22 June (Part 1) - Spiting their faces
A little to my surprise, there were no complaints about
yesterday’s blog in
which the Mickey was taken out of Rishi Sunak for his abysmal
record in government and Keir Starmer for his frightening policies. As several people
recognised, there was an element of truth within the pee-taking but maybe calling it “brilliant” was going just a
little bit too far. Thanks anyway Dave.
Thus encouraged, some more…
I can absolutely understand that people will not want another dose of Sunak’s
unacceptable brand of Conservatism and wish to see him severely punished for it.
I genuinely cannot think of any decision from him that a true Conservative would
judge to be the right thing to do. A change of direction is needed urgently and
I am utterly perplexed by those who think the answer is more of the same whether
from the left or the dithering centre. Tories who push tax levels to the highest in 70 years cannot be
tolerated. Sunak may well have promised to put a few of the increases into reverse
eventually but no one trusts him any more and with good reason. Out with the blighters.
The puzzle is why would anyone of sound mind vote for more of the same from the
flip-flopping Starmer who refuses to rule out all sorts of tax increases
from air travel to Capital Gains. It defies rational analysis that anyone who has suffered under Sunak would want
to suffer even more under Starmer. It can only be that the desire to humiliate Sunak and teach
the Tories a lesson they will never forget is seeking its only available outlet
in an entrenched two-party system.
Depressing I know but I am reconciled to the fact that we are shortly to have an extreme
left-wing
government and for people of a certain age it will be déjà vu all over again.
I have seen it all before;
pound devalued, cap in hand to the International Monetary Fund,
rats everywhere as the rubbish piles up in the streets, unnecessary wars and
undermining the constitution of the country such that it has become the
ungovernable mess that it is today. I am going to overlook depriving me of sweets
and toys as a toddler. (None and one respectively. The Triang ‘Trike’ is seen here outside the family Nissen hut in 1947.)
Determined to make the best of it I shall probably take mischievous pleasure in
the discomfort of others; that is, the mugs who fall for Starmer’s siren calls.
It may be something of a gamble on my part but I doubt I am rich enough to stand out
from the crowd and with luck will escape the worst of the politics of envy. I
have given away as much money as I dare and my income is far too low to
attract punitive levels of tax. If it did there would be a French style uprising
from those on average incomes. At least I hope so.
I consider myself to be financially comfortable only because my outgoings are next to nothing.
An addiction to electronic gadgetry is mainly assuaged and the biggest bill by far is Council Tax.
Ironically the bill that gives the least back and you can guarantee that Labour will put it up.
I see the attraction of a Labour government as being the ability to sit on the
sidelines despairing over the loss of world-wide
respect for Britain while gloating over the distress of the fools who voted for it. Tax take down as
industry thinks twice about investing in high tax Britain or even not allowed to
when Just Stop Oil gets its way. Lights going out as
the green zealots take over. Those who need to drive for a living forced off the
roads. Negative house equity everywhere as the pound falters and Interest rates
rise again. Food shortages as European farming policy is adopted in the UK.
I can hardly wait to see the shock on people’s faces as reality strikes. Every
generation needs to learn the hard way that Labour governments always put people
out of work and impoverish far too many.
We know that Keir Starmer is either a liar or extreme left wing lunatic
because he would rather see his children die than break his Trotskyist inclinations by paying to see a
doctor. The promises of a liar will prove to be worthless and in eighteen months time he will be
either gone or be as unpopular as Rishi Sunak.
The Conservative’s have given up here in Erith & Thamesmead for which I don’t
really blame them when there are two Conservative constituencies nearby to
defend, and I think I will vote Reform UK this time. I will console myself with
the thought that I have only voted against parties for the last 20 years so this
is not all that big a change of habit. There are two parties which I am against and not just the one so it is the
logical choice.
My decision might well be different in other constituencies, like for example if I thought a party was fielding a petty thief.