Like a visit to a scene from Macbeth, party leaders walk amid their respective counsels to seek prophetic advice as to who will be king.
And like Macbeth himself, certain in his right to be king after hearing the witches prophecies, party leaders, each drawn by the prophetic words of their own counsel who will have undoubtedly spelled doom, disaster and death, should their leader fail to heed their words, party leaders forget to think that the innocent king in this case the British people, have spoken against their plans.
Double, double toil and trouble, is certainly in the air if party leaders ignore the people's voice which demands in their sovereign right to self-government, that all voices of this Isle shall be heard.
When shall we three meet again -- In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
When the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won -- That will be ere the set of sun.
Where the place?
Upon the heath.
There to meet with Macbeth.
I come, Graymalkin!
Paddock calls.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air.
When the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won -- That will be ere the set of sun.
Where the place?
Upon the heath.
There to meet with Macbeth.
I come, Graymalkin!
Paddock calls.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air.
And indeed it is a filthy business to carry on in ignorance of the peoples voice which has declared consensus politics its aim.
There are greater things than self at stake here, and the first consideration must surely be to make decisions which preserve our sovereignty, our democracy and our system of government. But the leaders consider only their own vanities in the belief that a majority over the other no matter that it is in itself in a minority position, gives them the right - like Macbeth - to be ruler of this land.
The people did not vote for Labour policy, they did not vote for LibDems, and they did not vote Conservative. What they voted for is for ALL voices to shape the future of this country, to limit the powers being wielded by politicians, to mark an end to confrontational politics, and to install a proportional representative government which will continue to listen to THE PEOPLE in their aims.
Lord Tebbit, yesterday warned that these party leaders will be punished by voters if they dance to Clegg's tune. He says that another election is inevitable and that to discuss ways to gain power which essentially involves putting measures into place belonging to a minority party which was trounced at the polls, would be reason enough for the British people to say stop. For Cameron and Brown vie for position above the other with nothing more than a pledge to betray the electorate unless they step back from their talks and firmly say that they will have none of it. For Cameron's part, he gained around a third of the votes and for Brown's part he gained just over one quarter and together they do not make a whole, and a deal of any kind will ultimately leave massive numbers of the electorate disenfranchised from their own political choice.
I say 'put democracy first', and claim the truth that there is no outright winner.
I say 'put democracy first', and claim the truth that there is no outright winner.
Put the country before yourselves, and win power on a message of real change, to put the will of the people above all things, by attaching yourselves to the fundamental reality that this country does not need confrontational politics any longer, but that it needs an intelligent forum where all voices can be heard.
True proportional representative governance of this country is the only thing which will save it from social, demographic and economic decline, and there isn't really any more to say other than if they fail to do it, then they will become like Lady Macbeth who couldn't sleep and was finally driven mad with the sight of blood which she could not wash away.
Unless power is restored to the people, and a fair system of representative government is created where all can play a part according to the support they gained, then this country will remain in turmoil and the people will still be angry, only they will have good reason to be angry at the party leaders rather than amongst themselves. So much so, that to do any other thing could and probably will, bring about civil uprising which will eventually throw out Macbeth, or in this case the party leader, who took up the dagger and used it to stab the public in the back to gain office simply for his own selfish reasons to be King.
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