Right, let’s get straight to it. I’m facing suspension from Durham County Council. The election was only in May, and already they’re trying to silence me. Why? Because I dared to say I wouldn’t voluntarily take DEI or Net Zero training without being compelled to do so.
That’s it. That’s my heinous crime against the establishment.
I kid you not - this is what passes for democracy in modern Britain. You get elected by the people, you represent their views, and then the bureaucratic blob tries to shut you down for not genuflecting at their altar of fashionable nonsense.
Let me be absolutely clear about something: the good people of County Durham didn’t elect me to sit through struggle sessions about unconscious bias or listen to lectures about carbon footprints from consultants earning more in a day than most of my constituents see in a month. They elected me to fight for them - to help them afford their energy bills, secure decent jobs, and ensure they’re not shoved to the back of the queue because they don’t tick the right diversity boxes.
Since taking office, it’s been a wild ride. Every single day brings new challenges, new learning curves, and frankly, some of the most harrowing scenarios I’ve encountered in my professional life. But it’s also been incredibly rewarding. Being able to actually deliver for people, to help them navigate the system, to be their voice in the corridors of power - this is why I left my media career behind. This is why I wanted to serve the people of County Durham, a place I love and always will love.
County Durham is considered one of the most deprived regions in the country. These are communities that have been let down time and again by politicians who promise the earth and deliver nothing but empty rhetoric and virtue signalling. They don’t need their councillors wasting time in diversity seminars - they need someone fighting for jobs, investment, and basic fairness.
But apparently, in the twisted logic of our modern political class, refusing to participate in ideological indoctrination makes me unfit for office. The same people who lecture us about democracy are perfectly happy to suspend elected representatives for having the audacity to stick to their principles.
This isn’t about being difficult or contrarian - though I’m sure that’s how my critics will spin it. This is about accountability. I was elected on a platform, by people who knew exactly what they were voting for. Reform UK didn’t hide our centre-right, pro-nation stance. We were upfront about our opposition to the woke orthodoxy that has captured so much of our public life.
Yet here we are, with the establishment trying to force compliance through the back door. Can’t beat us at the ballot box? No problem - just threaten suspension until we fall in line like good little apparatchiks.
The irony is rich. The same people who bang on about democracy are the first to undermine it when voters choose representatives who don’t share their metropolitan sensibilities. They’ll talk endlessly about the importance of diverse voices while trying to silence anyone who genuinely represents a different perspective.
I make no apologies for standing firm on this. The people who elected me deserve a representative who won’t be cowed by institutional pressure or fashionable groupthink. They deserve someone who’ll fight for their interests rather than waste time genuflecting to whatever cause is trending in Islington this week.
This whole episode reveals something rotten at the heart of our democratic system. We’ve created a parallel structure of ideological compliance that operates independently of the ballot box. You can win elections, but if you don’t submit to the prescribed thinking, you’ll face sanction.
It’s a protection racket dressed up in the language of progress. Submit to our training, adopt our language, accept our worldview - or face the consequences. This isn’t democracy; it’s a charade designed to ensure that regardless of how people vote, the same narrow orthodoxy prevails.
I won’t be intimidated. The people of County Durham sent me here to represent their interests, not to be a nodding dog for whatever ideology happens to be in vogue. If they want to suspend me for staying true to that mandate, so be it. At least they’ll know they had a councillor who put their concerns above career advancement.
The establishment might think they can break me with these tactics, but they’re wrong. I’ve got the backing of voters who are sick to death of being lectured by people who’ve never lived their lives or faced their struggles. They’re tired of politicians who campaign on common sense but govern like Guardianistas.
This is bigger than one councillor or one tweet. This is about whether elected representatives serve their constituents or serve the system. It’s about whether democracy means anything more than a periodic ritual that changes nothing fundamental about how we’re governed.
I know which side I’m on. The question is: do you?
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