I very rarely get junk mail. I discovered that if you gather
up all your junk mail and return it to sender i.e. double glazing flyer goes to
solar panel Company; or car advert goes to supermarket etc. It’s not long
before you are taken of mailing lists.
Predictably though, its election time and as usual all the
political parties have crawled out from under their respective stones. These
ego filled and less than average intelligence androids think [well sadly they
are kind of correct] that to win elections you just send out some glossy flier
with some inane sound bite on it and; job done.
All they are interested in is
getting their own voters mobilised. All the parties rely on low turnout. Well
that’s to say a low turnout for the opposition parties!
As long as they can mobilise their loyalists, that’s all
that matters.
So’ as it has been for the last few years, the big topic is
of course ‘immigration. The almost extinct BNP are whipping themselves up into
a frenzy of jealousy. “Immigrations our policy” exclaims the feckless Nick
Griffin “how dare anyone else talk about it”
Perhaps if Griffins party didn't exist and they hadn't
cornered the debate for so long maybe other political parties would have dealt
with it. Perhaps, but who knows.
After all do any of us know what goes through our
illustrious leaders [and their opponents] minds? And let’s be honest the
British political system hinges on one thing.
Labour and Tories taking it in turns to screw us over and
blame the other whilst they do it!
Neither wonder people are sick of politics.
I used to have hopes for the Lib Dems. After all they
have been the outsider for years [no matter in what name they were calling themselves
at the time]. But sadly no.
They have shown themselves to be just as power hungry as
their two main rivals.
As Clegg and Co have shown, they will bend over for
anyone just to stay in power.
This lack of choice has destroyed any fighting spirit that
the voter may have in this country.
“What’s the point in voting, you just get the same crap”
As the old saying goes -we have the government we
deserve.
Sadly though there are many people who don’t deserve this
shambles of a political system. But’ we are a minority. Of course everyone will
complain and whine, but will they do anything. Will they hell!
Sadly most people care more about some god awful talent
show ran by some preening and shallow megalomaniac who is making millions of
their celebrity worshiping.
Also, in a few months we will have millions of
people watching the world cup.
Pubs and clubs will be full of people worshipping a bunch
of grossly overpaid, and I mean disgustingly overpaid posers.
Most of the adoring fans will be lower earners. Yet they
will waste their time and cash watching and supporting brain-dead men kick a
ball about –basically a kid’s game.
Yet when it comes to politics no one gives a toss.
Infuriating isn’t it?
WE NEED TO VOTE.
I hear it all the time from teens and twenty-something’s
who can’t see the point in voting. I’m trying in vain to get them to vote but it’s
an uphill struggle and all I hear ”Why should we. Their all wankers and they do
nothing for us”
Well the first point is true, but maybe I would have used
a slightly different word. The second is also true because people don’t vote
because they feel unrepresented.
You can bet your life savings that if all 18+ year olds
voted there wouldn’t be as much youth unemployment.
If all school leavers voted the minimum wage would be
better than it is. But most young ones don’t vote so the political
establishment doesn’t give a toss about them.
As long as Messrs Cameron, Milliband and Clegg can keep
the elderly happy with better pensions, free TV licences and bus passes- job
done.
There is a very comfortable segment of British society
who grew up after the Second World War and had it very good.
God they have it so good have you ever seen so many
elderly people driving 4 wheel drives. They have such good life styles they
don’t know what to spend their money on.
These are the golden voters for the three main parties, and
stuff the kids.
Any ways, apologies I got side tracked! Back to
immigration.
I hope this blog has been consistent in its view.
Immigration is not the problem. Mass uncontrolled immigration is. The BNP think
the answer is to shut the doors for good.
Their idiots and it isn’t and shouldn’t happen.
UKIP have taken much of the thunder from the BNP and yes
you could level the accusation that they are BNP light. But it’s only on immigration
and Europe that they share any common ground with the BNP. Apart from that they
are unabashed Tories. And it will only be on membership of Europe and
immigration that will define the voter outcome of these elections. Most UKIP
votes will not be anything to do with anything else but these two questions.
Yes, UKIP has attracted a lot of racists and assorted
other nutjobs.
Yes they are putting out much inflammatory material blaming
immigration and only immigration for Britain’s woes.
And yes they can be accused of using the politics of
division and distrust.
But again, the people mostly to blame the
mainstream political parties for not listening to people’s concerns earlier.
Not everyone who voted BNP was racist. The same can be
said for UKIP. Not all UKIP votes will be from racists.
Don’t think for one moment here that I’m endorsing UKIP.
Far from it. I think UKIP would be bad for Britain as a country and bad representatives
for us in Europe.
But people are sick of being ignored. People are sick of
being called racist if they question mass immigration. People are just fed up
and parties like UKIP seek to use this feeling to garner more power.
As I’ve stated in previous posts we need to stay in
Europe. We need to be full members. We need closer integration to make it work.
But we need to concentrate on restructuring it and making it more d democratic.
We don’t want Euro sceptics representing us. We need people who want Europe to
work. People who want Europe to work based on democracy and fairness. Not
people who will sit arms crossed refusing to participate in the process.
Mass immigration does affect some more than others. I can’t
see how mass immigration could affect the middle to higher classes [I hate
using the class system to describe what I mean but it will have to suit for now]
but it sure as hell effects the working classes. That’s why the BNP grew so
much. They took the working class vote of Labour.
UKIP has always attracted the ex tory euro sceptic, and
got a decent share of the vote.
They now have the disenfranchised working class voter as well.
We need free movement of people. We need a more
integrated Europe. In fact we need a more integrated world, but don’t confuse
this with globalisation.
Globalisation benefits only the rich. A closer more
united Europe should benefit us all.
We need to vote en masse for people who will represent us
in a modern and shrinking world. We need people who see the bad but also can
focus on the positive and strive for improvement.
I know who I’m voting for and its none of the mainstream
parties.
Labour, Tory, LibDems, UKIP don’t represent us. They represent
themselves
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