further adventures of the puppet show (52-48 was my number)

good morning. and it's...

an entirely written in the morning blogpost!

horsemouth has got his coffee (he has fed the chickens) and in a bit he will be off down the abbey. horsemouth apologises in advance, this will be a bit of a poorly thought out splurge.  

the political situation continues to be confounding. the people have had a  taste of representation (the brexit referendum). 

52-48 was my number horsemouth often sings to himself.

they liked it. they want more but there's no obvious way to get it. some put their faith in the founding of a new party (reform) but that will just lead them back into the same quagmire of parliament, parliamentary representation, government.  

at the moment they are focused upon seizing seats on local councils - a more thankless task than councillor cannot be imagined. 

the right wingers think the stars will align for them (trump-musk-farage) but they are more likely to form into opposing constellations (trump vs. musk vs, farage vs. trump etc.) and cancel each other out. 

horsemouth does not think immigration is the key issue, the one which will solve all the problems. matter of fact he doesn't even think it's a major issue. he just doesn't see it as a problem. he sees it as a benefit to the economy - increasing GDP, driving consumption. he sees it as an all around benefit, he likes the mix, he likes the variation, he sees it as culturally enriching.

but more than this he sees it as a fact of life in a globalised world economy. 

but what's the use of the economy as is if it cannot keep people decently  fed, clothed and housed? 

horsemouth focuses on the workers' share of GDP  - everything else is just fluff and distraction (and yet it cannot be evaded). 

here horsemouth pauses to go to the abbey.

the opinion here (in the hills) is not the same as the opinion there  (in the town). this is the message of carlo levi. even if gramsci had succeeded in making left-wing ideas hegemonic in the italy of the 30ies it  still would have not reached the peasants of lucarnia. 

and yet here in the wilds in 2025 the process of politicisation is complete.  changes in the inheritance of farm land (for example) are seen as part of the new world order's attempt to seize the land (ok ok that's just one person so far) but people are clear-sighted enough to realise that this will lead to the break up of smaller family owned farms in favour of larger agri-businesses. 

similarly horsemouth would say that changes in renting and house-building are likely to favour large private equity firms rather than tenants and small landlords. 

meanwhile the meeting of the communal endeavour moves closer. (now there's another confounding political project).