Larry the No 10 Cat ponders - Are there any decent honourable people on the right anymore?
"Was John McCain the last of a dying breed," he wonders.
I had my weekly chin wag with Larry the No 10 Cat and he asked me a rather pointed question, one that had been nagging at his cat brain since BoJo’s coronation and Brexit.
“Are there any honourable members of the right wing anywhere in the world?
“I think if there are, they are keeping themselves well hidden. Quiet, shy, withdrawing. They are too scared to ‘come out of the closet’ as it were. Here in the UK it could really be seen and felt, palpable as it were, after Brexit kicked in and kicked the British economy into the trash bin.
“The USA is now a punchline, especially as it sets out to arm every man, woman and child with AR-15s so they can settle their perceived differences with mayhem and murder. It gets worse every week. The USA - a shit hole country.
“Canada seems to be hanging in there, but for how much longer? Very scary right wing leader of the opposition running Tory things. The oil capital of the country - Alberta is rapidly becoming a province of white nationalism - not that hasn’t been well on its way for some time now.
“Even India, the world’s largest democracy has been scurrying to the far right under the leadership of Muslim hater Modi. Seems there is a slaughter of Muslims every month. I’m not keeping track, and Modi and his crew seem to have a pretty tight hold on what news is published. The Indian people still subscribe to daily newspapers and are well-informed.”
Larry usually has me laughing when we chat. Love that dry British cat wit. Not this week, and I apologise for the gravity of today’s column.
But I guess it’s time we start thinking long and hard about a plan to curb this goose-stepping to the right.
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