Confession time: I used to be proud to be British.
Not in a "look at me, I'm BRITISH" sort of way (at least, I hope not!) but it felt like being part of a comfortable club.
Now? Not so much. And it's a really gut-wrenching sensation to have pride in your identity whittled away.
Not in a "look at me, I'm BRITISH" sort of way (at least, I hope not!) but it felt like being part of a comfortable club.
Now? Not so much. And it's a really gut-wrenching sensation to have pride in your identity whittled away.
Brexit + Hostile Environment + Really Really Hostile Environment + endless post-Brexit antagonism = destruction of the UK's standing in the world.
Think back 9 years to London 2012. Hard to fathom just how far we've fallen since then. And yet things keep getting worse and worse.
Think back 9 years to London 2012. Hard to fathom just how far we've fallen since then. And yet things keep getting worse and worse.
Your mileage will vary for sure. This type of sentiment is so dependent on background, situation etc.
Yet it's hard to imagine many people look around the UK of 2021 and think "things have never been better than they are right now".
Only the narrow-minded racists are in clover.
Yet it's hard to imagine many people look around the UK of 2021 and think "things have never been better than they are right now".
Only the narrow-minded racists are in clover.
The biggest change?
The naked glee that a minority (a substantial one, perhaps, but still a minority) have found in wrecking anything and everything for the majority.
They're not benefitting, not one jot. But they're "winning" because everyone else's misery has increased.
The naked glee that a minority (a substantial one, perhaps, but still a minority) have found in wrecking anything and everything for the majority.
They're not benefitting, not one jot. But they're "winning" because everyone else's misery has increased.
Imagine having your sense of self-worth boosted by making everyone else suffer. And the more they suffer, the better off you feel by comparison. Not because you're getting ahead, but because you're causing others to fall behind.
That's the vindictive face of Britain in 2021.
That's the vindictive face of Britain in 2021.
That's the unbeatable argument of Brexit: if the EU lose £1, it was worth it - even if we lose £1 billion.
Why was it worth it? Because the EU lost £1, stupid!
Nothing else matters.
Why was it worth it? Because the EU lost £1, stupid!
Nothing else matters.
The Tories have it figured out.
FPTP means you don't have to please a majority of people. You only need to win over enough to get elected.
So you look for a big enough group and focus on it.
In their case, the sadists: "Here, let's help you inflict more pain."
Job done.
FPTP means you don't have to please a majority of people. You only need to win over enough to get elected.
So you look for a big enough group and focus on it.
In their case, the sadists: "Here, let's help you inflict more pain."
Job done.
Except, it's more insidious than that.
Because the more you please the sadists, the more they will vote for you, thus giving them a chance for you to please them still more.
So every single policy becomes about increasing the pain the non-sadists feel.
And round & round we go.
Because the more you please the sadists, the more they will vote for you, thus giving them a chance for you to please them still more.
So every single policy becomes about increasing the pain the non-sadists feel.
And round & round we go.
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