“Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad.”
BASED on this old adage, the gods really have it in for the UK. Each week adds to the catalogue of madness. In the past seven days, the UK has abandoned an effective form of remote voting for the House of Commons and requires MPs to travel to Westminster and queue round the block to vote. MPs who cannot travel through incapacity are denied a vote. Meanwhile, a similar remote voting process for the unelected House of Lords is retained.
Only a madman, or Jacob Rees-Mogg as he is otherwise known, could have created this debacle. Unsurprisingly, an MP may now have the virus, with untold consequences for other members and staff at West-minster. For many in Scotland it feels like living in a flat above a meth lab.
Meanwhile, as attention is focused on its many limitations, the government is quietly spewing around contracts to friends and associates of Demonic Cummings. As ever greater numbers of older and vulnerable people are losing their lives, the public purse is being pillaged with impunity. Asking the PM to sack Cummings is like asking Emu to sack Rod Hull.
This also helps explain an apparent anomaly. Why would a political party that depends disproportionately on the votes of older electors allow them to die in such numbers?
The answer is that the Tory party, and therefore the government, has been captured by a group of extremists who have little interest in its re-election. Their prime objective is to empty the exchequer.
They could not care less what happens to the Tory party once they’ve had their way with it.
The Tory party could find itself out of power for a generation.
You can see this in everything they do.
They have trashed the UK’s unwritten and uncodified constitution and the few public safeguards it provides have been jettisoned.
They have lied remorselessly. They treat Westminster as a plaything. Public relations has replaced public policy. All decisions are seen through a PR lens. Their guiding principle is simply: “Can we get away with this in the short term?”
Lies are now a staple. No-one is ashamed at being found out. Indeed, the reaction to being discovered is to double down. Not satisfied with reducing the UK to the status of a laughing stock in the eyes of the world, Boris Johnson has added further to the merriment of the nations by appointing an MP from Milton Keynes to the so-called Scotland Office.
Iain Stewart celebrated his appointment in a turgid press release that, tellingly, failed to mention any commitment to working with the elected government of Scotland.
Stewart stood for the Rutherglen constituency in a Scottish Parliament election back in 1999.
It seems this arguably limited Scottish political exposure better equips him for office than all the Tory MPs in Scotland.
The pool of Scottish Tory MPs must be even shallower than imagined when a prime minster with no discernible management skills or morals has to reach out elsewhere.
In constitutional terms, the UK is now a failed state. Its institutions don’t work and its leaders do not care. Westminster is an international joke.
Meanwhile, BBC Scotland news maintains its well earned reputation as one of the UK’S failed institutions. More alarmingly, however, its ineptitude may now be risking lives.
Owing to its long-standing inability to fully distinguish between UK and Scottish Government announcements, the BBC has added to the risk of Scots confusion about what guidance they ought to observe.
This could have deadly consequences for some.
Now if BBC Scotland feels we have treated them unfairly, then I repeat my invitation. Come on the TNT show on IndyLive and explain why Scots should trust your coverage.
Scotland can and ought to shape a very different future with independence.
And it should learn from the lessons of the failed state of which it was once a part.
A written constitution is a must. Unlike Westminster, we need to be able to say clearly to ourselves and to the world – this is what we stand for, and this is what we will not stand for.
It all starts from values. As we proudly forge our new way in the world, we should shout out our values to the whole of humanity; that we are all brothers and sisters, we are all of this one earth and we will do all we can to work towards the common good.
Don’t miss the TNT show on IndyLive every Wednesday at 7pm. Great guests. Great interviews. And the first reviews are in. People say the show is: Intelligent. Articulate. Compelling. Entertaining. Make the TNT show your Wednesday choice.
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