Rant on the Mount

I never thought this day would come, but Tony, you have seriously pissed me off. And Hell hath no Fury like the Party faithful who has been poked in the eye with a sharp and pointy stick.

Whilst all the other fairweather followers have pissed and moaned and fallen by the wayside, you and I have never fallen out, well, ok, I had a couple of concerns over educational policies, and let's face it, about the modern languages thing - you should have listened to me, it's biting you full on in the face now.

But this time Tony, this time you have transgressed the unwritten law, broken the social contract, how dare you bring the country to the brink of true equality and then back off? Socialism doesn't allow for one group of law abiding citizens having fewer rights than another, merely on the grounds of some arbitrary definition.
I feel offended, not for my many gay friends, not on their behalf but I personally feel deeply, gutturally, viscerally offended because this is SO arbitrary. Thank God that people can no longer legally be treated as lesser beings because of their skin colour, gender, religion, so why is it still ok to deny a part of the population rights on grounds of who they sleep with, yes, I know I've said it before and I will continue to say it. It is as arbitrary as if the government suddenly decided that people born in September were to be demonised. No, let's say people born in the autumn, a quarter of the population, because honestly, who knows what percentage the so called one in ten really is.

And even more than that, how dare you let Ruth Kelly, arguably the worst Minister for Education the country has had to endure, prevail and put forward the excuse that the churches don't like it. Because how dare the life and teachings of Christ be so misrepresented by those who are supposed to uphold them.
Jesus whose life was about socialism, who overturned the money-changers' tables in the Temple, sending out a new message, that making money from money, usury, making profit from people's need was not to be tolerated in a spiritual place. Who taught the people who received little education because his message was for all, who collected food from those who had and distributed it to those who had none, who quite literally FED the people and who cared for all equally.

When you are a socialist leader Tony, you CANNOT back off, you must lead, you must strive for equality as you always have before, despite pathetically wishy-washy public opinion you have not wavered, so why now? You have nothing to lose, you have long since announced that you are bowing out, do it gloriously instead of weakly.

I'm not kidding here Tone, get your act together, fix it