Despite watching America burn and riot, the British Government, desperate for a trade deal – any kind of trade deal – with a neo-fascist – refuses to condemn or even engage with Donald Trump. Although that’s hardly surprising when the nominal Prime Minister (the de facto one is the one speaking to him through an earpiece, a certain Dominic Cummings) has caused an increase in attacks on Muslim women by comparing them to letterboxes.
To be honest, I feel ashamed to be even connected to these people in any way. I feel shamefully complicit. Scotland’s decision, now six years old, to renew its membership with this parcel of rogues is a matter of profound sadness and regret.
In these post-truth times, the concept of a moral compass in politics seems almost quaint. But without one we are totally lost.
Scottish MPs should not travel from Scotland to Westminster at the beck and call of the Tories during the Coronavirus pandemic.
A guy wrote this week that, as parliament slowly returns, our Scottish MPs should adopt an indefinite Abstentionist Policy to Westminster. He was bang on the money – with one caveat.
I’d go further.
Scottish MPs shouldn’t go back at all. Ever.
It’s over. Enough is enough. This is our chance to get out of this midden for good.
“Stay at home”, has been the mantra of this pandemic. For me, after everything that has happened, it now has a second, different, deeper meaning. Let Scotland be Scotland. And let’s bring our democracy home for good.
Stay safe everybody. I’ll meet you further on up the road.
