And in to another week we head with even more death, violence and political ‘BS’ been spread on social media. What a history this will make for future generations to view, anyway on with the rant.
Well America saw more violence over the weekend as rival groups clashed in Washington DC during a march set up by Trump supporters who still believe Trump won the election even after Trump tweeted that Biden won. Don’t get too complacent, Trump still claims that Biden’s win is fraudulent and will not concede. All this hold out by Trump is doing, is to create more instability in an already dying nation. As the Trump ‘Million MAGA March’ happened far right supporters entered Washington DC to support their corrupt leader. Yet as night fell on the city the violence started as BLM supporters clashed with Trump supporters prompting Trump not to call for peace on the streets of the capital, but instead to incite more violence by telling DC law enforcement to “do your job” and deal with “Antifa scum” at the march attended by a few thousand, not the predicted million Trump wanted. As the violence increased one man was stabbed and 20 were arrested in running battles between Trump supporters and counter-protesters. In the mix of violence the Proud Boys and Trump supporters brawled with left-wing groups for several minutes before law enforcement arrived. As well as the stabbed man, two police officers were also injured as they tried to subdue the groups as fireworks and bottles were thrown at some Trump fans dining outside a city restaurant. Taking part in the march were far-right groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers militia group chanting “F*** Biden” in a show of defiance for the President-Elect as they ignored the projected polls and instead chose to believe Trumps unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud. This is what America has to come as armed Militia groups start to mobilise under the banners of fascism and slavery to bring mayhem to a democratic society in parallels to the uprising of the ‘Third Reich’ in 1930’s Germany. Until Trump is removed from office and the law enforcement agencies are cleansed of fascist officers America will not see peace upon its own shores again. Trump’s presidency has given a voice to fascism once again and don’t expect Trump to go quietly because his ego has been chipped slightly, but not cracked enough to silence him. He will muster his White Supremacist supporters in the shadows and try to take power through a coup if need be. He is like all dictators, a coward surrounded by willing acolytes who will do his bidding just like ‘Lee Harvey Oswald’.
While Trump sits behind fences, armed guards and travels in reinforced motorcades spouting his conspiracy theories which incite the far right to rise against the establishment, the voice of reason is been broadcast by Ex-Presidents and long serving politicians for a peaceful transition of power, but the problem with pleading with a narcissistically insane individual like Trump is words and truths, do not get the message across. There can be interview after interview, but the result will always be the same, Trump believes his own propaganda and his ego will not let him accept defeat or concede.
The worry that a multitude of not only Americans, but the whole world has is how far this unhinged man will go before he does something that cannot be undone. He has already got the backing of numerous underground militias who are ready and willing to storm the castle should he be forcefully removed. America needs to put down the agitators first, then name and shame the law enforcement individuals who backed the fascist movement before publically criminalising the actions of their leader by indicting Trump on charges of treason against the American people. The world sees what is required, yet the seventy plus million morons who voted for Trump are still blinkered. America is becoming a nation of anarchy never seen on their shores in over 250 years. Not even the suffragette movement of the early 1900’s or the civil rights movement of the 1960’s compares to this fascist uprising the world is witnessing in America of today. There has always been far right and far left groups upon the American shores, but groups like the KKK, Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists never had a president to support their ideologies like Trump since the dark days of the confederacy and the deep seated racist bios of the southern states of America who ignored the civil rights gained after the Civil War oppressing African Americans for two centuries.
As a white man born and bred in England I cannot say I have ever experienced anything quite like the American mentality of privilege that social media has pushed to the forefront of news in the last twelve years and I find myself disgusted that as human beings we still have not learnt that every life is precious no matter their skin colour, their religion or their sexuality and we still find hatred in our hearts to try and oppress, destroy and condemn what we don’t understand. Also as a person who witnesses the immediate hand over of power by defeated parties as it is in Britain, I do not understand how a president is given almost 80 days to vacate the Whitehouse, surely it would be more prudent to have them leave office as soon as the count is clarified. The whole electoral system in America appears to be a flawed and an illogical practice, but that is just my opinion. The numbers tell the story and it should not take one person to concede the mantle of power. There is too much pandering to the one person when it should be the politicians who have the say not the figure head.
On that note I will skip the pond to dear old Blighty and see what melodrama has been unfolding here. So as England continues its month long lockdown, Scotland and Wales pursue their own restrictions criteria, it’s the public who are bearing the brunt of the suffering. Yet news filtering out of Downing Street does a little to show even those well protected can face problems as Johnson has been told to self-isolate due to coming in contact with a fellow politician who has tested positive for the virus. Time will tell to whether Johnson is immune to the virus or catches it for a second time in less than a year. Karma would truly be a bitch if that happens wouldn’t it? Anyway there are several vaccines been tested or been lined up to be tested on human guinea pigs at the moment, but in all likelihood nothing will materialise before the New Year. This is going to be a not so very Merry Christmas and 2020 will end as it started in upheaval. 2021 is set to be a year of hope, but that will come at the cost of a downtrodden society on its knees due to a deadly pandemic politicians knew was coming and did nothing to prepare for. Their so-called strategic planning for such an event was woefully insufficient and things got worse as a government of ineptitude with its mind set on one track which was Brexit was trampled by the onslaught of deaths that the pandemic has left in its path worldwide. I sit here locked away, alone from the outside world and watch as families lose loved ones to a disease that is invisible. A disease that experts still have no idea of how to eradicate and just a small inclining of how to protect us against. A disease the politicians assured us would be gone as quick as it arrived. A disease that lays waste to everyone it attacks, yes people may recover, but their lives are altered because of it. The people look to governments for guidance, yet all they see is on one side headless chickens running around uncertain of what is happening and on the other ostriches who are burying their heads in the sand, denying there is anything wrong. Is this what the world has become?
Here in Blighty we see the rats are abandoning the sinking ship of Downing Street as Johnson treads water trying to save his own neck as the focus of power shifts from the likes of Cummings and Cain, instead falling at the feet of Johnson mistress whom the rats deem has the ear of the primeminister rather than his trusted rats. As the government faces crisis mode due to more virus spreads within the halls of power the opposition is voicing its concern over how the country will move forward post lockdown in England and restrictions ease in the other three home nations. All in all this year has been a shit show of epic proportion even worse than the early days of world war two or the handling of the miners strikes of the 1980’s for a conservative government who still have not secured a Brexit deal worthy of the nation as a whole. As we head towards the end of Johnson’s first official full year as primeminister, it has to be said he has lacked the ministerial presence of his predecessors which is quite a problem. Discounting Gordon Brown because he never actually won a general election to become primeminister, the likes of May, Campbell, Blair Major and Thatcher all faced their own types of crisis which they accomplished with a ministerial acumen that Johnson just doesn’t have. This current primeminister is simply a jumped up white privileged schoolboy who cannot seem to make an honest decision without either backtracking or U-turning shortly afterwards and cowers in the corner while everyone berates him for the decision. He is not the person this country needs to lead us out of the darkness and in to the light we desire. A change has to be made before the nation declines because Johnson is retreating from promises to hand down political power to English regions, according to the former Conservative deputy prime minister and champion of devolution Lord Heseltine. Lord Heseltine stated that according to the Conservative manifesto last December Johnson promised “full devolution across England” to enable “every part of our country to shape its own destiny”. Under the manifesto the government presented political devolution as a key element of Johnson’s plan to “level up” the UK and promised an English devolution White Paper by autumn which is nearly over, but that White Paper has now been postponed and frustration has boiled over for many advocates of devolution with what they see as the government’s failure to follow through. Once again top politicians and peers have spoken out at the style of primeminister Johnson is turning in to, which is a power hungry individual who is copying Trump in his ideology. As a country we are at an impasse where one person sees himself above those around him or as he sees it below him in stature and privilege, but until the Conservative party does something about it we will suffer on under this madman without a choice as we the people won’t have a chance at our say for three more years.
The Americans have spoken out in the millions in choosing to replace Trump, even if Trump can’t see it, but until the world rises up against the immorality of our elected officials nothing will change, both here in the United Kingdom or in every nation of the globe. Dictatorships or even badly governed leaders need to be held accountable for their ideologies that we the people face and suffer from, on a daily basis as decisions are made by corrupt politicians who line their own pockets before they even consider helping the people who put them where they are. The likes of Trump and Johnson are just two individual who show daily they are the wrong type of person to be allowed in a position of power because they have an inability to empathise with the people they serve and think of themselves as superior to everyone else. What we need are leaders of a calibre that instils cooperation, equality and a knowledge of what it is like to struggle. Both Trump and Johnson were raised in a privilege household and wanted for nothing when they were growing up. There social status opened doors that remain shut to the lowest of society which brings nepotism and backscratching to the style of leader they are. They will govern in a systematic way where greed begets greed and money talks in a way that corrupts the halls of power. Think about it, what type of leader do you want in charge? Do you want the one who fights for the under privileged or do you want the one who panders to big business? Only time will tell in America as they countdown to the day the country officially accepts Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election and Britain says enough is enough and calls for the head of the primeminister to be placed on a pike outside Downing Street. We the people are stronger together than divided, so all I can say is don’t let the radicals split whichever nation you reside in, be strong, be insistent, be on the side of right and let’s take back our planet from the fascists and those who would have it returned back in time to when the wealthy ruled with an iron fist. On that I will call it a day,
Rant you tomorrow!
