Chameleon Magazine

Pete Wishart is out here waving the “far right” bogeyman like a pantomime villain, desperately trying to distract from the fact that the so-called “mainstream” parties have been steering Britain like a drunk Uber driver with a broken sat-nav. His logic goes something like this: point at the scary extremists, yell “danger!” and hope nobody notices the smouldering ruin of the economy, housing market, NHS, and public trust left in the wake of Labour and Conservative tag-teaming incompetence.

But here’s the rub: when the establishment has presided over record debt, a collapsing health service, unaffordable housing, stagnant wages, and towns crumbling under bad policy, who exactly gets to stand on a soapbox and pretend to be the moral compass of the nation? Spoiler alert: not Pete, and certainly not the crew of tired party hacks responsible for the mess.

🧠 Brain Transplants and Broken Promises

Wishart and his pals love to act as if the “left” has an exclusive right to define what’s good for the country. They’ll happily moralise about compassion and inclusivity—meanwhile, services are broken, small businesses are strangled, and entire communities are left fending for themselves. For all the sermons about progress, the receipts show something else:

• Debt climbing faster than a banker’s bonus.
• NHS queues stretching longer than your patience at the Post Office.
• Migration policy that resembles a revolving door with no one checking the hinges.
• Communities buckling under pressure, while politicians dismiss genuine concerns as “toxic.”

Translation: ordinary people are told to pipe down, stop complaining, and accept the wisdom of those who created the problems in the first place.

And when Wishart suggests the solution is trusting politicians like him, it’s less “statesmanship” and more “DIY brain surgery.” Hand over your critical faculties, let the establishment rewire your head, and pretend that repeating the same mistakes will somehow lead to different results. That’s not politics—that’s gaslighting with extra steps.

🏚️ Mainstream Chaos in Fancy Clothes

Here’s the trick: branding dissent as “extremism” is the establishment’s favourite survival tool. It shifts attention away from the failures of their own policies and onto anyone daring to question the script. Meanwhile, Labour and the Conservatives keep playing pass-the-parcel with crises: one decade it’s tuition fees, the next it’s austerity cuts, now it’s inflation and housing collapse. And yet we’re supposed to keep clapping like grateful seals. 🦭👏

When people feel ignored, when they watch promises dissolve into thin air, when they see their communities struggling without support, is it really shocking they look for alternatives? The bigger question is: are they “radicalised,” or just fed up with being lied to?

🔥 Challenges 🔥

Why do we let politicians label ordinary people’s frustration as “toxic” while failing to answer for their own wreckage? Why do we fall for the “scary far right” smokescreen instead of demanding accountability from the so-called grown-ups in charge? If we’re ever going to rebuild trust, maybe it starts with tearing down the script that says only elites know best.

So let’s hear it: Do you buy Pete Wishart’s scare tactics? Or do you think the “mainstream” is just afraid of losing its monopoly on failure? Drop your raw thoughts, your fury, or your sharpest sarcasm in the blog comments. 💬⚡

👇 Smash comment, smash like, smash share. Don’t just roast Wishart—burn the whole circus of broken promises.

The best rants, burns, and mic-drops will be featured in the magazine. 🎤🔥