Where's the love? It's not enough
Unfortunately, this is not a post dedicated to Hanson. As much as I would like to write a reminiscent post about those golden boys, my knowledge is pretty thin on the ground (leave to that CupCate) and I am more amused by a certain schoolmates Stars in their Eyes plans at the time. I digress...
Over the past few weeks I have grown increasingly enraged with the political situation in the UK. Leading up to the European elections there was a lot of "scandal" surrounding certain MPs and their expenses. Although members of all parties were exposed, the Labour party was particularly badly hit. Whilst I am not ever going to justify spending public money on porn films, duck houses or an unnecessary second home, I think that it's fair to say that most people take advantage of a situation at some point to their own gain. None the less, this was appalling behaviour and all involved deserved to be punished. The unfortunate factor in this case was that Rupert Murdoch was undoubtedly involved and clearly he is not a fan of Gordon Brown.
Many members of the cabinet stepped down and I cannot blame the general public for losing faith in a government which maybe hasn't shown itself in the best light recently. However, no matter how angry I ever feel towards this situation it would never lead me to vote in the way that so many did. I was deeply upset and concerned by the results which ended with a member of the BNP being voted in to represent us in Europe. Really? Is that really a representation of British people? Sure it was only in one region but come on people – where is the love?
This country is, lets face it, a country of mongrels. We were invaded many times over and the influence of other nations on our culture is undeniable. Whats more, thats one of the things I like so much about the UK. Whatever people say about the BNP, they are predominantly a racist organisation. There was a terrifying article in this weekend's Observer about Andrew Brons, the elected MEP and his history of racial hatred. I would love someone to take a DNA sample of this man and undoubtedly tell him about his mixed cultural past. I don't know that he has one, but nearly every person in the UK has links back to some other nationality, in fact, it has recently been proven that the human race began in Africa.
I can't, and will probably never, understand how anybody can determine anything about anybody by the colour of their skin, their accent or the country of birth stated on their passport. We're all people! We're all made up of the same things and sure there are cultural differences, but "if everybody looked the same – we'd get tired looking at each other". Learning about other countries, histories and traditions is interesting. Lets not be selfish here, none of us get to chose where we're born so lets be grateful that we live in a free country and try and share. Hate never really got anybody anywhere.
