6 October (Part 2) - The poisonous Left
I would guess that political comment on BiB must be in the region of 95%
anti-Tory. Bexley Council may have improved over the
years but it remains fundamentally secretive and dishonest and nationally the
Conservatives have done little to please me. The restrictions on freedom imposed
by Johnson were completely unforgiveable and the money wasted on futile stunts
by his Chancellor helped to bring the country to its financial knees. Obviously
the failed energy policies of the past 30 years and an inept Bank of England are
factors but we have had a Conservative government for the past twelve years which
couldn’t see where it was all leading.
Hence my preference for Ministers who want to take a different path and
a disdain for Labour ideas. In very nearly 60 years of voting I have seen where
their old ideas took us and the newer ones have generally been the failed policies of
Johnson and Sunak but with bells on. More of all the bad things but for longer.
For expressing such views I get hate mail and I find it both amusing and
reassuring. It is welcome reassurance that I should continue to resist Labour politics
nationally despite the reaction flying in the face of my local experience.
Over the years I have been at the same table in a pub with two Labour
Councillors and shared a car journey with three. (Zero Conservatives for both.)
Twice I have been invited to Labour Councillor homes and on a third occasion presented with an
unexpected gift. Only once did I reciprocate but not to the same person. There have
been several Christmas cards and once again the Conservatives score zero for all these things.
After careful thought I have voted Labour at every Council election since 2014.
There are seven Councillor names on my mobile phone contact list and only two
are Conservative and two of my closest friends were union reps in former lives.
I could add that I would welcome any Bexley Labour Councillor as a next door
neighbour but there must be at least half a dozen Tories who would have me
running to the nearest Estate Agent.
So
why am I not tempted by Starmer over Truss?
I first
alluded to it five years ago. A big part of It is because the Labour Party attracts the
dregs of society and always has done. The danger of them being influenced by it is too great for me.
Their abusiveness and occasional violence may be seen outside every Conservative Party Conference and it was apparent
earlier this week when a Labour supporting nurse wanted to see every Conservative voter dead.
I experienced the same after Brexit and quite recently it was suggested I should
be euthanised for voting Conservative.
Yesterday I received three emails, all from Labour supporters. Two sources were names
everyone reading this will know well who pointed me towards current news items and the third, who uses a pseudonym, not for the first
time indulged in anonymous abuse. No one is allowed a political opinion that differs from his
and his only source of enjoyment is invective.
I would have preferred Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to have directed more of his largess
towards people such as me existing on incomes somewhat below average wage
levels. A move towards quelling rampant inflation. Perhaps some tinkering with VAT on
fuel but to condemn him totally for ‘wasting’ £2 billion on reducing a tax level
to what was last seen under a Labour Government is idiocy. Does his party really
deserve such a thrashing in the polls for putting the brakes on the highest tax take
since I was a post-war toddler? The only consolation
is that the furore exposed what I suspected all along. A lot of Tory MPs are a long way
from being Conservative.