This week’s shots have revolved around the ousting of May, the paralysed state of Britain, and the divisive and currently destructive nature of our national identity. And I won’t mention the ‘B’ word as I don’t want to give our new political party any free press. Basically, we are up to our ears in shit and the more we try to dig ourselves out the deeper we sink. And it now feels that this process will eventually dismantle, from the inside out, the very flimsy structure that is already barely holding this very confused country and its people together. But we are anything but together. And we are definitely more against than together. We are officially in conflict. A ruptured society now at odds with each other. And it is getting odder and odder by the minute.
And what is much worse than all of this is that all the while we all focus on this shit, our government (if you can even call them that because they are absolutely not governing) is not dealing with all the services and industries that are going down the swanny (which is Brit for ‘its all fucked’).
May exclaimed (as shown on front page of newspaper in tuesday’s shot) “I did all I can”. Which was what exactly?
You did all you can to neglect those in need and to make things infinitely worse for those who were already struggling.
You did all you can to dismantle all the services and support systems that stopped people falling through the cracks.
You did all you can to ignore the most pressing problems in our society and allowed policies that clearly don’t work to continue to destroy people’s lives regardless.
The worst thing is you did all of this just to bring in the ‘B’ word and you even failed to do that..
The homeless guy laid out next to the discarded remains of her bullshit statement summed it all up for me. Hollow words, no action, fuck all concern. Just pointless platitudes surrounded by genuine misery. We ignored the suffering of millions in our own country as their opportunities and incomes decreased through the heartless implementation of austerity policies and have watched as so many slip into poverty and destitution now we wonder why they are angry. Who can fucking blame em? Their response to indifference and inaction was to vote with their anger and until we acknowledge their grievances and attempt to solve them we will never be free of this. Calling them idiots and racists clearly isn’t working. Racism is the act of generalising the motives and actions of entire demographics of people with the same derogatory characteristics and that is exactly what is being done to the Leavers by the Remainers. Just sayin’…and even if you hate the haters, you are still a hater. Only understanding will lead to a solution.
And more than being a divided state we are a limbo state. Nothing more than a question mark. I have stated this before but when I passed this doorway the other day it felt like the sign that our temporary status is going to become a permanent one. We are going to remain (no pun intended) a question mark. Uncertainty creates anxiety, fear and friction. Welcome to the (Un)united Kingdom, we hope you enjoy your stay…unless you aren’t from here, in which case, we will try to make you feel as uncomfortable as possible about being here…
p.s sorry for firing off yesterday’s post early, scheduling error, I did amend the post & added an alternate shot as some way of compensation. which I thought would then arrive again in your inboxes the next morning but it didn’t..but you can view here if you so desire: https://babycakesromero.com/myldn-1287/
