I am a political neutral as well as a political nerd!

Those who follow my forays in the blogosphere, typically 2-3 times a week, will note these comprise my thoughts on religion, politics (often these two overlapping) and stuff that personally interests me and (so I think) may do so for some of my readers. Today, I want to share my thoughts on the present political situation, with a religious twist! Because I want to keep it short and sharp, my points will be fairly broad brushed without too much elaboration. Not that can’t do so, haven’t done so, or shan’t do so in the future, if God allows!

A lot of my watching the world of politics has been focused overseas, especially the USA with recently elected Donald Trump, like King Jehu of the Bible, and with the zeal of that crazy man, when seeking to drain a swamp much needing to be drained, and here views will be divided but (imho) he is doing so with a considerable degree of success, including shaking the political establishments right across the world and, pertinent to this article, my own United Kingdom.

Etched in my mind are the political hustings run by nice Christians in my locality, in the lead up to last July’s General Election. It was the case at the time that the Conservatives were in disarray and had lost the plot under Rishi Sunak, yet I wasn’t too keen on Labour under Keir Starmer, the only viable alternative, given our first past the post system for determining winners. While other alternatives to Labour, besides the Conservatives (in England: Greens, LibDems and the new rising star, Reform, under Nigel Farage) could come in to spoil the party, this all turned out to be barely significant.

Without blowing my own trumpet (I lie – I am) I submitted a bunch of questions that weren’t asked by my nice Christian husting organiser friends, presumably wanting to appear fair and relevant, but now, eight months on, seem extremely pertinent when it came to determine who should be the MP of my own Southend West constituency, whose party will possibly form the next government. What transpired is well documented history. The newbie chap, specially selected by Labour hierarchy, as one more likely to toe the party line, managed to oust the Tory incumbent lady in a seat that has always been Tory for as long as I remember. Moreover, Labour also found themselves winning the overall General election by a landslide despite receiving less votes than they did in the previous (get Brexit done) election, which they had lost by a long way.   

So back to the depressing, dire state of British politics today. I am of the view that we have been landed with the worst UK government in my own living memory (and we have had some bad ones – both Labour and Conservative led) and, seriously, it may be as part of God’s judgement on my green and pleasant land that seems further away than ever from doing in the words of William Blake “Till we have built Jerusalem, in England’s green and pleasant Land”.  

Those who read my post last July blogs will find several reasons for my coming to this view, which I won’t elaborate here other than repeating my “Southport” example. The murder of three young girls by what seems to be by a hate driven, Islamist extremist was a terrible act and some of the responses including riots by way of protest were unwise or worse. But when Keir Starmer targeted the so-called racist, Islamophobic, far right as being the main enemy to be dealt with, that did it for me and many of his actions since, including most recently his stance and commitments on behalf (so he claims) of the British people, are altogether wrong.

While there have been glimpses of the Conservatives providing a decent opposition, it has been far too little and unsurprising as it seems there is an ideological confusion and lack of agreement, along with a disappointing choice of leader to expect much better. The one Conservative that gave me reason for hope, (and there may be more – please step forward) Andrew Brigden, was unceremoniously expelled and these days speaks his common sense from the wings. As for Greens and LibDems, they are too woke to be of much good and seem to focus their energies on majoring on relatively minor issues such as political correctness, climate change, racism, LBGT+.

Which brings me to Reform – the hope of many who share my concerns and who seem to be on my political wavelength. The Paul Thorpe video: “Nigel Farage had the Nation in his hands, and BLEW IT…” (see here) articulates many of the concerns I have been going on about for some time, despite a lot of a good stuff said by Reform, including exposing some of the Starmer, Southport and Ukraine nonsense, that the others aren’t. Pushing the fake vaccine, throwing Tommy Robinson under a bus, the cult of not just personality (i.e. that of Farage) but dealing despicably with those who have the temerity to think/speak for themselves, doing so to champion the concerns of ordinary people. All this has rather distanced me away from supporting Reform, which is a big shame.

As for a Reform alternative, a friend shared this David Kurten video around the Ukraine war (see here) and included the comment: “He “gets” it and the Heritage Party he leads (but what’s their agenda?)”. My response was: “He does and we have had exchanges. Amidst the plethora of parties to challenge the main ones, Heritage may be the best. Sadly, they appear unlikely to get power and challenge Reform as the party attracting some of the wakened wonders to what is really going on in not just Ukraine but the world. I do have some qualms/criticisms though …

1. They are right in what they are against but I see too little by way of solutions.

2. Implicit in the name “Heritage” is the thought there has been some bygone golden age for GB – there never has been!

3. While DK would not claim to subscribe to replacement theology, in effect he does and that effects his views on Israel in a way I cannot agree.”

So before suggesting reasons for hope, let me turn to Liz Truss. In the General Election before last, Boris Johnson gained an overwhelming mandate by the electorate, based on his “get Brexit done” promise, which to an extent he did but later blew it, not helped by the Covid craziness that befell the world soon after. When Boris stepped down and it became a two-horse race between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak on who to take over, Liz got the nod and I felt she was the best of what was on offer. But she only lasted two months and even now there are many that believe she was hopeless and she should have gone. And we ended with the unelected Sunak anyway, supported by the globalists (if you are conspiracy theorist)!

I felt at the time that Truss was hapless but even at the time I felt (uncomfortably) she was up against powers that were far beyond her control, that even Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher would have found hard to tackle and, moreover, lending credence to the argument that it is not elected politicians who determine what goes on but rather the hidden powers who control both those politicians they can manipulate and world events – “the Cabal” or “the Deep State”. She keeps popping up on my newsfeed. I find she speaks much sense, e.g. in this video: “’Britain Is Becoming A Failed State’: Liz Truss Sounds Alarm About ‘Anti-West Ideology’ In UK And US” (see here). Whether Truss is the right person to lead Britain, Keir Starmer (emphatically) is the wrong person and Donald Trump is showing how the Deep State can be withstood and disarmed, are all matters for conjecture. But I live in hope there may be a way out of our, on the face of it, nightmare.

But my hope is not in politicians, although having the right ones in positions of power and influence helps, but rather in the living God. I believe we are where we are because we have turned from God, but God is also merciful and I am already seeing signs of His mercy …

Update:

I shared a link to this article on my Facebook page and one friend, no fan of Liz Truss, commented: “if you listen to anything this self-obsessed failure says, you are wrong – she nearly crashed the economy and now tries to blame it on other people”. My response was: “It wasn’t about me endorsing or otherwise Liz Truss. If anything, what she attempted when she was PM and her take on UK politics now is illustrative of why I find UK politics so depressing. At least in Sunak the baddies had found someone who would do their bidding that her attempts to do the opposite they managed successfully to thwart because they could. I should imagine that in Starmer they felt they had struck gold. But then God is not mocked and therein lies my hope”. Another friend, more sympathetic to Truss and into the prophetic, commented: “ALL as prophesied in Oct 2022 “Without the Truss the roof shall fall off!” (see here).