‘Cameron, Miliband and Clegg. Just typing the names is depressing. As part of their long matured and carefully prepared campaign plan (founded 9 September 2014) they are coming together to Scotland tomorrow to campaign. In a brilliant twist, they will all come on the same day but not appear together. This will prevent the public from noticing that they all represent precisely the same interests.’ Murray nailed what is at stake when he said that the ‘three amigos’ ‘offer no actual policy choice to voters’, and he gave a list showing how tightly they march together: ‘They all support austerity budgets They all support benefit cuts They all support tuition fees They all support Trident missiles They all support continued NHS privatisation They all support bank bail-outs They all support detention without trial for “terrorist suspects” They all support more bombings in Iraq They all oppose rail nationalisation’ In short: ‘The areas on which the three amigos differ are infinitesimal and contrived. They actually represent the same paymasters and vested interests.’ These ‘paymasters and vested interests’ are surely trembling with fear at the power now residing in the hands of voters in Scotland. As George Monbiot observes: ‘A yes vote in Scotland would unleash the most dangerous thing of all – hope.’ He expands: ‘If Scotland becomes independent, it will be despite the efforts of almost the entire UK establishment. It will be because social media has defeated the corporate media. It will be a victory for citizens over the Westminster machine, for shoes over helicopters. It will show that a sufficiently inspiring idea can cut through bribes and blackmail, through threats and fear-mongering. That hope, marginalised at first, can spread across a nation, defying all attempts to suppress it.’
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:03:09 +0000
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