@luminous Thanks for the video, and could you or someone here explain who the speaker is, and summarize what we are seeing? He seems like an MSNBC Rachel Maddow kind of attitude.
Most of our readers are in the U.S. and want to understand what you understand about what has happened. Most do not know the acronyms or the speaker. Swearies are no problem! Just needs more explaning.
All most Americans know is that the Tories are the conservatives (=US GOP=the wealthy class) and they lost the election; and the Labour party represents the average people (= US dems) and they kicked butt. Thanks for helping us to better understand.
Jonathan Pie is a comedian. He was doing a comedy political take on the UK situation where he pretends to be a journalist covering the Conservatives in the news. There is a lot of sarcasm, but it is baked in truth. The facts he shares about the UK are real facts about the UK and what has happened during the past 14 years. His video summarises this in a comedic rant.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pie
The link I posted before also partly elaborates on what he says in the video:
If people really wish to further understand the UK situation, then they only need to go back 1 or 2 pages in this thread to see what I have previously said about it.
@luminous Interesting, I didn't know that about Farage and his visits to the USA. Trump is too incompetent and narcissistic to embrace Farage's world view other than it assuming that it would give him autocratic power. However, Trump's handlers absolutely embrace Farage's toxic nationalism and want to make it happen in the US.
@kathleen
In my opinion, they are all linked, and that is why I place an emphasis on the UK situation in my posts, not just because it's where I live but because of the connection and influence of this negative energy in politics within the western world.
People may not think the UK situation is important to the US, but Nigel Farage is like Bannon in terms of his influence on enabling the far-right movements in the West. The fact that he won five seats and is now in the UK parliament will send shockwaves through the far-right, empowering them further.
I really hope that Marine Le Pen in France does not win an overall majority tonight, because that will just further enable the far-right movements.
People may not think the UK situation is important to the US, but Nigel Farage is like Bannon in terms of his influence on enabling the far-right movements in the West. The fact that he won five seats and is now in the UK parliament will send shockwaves through the far-right, empowering them further.
Bannon is a crude and even more pugnacious and unlawful version of Farage, full of ego and arrogance. He's also a religious fanatic that believes the country needs to go back to the 1950s and we'll all be better. Both he and Stephen Miller have plans for the US, like Farage does for the UK. These ideological types are very dangerous for any democracy, much like pre-WWII Germany.
Just for a bit of interests sake some bits and pieces regarding changes in the British Parliament after the recent election.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c727ny2jd84o
The oldest MP this time round will be 80-year-old Tory Sir Roger Gale - born at the height of World War Two. The youngest is Sam Carling, who was born in 2002.
Ethnic representation
The proportion of MPs from ethnic-minority backgrounds is now 90, or 14%. This is up from 66 at the last election, and the closest it has ever been in modern times to reflecting the UK's diversity (18% of Britons identified themselves as non-white in the 2021 census).
(The 18% surprised me I thought it was more diverse in the UK)
For those starting out, there are many practical issues to sort out. Phil Brickell, Labour MP for Bolton West, described it as a “surreal” few days.
“There’s a lot to get your head around,” he says. “How Parliament works, hiring staff, finding an office in the constituency and getting into a weekly rhythm. At the moment, I’m taking it one day at a time.”
And what do those who have recently been through it advise?
Damien Egan was first elected in a by-election in February, and is now the Labour MP for Bristol North East. He says he was advised to sit in the chamber as much as possible and absorb the way debates happen as it is “very different from a normal workplace”.
Asked for recollections of his first day, he says: “My first day, I remember waiting outside the chamber - I forgot I was allowed to go in!”
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSYnbWyJy/
The new prime minister speaking in Parliament.
Of the 650 MPs elected, over half (335) have never been an MP before.
That should be interesting, a big learning curve for them. More than 40% of the Parliament are now women, a step in the right direction.
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSYnbEAL8/
Some of the new MPs all in their 20’s, some very baby faced.
Let the games begin, see what changes result. Hopeful for the better in the UK.
Regards to all
Matildagirl
Great post @matildagirl
Both our countries defeated the mainstream media in our elections and now have Labour/Labor goverments. :-)
People forget that Australia started the win against the right in their election first before the UK and the French elections.
I am just glad we are both where we are now. 🙏