captivebird

Nationalism combined with placatory promises of pseudo-socialism. Very frightening rhetoric coming out of this most right wing of governments. For the Tories it is, and always has been, about the survival of themselves, The Conservatives Party, first and foremost. They literally see themselves as the natural party of power and will do almost anything to cling to it.

I despise everything this selfish country seems to stand for at the moment. Just the prospect of Brexit has diminshed the UK in every way. Surely 48% is too large a proportion to just lie down and accept this shit. Seriously looking for a credible movement to join that will provide real opposition. Not being English, at least my family can disassociate to some degree from all the ugly sentiments being expressed, but I cringe now seeing a Union Jack and it makes me want to weep. Being British was always difficult to embrace wholeheartedly given colonial and domestic history, but it truly is nothing to be proud of in these depressing times.

From the PM's speech to her cabinet of ministers today:

“We must continue to be very clear that Brexit means Brexit, that we’re going to make a success of it. That means there’s no second referendum, no attempts to sort of stay in the EU by the back door, that we’re actually going to deliver on this”

So it's going to be hard and hideous. What an utter and complete fuck up.

This says it all https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/16/johnson-davis-fox-three-brexiteers except to mention that other hilarious appointment of Andrea 'I want to guide Brtiain to the sunlit uplands' Leadsom as Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. I hope she has some wellies. And enjoys explaining to farmers that their subsidies will soon be toast. Here are some of her profound thoughts http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/14/andrea-leadsom-repeal-fox-hunting-ban-climate-change What a joke. Unless it truly is a cunning plan by the new PM to give them the metaphorical rope with which to hang themselves. Maybe May's first official visit – to Scotland yesterday – was to tell Nicola Sturgeon off the record not to worry,  her 'trusty' team of the Three Brexiteers plus D'Artandrea would soon prove that leaving the EU was not in the UK's best interests after all. An expensive gamble, but probably cheaper in the long run and less damaging than actual Brexit... I wish! 

It's like the five stages of grief. Mostly I've been stuck in a cycle revolving between absolute fury, depression and the need to rant with like-minded people who are equally in shock. Acceptance is a long way away. Alas, so too are most of the like-minded people with the exception of my most immediate family. Today once again I'M SO ANGRY with the privilged Tory bastards who basically gambled all our futures to try to further their own prospects. And the worst of them all is the loathsome Michael Gove. I hope he too gets his just desserts and fails spectacularly in his bid for the leadership of his party. That he could become PM of the UK is unconscionable. If he believes that being a Scot will curry favour north of the border after what he's done, he is deluded. Candidate of unity I don't think so. 

Alyn Smith MEP today