The Independent Group

So its happened. After months of 'will they wont they' seven MPs have left the labour party ; 8 now of writing this this morning.

Well I say the Labour party but in effect it has now become the Socialist Workers Party. A once proscribed organisation by new Labour.

I've met the SWP many times. Vile people who pretend they are warriors for social justice when in fact they are bitter and twisted inadequates who blame their every ill in their pathetic lives on the government, the rich...and the Jews. 
The likes of the BNP blame their pathetic lives on the government , the rich , the Jews ...and all immigrants. 
Basically the only difference between the SWP and the BNP is their views on immigrants.

But back to the small group of defectors. I hope this is genuine and will become a real collective of independents. I've written that the problem with politics is political parties.

All parties have some good and some bad ideas. Political parties tie you into their ideology and ensure that you put party before country. The only way to a real and fair democracy is individuals standing for parliament.

The Tories are biased towards their business donors. Labour is biased towards the unions.

Yes we need business but you don't donate to a political party for the good of the country.

You donate because it will benefit you!

The same goes for Labour. The unions should not be tied to a political party. Too many times all the unions crave is power and influence. They aren't in it for the British worker, just themselves. And like the Tories this external influence takes the party in a direction that doesn't benefit the people, just each other.

Politics, to be fair, should be publicly funded. Surely a room full of academics could come up with a fair system to put this into practice. This will never happen though. The only way it would be looked at is by the party that is in power. And as we all know promises go out the window as soon as the keys to number 10 are handed over.

So 'The Independent group'. Lets hope it is what it sounds like; independent. That it encourages people to stand as genuine independent MPs . Free from interference from a controlling body. Of course they should have a code of conduct . A guideline of basic principles.

Such as no platform of racism- genuine racism- not the accusation of racism just to stifle debate and shut down an opposing idea.

No platform for sexism-genuine sexism. Again not just the accusation to shut down debate and stifle debate.

This should be right across the board. No transphobia. Homophobia etc. But again with the caveat that genuine phobics are not allowed to stand and not just the accused to stifle debate and discussion.

The only difference between genuine independents should be policies. And not pseudo intellectual arguments about people,race,ethnicity,sex,gender etc...these principles should be left up to academics to discuss., not politicians.

Most politicians do not have the expertise to debate issues like this. In fact most politicians don't have the expertise to decide on many things. They should seek advice from experts and then when they have done this THEY SHOULD LISTEN.

The world is getting more dangerous politically. The masses are so disillusioned with the political class that nationalist parties are gaining more and more ground. The far right is on the march. From Brazil to Russia.

Christ sake we have a perma-tan buffoon sitting in the white house. He got there not because America has somehow gone more racist or small minded. No, he go there because the average American feels no connection to the political process. It happened here with brexit and its happening right across the world.

Imagine what a different world it would be if politicians didn't have this unshakable belief in their own worth and actually did what was best, not what they thought was best.