What Sunak and his far-right allies want to create with their pernicious rhetoric of unity, to which Labour subscribes, is a feeling of inclusion for some in a group from which others are most definitely excluded.
Unity’s Bad, M’Kay?
But perhaps most of all there is the realisation that the need for a new, unifying, narrative within politics is very high.
Unity’s Good, M’Kay?
After that there is my belief that any such narrative has to simultaneously accept the imperative of collective co-existence and the innate requirement that this be fair whilst at the same time recognising that the differences between us have to be accepted and even celebrated because they are what make us unique so that we can stand out in a world where our obvious need for company and mutuality is ever-present.
A wise person once summarised this as loving our neighbours as ourselves, but I am going further than that.
Aren’t we the lucky ones to be treated to the Fifth Gospel?
The Spud has many failings, as we all know, and one of them is conformity. Like many Lefties, he trots out the same epithets with such monotonous regularity that they become meaningless. Calling someone “far-right” may be fashionable but it is no longer a description with any value. Like the Blair era “racism” it simply means “that person I disagree with but am too stupid to defeat in logical argument”.
Hence the Spud resorting to “Sunak’s unity is bad but my unity is terrific”, which merely displays how moronic you are…
Blessed are the taxpayers, for they shall inherit nothing.
Blessed is he who gives away his country to random third world migrants who hate you, for he shall be verified on Twitter.
“Sunak and his far-right allies”
Hahahahaha.
How does Capt Potato reconcile his “obvious need for company” with a so thoroughly obnoxious disposition?
Comedy Gold from the risible Andrew Dickie
Richard Murphy says:
March 3 2024 at 9:27 am
I am not comparing myself to MLK
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Andrew Dickie says:
March 3 2024 at 9:49 am
Maybe MLK is a step too far, but you live in the same county as Thomas Paine, and IMO you’re well on the way to be his 21st century presence.
I bet Spud has a “Never kissed a Tory” t-shirt in the back of his closet somewhere.
I have to simultaneously co-exist with and celebrate people who want to cut my throat and blow up my home?
Jgh, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth”…
The little detail that this inheritance is most likely a shallow, unmarked grave is often ….”overlooked” by those fond of waving this particular nasty bit of rhetoric around.
In Spud’s kingdom of the blind, opticians will be free (at the point of use).
Sunak and his far-right allies
Sunak has given us the highest ever taxation and still manages to run up a deficit due to the highest ever government spending which is currently at £1,189 billion. I would pigeon hole him as somewhat left of center. Does he have any allies on the far right?
“A wise person once summarised this as loving our neighbours as ourselves, but I am going further than that”.
Astonishing. I’m reminded of that alleged phrase of Bernard Montgomery:
“As God once said – and I think rightly – …”
To beat this politics built on hate,
That’s why we need to allow the pro Hamas marches across the country – Jewish residents of the UK need to feel the love.
austerity
He even said in a previous post that taxes are at a forty year high – we could ask ‘what austerity’? Given public expenditure continues to rise inexorably..
and the denial of rights
I do wish that those who have no business being here and who are living off the taxpayers largesse were being ‘denied rights’ but everything I have seen so far suggests it’s British citizens very much at the back of the queue for any consideration.
we need to build a politics based on generosity of spirit
I’d argue our treatment of immigrants speaks to a major generosity of spirit. We are inviting in a city the size of Birmingham every year, many of whom want to kill us all. While ‘generous’ probably isn’t the adjective I’d use most other countries would probably assess it as such,
and material wellbeing
Who defines what ‘material well-being’ is exactly?
coupled with an embrace of the differences that make the unique peculiarities that each of us possess into the people that we are, and wish to be accepted as
Am I the only one reminded of the last scene of ‘The Naked Gun’ when I read this
Is that an impossible dream?
I’d considered this naive coming from an 18 year old to be honest. From a man in his 60s it’s really rather sad.
After that there is my belief that any such narrative has to simultaneously accept the imperative of collective co-existence and the innate requirement that this be fair whilst at the same time recognising that the differences between us have to be accepted and even celebrated because they are what make us unique so that we can stand out in a world where our obvious need for company and mutuality is ever-present.
71 words with punctuation!
Those of you who go there and wade through this shite to try to make some sense of it so you can call him out him have my deepest respect, but a mention in despatched for VP who ‘s tireless efforts are astounding.
“despatches”, obviously 🙁
BiND
Thanks for the mention – I stand on the shoulders of so many giants in these comments – too many to mention. I know the recent health travails of Dearieme leave us all hoping there’s good news. The fact event revelations from DocBud I already mentioned moved me to tears – so I am very much aware my musings are usually, whilst not quite Ecksian in their obsession, probably sufficiently lengthy, that they could easily be viewed as such.
I think my frustration comes from the fact that he is so intellectually limited as well as preternaturally unpleasant to the extent he has managed to piss off most of his potential ideological allies outside his echo chamber. How anyone could read through the above paragraph (for example) and conclude that he was anything other than a crank is quite beyond me.
@VP ” How anyone could read through the above paragraph (for example) and conclude that he was anything other than a crank is quite beyond me.” I think you are seriously over estimating the intelligence of some of the public. His writing often consists of throwing as much shit at the wall in the hope that some of it sticks and becomes intelligible. Remember with morons such as pilgrim slight retard, Andrew Dickie et al it’s not a very high barrier to overcome.
Grikath @ 1.56.
“The meek inherit nothing but a clean cave”.
David Knopfler.
Relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcWk640Rjq0
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth”
Jordan Peterson does a bit on this, where he says that the word ‘meek’ is the wrong translation from the original, and the true translation is ‘Blessed are those who have weapons but choose not to use them’ (or something to that effect). Which (if correct) puts a rather different light on the Bible verse. Meek implies someone who not only wouldn’t harm a fly, but is incapable of doing so. Having a weapon you choose to stay suggests a far more muscular and determined attitude to life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqC7aCbJGk0
Presumably there’s an implied “until…” in that translation too, or those with the weapons but not using them may as well not have them in the first place.
‘Blessed are those who have weapons but choose not to use them’
Speak softly but carry a big stick.