[Continued from Part 1 published yesterday here]
Not that the Boris Party is at all fazed by this: ‘carry on as usual guys, we, after all, are the natural party of government, all talking nicely and slowly, because the plebs like a bit of class and it never occurs to we elite that anybody would not believe or be remotely interested in what we are saying.’ As for the Jeremy Party (not Jezza – bit down market, that) or the Jo/ Chukka party, they seem to think that not only can they disregard the referendum result, trash the constitution and alienate their core supporters because they assume we plebs are too thick to notice, but they now think they can tell me, through their misguided faith in polling and media insiders, how I must vote.
Anyone who was supposedly ‘in the know’ during the last three years was, in my opinion, misguided, living in the media bubble or on another planet. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve been told by informed sources that Boris was going to do this, Corbyn was going to do that – none of it happened, wishful thinking it seems, while Farage has consistently ploughed the same furrow and, like many independent commentators, been proven correct time and time again.
The old ConLabLib club with its built-in sense of entitlement and superiority is as outmoded and out-of-date as Harold Wilson’s pipe and Blair’s open necked shirts sans coffee cup kidology and just not relevant to younger people or many older voters. It’s like visiting a museum, of passing interest only. Their political rhetoric, like it’s proponents, is totally outmoded in the age of internet advertising and sophisticated social media marketing, producing with huge budgets a two-minute slot on TV or a sound bite on some radio channel, letters and flyers posted through the letterbox are never going to ‘cut it’ or gain traction .
More interesting and relevant are the comment sections of the national media and local media; though apparently being manipulated by paid trolls or foreign money and governments, it gives a better indication of what both sides are doing and how they’re being outwitted by us the plebs. Despite what the ‘polls say’ Johnson is not getting a good press and it seems a large section of conservative opinion is waking up to the hype. Corbyn is faring even worse along with the LibDems. The floating voter is doing what they always do and float.
Most people I’ve spoken to want Brexit done, they don’t want a ‘stitch up’ or an ‘oven ready (what marketing guru thought that one up?) to warm through and eat May deal’ in part or in full and in any case warmed up food is often quite dangerous and full of bugs.
Some voters may want a quiet life, they may want it all to go away, but away from the residents of Audi Avenue in some urban area of Greater London, or Chelsea on Sea, they are not falling for the ‘this election is about the NHS, more money for the public services, vote Conservative or get Corbyn’, or ‘a vote for TBP is a wasted vote or will lead to more of the same’ mantra, because it’s a broken record heard time and time again for many years.
Perhaps you, Boris or Jeremy or Jo (yet another prime minister in waiting she tells us) you would like to tell us why you are silent as to the effects to the nation of the Lisbon treaty – you may remember that, yes that one, signed up to by the last Labour saviour of the world, and why have you all remained silent on the question of the British Military? Is it because you think the British public are too thick or can’t be trusted to believe what any of you say anymore? If you are, as you say, all going to make Britain a better place, most of what has gone awry over the last twenty years, your parties, despite being the cause of most of it, have had plenty of time to sort out the problems which you are now highlighting because it suits your narrative. When actually it’s not what you want anymore, it’s what the people want.
I’d make a guess that what the people want is a monarchy that actually looks like one again, a parliament that actually looks, acts and sounds like one and not a third-rate reality TV show compered by a ‘celebrity.’ A government that actually does govern and takes collective responsibility for the safety and security of its citizens, a legal system that stays out of politics, public services and a health service that actually do what they say they do rather than follow the latest ‘policy’ or political edict, often rushed through, only to be changed by the next ‘secretary of state.’ The churn factor of ministerial appointments is terrific and it’s no wonder that policies get changed or fail.
I’ve no idea what the result of the election will be, it seems to me that if the present political elite and the establishment behind it, assisted by the broadcast and print media, think they can turn the UK into a sort of Belgium-cum-Austria good, well behaved state of the EU in a world run on the lines of ‘rules based society’ as May was fond of saying, think again, as it’s not, by any means, judging by the comments growing louder by the hour in the real media and social media, going your way at all.
Actually, with all the social media hype, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, the ‘likes’, the trolls, the followers, curiosity gaps, shocklines (I made that one up), an’ all that, the noise is deafening.
And then, through the letter box comes a Leaflet that says ‘IT’S ALL F*****G LIES’. Shock horror, a hard copy out of the Ark. Like finding a copy of the Bible in post apocalypse Britain. Someone trying to communicate in the old fashioned way.
You know what I’m saying. How atmospheric, as the piece of paper fluttering in the breeze lands, captivated, in a puddle at your feet. On that paper is the answer, the language of hope, of an alternative reality.
One would be forgiven for believing that most of the population of the UK were living in a parallel universe to all the media chorus, chant, and monophonic mantra.
Look! For ****’s sake we want to LEAVE! The LibLabCon Party, sorry to be pedantic but I think it sounds better that way round, has to GO! Any way the word can be put out is good and unsolicited information is better than the solicited kind. Why? Because it is there whether you want it or not. Billboards, graffiti, stickers, badges Leaflets, Pamphlets, projections onto buildings, street stalls etc, etc…We have to throw everything at it. No tactical voting and no prisoners.
Great article Norman.
Get us out of Europe? He can’t even comb his hair……………..articulate more than three words together, without an Er, Um or Aghhh………or decide who his NEXT ‘life time partner’ will be.
Ah well………..his list of accomplishments should suit the limited accomplishments of most of the population………
I wonder, does anyone actually understand exactly WHAT he stands for……………..still there’s always the comedy circuit………their entry standards are not set TOO high.
Yep. Why vote tory to stop labour when tory is really Remain and is selecting remain candidates who once elected MPs are free to switch parties? Vote for The Brexit Party and ignore the rest.
the choice is not whether leave or remain.- with EU saying we will loose our currency by 2022 and have the euro, a fedral army is being formed and if we remain our armed forces will have to pay allegiance to the eu. what about our sovereignty? -the choice is loyalty to Britain and our sovereignty or EU and dictatorship
Sovereignty, Royalty, The Crown……?
Who imagines for a single moment that these will remain once our Great Queen passes away?
The entire house of (Windsor) cards may very well fall apart within a couple of years.
Pomp and Ceremony may hold the thing together for a short time. But does Charles, or William have a chance to shore up the walls of this crumbling edifice?
That is why this current massive opportunity of freedom from the EU is so desperately important.
The monarchy will disintegrate – but our country must survive, divorced from Europe and with a Government of ‘the people’ and not of the privileged, pompous few who have had their day.
How could a truly informed population vote for a clown like Boris if we are to achieve our real freedom from the yolk of Europe?
The days of he and his ilk are indeed numbered.
Examine his record, delve into his present and his past – both public and private – you will be aghast at the ineptitude he has employed during his chequered puerile ‘career’. Ask a simple question of yourself …….would you invest the future of yourself and your family in such a buffoon?
My fervent desire? A stand up verbal duel between Nigel and Boris. NO CONTEST.
I like it. A slogan! “Loyalty to Britain or an EU dictatorship?”
It would be a good thing to use this article as the “Peoples Manifesto”. i.e. A proper Country, Run properly by a proper Democratic Government Called “Great Britain” rather than UCK (United Central Kingdom)!!
We can always dream, can’t we?
Only one solution to the political establishments well versed and practiced game …..ignore it and get ahead of it by voting for the Brexit Party. It is the only thing the political establishment fear – rejection at the polls. It is the only thing that will deliver a clean Brexit I am afraid.
Brilliant idea.
Now repeal the laws of First Past The Past, Clause 1, Vote Tory or you’ll let Labour in.
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