Politicians operate for the moneymen and their minions whilst pretending they operate for the people. Eventually they get found out.
Their actions that are clearly counter to the interests of the people they are supposed to represent, are blamed on folly rather than mal-intent. At this point their political career is over, and thet retire to some cushy number, paid for by the moneymen whose interests thay always pushed.
Today this process occurs at a pace it never did in the past. This is due to the speed with which information can be disseminated and discussed, and the consequent understanding of what is really happening.
This is why the turnover of PM's has been so great in recent times; a pattern that is only set to continue.
Sadly, the country is in a mess so severe that I doubt it can be corrected via liberal democratic process - the courts are too slow, infinity human rights appeals will tie everything up, the bureaucracy, the blob, and parliament would impede even a serious and well-planned right wing agenda. Britain may need to choose between its liberal democracy and a last ditch attempt at preserving its cultural heritage before it's too late.
Good story. This may be correct there is no plan, but I ask this….why should the plan, all of it, be made public? Reform cannot show their hand which will allow opposition to respond.
Inflation to the moon , commmodities (which no government has any control of) to the moon. .. hydrocarbon fuels , chemical feedstocks , nitrogen fertiliser … unobtanium.
And - a useless island population of 70million living the dream. On confetti money. Like it would never end.
But yeah, get rid of one lot and replace them with another lot… hope n change.. .. Andy Burnham, lol!
Think of it as a Victorian Hogarth scene with mobile phones . Watching your kids starve while Epstein warriors drive by in 4x4s..
I do hope not as they never go well, but some sort of civil unrest that leads to radical change, would be good. How that can come about, I have no idea, but soon the natives will become very restless.
A good warning against hubris on the part of Reform. I hope - and it is just a hope - that there is more serious thinking going on behind the scenes with James Orr and Kruger providing some coherence and planning. I expect as well that triangulation and trimming are necessary and Farage is a skilled operator that needs to stay within the Overton window. He is good at u-turning on u-turns so may drop the ECHR mantra as reality sets in. To large swathes of the electorate he is Hitler adjacent, so having Restore to his right helps. The main thing is to provide a stay of execution over the one direction route of decline and allow time for better ideas to emerge. Local councils will be a bit of hit and miss too, some will do well, some will be chaotic, hopefully some experienced future talent will emerge. Maybe it’s just better to travel in hope - the alternative is so much worse.
Agree. With anything else you tend to get unstable or large unwieldy coalitions and then any sensible party gets dragged leftwards by the progressive parties.
Politicians operate for the moneymen and their minions whilst pretending they operate for the people. Eventually they get found out.
Their actions that are clearly counter to the interests of the people they are supposed to represent, are blamed on folly rather than mal-intent. At this point their political career is over, and thet retire to some cushy number, paid for by the moneymen whose interests thay always pushed.
Today this process occurs at a pace it never did in the past. This is due to the speed with which information can be disseminated and discussed, and the consequent understanding of what is really happening.
This is why the turnover of PM's has been so great in recent times; a pattern that is only set to continue.
Sadly, the country is in a mess so severe that I doubt it can be corrected via liberal democratic process - the courts are too slow, infinity human rights appeals will tie everything up, the bureaucracy, the blob, and parliament would impede even a serious and well-planned right wing agenda. Britain may need to choose between its liberal democracy and a last ditch attempt at preserving its cultural heritage before it's too late.
Good story. This may be correct there is no plan, but I ask this….why should the plan, all of it, be made public? Reform cannot show their hand which will allow opposition to respond.
I never buy from a salesman who refuses to show me the product.
Ever play poker. Ever negotiate. They are not unrelated.
Why not? What is a political party without a plan? It is a nothing.
Unfortunately, Pete, I agree with you. Whatever happens, Reform will be more of the same for all of the reasons you espouse.
Reform are fuelled by resentment and all they do is spout empty slogans and hurl abuse.
The Labour and Tory parties exist but are ethereal into the future.
The Greens rely on a disenfranchised Labour vote and a Muslim vote that awaits its own independent parties popularity to swap parties.
Lib Dem’s? Next time and then next time etc..
The Restore talent pool is building up and if it has sufficient depth the party will go on without Rupert.
The prediction of a hung Parliament strengthens any party with a genuine plan/mandate and this will be what makes or breaks all the parties.
Restore will have that plan and will emerge as the strongest of all the party’s.
Let’s not forget Advance and the SDP either.
One of them may catch the imagination of voters in future years and blossom.
Times have changed and the prize is available to all.
SDP for me...
Pete, you're just repeating yourself now.
You may be the prophet without honour his own country in calling out Reform from the start (and now Restore).
Or it may be that Reform via Kruger and Orr come out with a fully worked out revolution in The Process.
You can't possibly know, neither can we.
It's why I'm keeping my powder dry until 6 weeks from GE day when the Reform manifesto gets published.
Until then, I assume the position of Reform skepticism.
I suspect we are seeing the inevitable break up of the UK.
Starmer will throw money at the 3 so called Nationalist/Globalist parties To the detriment of the English.
Any hint of an English Nationalist Party will be crushed.
Long term….
I suspect it will be us English who pull the plug on the Union.
A real shame about the SDP not getting any traction.
Interesting policies.
Inflation to the moon , commmodities (which no government has any control of) to the moon. .. hydrocarbon fuels , chemical feedstocks , nitrogen fertiliser … unobtanium.
And - a useless island population of 70million living the dream. On confetti money. Like it would never end.
But yeah, get rid of one lot and replace them with another lot… hope n change.. .. Andy Burnham, lol!
Think of it as a Victorian Hogarth scene with mobile phones . Watching your kids starve while Epstein warriors drive by in 4x4s..
Fantasy island
The phoenix rises from the ashes so we have a civil war to get through first.
I do hope not as they never go well, but some sort of civil unrest that leads to radical change, would be good. How that can come about, I have no idea, but soon the natives will become very restless.
Pitch forks at the ready!!
Ready and sharp!
Must go and get a pike staff!
A good warning against hubris on the part of Reform. I hope - and it is just a hope - that there is more serious thinking going on behind the scenes with James Orr and Kruger providing some coherence and planning. I expect as well that triangulation and trimming are necessary and Farage is a skilled operator that needs to stay within the Overton window. He is good at u-turning on u-turns so may drop the ECHR mantra as reality sets in. To large swathes of the electorate he is Hitler adjacent, so having Restore to his right helps. The main thing is to provide a stay of execution over the one direction route of decline and allow time for better ideas to emerge. Local councils will be a bit of hit and miss too, some will do well, some will be chaotic, hopefully some experienced future talent will emerge. Maybe it’s just better to travel in hope - the alternative is so much worse.
Are we at the point that First Past The Post is broken?
To gain power parties have to be broad church, which in reality implies vagueness and wishy washy promises.
Is there any grouping that can create a majority large enough to have "the public mandate"?
Yes, it's broken but the alternatives are worse.
Agree. With anything else you tend to get unstable or large unwieldy coalitions and then any sensible party gets dragged leftwards by the progressive parties.