A 'Brief' History of Contemporary British Politics.
From my own personal point of view....
British Government: We're going to war, in a vague area, against a vague enemy for vague reasons right away
British Public: No way, man that's illegal /and/ immoral
British Government: Well, fuck you! We're going anyway
British Public: Well now, steady on there
British Government: Actually, I've decided I've finished being prime minister now and the best thing to do is to tour a series of countries with no extradition treaties. Here have this soulless stooge (whose only redeemable quality is presumably his dexterity with an industrial shredding machine) to finish my term. You can have one of those election thingies, later. Toodles xx
British Public:Oh well, at least someone's in charge even if he isn't nearly so good at grinning as the last guy.
British Government:Right C'mon election time, this is all very important stuff you know. (Red Team: Don't pick the blues we're not as bad as them) (Blue Team: Err Don't pick Reds, gross! Do you hate your country or something?)
British Public: *thinks 'ha ha got you this time'* Actually, a lot of us were thinking we'd give the yellow team a go for a change.
British Government: Well that doesn't count and since last time the guy wore a red tie, this time we're going to have the blue team.
British Public: Well hopefully this Blue team will at least sort out the mess the red team left the last time, even if it's not really who we picked.
British Government: Fuck you, pay me!
British Public: Well, we can't really afford to but ok, even tho it's kinda illegal.
British Government: Fuck illegal! You don't tell me what the law is!
British Public: Well if that's the way you feel about it, we'll have to see you in court *hmph*
British Courts: They're right you know, it's not on.
British Government: Fuck the Courts! We make the rules!
The UN: Actually, your breaking a lot of international laws too. You oughtn't do that so much. We made those to stop fascist genocides happening again (in Europe)
British Government: Fuck international law and fuck the UN! We can do what ever we want to! (cocaine is a hell of a drug!)
British Police: Just going to murder a few people in cold blood and broad daylight.
British Public: *raging* Fuck this, I'm gunna burn down a Woolworths!
British Courts: (Re: Police murders) That's actually fine. no problems there (Re: Posting jokes about ongoing unrest on facebook) As there is no law concerning these 'crimes' I will make my sentencing arbitrarily and from as reactionary stand point as possible, 3-4 years imprisonment!
British Media: Yobs! Looting! Yobs! Looting!
British Public: Bloody Yobs! Always Looting!
British Government: C'mon now you lazy work-shy scrounging lay-abouts, get to work!
British Public: Actually, the situations getting pretty grim down here, there literally aren't as many jobs as there are people to do them, by a long way. Also, many thousands have died due to these 'cuts' of yours and we've noticed that no-one but you lot seem to be getting any better off.
British Government: Then to save money, we will fire the guy who counts how many people our policies have killed.
British Public: But what about our crushing poverty, increasing isolation and disenfranchisement?
British Government: Well that's because of who ever is poorer than you in particular, and 'Gypsies'.
British Public: Bloody poverty stricken 'Gypsies'!
From my own personal point of view....
British Government: We're going to war, in a vague area, against a vague enemy for vague reasons right away
British Public: No way, man that's illegal /and/ immoral
British Government: Well, fuck you! We're going anyway
British Public: Well now, steady on there
British Government: Actually, I've decided I've finished being prime minister now and the best thing to do is to tour a series of countries with no extradition treaties. Here have this soulless stooge (whose only redeemable quality is presumably his dexterity with an industrial shredding machine) to finish my term. You can have one of those election thingies, later. Toodles xx
British Public:Oh well, at least someone's in charge even if he isn't nearly so good at grinning as the last guy.
British Government:Right C'mon election time, this is all very important stuff you know. (Red Team: Don't pick the blues we're not as bad as them) (Blue Team: Err Don't pick Reds, gross! Do you hate your country or something?)
British Public: *thinks 'ha ha got you this time'* Actually, a lot of us were thinking we'd give the yellow team a go for a change.
British Government: Well that doesn't count and since last time the guy wore a red tie, this time we're going to have the blue team.
British Public: Well hopefully this Blue team will at least sort out the mess the red team left the last time, even if it's not really who we picked.
British Government: Fuck you, pay me!
British Public: Well, we can't really afford to but ok, even tho it's kinda illegal.
British Government: Fuck illegal! You don't tell me what the law is!
British Public: Well if that's the way you feel about it, we'll have to see you in court *hmph*
British Courts: They're right you know, it's not on.
British Government: Fuck the Courts! We make the rules!
The UN: Actually, your breaking a lot of international laws too. You oughtn't do that so much. We made those to stop fascist genocides happening again (in Europe)
British Government: Fuck international law and fuck the UN! We can do what ever we want to! (cocaine is a hell of a drug!)
British Police: Just going to murder a few people in cold blood and broad daylight.
British Public: *raging* Fuck this, I'm gunna burn down a Woolworths!
British Courts: (Re: Police murders) That's actually fine. no problems there (Re: Posting jokes about ongoing unrest on facebook) As there is no law concerning these 'crimes' I will make my sentencing arbitrarily and from as reactionary stand point as possible, 3-4 years imprisonment!
British Media: Yobs! Looting! Yobs! Looting!
British Public: Bloody Yobs! Always Looting!
British Government: C'mon now you lazy work-shy scrounging lay-abouts, get to work!
British Public: Actually, the situations getting pretty grim down here, there literally aren't as many jobs as there are people to do them, by a long way. Also, many thousands have died due to these 'cuts' of yours and we've noticed that no-one but you lot seem to be getting any better off.
British Government: Then to save money, we will fire the guy who counts how many people our policies have killed.
British Public: But what about our crushing poverty, increasing isolation and disenfranchisement?
British Government: Well that's because of who ever is poorer than you in particular, and 'Gypsies'.
British Public: Bloody poverty stricken 'Gypsies'!