A week is a long time in politics
Sep. 8th, 2019 12:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qatsiSo said Harold Wilson, and on the basis of this week, it was an understatement. A march in Reading was planned for Saturday, notionally against prorogation, though that seems such a long time ago now. In any case, I figure it's important to keep up the momentum (with a small m) to show that many people are not happy with what's going on. I counted about 40 people as we arrived, but numbers quickly swelled and must have been in the hundreds by the time we set off. None of this waiting for over an hour that you get in London, though.
Passing along Broad Street, we ended by the Town Hall, where a number of speakers gave speeches. The more polished were from political leaders such as Lib Dem PPC Imogen Shepherd DuBey, Reading East MP Matt Rodda, and Bracknell's new Lib Dem MP Dr Phillip Lee, but speakers from other groups such as Berkshire for Europe, the Greens and the Women's Equality Party were every bit as moving.
Only a fool would predict what happens next. For the time being, the Rebel Alliance is holding, but it's fragile. A General Election seems inevitable, without the prospect of it solving very much at all.
Passing along Broad Street, we ended by the Town Hall, where a number of speakers gave speeches. The more polished were from political leaders such as Lib Dem PPC Imogen Shepherd DuBey, Reading East MP Matt Rodda, and Bracknell's new Lib Dem MP Dr Phillip Lee, but speakers from other groups such as Berkshire for Europe, the Greens and the Women's Equality Party were every bit as moving.
Only a fool would predict what happens next. For the time being, the Rebel Alliance is holding, but it's fragile. A General Election seems inevitable, without the prospect of it solving very much at all.