety" officials dictate our every move.
We no longer have the right to think what we like or to say what we think, unless we're Muslim or gay or belong to some other privileged minority. We can no longer protect ourselves, our families or our property. We can no longer laugh at things or people we find amusing. We can no longer send our children to the school of our choice. We can't eat what we like, or drink what we like, or smoke if we want to.
"Fear authority"? I should bloody well think we do, and we're absolutely right to do so. And we hate it, and we hate the people who have done this to us.
No, McBroon, just "listening" isn't going to get you out of this one. We've only just started, mate. You call another election, and you won't just be kicked into opposition, you're going to be swept into an oblivion so deep you won't remember who you are - and neither will we, thank God. "Listen" to this, McBroon: the best thing you can do is just crawl away into a corner somewhere, and quietly die.
And take Balls and Millipede and all the other vermin with you.
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