Which Side Are You On?

Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a supporter of Black Lives Matter, as such, any more than I am a supporter of the present Palestinian leadership, as such.

The self-appointed Black Lives Matter in Britain has no affiliation to the self-appointed Black Lives Matter  in the United States, but it has cornered the market in the name, and it endorses the very deep and wide political agenda, many of which are problematic in the extreme. Still, like the Palestinian leadership, it is what there is. For now.

As has been mentioned to me after my post about not removing statues or pictures of Jesus, Black Lives Matter has not called for that, white liberals just seem to be offering it anyway, and those who are to varying degrees Black Lives Matter supporters have a far higher than average chance of being regular churchgoers. Like Palestinians, in fact.

Whereas Israel will refuse your application under the Law of Return if you have been baptised in infancy, and as it prepares to annex the Jordan Valley, then consider that its governing coalition includes people who believe that there is a religious obligation to burn down churches. That certainly puts the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston in some perspective. This is what a real culture war looks like. Which side are you on?

Come to that, in the phoney culture war in Britain, which side is the Government on? With a Conservative majority of 80, the House of Commons has just given no-fault divorce a Third Reading without a vote. Throughout its parliamentary progress, that Bill received almost no media scrutiny. 

Next up, the age-old Thatcherite dream of deregulating Sunday trading. Such is the decracinated character of the Labour Leadership and parliamentary contingent these days that the unions will have a job holding the line against that one this time. But they could probably still pull it off. As for 50 Conservative rebels, however, believe in them when you see them.

There is no culture war in Britain. For there to be a war, then here have to be at least two sides fighting.