When Brian sweating on the cross at the end of the film, he’s given a glimmer of hope as a “thoroughly trained suicide squad” marches up and apparently offers to save him.
Their leader proudly boasts “we can commit suicide within 20 seconds”, and that’s exactly what they do, leaving Brian despairing and doomed.
I’m reminded of that scene when I see the Labour front bench. Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband offered hope to a desperate nation during the general election, only to commit instant economic suicide.
Now we’re all sweating on the cross.
Labour had 14 long years in opposition to train up, and it looks like time well spent. It’s committing economic suicide at speed.
PM Keir Starmer drew his sword first, striking down economic sentiment by moaning about mess the Tories had left us in and warning of the brutal decisions to come.
It was a massive self-inflicted wound.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves then deployed her suicide squad skills, by threatening us with tax hikes.
She left us to sweat for a crucifying four months, while we waited to discover how much destruction her Budget would wreak.
An economy that had been previously going “gangbusters” suddenly lost its vital signs.
After growing growing nicely in the first half of the year it fell by 0.1% in September and another 0.1% in October. Now it’s on recession watch.
Energy secretary Ed Miliband is the suicide squad’s head goon.
While Reeves and Starmer slash away at the economy, his lunatic plan to make our power grid 95% free of fossil fuels by 2030 is a huge act of economic self harm.
Yes, the UK does need to shift towards home-grown renewables. But we can’t do it at this speed.
The sheer expense will send energy bills through the roof, while leaving the country at the mercy of power cuts and blackouts.
Fanatical Miliband isn’t just committing economic suicide. Along with Communities Secretary Angela Rayner, he’s dishing out a punishment beating too.
Miliband and Rayner are plastering our beautiful and productive countryside with solar farms, wind turbines, endless pylons and strip housing. They’re committing cruel revenge on country dwellers for refusing to vote Tory.
As well as committing economic hari-kari, Labour is running a separate Surrender Squad, meekly returning the UK back to self-destructive Brussels.
Given Starmer’s huge majority (on a tiny percentage of the vote) there’s nothing we can do aside from singalong with Brian. Altogether now: “Always look on the bright side of life…”
