The Road To Spring 4: For A Walk

The only reason they want a Sir Captain Tom statue is because they think statues will offend the loony left. It's provocation. Probably.

The alternative is that Boris is proposing (according to the Daily Fail) an idea that effectively immortalises his failings. Sir Captain Tom only became famous because he campaigned for the NHS. Something he shouldn't' have had to do, and wouldn't have had it been funded properly. So the idea just advertises the failings of this idiot in charge. Of course, as we have seen with statues, they are very good at whitewashing the truth; it will highlight him, and obscure the root of the problem. 

Watch how the ruling class and its state machine engulfs him to skew a legacy into propaganda. He was a good sort; an ex soldier. He even did their job for them: perambulating around his garden to raise money. People have already paid money for the NHS: taxation. No doubt Tom acted with good intentions but he was fooled into doing so. We shouldn't have to be depending on the good will of old boys to save something that we already own. The moment we buy into this, they have won a victory, taking a piece away. Now we are exhorted to commemorate his ill conceived sacrifice by once more clapping. The socially acceptable protest that the ruling class allows precisely because it is ineffective; we all stop at clapping on the door step. Never actually going out and making trouble. They know it. We know it.

Only on this mad island do we have a situation where, in one of the most feverish areas of right wing policy, the Tories become gun-shy. Yet the entire country seems happy, for once, to give them a blank cheque to shut the borders. Do it! Screams the entirety of the chattering classes. Instead, we get this gem.

Amongst all this, Labour entrenches into a pathetic shadow of right wing politics. It is currently being exhorted to appeal to base patriotism and flag waving. It has already released a shocking ad campaign to persuade the government to shut the borders. It is not subtle, it will stoke racism. Without context, without understanding of the social fabric of our society and the relations between different communities - the history of empire - Labour will descend into mediocrity and disappear in a dark rancid puddle. Starmer has no ideas. He is simply uninspiring and insipid, and so this nationalistic nonsense will intensify. The end result will be to abandon working class solidarity and give in to the worst aspects of our society. Those that rise at times of crisis.