Labour is being warned it is hurtling towards a “powder keg” confrontation with environmentalists, green groups and a swathe of its own supporters in the next few weeks, amid its claims that “blockers” are standing in the way of economic growth.
A flurry of pro-growth measures have been announced by ministers in recent days as part of a government fightback against claims that the economy is stalling.
The drive culminated last week in chancellor Rachel Reeves’s assertion in Davos that economic growth is more important than net zero. She is now on the verge of effectively giving her backing to airport expansion at Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’ve known pretty much since Keith took over the party that he’s been a Tory in a red tie. My belief initially was that he was just letting the Tories be so shit that he could basically continue to be a Tory and it would still look better by comparison. Now I’m of the belief that his actual goal for years has been literally to get Nigel Farage and Reform elected, whatever public face he puts on, whatever he claims Labour policy is, functionally he is just working for Farage (and/or the people that Farage is working for, we can make a pretty decent guess who that is).
This is it. Those running government are either puppets for, or fully fledged members of, the establishment - the billionaires and multi-multi millionaires (E: especially those we never hear about or from), and in our particular hell-hole, the royals and their gentry, who they actually exist to serve, not us. Anyone who makes it up the ranks who isn’t, is attacked with everything they have to ensure the status quo isn’t threatened.
It’s all theatre meticulously played out all to serve one purpose - to keep our rulers in power. And it isn’t just here of course, it’s the very nature of nation states, and capitalism ramps it up to a whole other level. of oppression and exploitation.
The only way out is to stop abiding by their rules and abolishing their systems so we can build something better from the bottom up.