I fear nothing will change until there is some sort of positive action,
a la the Poll Tax riots. Sadly, the corrupt bastards in government have made punishing protestors so much easier, and more vicious, that such a groundswell in feelings might be strangled at birth, with the threat of prison held over the heads of anyone who so much as organises, or even attends, a protest.
I honestly don't know what to do. I'm loath to recommend a course of action I wouldn't be prepared to take myself, and at my age and with my health issues, that precludes most things, sadly.
Youth needs to rise up again, but "
youth" is so fucking apathetic and politically ignorant in the main these days that I cannot see it happening. Unfortunately, this paves the way for the shouty right-wing organisers who, much like Johnson & co., pummel people with their easily-digestible slogans, and soft targets, like "
immigrants," They, of course, are in the pay of people like Murdoch who have found ways of monetising the right.
What about Toot-Toot Tiny Tommy Ten-Names? Who funds him, and his ilk? He hasn't got a job, but he's got a big house, now transferred into his ex-wife's name to avoid it being sold to pay the £100K in damages he owes Jamal Hijazi, who he libelled.
He also owes an estimated £1.5m in costs to Jamal’s legal team.
So, who's been funding him?
A Philadelphia-based think tank, the Middle East Forum (MEF), acknowledges it has spent about $60,000 (£47,000) on Robinson’s legal fees and demonstrations staged in London earlier this year. A senior MEF executive has been closely involved in preparations for this weekend’s march, though the think tank said she was there in a personal capacity.
A US tech billionaire, Robert Shillman, financed a fellowship that helped pay for Robinson to be employed in 2017 by a rightwing Canadian media website, the Rebel Media, on a salary of about £5,000 a month.
A small Australian right-wing group, Australian Liberty Alliance, says it has helped fund Robinson, but did not disclose how much.
A New York City-based think tank, the Gatestone Institute, has published a succession of articles supporting Robinson’s cause.
The David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC), a California-based think tank that describes itself as a “
school for political warfare”, has published a series of pieces defending Robinson, and has lobbied for him to address US politicians.
Robinson, in the meantime, stuffs as much of his income as he can straight up his nose (allegedly) and begs for even more money from his gullible supporters whilst declaring bankruptcy.
These are the people who "
care" about our country and its future. NOT ONE FUCKING IOTA.
Until they are booted into touch we will never fight back, because they are the very people we need to fight back against.
Sad to say, it's all too easy for the far-right fat cats to keep ignorant Nazi wannabees fed with just enough lies to further their own ideals, and fill their own wallets by keeping legitimate protests down.
Still, Jeremy Corbyn, eh? What a bastard. He's to blame for everything that Keir (has anyone seen my blue tie) Starmer fucks up, and is still living, rent-free, inside the heads of Conservatives everywhere as a sort of Grandfatherly
bête noire.
All because he genuinely did want to improve our lot, but in a way that the bankers and businessmen couldn't see a way of making a profit out of. Virtually every major political decision that is taken in our country, and most other countries, revolves around money, how to make money, how to make MORE money, and how to hold on to money. Zero fucks are given about anyone who qualifies as "
them" to the establishment's "
us".
Sorry, as usual, this has turned into a sort of
cluster bomb rather than a surgical strike. I'll go and have a bit of a lie down now.