Make a change.

I’ve been sitting on a draft of this post because I don’t know how to finalise it. There is just too much to try and cover, all in similar vein and yet not coherent when placed together, so instead I’ll be drawing this out to a mini series of posts over the next few weeks in a desperate attempt to understand the world as it stands. 

As someone who has had little formal political education, the nuance I have has been drawn from my experience, not only on the campaign trail. I’m not a political commentator, an academic or someone who can write with a heightened authority on the subject of politics. Instead, I’m an ordinary, fortunate elector interested in making positive change – not that I have to justify who I am or where I come from to solidify my opinions.

Over the last few years, I’ve worked somewhat in the background to make a change. But with the state of politics, not only on a UK level, but more widely, we now all have a responsibility to step up to the plate and demand that our voices are heard, especially now that everything is moving so quickly in our politics. So much so that even some of the content drafted has now moved out of date since I wrote it. Times are fluid, and from one day to the next positions are solidified, withdrawn and rebuked.

Essentially, what started as a single-issue piece became so convoluted and disparate that it was unreadable. These next few posts (as yet I’m unsure as to how many) will not be the normal, self-reflecting posts about my personality, because right now there is something far greater than the ‘self’. Truly, the world is in a delicate balance that at any moment could spiral out of control.

It would therefore be a disservice if I didn’t at least try and formulate my thoughts, and ask others to stand and join me in this fight. 

In essence, I yearn for a world which respects the individual, that understands that borders should be lowered as technology allows us access to new methods of working. A world which leaves the toxic idea of nationalism behind, replacing it with a collaboration where heritage and culture is celebrated but not patriotic.

I yearn for a world where I can do my best to raise a family who will have equal opportunities, where people can respect each other and not feel like it’s ‘us-and-them’, or feel like they have no worth to society.

In this world moving to the extremes of political thought, this is about Britain remaining (or arguably becoming) a liberal beacon in the world where polarised opinions are becoming the new normal. This is about how Britain sees itself not only in Europe, but globally. This is about the most unrepresentative electoral system masquerading parliament as a democracy at the same time as solidifying party politics. This is about engaging all corners of society into the discussion to make sure that all views are heard and working together. 

It is a combination of may issues which has led the UK to where we are today, and one-by-one I hope to open some dialogue so that we can work together and create a better world.

Of course, you’re allowed to disagree with me. And if you do, I’d love you to say! This is all about being proved wrong, to have debates about the most pressing issues we face, and to celebrate that democracy – despite what Trump thinks – is all about a diversity of opinion that fuses together to progress a conversation. This very formative principle of debate is the very thing this series aims to celebrate.