At this point in time, the British government really has very little influence over what goes on in the country in a significant sense. In fact, I would question whether it's even reasonable to describe Britain as a country, given that the primary defining characteristic of a country should be that it is sovereign. I suppose another possible definition would be simply a landmass with borders, but if this is what a country is then one would have to wonder where national pride, jingoism, flag waving, et al come into the equation when nationality is such an insignificant concept.
The culture of the UK was pretty much decided before many of us were born, and certainly before any of us were aware of it (some of us still aren't!). Certainly by the time I was born, with the acceptance of Britain into the Common Market, the final piece in the federal Europe was already complete. There are many other facets to this other than the Eurozone itself, although its greatest proponents and propagandists celebrated its sixtieth anniversary recently.
What we are seeing now is simply the outcome of this. It will be exceptionally difficult to change things in any significant way because there is a cabal of banking, military and industrial interests that has acquired a level of power that goes well beyond the level of any individual country, astronomically beyond that level in fact. And they own everyone's arse that has ever or will ever access this forum, whether they are aware of it or not. And all these people are interested in is more for themselves, less for everyone else, as George Carlin put it.
Claims that people should leave and go to another country if they don't like this prevailing culture are utterly asinine, as it is a global culture which already controls the socio-economic structure of virtually every country on the earth, and is seeking to take over those that it doesn't already control. The consequences of this have been seen all over the world for decades while European, British and American people convinced themselves that the reason that it hasn't happened here, and the reason that they had a better standard of living, was due to some incredible, intrinsic values of our culture and society. In fact, it was necessary for us to work for this structure in order for it to be built.
Increasingly that's not necessary any more; there are cheaper, harder working, and, in many cases, smarter and more qualified people in India, China, et al. Also, the banking sector is running out of ways to make money by piling debt on top of debt, so the rug is being pulled from under our collective feet. This could be done very quickly indeed, in a day, as occurred on Black Wednesday in September, 1992. It's actually far easier to do it now due to the relaxation of regulations, the fraud that takes place as a matter of course, the vulnerability of all Western economies, the level of interdependence that has now been cemented, and the vast amount of computerised, 'algorithmic' trading that takes place.
By the same token, thinking that you can change this by voting or attempting to be part of the government, or forming a political party, is equally asinine. The governments are already bought and paid for, and even if there is some sort of minor rebellion from the government, which is phenomenally unlikely in Britain for obvious reasons, the UK can be fucked over very, very easily indeed. As I said, it would be far easier to do it now than two decades ago; the UK is constantly teetering on the brink of a precipice as it is, totally reliant on borrowing 'money' to service debt and equally so on importation. Actually, the British economy is also totally reliant on financial fraud, as well. If financial fraud and unethical trading was stopped, the economy would fall apart in a matter of days. Whether people choose to accept this or not is up to them. It won't make a rat's arse of a difference either way.
That is why, at the very least, I would like to see some form of direct democracy in Britain, and share sentiments about anarchism, even though I am unconvinced that British people would be able to live in such circumstances at their present level of maturity and intellect. But obviously even instigating some sort of system of direct democracy is totally impossible when the vast majority of people don't even know what it is. People even went out and voted against changing the FPTP voting system, which renders I would think in the region of 95% of votes in general elections totally irrelevant. It's admitted by all the major political parties that they don't care if you vote or not. They only chase a few votes in a few key marginal seats. Yet people voted to keep that system!
It's a hard thing to accept, but the reason there isn't any significant social change, or at least none that seriously impedes the status quo, is that people don't want change. Until stuff happens that they don't like. Then they want the government to sort it out for them. Meanwhile we slide further and further into a total bankster lead takeover of society every day. Even if nothing at all happens this occurs, because the levels of debt become more and more unserviceable every day. Most people don't care until it affects them. That's the reality of the situation.
If anything ever threatens the power of this cabal, they would cause chaos the likes of which you or I cannot imagine. Look around you on a daily basis and ask yourself if people are ready to stay the course to fight them, or if they're even capable of understanding what's happening. Unfortunately, we live in a socially engineered system in which people are trained to be passive consumers, and it's only when they can't do this any more, or to the degree that they think they ought to be able to, that they have any complaint about their lives. That's why it's so easy to demonise activist groups, and why it's done so readily, because the public, generally speaking, can simply be told that these groups threaten their way of life, their six-pack, 42" TV, two cars, six weeks in Provence, timeshare in the Costa Brave existence. Of course, there's only one group that truly threatens this way of life, but standing up to them is a lot harder, and they know very well by now that if convenient scapegoats are put forth that most of the public will blame them, and those that don't will be shouted down. God knows we've all seen how effective this is on another forum that will remain nameless...
So that is the current situation, and I'm not saying that people shouldn't attempt to do something to make the world a better place in a small way, but I do genuinely believe at this point in time, as is often said about high level sport, that people should be focused on the process rather than the outcomes at this point in time, as I don't see any reason to believe that the outcomes are going to be good. The only hope I see is that there is a concerted effort in central Europe across several nations to stand up to the banks, among those that have common currency and a pretty common culture, because I don't really see it coming from within Britain.
Ill be gentle with you from now on 
ill be gentle from now on 
