The difference between the organisation of the Brexit Party and the chaos of 'Change UK' can hardly be more stark, while the others aren't much better either.
The Brexit Party came into existence only a few weeks ago and yet has caused a bear-tsunami in British politics. Coming first in the elections for the European parliament and almost winning the Peterborough by-election, it has terrified both of the main parties which have seen support haemorrhage. Some have complained that The Brexit Party has no manifesto, but the fact is that it has a clear purpose; it stands for leaving the European Union, restoring national sovereignty and democracy, and ending the complacency and smugness of our erstwhile political leadership.
Set against that, Change UK is a disparate group of disaffected Members of Parliament with large egos but little following. The oily Chukka Umunna and acid tongued Anna Soubry, plus an assortment of others, seemed to believe that anyone would care what they said; in this they were very wrong. Of the 11 who stood under the 'Change UK' banner in the Euro elections, 6 have had enough and gone off to sulk together in a corner, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston having fallen out with fellow Tory, Soubry, and Chukka Umunna having probably come to realise that he'd made a horrible miscalculation by initiating this ludicrous grouping of opposites in the first place.
The Conservatives are embroiled in internal ructions over the choice of a new leader as well as what to do about Brexit. Labour have been dragged to the far left by a cabal of Marxists led by Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, and have no idea what to do about Brexit either. The Liberal Democrats may have experienced a minor resurgence in recent weeks but that is largely a consequence of the failings of the 2 main parties; they, too, are in the middle of a leadership election with the aged and increasingly dotty Vince Cable on his way out and either Ed Davey or Jo Swinson about to take over - real heavyweights there, then.
The Green Party is the only other voice of any note and from an interview with a co-leader of this bunch of woolly hatted, and headed, loons on the BBC this morning, it's pretty clear that they are fanatics who will claim almost anything in order to grab headlines. Today the claim is that so-called austerity, which has never really existed, has resulted in 130,000 deaths; despite being pressed by the interviewer, Sian Berry produced no evidence in support of this outlandish claim and, instead, just ranted on about whatever came into her head, which resulted in a mish-mash of nonsensical drivel.
The somewhat shocking result of all of this is that there is currently only 1 political party in this country which has any organisation and knows what it's about, and that party has only existed as an electoral option since the 5th February 2019. Perhaps I should include the Liberal Democrats as knowing what they want which is, of course, the diametric opposite of the aims of the Brexit party = that is, continued membership of the European Union, surrendering evermore of the little sovereignty which remains to us, giving up on democracy altogether and maintaining the complacent and cosy little worlds of Westminster and Brussels out of which they profit.
Who will emerge to save us from all this ? Where is our Drake, Nelson, Wellington, Churchill or Thatcher ?
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