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?
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.
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