Britain dutifully bows down to the ruling elite.
Congratulations to the people of ‘Great’ Britain for voting the ruling elite into power yet again. You certainly do know your place. Now they have a mandate to treat people with disdain and contempt, for the next five years. I always thought people in the US were dumb, but there is a new kid on the block vying for the title. How can a party offering no credible policies, with a history of inflicting misery on millions, with a leader who hides in a fridge when things get mildly difficult remain in power. I could glibly say you get what you deserve, but that would be grossly unfair to the millions who can see through this charade of thinly veiled fascism.
It would appear that many people from where I grew up in the north have had a lobotomy, believing all that the billionaire controlled media had to say pre-election, because surely they wouldn’t lie to the peasants. Would they? Or is it Brexit that swayed them? Now that you have your country back, so you say, is it suddenly going to become compulsory to sing “Ingerrland" at nauseatingly high volumes while consuming copious amounts of beer? Is having a tattoo of a bulldog on your ass from the age of 10, going to be a new kind of branding?
Well done, you are now free, from what, I’m not entirely sure. The Conservatives will continue destroying workers rights at a frenzied pace. Expect full steam ahead with zero hour contracts, bogus self-employment, underemployment, all topped off with an ever eroding safety net. So when the walls come tumbling down following a job loss, nothing will exist to help you out of the mess. Well done, you must be very proud. “But we’ve got our country back", you cry. Have you, have you really?
The result would suggest that large portions of the populace have little capacity to critically think. “But we’ve got our country back" I hear once more. “But clearly not the NHS for much longer" I reply. I’m sure some people will complain that I’m calling people stupid for their political beliefs. To clarify this, yes, that’s exactly what I am doing. If only some of these people could have put their crayons down or possibly read a book without pictures at least once in their lives, maybe things might have turned out differently.
In contrast to the US, where they were voting for change, regardless of what that looked like, it was ultimately a vote against the establishment, albeit misguided. Conversely, the UK have voted overwhelming for the establishment. I’m delighted you all know your place in the societal pecking order. At the bottom, with a very expensive Oxford lace up shoe, made by peasants, kicking you repeatedly in balls, while you ask for more. After 9 years of crippling cuts to public services, austerity, a decrease in wages and a health system which is about to be privatised, you still voted for a Conservative government. Amazing! But not in a good way.
Admittedly, the ruling elite’s propaganda machine has been running on all cylinders and it’s clearly worked like a dream. In contrast, vast swathes of people are about to enter a dystopian nightmare, orchestrated by people who just couldn’t care about you any less. Put a fork in the UK, it’s done! Scotland will rightly feck off into the sunset, as England will be led by a man who can barely form a coherent sentence. Supported by a cabinet who know nothing outside of their privileged, privately educated, corporate run universe.
You could have made it more difficult for the establishment, a glimmer of resistance protecting yourself from the bombardment of excrement raining down from billionaire penthouses would have been nice. Maybe more people could have searched behind the headlines of the Sun and the Mail to dig a little for the truth. Instead the population by in large responded to a hollow slogan “Get Brexit Done". At which point you ran in like a little puppy dog hoping your master would tickle your tummy. Instead of fighting for something better, you gave up, handing the nation to psychopaths, billionaires, millionaires and right wing ideologues.
The establishment will be laughing their collective coccks off, sat in their private London clubs drinking brandy and smoking cigars. Patting each other on their backs for getting the working class plebs to vote for the abstract construct of Brexit, over real issues such as; healthcare, education, public services and increasing poverty. The people of Leigh, Bolsover, Blyth Valley, and Durham among others should be disgusted with themselves, scoring an own goal of monumental proportions.
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Good luck 'Great' Britain
posted on 13/12/19
comment by BruceAndPally (U8201)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 22 minutes ago
This kind of narrative needs to stop.
We'll never get back to a happy, united society with one half telling the other that they're thick etc.
Ask questions, understand those with different views, and discuss why you hold the opinions you do.
All rants like this do is to create further division, and push people down paths that they wouldn't necessarily agree with because they become conditioned to shout down anything they don't understand rather than talk about it.
As much as I agree with some of the OP regarding working class people voting to make themselves worse off, this is not the way to go about changing anything.
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Been saying this for the past three-and-a-half years, calling everyone who voted differently to you “thick” and/or “racist” isn’t the way to win hearts and minds, strangely enough.
It’s bitter, it’s divisive and actually doesn’t separate you from people on the “other side” who spew similar bile. I’ve seen tweets today were people are saying they “hope” Leave/Cons voters get seriously ill and can’t afford treatment under a reformed NHS.
Aye, that’ll help things...
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Indeed.
There has been no better propaganda tool for the right wing in recent years than pompous twāts like the writer of this article.
posted on 13/12/19
Great. That's that sorted
With that agreed on, who thinks Leicester can win the title?
posted on 13/12/19
Funny how its all on the people, how’d it get to this point? Camerons conservative, corbyns labour practically allowed it by being embarrassingly shocking opposition. I blame corbyn and labour more than i ever will the people. A complete embarrassment. State of them all, like i said look at the options and it really is sad times.
Can you blame them being fed up? Most arent educated enough and are lied to from all angles and something as complex as brexit shouldnt have gone to public vote in the first place, these are meant to be the intelligent people employed and paid handsomely for the good of the people, yet they lie and scheme for nothing but personal gains.
Dno why the so called educated ones feel it necessary to talk down and belittle them for it like they should known better in the first place like thats going to help.
posted on 13/12/19
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 47 minutes ago
Great. That's that sorted
With that agreed on, who thinks Leicester can win the title?
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Who thinks Liverpool will lose three games?
posted on 13/12/19
comment by West London Express (U5874)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 47 minutes ago
Great. That's that sorted
With that agreed on, who thinks Leicester can win the title?
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Who thinks Liverpool will lose three games?
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I hate to say it, but no. Short of a horrendous run of injuries to key players I can't see it.
posted on 13/12/19
A good politician is also a very good liar.
posted on 13/12/19
comment by The Mane Man (U19731)
posted 10 minutes ago
A good politician is also a very good liar.
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A politician is someone who will double cross that bridge when he gets to it!
posted on 14/12/19
I’ve seen tweets today were people are saying they “hope” Leave/Cons voters get seriously ill and can’t afford treatment under a reformed NHS.
Aye, that’ll help things...
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The tweets are unhelpful. And those people will vote for the same kind of politicians again. So even then it won't help them. They'll just blame others.
The blame is on the people who voted in this government. Don't shift the blame.
posted on 14/12/19
comment by West London Express (U5874)
posted 13 hours, 54 minutes ago
comment by The Mane Man (U19731)
posted 10 minutes ago
A good politician is also a very good liar.
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A politician is someone who will double cross that bridge when he gets to it!
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like this...
posted on 14/12/19
comment by West London Express (U5874)
posted 19 hours, 59 minutes ago
comment by Bales (U22081)
posted 47 minutes ago
Great. That's that sorted
With that agreed on, who thinks Leicester can win the title?
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Who thinks Liverpool will lose three games?
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No chance with Klopp and his two assistants, referee and VAR