Dear Editor,

Gina Miller, (the British business owner who is known for initiating the court case against the British government over its authority to implement Brexit without approval from Parliament) thinks it is undemocratic to ask voters to give the Prime Minister an unfettered mandate before terms of any negotiated deal are known.

I’m inclined to think Mrs Miller might be right, just on recent history alone. The snap election is a desperate attempt to remain unfettered on a conservative agenda, one of politicising poverty, hunger, and over crowding in an attempt to fit them into the market place. Capitalise, Capitalise, Capitalise.

When the market principle for hunger, over crowding and poverty fail the solution is; make stronger internal markets and capitalise, capitalise, capitalise. This process offers only ideological solutions to the struggle between free will or social determination. Should this concern you? If you are lucky you may simply be ignored by a new conservative government, in or out of power in 2017. If you behave outside socially determined roles you will be pursued by ever increasing punitive legislation resulting in incarceration.

A conservative government relies more and more on elastic laws and exclusion to maintain the illusion that everything that is done i.e. capitalise, capitalise, capitalise, is for the good of the people. This conservative government has already indentured our labour to the market principle through student credit to finance university places and independent living.

The ‘help’ to buy homes and flexible lending initiatives compound the personal debt. The Prime Minister’s strategy for the country is flawed. Britain, on the other hand, has fundamentally and irrevocably evolved since Margaret Thatcher referred to her party as the ruling party. 21st Century Britain is a multi-racial, and multi-faith community, with the most striving, intelligent, world-beating, compassionate and proactive young cohort ever.

We, the people, are not content with the persistent neglect of struggling families. Are not content with overcrowding in prisons, schools and hospitals. Are not content with the punitive stance that has emerged within social care. We demand fair and equitable mental health services in the public sector for those who can not afford private fees. And demand a better deal in student debt repayments. Gina Miller dares to dream of a progressive alliance. A true government for the people will not be content to deny alterity.

Deirdre Byrne

Ross-on-Wye