UK Politics

  • A protest is also predatory behaviour

    It’s not that protest groups are accused of terrorism per se, but they’re known for tactics of intimidation. The facts are laid bare on the ground. People have felt threatened for being a member of a party, participating in public debates, or voting in elections. This has gone on for decades.

    The causes people follow are mainly to blame, because they highlight differences. The political system is built around compromise, or bridges linking together people of different persuasions. This is not found in activism. The affronts are meant to undermine our starting points to make us submit.

    The agent of this is the common man and woman. It can be plotted at kitchen tables. It’s the effect of out working it constantly in neighbourhoods. The fear that’s spread builds if the people doing it don’t give up. It’s not a simple refusal that works. They don’t listen to personal complaints.

  • Do Your Party run the risk of a revolt?

    The Your Party brand has barely launched and already socialist groups are jumping at the opportunity to unite to defeat the country. An X account for it suggests the grassroots movements that populate our streets time after time with hateful slogans should form a super-group to take on the “failed political class”. This is no mere glass of grass juice, it’s the reorganisation of agitators into a much larger force.

    The need to clarify events is pressing now on the fledgling party. This is to reassure the rest of the political class that it doesn’t have designs on power – or our lives. It will take some doing. Most people are aware of the disruptive effects of activism in our towns and cities. They know its roots and its shoots. The need now is to move away from such revolt and turn back to democracy. This is the hope of most of us now.

  • Starmer is fighting hard

  • Racism is a broad term for hatred

    The ‘racist’ debate is no more than a contest to self-identity as a Good Samaritan in UK society.

    The anonymous street protests shouting their grievances at us are not forthcoming as to their character.

    It’s the same in Parliament, where a majority of MP’s are not able to get across who they are for the sake of their work and also a lack of airtime.

    The real problem is in knowing who the racists are in any part of society to keep ourselves safe.

    The Prime Minister calls Reform UK’s policies racist, knowing that they are in fact in and of themselves just ideas.

    The real problem is hatred and yet this is routinely ignored.

    It’s present in Parliamentary exchanges and replete throughout the Civil Service. It’s found in all Public Services and is faced daily in many schools and colleges across the country.

    The leaders of our main parties are not racists. This has been proved by Police investigations.

    It’s the hatred in any citizens as it’s felt and shown that is the real enemy to our way of life.

  • Badenoch needs to step up

    The demise of support for the Conservatives happened under a Prime Minister that sought a populist agenda. This is not the sort that is breaking news in America, but the kind that’s noticed here. It comes up in meetings and it becomes the context of government work. The trouble is it’s not popular.

    The tendency of Conservatives to come out with weird ideas hasn’t abated. The majority of proposed policy is conspiracy theory wrapped up in the moment. It’s for the crowd out in the cold. It’s for those who wish for just a slither of a vision. This isn’t real politics.

    The notion that something new is the arrival of a solution is old hat stump canvassing. It can’t live beyond the odd front door that will hear no more of it after it’s shut. The real driver of change is change itself. The message gets through that efficiency is improving and problems are resolved over time.

    This builds voter confidence. It seeds trust in politics. It makes elections winnable. The task ahead is for Badenoch to prove that she’s capable of doing something different herself. It’s not an appeal but an objective. It’s in the form of a broad directive. It’s a final notice on laziness. It’s a check on apathy.

  • Starmer’s government is stumbling

  • Hamas is not recognised here

    While a recognition in principle of a second state is admirable for those who follow the news, at this time only Hamas stands to gain from the announcement to Palestinians by the Prime Minister yesterday.

    The fierce war Israel is having to fight is similar to the one on our doorsteps. The surfacing of terrorists here to bomb us is only the tip of an iceberg. There’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. The work of counter terrorism policing is so vast it’s now a separate discipline.

    There is still further fear about its manifest effects elsewhere. Lord Goldsmith is a frequent spokesperson for the position that Islam is being riled by the false activism of the violent few. He writes on X to this effect.

    However, his fear of “radical Islamist” MP’s is unfounded. The real threat is terrorism that can get anywhere. The spread of Hamas’ propaganda – and operatives – has come at a price while its claims are fraudulent and harm the peace process itself.

  • Chaos reigns in not-yet-Your Party

    Jeremy Corbyn MP (Islington North/Your Party) is no stranger to criticism. His familiarity with controversy has continued in a new party he’s setting up with fellow independent MP’s – principally Zarah Sultana MP (Coventry South/Your Party) – as an electoral force.

    It’s already fracturing as legal threats swirl. The problem is in part a rights issue (not unusual for a socialist crowd) over the new protocols for membership. The reciprocal letters now issued show a determination to establish who says what, how, and why.

    The call in of lawyers is an escalation that isn’t usually predicted for a very new effort in Parliament. It usually comes after a long time and a lot of dispute in between. There again, the Left (its former base of support) is basically a brief history in short thrift.

  • Long Report: Fantasy politics

    The reality of the story of “Fascist Estate” is in the mind of a man intent on taking over. This is the field of play for a mastermind of skullduggery. So, getting inside and knowing what’s going on is a difficult pursuit.

    It takes time and it uses up a lot of brainpower. This is due to the complexity of the individual and in how thoughts are surging through a mind every single day.

    The psycho drama

    Ken Gott (as he’s known) is not a retiring figure – at least in his own ambitions. He’s a man about town in every respect.

    He touched in on many of our famous institutions. He met many people of high and low rank. He tried his best to be familiar with our ways as a modern State.

    These are the footsteps in a journey of a person doing more than buying a second or third house. It’s an individual being antisocial in every way possible. It’s an adult taking on his duties without any sense of responsibility.

    This is the point of fact – in radicalism and any sort of crime. The eyes grow larger and the field of view wider as more begins to open up. The world is seen as an oyster because it’s a greedy reality inside.

    Stepping up

    The escalation of Gott’s activity came as he took to UK politics. He thought about devolution as much as Northern issues. He considered Wales similarly to Northern Ireland. He understood England in familiar and historical terms only.

    He also made efforts to link up important sites to his eventual plan for dominion. This is not a challenge for the world order, but a plan for change – to make people relinquish their ownership, cede resources, and pledge loyalty.

    It’s not so uncommon, and it’s not an unlikely plan. It’s a fact that much of the wealth of the UK is tied up somewhere. It was Gott’s plan to take as much of it as he could. The trouble is his intent to do it threatened our social order too.

    Sun going down

    The ultimatum in a move to confront him came outside Chequers, a retreat used by each successive UK Prime Minister. He was present with his closest, inner circle. However, members of the Royal Guard were also there and succeeded in removing him. He never returned. It’s still a safe place.

    His sun set over his life as his life followed on from the encounter. His reputation diminished and the demise of his cause set in. The defeat of Gott was a reckoning with the fact he just couldn’t do it. The UK is more than one man’s ambition, even in the line of extremism.

  • Thatcher’s words are charged with promise

    Margaret Thatcher was known to play a huge role in politics before her death. Like many other Tories, she continued to encourage party members to get on through disputes.

    “The sense of opposition one feels,” she once quipped, “is too much for some.” There is truth written in that statement for many today.

    It’s an overwhelming privilege but a heavy burden that many feel after an election win. The heaviest issues of the day are on the table. It takes perseverance.

    Thatcher was overheard consoling a party member who was finding it tough to campaign. “I’m sorry they haven’t understood yet,” she began, “but they do know, and that’s better than nothing.”

    It can be a tough having to walk the streets to see no interest in your platform. Yet a party is there as a vehicle of support. Long may they all continue.

  • Danny Kruger cements Reform’s new place

    The defection of Danny Kruger MP (East Wiltshire/Reform UK) to Reform UK is a turning point in its prospects. The party has gained credence and has traction in its wish for election domination. It will come through in Parliament in time.

    Danny Kruger MP speaking at a Reform UK event. He said he’s moving to Reform UK.

    The only problem is the scale of the challenge. An election is a frightening prospect, albeit a wonderful opportunity. The two may clash to form of a context of division or divide. This is because parties face battles of their own to survive competing ambitions.

    The appearance of Kruger in the firm roster of its MP’s is a boon for the more stable minded. It’s not wishful thinking now, and it’s looking likely more MP’s will come. The choice is how the win is achieved. The defeat is in its own hands.

  • Israel is a troubled – not failed – state

    The incoming visit of the President of Israel this week is likely to stir up strong feelings in some places. It’s a fact now most of the political parties in our system are part of a fight against Israel, critiquing its domestic and foreign policies in equal measure.

    It’s small comfort that it’s a different matter on a personal level. In response to a negative sentiment by a Labour staffer, new Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper once stated about Israeli leaders, “It’s always a privilege to meet one.”

    It’s unlikely to be shared on the streets, but a small patchwork of politicians in Parliament feel the same. They regret the actions of the IDF and what happens in Gaza, but they see pragmatism in dealing with it as a democracy, and not by bullying people.

  • Westminster Week: Diminishing returns

    Monday

    It’s back. Parliament has returned after a summer recess. It means the same issues are on the agenda. The Home Secretary addressed the small boats crisis, calling it “chaos and exploitation driven by criminal smuggler gangs” and stated the government has mitigated a much larger disaster. It’s possible to hear unconvincing sighs across the country.

  • Farage is not there yet

    The US staging of Nigel Farage’s platform is not indicative of its substance. It’s not about a case that people don’t have free speech in the UK.

    It’s confusion over the arrests of people at random for doing next to nothing. It makes the country feel less safe for many more.

    The lack of a more sensitive approach is now telling. It doesn’t figure that a single MP has the position to bring down the State. This is an overreaction. The many types of arrest are the same.

    The need now is to maintain a position of leadership in each walk of life. These are separate and it matters they’re kept so. The Police have yet to justify their overall argument. They just keep making it.

    The pursuit of a public debate is a slight oxymoron in itself. Farage is free to say he isn’t free, and this states he is. The problem is he feels less support now if he discusses sensitive issues.

  • Exclusive: FCDO staff doubt outreach

    It’s a torrid time for the Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office. According to disgruntled staff, the policies spun around about outreach to other states aren’t sufficient.

    The hacks that work in research for the Department have cited poor rationales and lack of detail in its approach to work.

    It’s alleged the particular issue is over small states, such as Belgium and Portugal, that receive little to no attention at times.

    It’s not clear if any staff are thinking of throwing in the towel, but many think the UK needs to work harder to do better. Otherwise, it’s thought, the UK will suffer a sharp drop in overall respect.