A fraudulent democracy in the British police-state !
It’s late June 2026 and poor old Blighty has endured 2 years in the grip of Starmer’s appallingly corrupt police-state, where government by ‘lawfare’ has replaced even the flimsiest last vestiges of democratic process. Bad enough was the election of a colossal 2/3rds Labour majority in the House of Commons based on a mere 19% of eligible votes (meaning that 81% of voters did NOT vote for these liars and crooks), but worse still is the simple truth that the ‘real government’ behind the elected facade hasn’t changed one bit. Still we are ruled by the Civil Service, and the Permanent Secretaries in the Home Office, #10 Office and the Treasury, aided and abetted by the inept Bank of England and an army of taxpayer funded quangos that suck the blood from the nation while conveniently removing any sense of responsibility or accountability from the vast army of ministers and government officials who have proven beyond doubt, for decades now, that our political system is both dysfunctional and untouchable.
But wait a moment, Labour’s Andy Burnham has just won the Makerfield by-election and is advancing on #10 Downing Street ! Will Starmer stay to fight for his premiership or will he capitulate and allow Burnham to take over as PM? Will Starmer call a General Election, or will Burnham, once his feet are under the desk ? He’s already making lots of promises, as is customary, and who knows how many he’ll keep, but he could go for a GE this year based on new leadership and potentially win another disastrous (for the country) 5 year term till 2031.
Only ReformUK are in a position to fight Labour in a GE, having built a functional national organisation in the last 2 years, and now managing 32 Councils across the country where they are making long overdue changes and real progress. In Makerfield they closely matched their own national trend with an impressive 35% of the vote, and came a clear second to the ‘get Starmer out’ local diehard Labour vote. The Tories lost their deposit, and frankly, they are going backwards.
There are few things certain in ‘Broken Britain’ just now, but major political upheaval is surely upon us during the coming days, weeks and months!
And what of the author?
And so to the outwardly mundane, daily grind of Indy authors who seek to ply their trade globally in a UK market which still produces over 1m new fiction titles every year, more than 80% read by women and written by women, in a publishing industry which is largely but not exclusively staffed by women. With such a target audience, perhaps the greatest challenge of all is to try to adopt something of the female psyche in aspects and extracts of the stories I create. Reviews and testimonials suggest I’ve had some success, but clearly I need to do more if I am to gain more traction in the literary world of the female.
To any and all of my readers I would just reaffirm that my books are experience-driven, involve imaginative but complete plot lines (no loose ends that don’t add up), and above all are realistic and therefore credible.
Oliver is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and German
Oliver E. Cadam is a pseudonym