Sunakland is a strange,
other-worldly sort of place, which adheres to a system of logic which is unique
and impenetrable to outsiders. It is a world where an overwhelming rejection of
the governing party in a series of elections is heard
by the PM as a huge vote of confidence and a demand that he continue with a
relentless pursuit of the same policies. Some
of his acolytes think the result shows that people are giving Rishi Sunak a
chance. I’d love to see what the results looked like if they weren’t. Not all
of his followers agree with him, however. Some manage to see the voters’
reaction to the last three years of chaos as being a demand to return the
chaos-creator in chief to the top job, apparently in the belief that the chaos
was caused by, rather than the cause of, removing Johnson from office. Yet
others see people turning away from the party of low taxes and poor services
and turning instead to parties who want to provide better services by (according
to incessant propaganda from the Tories) increasing taxes as a sign that voters are
demanding more tax cuts and austerity.
In other news from that
strange place, it seems that the governing party (it seems reasonable to assume
that a deputy party chair appointed by the PM is promoting party policy)
believes that a
quarter of the entire UK population should be encouraged
to emigrate. I suppose that might help to solve the housing shortage
without upsetting Tory MPs by building houses in their constituencies, although
I’m not sure that he’s thought through the implications for the NHS nor the widespread
labour shortages which would result from such a dramatic population cut, let alone the impact on the
government’s oft-stated ambition to be a world leader in research and
innovation. It would also help to achieve his goal if they weren’t still
congratulating themselves on removing the freedom of movement of those they now
want to freely move. Still, I understand that the border control authorities
have acquired a tidy stock of small boats – they could march all republicans
down to Dover and launch them towards France. That’ll teach the French a lesson
as well. Like the message on the wall in Animal Farm, the slogan will slowly
morph from ‘Stop the boats’ to ‘Launch the boats’.
Fortunately, for Wales and Scotland
at least, there is a way to leave Sunakland without going anywhere. It really
is time to take it.
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