Out of step.

 Subject: Out of step.

It amazes me that the authorities in this land seem to be so out of tune with their electorate and human kind in general. Of course they don’t hold a candle to the authority in some nations. The Israeli blindness to what has become genocide in Gaza, a genocide which started as retaliation for the attack on the young enjoying a music festival, youngsters massacred as they fled the Hamas armed killers. The revolting scene of terrified Jewish teenagers as they fled across the field was startling and as the Israelis turned their army on the civilians of Gaza  we understood their need for retribution. Retribution has become something else by the continuation of the bombing and the ordering of the civilian population from one so called safe areas only to be killed in another area. The pinpointing of schools and hospitals as targets for their drones is without question a crime even if their claim that Hamas hide behind the sick and children is true this type of warfare particularly by a national which itself has suffered so much in the ghettos of Europe. It’s not as if their claim to only target the political/armed concentrations of the enemy but the skill and political will required to take out the leadership of Hamas or Hezbollah with such pinpoint accuracy means they have the means if not the will.

Whilst politicians here are too timid to speak out given they feel any disruption to our localised social and political set up is significantly far into the future, they would rather obscure the stated objective of some countries hoping the threat will dissipate as we the public acclimatise to change.  We are famous for falling into line, is it any wonder “the queue” is one of the things we are known for. The sight of the thugs taunting the police, the police backed up against a wall as the mob throw what ever they can lay their hands on at them, the bobbies virtually unarmed was sickening.

Rubber bullets, water cannon, pepper spray, tear gas would readdress the balance but we are still under the illusion that people are inherently peace abiding.

The internet and its trumpet call to action across the country is a game changer and whilst the willingness to throw the activists in prison seems to have had some effect it doesn’t give any attention to the underlying causes of disharmony.

Conciliatory words for some are the order of the day and Keir Starmer has weighed in against the far lefts old adversary, the far right. His inability to acknowledge any of the fears vocalised by the far right is a missed opportunity.