Intrigue and power

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Intrigue and power

In these times of obfuscation,

                Of charades

And diversionary tactics,

                Of populist ideology

                                And blatant propaganda:

In these days of lies

                And soundbites,

Designed to enthuse

                And deceive,

We are embroiled

                In the deceptions of

                                Greedy exploiters,

For whom

                The truth is elastic

                                And designed to fool

                                                The gullible.

Charisma has replaced honour

                So that politics becomes

A pantomime of

                Selfish power-seeking

                                And naked profiteering.

Opher 21.6.2023

The last thirteen years of populism exemplified by The Tories, The Republicans, Boris Johnson, Brexit and Donald Trump, politics has hit an all-time low.

We are looking at an era of blatant profiteering. The Tories, Republicans and populists around the world (Modi, Erdogan, Le Penn, Meloni, Oban and Bolsonaro – then add Putin and Xi) feathering their own nests at the expense of the people and robbing the poor to give to the rich.

Never has politics been so low. Never has sleaze and corruption been so very blatant. Never have there been so many lies and barrages of propaganda.

We are at an all-time low!

Poetry – Elections

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Elections

Elections with crosses deciding our fate.

Philosophies and creeds in all different shapes

With the hopes of millions the weak and the great.

The jubilant and despondent pondering the course

Of the campaigns and voting – their whims and their source

Now fixed in concrete as the electorate endorse.

The country waits with bated breath

To watch the outcomes, promotions and death

To see the dust settle and find what is left.

All have expectation,

All have their dreams,

But always in politics

It’s not what it seems.

The pursuit of power

Undermines the ideals,

In political parties

It’s a battle of wills

People are lost

Amid the blood and the cuts

As the big-wigs promote self

With no ifs and no buts.

Care and consideration

Receive a refusal

In the heat of government

It’s business as usual.

Opher – 8.6.2017

Watching the antics of the Tory Brexiteers as they play out their games, jostling for position to gain power without a care for the people they represent. The country comes a long way second, if not third.

In politics it is not about what is best for the country. That always comes last. Sometimes it is about what is good for the party, even if that is bad for the rest of us. But really it is just about self and selfish aims as the ambitious prats are prepared to stab their best friends in the back, dump their party in the sewage and promote themselves with every dirty trick. It’s all about winning.

Selfishness and greed are the motives. There are no rules.