On the 29th May, in a massive kick to the testicles of democracy, local politicians in the Greater Manchester area decided which of the candidates will get to be the ‘interim’ Mayor of Greater Manchester. There will have been no election. Nobody outside the local political elite will have been allowed their democratic right to decide which candidate will get the job.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. Back in 2012 the people of Greater Manchester were treated to a referendum on the issue of an elected Mayor. We told the government that it could shove the mayor up its arse. We didn’t want one. It was a unanimous decision. And one that that posh cunt, Gideon Osborne has completely ignored, since we’re now having a mayor forced upon us. So much for democracy. At no point will the people of Greater Manchester be involved in this.
In case you’re wondering, the two candidates were, Labour man Lord Peter Smith. And….erm….Labour man Tony Lloyd. So there you go, democracy in action. Two Labour shitbags and no other candidates. You should also know that Lloyd also happens to be Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner, and he will NOT be resigning from that post if he’s made Mayor.
It’s not just the fact that the wishes of the people of Greater Manchester were ignored that’s making my piss boil. It’s the fact that democracy has been well and truly shit on throughout. We’re not allowed to know what the salary of the Mayor will be, though it’s allegedly in excess of £100,000. There’s been no campaigning or public debates, or publishing of manifestoes, because the candidates haven’t been allowed to do any of that.
So Greater Manchester will be saddled with yet another layer of bureaucracy, that no one outside politics wanted. And we will be saddled with this useless twat until they finally allow us to vote in 2017. Or 2019. They haven’t actually decided yet. I have actually written to Numbers 10 & 11 Downing Street over this, expressing my anger at their complete and utter contempt for both democracy, and for the will of the people. No replies have been forthcoming. Even when I sent Osborne and Cameron an email each, expressing my opinion that they were arrogant, ignorant, over privileged arsewipes, (yes, I actually did that). What is the point in holding a referendum on an issue, if you’re just going to ignore it because you don’t like the result?
This is what will happen when we finally get the referendum on our EU membership. If the majority of British voters vote to leave the EU, that smug cocksucker in No 10 will simply ignore the result, and work with Brussels to enact some kind of stitch up. What really worries me though, is that if they can piss on the democratic process over something relatively minor, like a Mayor, they can easily do it over something more important.
Remember Friday the 29th of May 2015 is the day that democracy died in Britain. And I’m not being dramatic when I say that.
Nominated by : Quick Draw McGraw