There are lots of profound observations made by thinkers, philosophers and others throughout the ages on governance and governments. I could not even get close to the acuteness of some of these perceptive analyses, but I am convinced that if a government gives the Vox Pop what it wants, they will overlook, ignore or even condone almost any breaches of any codes of ministerial behaviour. Or, at the very least, will make excuses for it.
Johnson's government's 'majority' has now got what it wanted; a Tory government and / or Brexit. But this is not the end of the matter, just the beginning because the government and its supporters know they are under threat from the opposition - opposition from all sides. So there will be a long and sustained 'cold' war in this country - we are already at war with each other. To protect itself, the government will take whatever steps necessary to prevent its dissolution, legally, illegally, culturally and psychologically.
The political life of this country has changed, possibly irrevocably and I believe we are now living in a dangerous era that has some of the undertones of a previous era - 1930s Germany. We've already created an 'enemy of the people' - I've been told that I'm one of them, one of the "unpatriotic losers" who should be "put up against the wall and shot". We've roused the rabble - although I'm not suggesting that all Tory / Brexiters think like this... if I did believe that, I'd probably put myself against the wall and get it over with.
Allowing for my obvious cynicism, I'm still convinced that our future does not look promising, and I'm glad that, at nearly 80 years of age and not in the best of health, I'm not going to be around much longer to witness our slide into dystopia.
