And yet the princely nature of a Labour government is already clear with those with eyes to see. So even though it seems certain the Labour will win the General Election they will probably start ignoring the general population in a princely way from the beginning.
Perhaps enough Reform MPs will be elected to put a 'label' on the jam jar. I'd guess that the label will be Republican rather than Princely so a different sort of politics may be on offer for the next General Election. Labour will have shown their untrustworthiness as princes, the Conservatives will still be struggling with the after effects of 'betrayal by their subjects', so maybe Reform will make huge strides. Unless they are captured by the Blob of course.
The 'princely' nature of government in the UK is dictated by the 'external technocracy', residing in the UN, WHO, EU, Big Tech, Big Pharma (as it is in other Western nations, especially, The Five Eyes nations). This 'external technocracy' is constructing itself as the 'ruling corpus', via International Treaties, Agreements, specific Agendas (UN 2030), COP ( Conference of the Parties) annual meetings about the world's 'climate crisis'.
I contend that the 'Two Princes' don't so much kneel before us, offering different ways of being governed, but bend their knees to the infernal 'external technocracy'. What we get 4 or 5 years since this started exerting its power, is 'new terms' for the way in which external technocratic edicts will be delivered/ forced.
The 'Two Princes' currently on offer, are just like robber Barons, but whether Reform enters 'the
'Technocratic Court' as a White Knight or a Black Prince, time will tell, or the yoke of 'external technocracy'.
The trouble is, I am impatient for the change you argue for, that is towards republican government. I don’t think we have time enough to let Labour go down the same princely rabbit hole as the Tories have disappeared into. Forlorn hope it may be (and I suspect Reform is not actually that much different from the alternatives) but a significant vote for them (with or without seats in parliament) might just get the snowball rolling, now, instead of in 5 years time.
Frost is right but understates things. The Tories have had since 2010 to do good things and they did next to nothing. Some of this is certainly that they were hoodwinked by the bureaucratic blob but they had over a decade to figure that out and they didn't.
They governed as Labour Light and were a total fail as a result. Apart from Brexit, which pretty much split the party anyway, they couldn't implement much of anything. Maybe some of the education reform will stick but really, 14 years and all you have for it is Brexit and a few special schools?
The Princes are themselves subjects of a greater King, the choice between them is illusory. The problem lies in understanding the nature of the King and finding ways to defeat him. Maybe Farage is the boy pointing out the nakedness of that King/Emperor or maybe he’s just a bastard pretender to the princely crown?
My opinion is that many of us are indeed, in punitive mode,despite our excellent author's claim and that,despite being a 'jar without a label',Reform has garnered the support of the many of us who have chosen to protest by voting for Farage's party.
The Cloneocracy as I call it, has nothing to offer to the disaffected silent majority-betrayed, hoodwinked and effectively -at least in terms of the representative government described-disenfranchised.
More control, more intrusions, more lawfare, more wokus pokus, more slippery soundbites, while the ubiquitous 'Blob' celebrates its continuance as the power behind the politicians.
Now we await the appointment of Groucho Marxian Starmer as PM-'these are my principles,but if you don't like them I have others'; plus an assortment of frankly alarming colleagues: Lammy, Rayner, Cooper etc.
The MSM is now touting the latest version of nefarious Russian interference, just as with the Brexit vote and the entitled right-on nincompoops at Glastonbury are waving an inflatable dinghy plus occupants ,while disporting the obligatory keffiyehs: virtue signalling at its most offensively condescendingly stupid.
Matthew Goodwin expects significant support for Reform, possibly ahead of the LibDem vote,but ,thanks to our system, few seats for Reform but several for the LimpDums.
So, the alienation and loss of trust in DINO-democracy in name only will grow,together with the advent of an Islamist party and the spreading influence of the Islamic voting bloc.
Meanwhile in France, Marine Le Pen's RN is in the lead in the first round of the election:
This is well worth reading,as author Rod Dreher dissects the arrogant condescending denial of those responsible for the disarray now ruining much of the west; its relevance to this discussion is particularly apt,as it seems all too likely that, come July the 4th, Barmy Blighty will elect a princely technocrat supreme-Starmer.
Trusting in fate to give you only principalities that self-destruct is, I fear, bald superstition. There is nothing inevitable about healthy republics. More likely by far I think is an endless succession of principalities. Would that we could elect only honorable men. Pigs will fly.
This is true - which is why we need to devote serious thought to how a healthy republic can be restored. This the position on both sides of the Atlantic.
We are hit with an incentives problem. The people we want to have governing typically have other things they would prefer to do while the people we don't want governing do want to rule the rest of us
And yet the princely nature of a Labour government is already clear with those with eyes to see. So even though it seems certain the Labour will win the General Election they will probably start ignoring the general population in a princely way from the beginning.
Perhaps enough Reform MPs will be elected to put a 'label' on the jam jar. I'd guess that the label will be Republican rather than Princely so a different sort of politics may be on offer for the next General Election. Labour will have shown their untrustworthiness as princes, the Conservatives will still be struggling with the after effects of 'betrayal by their subjects', so maybe Reform will make huge strides. Unless they are captured by the Blob of course.
The 'princely' nature of government in the UK is dictated by the 'external technocracy', residing in the UN, WHO, EU, Big Tech, Big Pharma (as it is in other Western nations, especially, The Five Eyes nations). This 'external technocracy' is constructing itself as the 'ruling corpus', via International Treaties, Agreements, specific Agendas (UN 2030), COP ( Conference of the Parties) annual meetings about the world's 'climate crisis'.
I contend that the 'Two Princes' don't so much kneel before us, offering different ways of being governed, but bend their knees to the infernal 'external technocracy'. What we get 4 or 5 years since this started exerting its power, is 'new terms' for the way in which external technocratic edicts will be delivered/ forced.
The 'Two Princes' currently on offer, are just like robber Barons, but whether Reform enters 'the
'Technocratic Court' as a White Knight or a Black Prince, time will tell, or the yoke of 'external technocracy'.
The trouble is, I am impatient for the change you argue for, that is towards republican government. I don’t think we have time enough to let Labour go down the same princely rabbit hole as the Tories have disappeared into. Forlorn hope it may be (and I suspect Reform is not actually that much different from the alternatives) but a significant vote for them (with or without seats in parliament) might just get the snowball rolling, now, instead of in 5 years time.
Frost is right but understates things. The Tories have had since 2010 to do good things and they did next to nothing. Some of this is certainly that they were hoodwinked by the bureaucratic blob but they had over a decade to figure that out and they didn't.
They governed as Labour Light and were a total fail as a result. Apart from Brexit, which pretty much split the party anyway, they couldn't implement much of anything. Maybe some of the education reform will stick but really, 14 years and all you have for it is Brexit and a few special schools?
I expanded this here - https://open.substack.com/pub/ombreolivier/p/what-have-the-tories-done-for-us?r=7yrqz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
The Princes are themselves subjects of a greater King, the choice between them is illusory. The problem lies in understanding the nature of the King and finding ways to defeat him. Maybe Farage is the boy pointing out the nakedness of that King/Emperor or maybe he’s just a bastard pretender to the princely crown?
I don't trust Farage as far as I could throw him, and I'm no Obelix.
My opinion is that many of us are indeed, in punitive mode,despite our excellent author's claim and that,despite being a 'jar without a label',Reform has garnered the support of the many of us who have chosen to protest by voting for Farage's party.
The Cloneocracy as I call it, has nothing to offer to the disaffected silent majority-betrayed, hoodwinked and effectively -at least in terms of the representative government described-disenfranchised.
More control, more intrusions, more lawfare, more wokus pokus, more slippery soundbites, while the ubiquitous 'Blob' celebrates its continuance as the power behind the politicians.
Now we await the appointment of Groucho Marxian Starmer as PM-'these are my principles,but if you don't like them I have others'; plus an assortment of frankly alarming colleagues: Lammy, Rayner, Cooper etc.
The MSM is now touting the latest version of nefarious Russian interference, just as with the Brexit vote and the entitled right-on nincompoops at Glastonbury are waving an inflatable dinghy plus occupants ,while disporting the obligatory keffiyehs: virtue signalling at its most offensively condescendingly stupid.
Matthew Goodwin expects significant support for Reform, possibly ahead of the LibDem vote,but ,thanks to our system, few seats for Reform but several for the LimpDums.
So, the alienation and loss of trust in DINO-democracy in name only will grow,together with the advent of an Islamist party and the spreading influence of the Islamic voting bloc.
Meanwhile in France, Marine Le Pen's RN is in the lead in the first round of the election:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/macron-practically-wiped-out-marine-le-pen-declares/ar-BB1pbuly
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/dreher/the-center-cannot-hold/
This is well worth reading,as author Rod Dreher dissects the arrogant condescending denial of those responsible for the disarray now ruining much of the west; its relevance to this discussion is particularly apt,as it seems all too likely that, come July the 4th, Barmy Blighty will elect a princely technocrat supreme-Starmer.
Vive la République!
Please god we escape princely rule before too long 🙏
Trusting in fate to give you only principalities that self-destruct is, I fear, bald superstition. There is nothing inevitable about healthy republics. More likely by far I think is an endless succession of principalities. Would that we could elect only honorable men. Pigs will fly.
This is true - which is why we need to devote serious thought to how a healthy republic can be restored. This the position on both sides of the Atlantic.
We are hit with an incentives problem. The people we want to have governing typically have other things they would prefer to do while the people we don't want governing do want to rule the rest of us
https://open.substack.com/pub/mattgoodwin/p/why-le-pen-could-be-about-to-take?r=3ws3qw&utm_medium=ios