Stalinist Britain: Political Witch Hunt in the United Kingdom

Political Witch Hunt in the United Kingdom

You might believe that Political Witch Hunt is something that happens under dictatorial regimes but it is very much what happens in the United Kingdom those who enforce see it as something normal and acceptable.

Looking at membership rules of certain political parties called 'mainstream political parties' it immediately becomes apparent that Britain has a lot in common with Stalin's Soviet Union. 

A Labour MP is under attack for something that he wrote 15 years ago, long before he became a Labour MP. UKIP rejects membership applications from individuals who were members of others political parties. People who have been members or were members of certain political parties are banned from public office.

Ostracised, discriminated against, vilified, and persecuted, for many the only option is to walk away from politics and join now proscribed organisations. Even when their views might have changed dramatically, they will be haunted by the fact that at one point or another they were members of certain political parties or expressed certain views.

The probability of Members of Parliament being attacked rises exponentially in a society in which discrimination on political grounds is acceptable. When expressing views freely within a legal framework is no longer a possibility, people will join organisations that have no democratic agenda.