CONDEMNING THE CON-DEMS

Remember this, Nick??

Ever since this unholy alliance was created (behind closed doors!!), I have seen it as the Lib-dems selling their principles for power, like a prostitute.  The most infamous example of betrayal being their complicity in the rise of VAT, when in the election they famously warned about the “TORY VAT BOMBSHELL”.

I know all who read this will think, he’s bound to say this due to his political affiliation, but some of my friends who voted Lib-dem in the election feel betrayed and one of them even said to me that she feels ashamed that she voted for Clegg in the election. In fairness to her and those who voted Lib-dem, none of them could have foreseen that they would make a deal with the tories, and betray everything they claimed to stand for. Due to this, I have vilified them in poetry for their betrayal, trying in some way to air and give voice to those betrayed by Clegg selling his soul to the Devil.

JUDAS

Betrayed, the feelings of those who backed him,
Those who believed in him as an alternative,
A change, a chance for fairness.
Judas betrays them, his 30 pieces of silver a share of power.

He abandons his beliefs, his principles, his promises.
There goes a fairer vote, there goes delayed cuts,
An unholy allaince, a marriage of convienience for Delilah
Will he pay for his betrayal, will he pay for his duplicity?

The Storm

We all knew they were coming,

We could sense the calm before the approaching storm.

A portent of doom,

A warning in the air.

The storm finally breaks,

The axe man cometh, beheading spending with zeal, with glee,

Once again we, the poorer carry the burden,

Once more, the makers of the mess get off scot-free.

Indeed, he gives with one hand and punches with the other,

Punches again, harder and harder.

Pilate surrounds himself,

Seeming to wash his hands, pass the blame,

Whilst his lovers ‘let the blood be upon their hands.’

The waiter nods his head contently,

Shame upon him who sells his values, his soul for power!

Blessed are the meek????

 

Sermon of the mount - David's inspiration????

Welcome my people, after my jaunt to Rome, I am finally back. I was flicking through the net and I came across this article on the New Stateman’s site entitled “Christianity and the Labour leadership”- http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/public-accounts/2010/07/labour-shall-faith-values The full article is on the link, but two answers really grabbed me.

One was Ed Miliband’s quote that ”if you saw an injustice then you had to do something about it”, and saying the party needed to ”reclaim those words – love, compassion, caring”, which I agree with. But by far the most interesting was by.. surprise surprise David Miliband, who said “I’m not a religious person but actually I’m a person of faith. I have faith in people” and adding quite remarkably that the Labour Party can learn from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.

As someone similarly not really religious (of no fixed religious affiliation to be precise!), I still agree that Jesus teachings could be of some use. If we strip away the miracles for those of no faith , the story and teachings of Jesus are the teachings of a 30-year-old man living under foreign occupation, speaking to a downtrodden population to give them hope that things could change for the better. for want of a better term, he was a revolutionary.  As Ed said, reclaim those words – love, compassion, caring and in my opinion, we need to reclaim the urge to speak out against injustice. After all, Gandhi although not a christian, used parts of jesus method in his non violent protests against british rule, so thus, I would argue even to people of no faith, a message of love compassion, NON-VIOLENCE and speaking out against injustice can still work.

Candidates while you’re at it, why not vote for the repeal of the prejudicial Act of Settlement, a law stopping a catholic marrying or becoming a monarch which the PM has dropped a proposal to rewrite. All religions should be treated equally and such discrimination towards catholics belongs firmly in the past!!!