While a lot of people have complained about the songs at the end of the Proms, and others have complained about those complaining. But one thing the words do emphasise is the roll played by this country in the development of democracy around the world.
A crucial role in the maintaining democracy sits with the Electoral Commission. In May Peter Bone (MP – not the friend on Facebook) said:
the arrogant, incompetent and vindictive Electoral Commission
Official Report, 13 May 2020; Vol. 676, c. 246
The reason for this was that they had carried out several investigations against people he was in favour of.
Another key role is played by out courts. The recent government attack on lawyers that take on cases that they disagree with is a good indication of views on that.
Whether left or right, front or back, I believe the majority of people in this country are strong supporters of democracy, and I believe it is under attack like we have not seen in 75 years (check out the film “Darkest Hour” if you want to know more about the last serious attack).
There are people in this country that do not like democracy, and they are feeling empowered (possibly by the death of democracy in the USA). Time to roll up your sleeves.
In other news Extinction Rebellion drew attention to the Climate Central prediction that a lot of Essex will be under water by 2050. Hang on – looking at the prediction for 2030 it also says that Homer Green (sorry R&J) will be underwater by 2030, and Storyhouse Cafe will be on the sea front. Yep, they predict a 1m sea rise per year (against the current rate of 1 cm a year). Must be the truth, though. They always tell the truth, it’s one of their main chants.
And Openreach paid a visit today, my line as a problem between the house and the cabinet. I found out that this area is the largest underground telephone network in the UK. And there is no trunking, the cable is just laid in the ground. So a lot of digging up of the street to come…