ELECTION DAY
Will the announcement
of a general election on the 4th of July be the light at the end of the tunnel
or the slide towards the precipice?
By Sir Charlattam
The UK election is coming
up on the 4th of July and I can't help but hear the lines of a 1980s pop band
song that goes ‘Rumors or rivals
yell at the strike force, Hi guys, by the way. Are you aware you're being
illegal?’ No doubt the kids of that era were not prophets who saw the
likes of Johnson, Truss and Sunak as unpresentable, only aesthetically
visualising the ever-present corruption of the British establishment.
As in Greater
Washington DC, it is only two players who monopolise the electoral supply side
ensuring that, broadly speaking, the electoral business that maintains the
system will remain intact. Ed Davey's Liberal Democrats like Calum Miller are
as ambiguous as their progressive positions so they alone do not count and will
be forced to negotiate. After almost 15 years of Conservative rule, it looks
like Labour's turn has come to occupy the offices at 10 Downing Street.
For ordinary British
citizens it might represent some hope of relief from high taxes, job insecurity
and unemployment in a wide area of the economy, especially in agriculture and
domestic production. Let us not forget that these are effects of the
Conservative foreign policy partners in the US adventure against Russia that
involve the provision of arms, advisors and training for the far-right
Hooligans in Kiev.
This brings us back to
the policies that London has been pursuing in its foreign policy, one of the
most damaging and delusional being that of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson
and his BREXIT supporters trying to revive the potential of the old and dead
British empire, certainly as dead as Queen Elizabeth.
This idiotic ideology
has created a real imprecation for Britain as we have entered a time of
uncertainty, which is compounded by the unwitting and costly aid given to the
neo-Nazi regime in Kiev and at the same time, turning a blind eye to the
genocide being carried out against the Palestinian population in Gaza, which is
now having a new bloody chapter in Rafah.
All this has made the
government unable to deal with the consequences or as the Americans say
‘collateral damage’ that these policies directly affect the security and
economy of the Big Island.
With this in view it is
very clear that Rishi Sunak's decision to hold a general election on July 4 is
not based on improvements in the socio-economic conditions of the citizenry as
some media henchmen like Bronwen Maddox or official officials like James
Cleverly or Sir James Cameron himself point out.
On the contrary, the
social and economic situation in Britain is neither optimal nor has it improved.
Labour knows this and is surely aware that if they win they will take a state
of affairs that could explode in their hands. It is also very true that the
degree of manoeuvre they will have to address highly important issues such as
the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East is very limited.
The government has been
too long involved in attending to the geopolitical objectives and policies of
Washington DC without regard for the issues that matter only to the public and,
of course, to Britain itself.
London's participation
in those policies has, among other consequences, made it part of and
responsible for feeding an ultra-corrupt and fascist regime in Ukraine that
swallows taxpayers' money like a sponge. At the same time, we have also been
part of the huge displacement of human tides fleeing bombing, genocide and
famine deliberately created by some establishment-friendly governments. This
has been impacting on employment levels in the population with the growth of
immigration that is being boosted by EU policies.
Politicians have
certainly lost their way, but not because they are clumsy or ignorant (except
in the case of Liz Truss of course). Their ambition is so severe that they seem
blind to the grievances and needs of those at the bottom, those who give them
legitimacy in office. Never as in these times has the gap between the common
interests of popular sentiment and the interests of the elite who do not even
understand the crown been so clear.
The Irish, on the other
hand, despite their differences, know what they want and after a very bad
history with Britain, they have shown that they are consistent with their
lineage by being on the side of truth and justice and are moving in that
direction.
In Britain, on the
other hand, politicians are still the same autistic as ever. While universities
have risen up against Israel's atrocities, people in Leicester are hanging
Palestinian flags in their windows or, here in central London itself, you can
see people gathering to call for a ceasefire and genocide against the
Palestinians, or simple personal demonstrations visualising the same as I have
seen trucks with the Palestinian flag or legends denouncing the crimes being
committed there. To look the other way and do what suits the interests that
hope to benefit from this genocide.
The 4th July election
should not be an escape hatch from Rishi Sunak's responsibilities, it should be
an opportunity for reason and humanity to triumph over the interests of shadowy
political and financial interests divorced from the reality of British
citizens.