Posted by dereklane on August 29, 2019, 6:04 pm, in reply to "The day after"
Honestly, all this is blowing my mind, specifically how suspension of parliament is suddenly supposed to mean an end to democracy. We are now on third Tory leader unelected in a row, but none of that seemed to be a cause for concern democratically speaking (Cameron to May, a handover, May to May after a gen election gave her no clear majority even with the Defective democratic voting system, then May to Johnson sans vote by the electorate).
Couple that with numerous recesses to parliament across each year, the summer break being something around 45 consecutive days, and it would seem the only reason we are meant to lose our minds over this is sour grapes (proposed coup by labour failed when surprise surprise, queenie sides with tories).
Analysis of media influence on politics and the way we are trained to think should be more evident I think to minds here, but it seems near impossible to decouple all these things from what individuals want re brexit to make such analyses without getting all excited about proselytising our points of view on brexit.
Labour has for a while been running itself into the ground as a non entity for several years now via anti semitism 'scandal'. It would rather destroy itself than lead with anything but a Tory flavoured leadership, and that seems to include corbyn. Keith has been saying such things I think. if it is so important to ensure democracy in its defective state continues rather than morphing to outright totalitarianism, surely everyone needs to admit some culpability here; if we only champion democratic causes we agree with then we will lose it entirely. I've been pointing this out for a while now too, but even with latest doomsaying developments, it would seem most folk are not prepared to admit this is how it works.
As I said, it blows my mind. None so blind and all that...