Is this a real People's Revolt... and will it spread?

The news broadcasts reflect a chaotic situation in Egypt where the people have really rebelled against their government. Tens of thousands appear to have decided that enough is enough and they seem to have a point. The interesting point is that, unlike Tunisia, this is a people's revolt and not an Islamic rebellion. The people have taken to the streets because they are seriously brassed off.

They are equating their protests to the fall of the Berlin Wall and wow now the Arab population are seeking a freedom that they have never had. They want a stake in their own future...how decadent that the people want to replace a wickedly governing partty and now in Egypt the genie is out of the bottle.

Frankly it is the type of protest that we need here! We do not have a democratic protest but our people are deeply unhappy. I know because there is an undercurrent  of dissatisfaction which one can hear in every household and every pub in the land. We Brits have that jokey irony which masks our anger. We are actually very pissed off with our political parties. They are not reflecting our desires. This is a very dangerous situation because if The Political Class ignore the electorate as they are doing now then they will one day pay the consequences.

At the moment we winge and complain but as yet the event has not happened that will tip the people over the edge. It will come! One day we will have an atrocity that our government cannot ignore and the people will be so outraged that they will march on London and throw the serving PM into the Thames! David Cameron or Ed Miliband or Nick Clegg please don't ignore the public because frankly this public rebellion is closer than you believe.

The Purple Rally

On Saturday 15th May more than a thousand people assembled outside Downing Street to hand in a 54000 strong petition from the 'Takeback Parliament' protest group who are demanding Proportional Representation. I have only just discovered that this protest took place.

These people have adopted the colour purple to represent their cause and purple banners were tied to the Downing Street railings in protest aginst the current unfair first past the post voting system. The significance of this protest was missed by most of the public because the mainstream media starved them of the oxygen of publicity. They must be quite concerned because this was a legitimate and good humoured meeting which appears to be a credit to those who are stirring a minor rebellion.

What impressed me the most was that so many of the gathering were articulate young people determined not to be ignored. Uniting behind the colour purple which is linked back to the suffragettes is a simple and effective banner. I have long said that if the youngsters of this country could find a flag to rally around then there could be a problem for the Political Class. After all it is the young people who have been denied an effective education and it is they who are going to be saddled with the huge debt caused by the incompetence of Gordon Brown and the cowardice of his Cabinet.

I will watch the progress of this movement with great interest,