Protest has to come in whatever form a person thinks appropriate. I liked this variety:
The Jacob Rees-Mogg Wellerman Shanty. pic.twitter.com/lg3jyzYC3b
— Jon Harvey (@jondharvey) January 15, 2021
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Well, it had to be said.
Ridicule is much better than what happened to Jo Cox.
The real question is why do we continue to allow the Jacob Rees-Moggs of this world to get into Parliament in the first place? He does not need the money? Is he is representing his fund – or his constituents? That’s my view anyway. It’s very questionable.
“The real question is why do we continue to allow the Jacob Rees-Moggs of this world to get into Parliament in the first place?”
“We” have little to do with it. Smogg was selected by the local Toryscum constitutency party back in the 2000s, Cam-morons reaction was highly negative but there was nothing he could do about it. So the question is: which bunch of moronic right wing dingbats sit on that committee.
The next “we” question is the Uk serfs that elect Smogg. The Uk has a very long history of forelock tugging to toryscum and assorted in-bred aristos. This reality thus provides a partial answer as to why UK serfs elect non-humans like Smogg. In fairness to Smogg, he is unfailingly polite, that coupled to the noblesse oblige air that emanates from him, goes a long way in what passes for UK society and provides yet another partial explanation why people continue to elect the arse.
Taken together, the above realities are some of the reasons why I left the United Leperdom 35 years ago.
As a keen sailor I have always enjoyed a good sea shanty and I am glad that the wider world is coming to love them, too.
Whilst the famous ones that that have come down to us over the ages tend to be timeless songs about the nature of life at sea there is a long history of highly topical and subversive variations. This one is perfect for the time we live in!
My 18 year old has a seven hour Spotify list of them that gets played incessantly in the car in long journeys together
We do, of course, sing along. He’s a base. I’m a baritone….
Well said Pilgrim. I watched his “British fish” clip and had the same thought – how can people vote in such toffee-nosed gits without a care for constituents?
I have it on good authority that the UK’s negotiation stance on fishing was based on Monty Python principles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8XeDvKqI4E
Excellent 🙂
I do like a bit of harmony.
MarP’s summary of the fishing rights negotiation seems to be spot on too.