And
so we are haunted by Clowns, how apt this is …..for this post
Brexit Autumn of our madness that haunts us. The Clown has long been
a peripheral figure , that grew out of the medieval Jester. Just
listening to the Fool in King Lear show us how stupid and how foolish
we have been. Clowns come in many forms...perhaps the most dangerous
is the smiling bloke down the Pub who convinced is that free from
Europe we would soar. When we peel back his mask we find the sullen
expression of the ex-public school. Tory stockbroker looking out.
And
what did this clown sell us but the myth of sovereignty.? Freedom was
it/. We are now seeing that in this globalised world we cannot
disconnect the links of international trade, the web of the WTO and
the World Bank. The pound continues to sink as we realise that
sovereignty has no meaning. Out in the real world of the circus we
live in those institutions of free trade pit on their clown suits and
laugh. NAFTA, the WTO and the globalised corporations smile as they
put on their clown masks.
Sovereignty
was it? The Theresa M government in its defence argues that there
will no parliamentary debate on Brexirt terms. Soverignty is
it?......the clown overwhelms that talk of sovereignty now. The clown
down the pub told us tales of immigration ceasing but now it our
rights, our jobs and tolerance that the clown car drives over. I
remember t5hat day June 24th I jumped into a taxi and the
driver was so happy that we had voted to leave. He was pleased for
his children's future...so send in the clowns...well maybe next
year..in the words of Puck
Puck:
Captain of our fairy band,
Helena is here at hand,
And the youth, mistook by me,
Pleading for a lover's fee.
Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Captain of our fairy band,
Helena is here at hand,
And the youth, mistook by me,
Pleading for a lover's fee.
Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
theres a couple missing there ; Christina Rees and Stephen Kinnock
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