DURING coverage of the local elections in England, I noticed a worrying narrative from Labour and Tory representatives when asked about the…
The argument they both gave, in response to criticism of the Conservatives for not being conservative enough, or Labour for not being progressive enough, is that voters who feel like that need to treat the election as a choice between either Labour or thein Number 10; Starmer or Sunak; red or blue. This is an admission that we live in a two-party system, and that while other parties, policies, and ideologies exist, it is only theirs that matter.
Ultimately, a vote for the SNP at the General Election is a vote to reject the idea that we must accept what either the Tories or Labour are offering us, because for as long as they – and the– continue to stand arm in arm, better together, under the red, white and blue banner of “Unionism”, they will forever be offering us less than the SNP, with the prize of, but I was disturbed by the idea that those of us who voted SNP 1/Greens 2 would be put off doing so again by the ending of the Bute...
Would Labour be a better alternative? Surely not. What would be the point? They clearly aren’t interested in either independence or our future.I WAS deeply impressed by Naomi Klein’s address at the Seder in the Streets in New York, which was printed in The Guardian newspaper on April 24. She spoke of Zionism as a false idol, such as Jewish people are commanded to spurn.
Finally, there is a quote I came across a good number of years ago, attributed to an American priest, who I think aimed it at the Christian right, but it seems apt in this context: “You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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