What's 'a' path forwards for us? You dismissed - I believe quite rightly - Hitchens' idea that we should leave the UK while we can, and instead said we should stay and fix things. I see what the Americans are doing through loosely but closely connected, naturally organised, and genuinely grassroots movements/groups to push back the malaise. In part this was triggered by Trump and the stolen election. He showed you can be confident and forge ahead against attacks. But people also realised they could no longer idolised a 'saviour' and had to do things themselves in the post-2020 defeated lull.
We in the UK never quite had the 'idol', nor the harsh defeat. That appears to be the American way. Whereas our national condition is much like our own slow burn temperament. What path is there for our own cultural revival with British characteristics?
"Much of what ails Britain stems from the centralisation of power, and the gradual erosion of democracy."
And of course the malign influence of Big Business and (as Ben Pile has highlighted) 'philanthropic donors' are always loitering in the background. It seems the power itself is increasingly exercised in service of those, rather than the people, or any notion of public interest. They don't want us sticking our oar in if it's going to cost them money.
Good piece, worthy of a wider audience. Today‘s politics is still tinkering with slow burning embers whilst the core issues are left to decompose. I have always said the form of Brexit chosen by politicians would waste a decade and there’s nothing I see to improve on that, more likely to even extend it. Any real reform stands no chance whilst politics is still scrabbling to find its lowest point. Pessimism is sometimes justified. Wake me up in 15-20 years and I‘ll take another look.
A very good traipse around our current demise, thank you, but it begs the question - How?
"We need an entirely new constitution that reinforces national democracy, centred on the sovereignty of the people, underpinned by the principle of consent.
Rebooting our constitution to return powers to the people is a necessary step, but ..."
Yes, I agree, fully, but there is no plan, no strategy, and I for one have no idea how to bring this all about. Revolution is not the answer.
Call me a conspiracy theorist if you deem it appropriate but I find it very hard to believe the UK is not largely being run by the Globalist elites for the ultimate benefit of the Globalist elites.
And its not just the UK. Many of the policies being instigated in the UK are being replicated throughout The West.
Their policies constitute deliberate sabotage. They are weakening our societies and economies with the aim of taking total control. Their ultimate aim being One World Government.
What's 'a' path forwards for us? You dismissed - I believe quite rightly - Hitchens' idea that we should leave the UK while we can, and instead said we should stay and fix things. I see what the Americans are doing through loosely but closely connected, naturally organised, and genuinely grassroots movements/groups to push back the malaise. In part this was triggered by Trump and the stolen election. He showed you can be confident and forge ahead against attacks. But people also realised they could no longer idolised a 'saviour' and had to do things themselves in the post-2020 defeated lull.
We in the UK never quite had the 'idol', nor the harsh defeat. That appears to be the American way. Whereas our national condition is much like our own slow burn temperament. What path is there for our own cultural revival with British characteristics?
"Much of what ails Britain stems from the centralisation of power, and the gradual erosion of democracy."
And of course the malign influence of Big Business and (as Ben Pile has highlighted) 'philanthropic donors' are always loitering in the background. It seems the power itself is increasingly exercised in service of those, rather than the people, or any notion of public interest. They don't want us sticking our oar in if it's going to cost them money.
Good piece, worthy of a wider audience. Today‘s politics is still tinkering with slow burning embers whilst the core issues are left to decompose. I have always said the form of Brexit chosen by politicians would waste a decade and there’s nothing I see to improve on that, more likely to even extend it. Any real reform stands no chance whilst politics is still scrabbling to find its lowest point. Pessimism is sometimes justified. Wake me up in 15-20 years and I‘ll take another look.
A very good traipse around our current demise, thank you, but it begs the question - How?
"We need an entirely new constitution that reinforces national democracy, centred on the sovereignty of the people, underpinned by the principle of consent.
Rebooting our constitution to return powers to the people is a necessary step, but ..."
Yes, I agree, fully, but there is no plan, no strategy, and I for one have no idea how to bring this all about. Revolution is not the answer.
Call me a conspiracy theorist if you deem it appropriate but I find it very hard to believe the UK is not largely being run by the Globalist elites for the ultimate benefit of the Globalist elites.
And its not just the UK. Many of the policies being instigated in the UK are being replicated throughout The West.
Their policies constitute deliberate sabotage. They are weakening our societies and economies with the aim of taking total control. Their ultimate aim being One World Government.
They have the money and the power.