Imagine that!

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The People Have Spoken

It’s June 11th 2017, shortly after an unnecessary British general election, and politics just became a little less cynical. The young have recognised the power they have and voted for hope and change.  The Labour Party have bypassed the right-wing media and made them impotent by speaking directly to people and by smart use of social media. People will no longer tolerate ‘business as usual’ austerity and the stupidity of a ‘hard Brexit’ appears much less likely.

This is the first ray of light after a long period of gloom and life suddenly feels much more hopeful.

But, the Tories attempts to retain power by ‘buying’ favours from the contemptible bigots in the DUP suggests cynicism is not dead yet. The DUP are a fringe party (they got 0.9% of the vote) but could have a disproportionate degree of power over the UK to push their illiberal views opposing abortion, LGBTQ rights, denying climate change and promoting creationism in schools.

Now is not the time for complacency. The election result was a real boost for a fairer, more decent country, but the real battles are still ahead. We have shown what can be achieved when we all stand up to be counted, we just need to keep on demanding the changes we deserve.

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