The uncomfortable truth is that marches are ignored, protests are laughed at and patriots are attacked for simply showing their concern and waving their nations flag.
The only thing that I still believe would force a fundamental change of direction, immediately - is a NATIONAL STRIKE.
Not violence.
Not rioting.
Ordinary people simply staying at home and refusing to participate for a couple of days.
Think about what would happen if millions of people did it.
Last year, I pushed for a National Strike. I advertised it for months and during that period, my social-media analytics showed that I reached over 200 million people.
180 million of those views were in the UK
People saw it. People saw me. I often get recognised when I’m out in public so I know that whilst millions watched, only a handful took part.
And sadly, that’s the problem.
Everyone assumes that no one else would do it, so they don’t do it.
But look around the world.
Bulgaria. France. Bangladesh. Romania. Spain…
In recent years, they have all done exactly what I am suggesting. They all took part in peaceful, mass non-compliance and they all caused their governments to change course, or even step down and call an election.
That’s the level of collective pressure I’m talking about.
The British people aren’t powerless. We’ve just become too accepting of the abuse.
We did it in the 70’s.
Britain was brought to a standstill when just 1.2 million public-sector workers joined a single DAY of action, where widespread strikes disrupted transport, rubbish collection and public services. It ended up with Labour being removed and the Conservatives being put in. It DOES work, history proves it.
The question is whether enough people would ever be prepared to act together if I tried to advertise it again.
One day. Just like in the 1970’s.
If we’re feeling brave, maybe even two.
THAT would send a real message.