Indecency is what sells today!

If the Labour government in the UK intend to stay decent, then they have to find a way to communicate effectively with the country.

Indecency, dog-whistling, and slogans that promise a lot, yet deliver nothing, is what sells. The last government (Conservatives) lasted 14 years, delivered very little, but there was no rioting by the far-right. Why? Well, it’s quite simple: the conservatives were very happy and willing to give the far-right what was music to their ears: calling asylum-seekers an invaders, saying anyone that wants decency is a wokerati. Using awful slogans such as ‘Stop the boats’ (which the far-right have now adopted), promising deportations to Rwanda (while knowing they were never really going to do it) etc. All that kept the far-right drooling in glee and they were ok with the Conservatives delivering nothing and even when net migration shot through the roof, it was ok with them.

Now we have a Labour government who isn’t willing to give them that satisfaction. A government whose MPs do not label people as Wokerati and will not seek to demonise asylum-seekers. So, result: violence, rioting.

Labour will need to find a compromise. I suggest they connect better, get communicators out there into communities to explain what net migration means and the reasons we are forced to take some people in, in order to sell our goods etc. It’s checks and balances. Yes, the core far-right people will not listen, but Labour must try. They may succeed in reducing the far-right support, right back down to fringe elements who cannot organise the kind of chaos & rioting we suffered a week ago.