Only the rivers run free
In England we can pursue a ladder to the stars
Our nation's due a new beginning. Four hundred
Years ago we executed a king, a commonwealth
Came to be. The English peasant was the freest
In Europe. The millenarian Fifth Monarchists,
Evangelical Quakers, proto-democratic Levellers,
Libertarian Ranters, and communist Diggers.
It was such an exciting time to be alive and free.
All arose out of the mire of civil war. We must
Fight to be free. Nobody will hand freedom to us.
Syncophantic peddling of the Saxe-Coburgs
As the Windsors, as the 'Diana cult' retards us
Makes us subjects not citizens. Demeans us all.
What is now proved was once only imagined.
M.C. Newberry
Sun 13th Jan 2019 18:33
I'm still working on that Blake quote. The words about the folly
involved in riding a tiger keep intruding. Wrath is certainly to be
understood when oppression without recourse takes a prevalent position in our lives - essentially "the divine right of kings" pursued
by Charles 1 was the basis for what followed - and that, in turn,
saw a return of the monarchy in modified form that the people of
the time welcomed from what had been experienced in the interim
period...but without the bloodshed.
In recent history, the people have been betrayed (oppressed) by
the manner in which their elected representatives have kept them
uninformed of matters of huge historical importance - and this in
turn will undoubtedly see some powerful reactions and changes that will propel our nation's history onwards. Hardly an unknown
experience.