TOMORROW THE Labour Party will put the crown on their
party's court-jester's head. Jeremy Corbyn would be dangerous for the country
in the unlikely event that he is allowed by the British public to wave a stick with a pig's
bladder attached into number ten: if such an event were ever to occur we would
need another Cromwell, and all that is implied by his name to be rid of him.
But thankfully comrade Myshkin will never take that walk of victory down
Downing to become the executioner of his own country.
But
that's not to say it could not happen. It may be far-fetched but not all that
far-fetched: consider the state of the global economy in 2020 for instance. The
slowdown in China; the deficit, and further cuts to welfare; plus a divided
Conservative Party after the EU referendum whatever the outcome: neither
Europhiles nor sceptics on the government benches will be satisfied with
the result; and with such a small majority Cameron will face challenges to his
leadership. So, although the Labour Party is in a perilous position today: the
Conservative Party may be in a similar position just months before the next
general election.
My
brother suggested months ago that we Kippers should rejoin the Labour Party to
give Jeremy a helping hand to destroy the Labour Party. I resisted and
convinced him to do the same. I told him to 'be careful what you wish for' if
you go ahead. After all, the liberalista pooh-poohed Nigel Farage – need I say
more. I also remember when the late John Smith died, a small collective of
Tory's standing beside the Speaker's Chair in parliament were seen cheering the
news (they were quite rightly reprimanded by their party leader for their inanities);
but what followed? Tony Blair gave the Labour Party 13-years of power.
The
simple truth is that we live in interesting times. The Conservatives may, at
the moment will be looking for another victory in 2020; their ebullience at the state
the Labour Party has got itself into, due in no short measure to ED Milliband,
will be short lived. No political party, particularly in Europe, should ever be
confident in their future as events unfold: we live in troubled times of a type
that has not been with us since the Second World War and may, in the coming
decades, destroy European Western civilisation; which I fear is far more likely
to occur than Corbyn becoming prime minister.
I have
little enthusiasm for the destruction of progressive[1]
Western civilisation which has advanced humanity at a far faster rate than
those cultures of a medieval ilk like those of Islam; which now stands on the
brink of a great renaissance and resurgence of the mediaevalism that prevented
human progress in the past; but that allowed them to nearly conquer Europe – but
from where? From the East of course.
It is the
kind of mediaevalism that comrade Myshkin would welcome if he was given the
power to so do. His simple naivety, like Dostoevsky's creation, attracts understanding,
compassion, and kindness from those more familiar with the world and human
nature. I have heard how wonderful Corbyn is in private. People warm to him. He
has sat on the backbench's undermining his own party whenever they were in
power? But this has only endeared him to a rightly cynical public who distrusts
all politicians – a distrust they have brought upon themselves.
CORBYN IS THE next leader of the Labour Party and the
Conservatives are rubbing their hands together at such a prospect of 'The Idiot' taken straight from a 19th
century novel, leading Her Majesties' opposition. A weak and terminally ill
opposition leaves the nation exposed to the democratic dictatorship of the
ruling party of whatever political persuasion it emanates.
The Labour
Party, if they wish ever again to see government, must be rid of Corbyn. It is
dangerous for democracy to have one party government because the inanities of
the opposition have t made them un-electable. Corbyn can never present a
convincing challenge to the Tories that would ever convince the British public
to vote for him.
In a
democracy a one party government, brought about by the unpalatable policies of
the opposition, can only leave the party of government ruling without challenge,
or a credible opposition for the electorate to vote for. This gives the governing
party the virtual power of a dictator. Free of any credible opposition, and with a
workable majority in parliament, can (admittedly, theoretically) pass legislation
to suit its own ideological prejudices.
In my
65-years I have never seen Western democracy on the brink of failure, since the
Cuban crises: and no, it is not because of the elevation of Corbyn to the
Labour Party. But I believe we as a Western culture within Europe are embarked
upon a strategy that will lead to a perfect storm, and Corbyn's role will be negligible
for Europe – but for the UK? We have to sit out and await 'events dear boy'.
[1]By
this I mean progressive in its most literal sense; and not in the comic sense
that the Left uses it.
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