Deflection and blackmail
Another day, another week, all is well and normal in the bubble of dystopian UK politics. The land of misfit Eton boys. Those that flagrantly gamble away with the lives of normal people as if we're nothing more than unfeeling chess pieces, there to be moved, manipulated and sacrificed. All for the good of protecting the queen. The rich. The Elite. Until they're the only ones left standing.
See, that's the thing about chess isn't it, some pieces just have a higher value than others. Even though it would be a lot harder to win without the little pawns. No matter what those poor little insignificant pawns do, they will always be pawns. If one little pawn manages to make it to the other side, what happens then? Any reward for all that hard work and effort? No. Instead, it's immediately replaced with another piece, one of more value. In truth, the pawn is only on that board in the first place to serve others, never itself.
I feel like a pawn sometimes. My life insignificant. My value unchangeable.
Not that I'm not grateful for what I have, in the eyes of many I'd be considered rich. On account of the fact I have enough to buy essentials. I've a roof over my head, food to eat, clothes on my back. And for the most part, I'm happy. I love my son, being his mum gives me purpose.
Yet on the flip side of that coin, how wrong is it that having all those things somehow makes me lucky. When everyone deserves that. It's not much to ask for really. If people just had rights to the basics in life you'd find a lot more people would be able to reach their full potential. Others, well, they'd just be happy wouldn’t they? Poverty is a political choice. And, to someone like me, the choice is obvious.
Less obvious to Johnson, his ministers and the eleven years worth of Tories who came before.
Headlines this week: Deflection and blackmail
How can it honestly be a surprise to anyone, that a man who once helped to conspire to have someone beaten up, lied systematically to get ahead, giving false quotes, a man that has had numerous extramarital affairs; how could anyone be surprised when that same man allegedly blackmails others to save his own skin?
William Wragg has recently spoken out about blackmail within the Tory Party. Accusations of Downing Street threatening to remove funding from the constituencies of those MPs seeking to remove Boris from office. It's believed he is due to discuss these allegations with the police.
Oh, and we're still waiting on the findings of Sue Grays investigation. How I wait with bated breath, not.
As if the Tory Party, rife with Islamophobia allowed by a PM who once referred to Muslim women as letter boxes, couldn't sink any lower.
But that's not all.
Also this week, the Labour Party decided to welcome in Christian Wakeford MP for Bury South. As he was originally elected to be a Tory MP it is my view that this deflection should automatically trigger a by-election. The people of Bury South are entitled to that. If they then decide to elect Wakeford again with his new found Labour affiliation, then great. If not, then that is democracy, something the Labour Party are meant to be protecting.
While scrolling through Twitter, dangerous I know, I noticed a lot of people asking whether or not Wakeford should have been allowed to join Labour? Put simply, I think yes. People are allowed to evolve, to change their views over time, otherwise what would be the point in debating anything ever? However, my concern is that Wakeford, until now, hasn't done anything to indicate he processes even a modicum of socialism. Just look at his voting record, he has consistently voted in favour of the Tory Party; the Elections Bill, the nationality and Borders bill, the welfare cap and more.
So, unless Wakeford has just had a sudden epiphany, brought on by the somewhat late realisation that the Tories are corrupt and motivated purely by self interest, then I'm confused as to why he feels Labour is now the party for him. It says a lot about the current state of Keir’s Labour Party. I guess only time will tell, perhaps we will see him start to vote differently. If not, which seems more likely, I despair.
All this brings me to my final point and I'll end this week's review with a question. In light of the Labour Party holding their arms out, open wide, to welcome Christian Wakeford, why on this earth has Jeremy Corbyn still not been reinstated? Seriously, why?!