Words on the streets this week with some comedy commentary to ease us back into proceedings. Although I think the above wall scrawl requires a more serious take. Am assuming it is a reference to the protest bill that recently sailed through the Commons and is about to be passed by the House of lords. If it goes through it will effectively make protest illegal in this country and propel us in a single bound away from a democracy and towards something much more sinister. 1984 might finally have arrived.
While a giant chunk of the population was banging on about their freedoms being taken away, incensed by a piece of cloth that covered your face and marching in the streets to demand their right to flout restrictions that were initiated to protect us, there was a genuine assault on our freedom being quietly passed through parliament. And yet strangely none of these ‘freedom fighters’ had a problem with that which is ironic, as once this bill gets ratified, they won’t be able to protest about perceived threats to their freedom because a real one would have taken away their right to.
It’s pretty scary shit and once again our complacency and apathy will be our downfall. To be fair we have been distracted by this endless pandemic but while we were consumed by it, the war on the virus was being used as a very effective smoke screen to re-shape our society into some ting a bit more Orwellian. #killthebill
p.s Thank you to everyone for all their warm messages welcoming me back. Very much appreciated. I feel like i just got out of solitary. It’s good to be back in the fold.