In order to save democracy…
To paraphrase Peter Arnett’s “…unnamed American major…” after the battle of Bến Tre 1968 – “It became necessary to destroy democracy to save it”. Brute force in Romania and Georgia negated the popular will.
In the EU, la Macaroon’s outsmarting himself paralysed parliament in France.
In Ireland, FF/FG, played musical chairs for the last six years and continue doing so after last year’s election, preventing the party with a majority of voters from forming government.
In the Netherlands, since 2023 the usual suspects have played the same game to keep out Geert Wilders.
In February, Germany is reduced to using the same worn-thin carbon paper as a shield against the AfD.
Here the “Labor Government” has relied upon the LNP to pass more than 90% of legislation to obviate crossbench amendments.
Buffalo Springfield (1966): “There’s something happening here/what it is ain’t exactly clear/There’s a man with a gun over there/Telling me I got to beware/battle lines being drawn/people speaking their minds/Paranoia strikes deep/Into your life it will creep/It starts when you’re always afraid/Step out of line, the men come and take you away..”
A LibLab “national salvation” government after May if voters continue to get it wrong. Couldn’t happen here… could it?
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