We are constantly reading in newspapers and hearing in news reports that the British police forces are constantly receiving more powers, especially when it concerns protests. The latest police brutality crimes are being carried out at the various protests around the country against the proposed fracking sites. Also, even run of the mill protests, and I specifically mean in my home city of Glasgow. All protests are being treated as a major threat to public order and policemen and women are appearing in riot gear and in some cases armed. The amount of surveillance cameras in Glasgow city centre is Orwellian in the extreme. The normal policeman on the beat looks at you as if you are about to pull a gun out and shoot him. My point is that our police forces now seem to have the feeling that everyone is a potential criminal and they would rather, to use a western movie analogy, "shoot first, and ask questions later." At some point in this downward spiral towards total police control something will have to give. I don't see the authorities relaxing their policies any time soon, so that leaves the ordinary citizen. Knowing the Glasgow mentality, and it is normally quite a relaxed and easy going mentality, they will eventually be pushed too far and then watch the shit hit the fan. It won't be pretty and it won't be peaceful. The one thing that could avert this catastrophe could be a yes vote in next years referendum. First of all I am not using the threat of a no vote to stir up trouble, I am using the yes vote to make the point that with a yes vote, Scotland should be free of ever having a Conservative government that rules us from Westminster and therefore a more relaxed relationship with authority and everyone working together to better all members of society.
I can hope. Till next time.
