The Need to Speak Out

Those who have a voice must make it heard

“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”

The need to speak out, as shown by Amos, is an ancient one, albeit one I had not expected to be necessary so soon after an election. Unfortunately, the new administration is worse than could possibly have been expected and both less honest and more entitled than is normal is British political life. It is necessary for those who can speak out to do so, for the problems the nation faces are serious, whilst the holders of power are lightweight.  While I have lost my seat, I have not lost my voice.

The UK’s problems are similar to those of countries across the world. The bulk of the population is being alienated by the policies of a global elite, which do not lead to prosperity. They rule with a sense of entitlement and self-righteousness, which looks down on the concerns of voters or, to use Hillary Clinton’s term, ‘deplorables’. They do not believe in the reality of democracy, just its veneer, and they seek supernational agreements which override the ‘petty concerns’ of their own voters.   

What areas are especially affected by this attitude to governing? First, the green agenda is swallowed without concern for its effects on domestic employment. That jobs are lost in Scunthorpe or Port Talbot to pursue fantasy low emissions is irrelevant. The fantasy is especially dishonest. The emissions from a ton of steel continue to be made, just not on the UK’s balance sheet. It is a cosmetic exercise, that pauperises local workers with no benefit to the environment. The Drax renewable energy electricity generation plant is the most absurd of these exercises; woodchips emit more than coal but count as a Canadian rather than a British emission, if they are even counted in Canada. It costs hundreds of millions of pounds to subsidise this creative carbon accounting. Together with other damaging green policies, this leads to the UK having some of the highest electricity prices in the world, which destroys jobs and makes consumers poor, or cold, or both. This folly is not exclusively a UK phenomenon, the Western world is impoverishing itself on the back of a Marxist green ideology.

Then, there is the issue of immigration. This damaging to the stability of the countries where the immigrants arrive and from the areas they leave. At any point in history, it will be the best and brightest who leave. The most driven and ambitious are willing to take the risk and move to a country where they do not speak the language, in search of a better life. In itself, this is a noble endeavour, and were the numbers small or the consequences insignificant, it would be welcome. However, this is not so, the poor countries in the world need their best and brightest; it is their way to succeed, as South Korea and Taiwan have done. Both nations, in spite of having few natural resources, have made themselves among the richest in the world because of the hard work of a motivated and educated population. Poor countries becoming rich on the back of trade is the greatest way to boost global prosperity and stability. Mass migration undermines this.

Equally, the destination countries are destabilised by mass migration. The poorest in those societies are hit the most, because the entry level jobs they otherwise would get are taken by migrants who undercut their wages. Migrants, by increasing supply, must reduce the price of labour, assuming demand is steady. This has led to a stagnation in the standard of living for the least well off over the last thirty years.

Welfarism is the next great fault. In modern society, those who work hard, serve their country and prepare for their retirement see their neighbours, who are doing none of this, being looked after by the taxes they pay. The explosion in welfare, and more recently in disability payments, is not funded by the super-rich or the non-doms, who are mobile and, essentially, voluntary contributors. Welfare is paid for by the couple next door who earn just too much to receive benefits so still pay full council tax, prescription charges and have to see the unfairness of their neighbour’s subsidised way of life.   

Green ideology, high immigration and welfarism lead to high taxation and intrusive regulation. They hurt those who aim to do the right thing, those who wish to improve their livelihoods and those of their families. Those who do good in society, and by society, are all ignored by the global elite.

Not only are they ignored but they are condescended to as well. Their way of life, built up in a culture that has evolved over a thousand years, is said to be of no more interest to the state than any other culture, ancient or modern. Multi-culturalism means that it is deemed wrong to be proud of anything, least of all the nation or the Christian virtues that have nurtured it.

Multi-culturalism goes much further than normal British tolerance. It requires an equal value to be given to other cultures or lifestyle choices, and even denigrates our island’s story. Yet this is not the view of most voters, who see that there is something special in being British. If there were not, why would so many migrants want to come here? They come because they value the tolerant society we have built up, based on Christian values which, if anyone bothers to look, can be seen oozing through every pore of our constitution and polity.

The global ruling elite cares for none of this, which is why those of us who do must speak out in favour of the national interest and for those who have no voice.

I look forward to discussing these topics further with you. Next week I will explain who the global elite is and why I am not part of it.

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