We live in
very challenging times and its not okay to sit on the fence anymore. In
her book Left Bank, Agnes Poiries writes of the citizens in Paris who stood by
and did nothing during the war. The war taught people that indifference bred
only chaos, and that everyone must take sides and engage with the world.
The Tories
are fighting to save a failing British elite's empire days. Also as with
Theresa May, they say how caring they are, while they refuse to take in
abandoned Syrian children; expel the Windrush Generation, bomb Syria and leave
people starving. They are experts at putting on this 'I'm so caring' face and
trying to fool their Daily Mail readers.
Today we
have weak leadership and It should not be about who shouts the loudest on
Twitter! Musician and writer Pat Kane wrote in the National, about us all
being fully mindful and of the “innovative spirit “ of small nations such as
Iceland, Finland, Estonia and how we must all be more aware and alert. ‘ He
added there is 'no shortage of inventions and reforms are pursuable under indy
… but it all has to be rooted in a fully mindful population. Many of us felt as
citizens, fully awake in 2014.’ (March 2018).
How do we
get our message across? The UK government may not imprison us, instead they tie
our hands with no media or tv outlets. By contrast how does Catalonia manage to
have not one, but five tv channels! David Mundell, now with an expanded
Scottish office, uses tax payers money to target women without university
educations. Unbelievable!
The Tories
are not only cruel and heartless, they are inhumane and I fear there is no
decent opposition either. These are life and death issues and we must all play
our part: this is not a time for those who want to sit on the sidelines saying,
well I am okay. It is time the people spoke up. Who can live on £60 a week job
seeker allowance? We have returned to Dickens times it seems, with Amazon the
new workhouse and no workers rights, as the tiny super rich defend their right
to even more money. This 'them and us' culture perpetuated by the British
establishment elites is not constructive, its destructive for our society's
well being. Its time now for progressive socialism - capitalism for business
along with a more caring, rounded society. Our best hope is gaining Scotland's freedom, the sooner the better.
In a free
trading block of independent or federal nations, everyone pulls together – from
the bottom up and NOT top down directives. ‘Sovereignty’ is with the people.
We’ve had great thinkers in Scotland - from the Declaration of Arbroath to
philosopher and poet George Buchanan, who taught James VI, and who wrote one of
the most important books on democracy for all. Later his work on democracy was
suppressed and his memorial is just north of me at the bonny village of Killearn. These
are not simple black and white, yes or no issues.
Many politicians are in this for power and not the
best interests of the people, time for the people to speak up!
