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The state we are in.

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Whitewavemark2 Thu 11-Jul-19 09:27:48

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
THE SECOND COMING

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

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M0nica Thu 11-Jul-19 09:33:29

But no sign of The second coming

In his Reith lectures this year Jonathon Sumption reminded us that a democratically elected government is able to vote for and implement undemocratic measures and take undemocratic action.

The announcement made by several of the leadership contenders that they would prorogue Parliament to get Brexit through is an example of just that.

As I said we have sometime to wait for the second coming, but Yeats has presciently described the present situation.

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EllanVannin Thu 11-Jul-19 11:04:09

George Orwell was more accurate with his " 1984 ".

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