There's more than a good chance I have told this old joke here before, it was told to me by my father when I was a lad after visiting 'Speakers Corner' in Hyde Park. A Socialist speaker, standing on his soap box addressing the gathered throng shouted out: "When my party is in power you will all have lots of money". A little chap at the back of the crowd shouted out: "I don't want lots of money". The speaker ignored this and continued: "When my party is in power you will all have big cars". Again the dissenting voice came from the back: "I don't want a big car". Now getting frustrated the speaker informed: "When my party is in power you will all have big houses". Once again the little chap shouted out: "I don't want a big house". Now really brassed off with his heckler the Socialist speaker, glaring directly at the little chap, told all: "When my party is in power you will all do as you are told!". This sums up the essence of left wing politics perfectly, they always promise wonderful things for ordinary people - but in reality the people must obey.
Our current, disastrous Labour Government is a classic case and almost parodies my dear old dad's ancient joke perfectly. In the run up to the 2024 general election they promised all sorts of wonderful things based on the vague promise of "change". Once in power, in order to slag off the previous Conservative Government that, despite its leadership problems, had managed to get the nation through the uncharted waters of the Covid crisis at great cost to the nation, Starmer and his complaints department Chancellor began their time in office by talking about an oft pointed out and dubious "£22 billion black hole". The result of this, due to generally talking down the health of the economy, as expected after such doom and gloom, the response of the markets was to react negatively thus actually running down the economy for real. It did not take long for those, who had been duped by Labour's wonderful all singing and all dancing pre-election promises, to have voters remorse and begin to wonder what the hell they had voted for.
Before the voters of the UK go to the polls they should not listen to all the Labour rhetoric and vague promises, they should, instead, research the history of the Labour Party from Ramsey MacDonald, its first Prime Minister, and inevitably the state of the nation and its economy at the end of every Labour Government that Britain has been saddled with. The voters really need to study and learn what every Labour Government did in each and every one of their failed terms in office. It is a classic case that before voting Labour you can learn from histories mistakes due to the people falling for the never changing Socialist con trick. This applies especially to young voters who have little life experience, many of whom are also now wondering what possessed them to vote Labour in 2024. Sadly, with this current Labour administration rigging the vote to give to children from the tender age of 16, few of those kiddies will bother to listen to their parents and will begin to be suckered by Socialism and Starmer without realising they will be voting to destroy their own futures and freedoms.
Labour always promises it's the party of the workers and the less well off, yet in office everyone becomes a target for their Socialist bile. "We will tax the rich" is an oft used promise of all Labour politicians, then by doing so the rich pack their bags and go to where they, their wealth, investments and job creation will be made welcome, as we are now witnessing. Even younger more aspiring people are quitting the country, history is being repeated with a 1970's style brain drain of the young and aspiring feeling that under the lacklustre leadership of Starmer there is no point, or hope, living here, they are taking their skills and abilities to other parts of the world. Who can blame them when you look not only at what this Government is doing but also all the Labour Governments of the past.
It is not just Labour's total incompetence at running the country and management of the economy, which is a serious problem of every Socialist Government, worse still is its sinister side. As pointed out in my dear old dad's joke. Socialists from hard left Communists through to the mob now wrecking Britain from No 10, to National Socialist such as Hitler, all want total control and the unquestioning obedience of the people.
Look at the days of Communist Russia, East Germany and many other places, their leaders expected the people to be subservient to them, rather than how a true democracy should work with the elected being subservient to the people. This current Labour Government, stuffed full of dangerous Fabians, is currently busy turning the UK into a police state with all its trappings. Digital I.D. cards are on their way allowing the Government control over the law abiding while criminals and illegal immigrants will get around this tool of state manipulation. Jury trials are to be severely restricted, meaning left wing Judges can be told which way the Government want's a trial to go and its inevitable pre-judged outcome. Freedom sapping facial recognition cameras are to be set up in every town, in order for our woke police to monitor each and every one of us. And now we have learned the 2026 Mayoral elections have been cancelled to deny democracy to an ever increasing frustrated electorate who our hard left Government fears Nigel Farage's Reform will win. Also woe betide anyone who writes something on social media the Government does not like, as the victim of Socialism, Lucy Connolly can confirm, freedom of speech is being killed too.
At the time of writing this article the country has to suffer over three more years of hard Labour, God help us, that will be three more years of this appalling democracy, economy and freedom destroying Labour Government. That's the problem with Socialism - the people have to be told to obey and not complain as Starmer and co go about their destruction of our long held freedoms and rights.