Is It Time for Civil Disobedience?
by Frank Haviland, The New Conservative:
When times are good, the social contract makes for an attractive proposition: the citizen accepts the surrender of certain freedoms to the state in exchange for protection, maintenance of the social order, and representation come election time. It must be said however, that in Britain we are currently far from the best of times. If the past 14 years prove anything, it’s that the Conservative Party has reneged on its primary duty of protection (witnessed by its abject refusal to seal the border), while ramping up the demands upon the citizen – namely, draconian levels of taxation, obéissance to DEI policies, and serious incursions upon free speech.
Were we only dealing with a rogue administration, this would be remediable at the ballot box – but we aren’t. Every branch of government is now actively hostile to the express will of the British people – perfectly illustrated by its response to the Brexit referendum. Having told the public the precise ramifications of such a vote, the executive pretended not to understand what Brexit meant; the legislature repeatedly voted against its enaction, and the judiciary attempted to thwart it. It’s cold comfort that we are entreated every five years to the non-choice between a socialist government, and a socialist government with a blue badge.
As the enforcement arm of so biased a system, the police are the most obvious and dangerous indication that Britain is broken. It’s bad enough that the policing of crime takes a distant backseat to meaningless ‘hate crimes’, but the British constabulary are now so partisan it’s impossible to tell them apart from the left-wing activists they pander to, until they arrest you for attempting to do their job for them. Even if you genuinely consider the liberal worldview morally superior to conservatism, it’s impossible to compare the kid gloves shown to the pro-Palestinian protests with the riot police dispatched to the Saint George’s day parade, and fail to conclude that anything other than two-tier policing is in effect.
Neither is there any doubt over which protestors are in danger of having their collars felt.
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