It was very cooperative and timely of Rishi Sunak to provide the perfect conclusion to this excellent piece
The 'secret cabal controlling the word' occupies one side of the political debate, particularly in the West because there is an element of truth to it. The observable quality (intellectually and visionary) of the modern front bench politician is such that they simply do not have the capacity to run a bath, let alone a country which means the armies of civil servants, advisers and think tanks are the main drivers of policy whilst the House of Commons feeds the illusion of politics (better explained by the late John Nettleton and Nigel Hawthorne in Yes Minister https://youtu.be/-pQcNKFoIDE?si=CFJehvX0wHq5uGfW)
So the reasonable suspicion is the undisclosed source of funding of these behind the scenes operations of government that pull the puppet strings?
No one would ever talk of a secret cabal controlling the late Margaret Thatcher, and the case can certainly be made of that era of a much higher standard of politician on both sides of the political divide half a century ago evidenced not least by the fact that two of the most unlikely friendships of that era (Enoch Powell and Michael Foot and Margaret Thatcher and Eric Heffer) would be unthinkable in today's theatre of tribal politics when there really isn't much to choose between the main parties (the uniparty effect)
But Thatcher like Heffer, Powell like Foot were influenced by their experiences and extensive reading and found advice in like minded people who were as much behind the scenes as the modern think tank The difference is they were arguably more worldly wise than the modern, straight out of university think tank researcher
Life is after all a game of chance though greater disclosure and transparency from those in authority would help people make better decisions When it emerged that Sadiq Khan not only lied about the rationale behind the ULEZ expansion, but used taxpayers money to suppress a significant scientific counter narrative to his ICL evidence, people justifiably become angry !
What else are they hiding ? Why is he doing this ? Who does he work for ?
This has resulted in a London wide civil backlash against, not just ULEZ, but also the Mayor and Labour Party who the public consider are the owners of this.
Seeing this backlash against net zero, is this why the Green blob were sent into meltdown by firstly Liz Truss and then Rishi Sunak ? The consequence thus, unintended or otherwise, is a bubble has been burst and a broad spectrum of the public can see who is on whose side which I would say changes the dynamic of the next election considerably (interesting article by Ben Pile about this https://x.com/clim8resistance/status/1704667957350076672?s=46)
This civil unrest is widespread and growing across the West Fourth Turning ? Perhaps as I doubt the momentum stops without further concessions by government and local authorities
Thank you for these detailed thoughts John and the Yes, Minister clip, which was a show that was always on point.
My feeling is that climate change is an issue that will ebb and flow for the next decade and the backlash against Net Zero in Europe is evidence that this may be the axis of the Fourth Turning. It has everything:
- globalists against nationalists (Remoaners vs Little Englanders)
- young vs old
- experts vs the masses
- civil servants vs the people
and while it's left vs right for now, there's scope for reorientation along new lines of division.
Maybe the collapse of the Red Wall in 2019 was the first meaningful pointer that the traditional Labour voter realised the party of their forefathers had sold them out to pursue the globalist centre and, whilst the short term is likely to be more apathy, the recognition seems to be that the actual divide is globalist v sovereigntist and that means freedom requires responsibility
It was very cooperative and timely of Rishi Sunak to provide the perfect conclusion to this excellent piece
The 'secret cabal controlling the word' occupies one side of the political debate, particularly in the West because there is an element of truth to it. The observable quality (intellectually and visionary) of the modern front bench politician is such that they simply do not have the capacity to run a bath, let alone a country which means the armies of civil servants, advisers and think tanks are the main drivers of policy whilst the House of Commons feeds the illusion of politics (better explained by the late John Nettleton and Nigel Hawthorne in Yes Minister https://youtu.be/-pQcNKFoIDE?si=CFJehvX0wHq5uGfW)
So the reasonable suspicion is the undisclosed source of funding of these behind the scenes operations of government that pull the puppet strings?
No one would ever talk of a secret cabal controlling the late Margaret Thatcher, and the case can certainly be made of that era of a much higher standard of politician on both sides of the political divide half a century ago evidenced not least by the fact that two of the most unlikely friendships of that era (Enoch Powell and Michael Foot and Margaret Thatcher and Eric Heffer) would be unthinkable in today's theatre of tribal politics when there really isn't much to choose between the main parties (the uniparty effect)
But Thatcher like Heffer, Powell like Foot were influenced by their experiences and extensive reading and found advice in like minded people who were as much behind the scenes as the modern think tank The difference is they were arguably more worldly wise than the modern, straight out of university think tank researcher
Life is after all a game of chance though greater disclosure and transparency from those in authority would help people make better decisions When it emerged that Sadiq Khan not only lied about the rationale behind the ULEZ expansion, but used taxpayers money to suppress a significant scientific counter narrative to his ICL evidence, people justifiably become angry !
What else are they hiding ? Why is he doing this ? Who does he work for ?
This has resulted in a London wide civil backlash against, not just ULEZ, but also the Mayor and Labour Party who the public consider are the owners of this.
Seeing this backlash against net zero, is this why the Green blob were sent into meltdown by firstly Liz Truss and then Rishi Sunak ? The consequence thus, unintended or otherwise, is a bubble has been burst and a broad spectrum of the public can see who is on whose side which I would say changes the dynamic of the next election considerably (interesting article by Ben Pile about this https://x.com/clim8resistance/status/1704667957350076672?s=46)
This civil unrest is widespread and growing across the West Fourth Turning ? Perhaps as I doubt the momentum stops without further concessions by government and local authorities
But we will see
Thank you for these detailed thoughts John and the Yes, Minister clip, which was a show that was always on point.
My feeling is that climate change is an issue that will ebb and flow for the next decade and the backlash against Net Zero in Europe is evidence that this may be the axis of the Fourth Turning. It has everything:
- globalists against nationalists (Remoaners vs Little Englanders)
- young vs old
- experts vs the masses
- civil servants vs the people
and while it's left vs right for now, there's scope for reorientation along new lines of division.
I think you are right
Maybe the collapse of the Red Wall in 2019 was the first meaningful pointer that the traditional Labour voter realised the party of their forefathers had sold them out to pursue the globalist centre and, whilst the short term is likely to be more apathy, the recognition seems to be that the actual divide is globalist v sovereigntist and that means freedom requires responsibility