The end of Empathy, Compassion and Democracy!

The age of conspiracy, fake news, lies, hate and division.

Instruments of the State

Instruments of the State

In the middle of the night,

Snatching off crowded streets,

Storming through doors,

Crashing through windows,

Incarcerating,

Torturing,

Murdering

On behalf of the State.

Following orders,

Dispensing rough justice,

Intimidating,

Terrorising,

Hiding behind masks,

Safe within body armour,

Emotionally numb,

Minds blank,

Awaiting instruction.

Opher – 7.9.2020

Here’s to the truth

Here’s to the truth

Here’s to the truth!

                Sacrificed for power!

                                Deliberately undermined

to create Trump’s finest hour!

A populist ploy

                To bring the experts down.

                                Now people believe

the lies of a clown.

Bleating fake news,

                pumping propaganda;

                                deploying racist lies

to make a fool even grander.

Who needs evidence

                when you have the word of Trump?

                                Elections stolen

to re-elect a chump!

Piling democracy

                on the raging fire.

                                Flames consume truth

on equality’s funeral pyre.

3.11.2022

Are people that stupid that they can’t see they are being played?? So it seems.

All across the world the grubby fascist populist politicians play from the same play book. They deliberately undermine the truth, promote racism and xenophobia, drum up fear for jobs, blame scapegoats, highlight threats and promise the earth.

Once in office they set about creating a totalitarian state, stifling the opposition, controlling the media, introducing corruption and sleaze and lining their nests. They oppress, suppress and bask in their power.

They lie, cheat and use violence and fear to control.

Populists thrive on fear, division and hatred.

They are all, to one degree or another, tainted with the same totalitarian brush:

Johnson, Bolsonaro, Modi, Oban, Trump, Erdogan, Putin, Jinping, Le Pen, Meloni, Jong-un, Netanayuh.

When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn?

What Harm has Brexit done for us?

It’s a joke – except it’s peoples’ lives.

Poetry – Don’t Ratify the Deal

It has cost us £130 billion to make the country divided, full of hate and empower racists. Think what could have been done with £130 billion!!

Don’t Ratify the Deal

Promises and lies.

Exaggerations and fears.

All guaranteed to end in tears.

Led down the garden path.

They must be having a laugh.

Democracy is all about voting.

With Brexiteers out there gloating.

They don’t care if it makes us poor.

Ideology and tribalism at their core.

Now we know what it’s all about

We need another vote without a doubt.

But though they yell about democracy.

That doesn’t seem to count for you and me.

‘We’ve had the vote!’ they shout.

‘We’re bloody going out!!’

‘But they lied. We hadn’t a clue.’

‘Shut the fuck up you Remoaner crew!’

Opher 18.11.2018

All rational thought has gone out of the window. It’s all emotion and tribal.

The country is divided.

Ad hominem rules.

Nastiness is unleashed.

Name-calling and tribalism clouds discussion.

Nobody is looking at whether this is good for the country.