It cannot be denied that for the past 41 years The UK has been governed by right-wing governments, some more extreme than others. I have written before that the UK has only ever had one truly Socialist Government, 1945-1951. This government was led by Labour’s Clem Atlee. All the other Labour party leaders since have tried to ride in on the achievements of that magnificent government.

Atlee’s landslide victory in 1945 took the Right by complete surprise. Their usual sense of entitlement and arrogance had them believing that Winston Churchill and The Tories would be the one with the landslide victory. The war, then as now was viewed differently by the ‘ruling establishment’ than it was by the Tommies that did the actual fighting.

1945 was really the end of the British Empire. It took many a long time after that to realise this fact. India’s Independence in 1947 was a watershed moment. It is highly unlikely that had Churchill and the Tories been the government independence would have been granted. Today there are some that sadly still believe the UK/England has the same power and influence in the world as it did pre 1939. At the end of the war, the UK was bankrupt, its dominions in rebellion and leaving the governance and exploitation by Mother England in their droves.

Atlee inherited an empty treasury, yet he was still able to introduce some very necessary reforms. The NHS, Social Security, a massive Social Housing building scheme. The Mines, Railways, Steel, Civil Aviation, The Bank of England, Gas and Electricity all nationalised. One of the main problems in all this was there was no money to invest and modernise the nationalised industries. Years later when there was money to invest unfortunately the Tories were back in power and nationalised industries were an affront to them. Instead of investment there became a propaganda war against public ownership and a starving of funds. The right-wing were determined that Nationalisation would fail. They ensured that it did!

This socialism post-war was never more popular than in Scotland and Wales. That is why right up until 2007 Scotland remained a Labour stronghold. Sadly after Atlee no true socialists ever led the Labour Party again. Always they had to pander to the English voters that by tradition were and remain to this day of a right-wing nature. Labour in Scotland actually only remained popular more in hope than in deeds. Those that ran the Scottish branch office were more interested in lining their own pockets than the common weal. Scottish Labour members quickly realised that keeping poverty in place meant they would remain in their cushy jobs. They lifted themselves out of poverty but not their constituencies.

Then that woman arrived, the warning signs were there already for those that were paying attention. As Education Secretary in Heath’s government, she withdrew milk provision from Junior schools in England in 1971. That was only the start of her campaign for enriching the few at a cost to the many. All the nationalised industries were either run down to oblivion or sold off to make the wealthy, wealthier still. Today we are still paying the price of this Tory Party robbery. They took our nationalised industries and sold them back to us and they pocketed the money. Imagine a housebreaker being able to sell you back your own television and computer he stole from you in the first place!

Foreign corporations and governments now own swathes of our previous publicly owned services. Rail travel in the UK is the dearest in the world and companies from Germany, Holland and France take the profits back to their countries. There is even talk that HS2 may be built by Chinese state railways. One irony regarding railways is that every time our Germanic monarch or one of her brood uses her ‘Royal Train’ a German company banks money. Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s state-owned railway company bought English Welsh and Scottish Railway – EWS – which as well as providing 70% of Britain’s freight trains also provides the locomotives, drivers and train crew for the Queen and other royals.

Iberdrola a Spanish power company own SSEB, The Dutch run our Scottish railways, our steel mills are no longer the giants they were, our coal mines and shipyards are tiny concerns these days. All the social houses built by Atlee are in the hands of private landlords, just as they were in 1945! All that remains of the post-war settlement is the BBC and the NHS, everything else has been sold off or closed down. We know that the Tories intend to sell the NHS to American Big pharma companies in any new trade deal with Trump.

Over the weekend it was trailed that Downing Street was of a mind to stop the licence fee and turn BBC into a subscription service. Many of us in Scotland are quite relaxed at the thought of BBC Pacific Quay closing down or at least changing management. Prior to Prime Minister Cummings floating the BBC subscription model it was leaked that Rupert Murdoch’s daughter, Elizabeth was being lined up to be the new BBC Director General. You don’t have to be a genius to join the dots on this one. Not only do the Tories want a healthcare system like USA they also want a Fox News type extreme right-wing sycophantic news service. Just as in USA, Fox never criticises Trump or the GOP, Cummings and Johnson want same in UK for Tory Party.

This is all happening at the same time as the Labour Party is seeking a new leader. The front runner at present is a Knight of the realm Sir Keir Stammer. The worker’s party to be headed up by a Knight and yet they will still try to sell you the idea it is a socialist party. They will attempt to spin that the rights and welfare of the working man and underclass are safe with them. Their House-Jocks will bleat and tell you the SNP is not a Progressive party and only by electing a Knight of the English realm as PM can socialism be truly enacted.

Everything politically that has happened in British Union since 1979 runs contrary to Scottish opinion or wishes Privatisation of vital services, profit before people, isolation from our European neighbours and friends. Policies that ignore Common Weal and encourage the survival of the fittest. Renewing Weapons of Mass destruction, Foreign Wars, Hostile environment for immigrants and New Scots.Tax cuts for the richest, sanctions for the poorest. Autocracy instead of democracy.

Soon the vultures of London will be coming to steal our democracy and our NHS. They will bring student Fees and prescription charges, they will remove bus passes and end any mitigation from their cruel policies. They will crush our democracy and our dreams if we allow them. Every last one of us needs to do whatever we can to oppose these usurpers from destroying our nation. Time is running out, day by day the Tories are eroding the last vestiges of democracy. We have to face up to the reality our English neighbours prefer right-wing rule and governments. All the bonds that held our union together have either been sold off or destroyed. Barring almost sharing the same language, what else do we have in common? I would suggest very little. Even basic things like food, bread and beer are different on each side of the border. Humour, sport, politics, deference to royalty or nobility, all are different.

The time has come to accept the UK is no longer fit for purpose. Everything about it is alien to Scotland. The truth is we have more in common with our Nordic neighbours than our English ones. Our future is inside the European Union ,not the undemocratic British Union.The UK stopped being viable to Scotland some time ago. Just like the British Empire, the British Union has outlived its purpose or use. The only sensible solution left that will benefit all on these islands is Scotland seceding the union, Ireland uniting and England for the first time ever standing on its own two feet.

Those that deny this, I would ask you, can you give me the positive case for the union?

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