WAKEN UP! If you live in Manchester or Glasgow, you’ve probably noticed that life isn’t exactly getting cheaper, easier, or freer. The roads are peppered with potholes that could swallow a bus, rent is higher than the Burj Khalifa, and your car is suddenly an environmental war crime. But don’t worry, because your political betters have a solution: more management!
Yes, while you were busy trying to afford a pint without remortgaging your flat, a grand plan was unfolding. Enter “Metro Mayors” those charismatic political superheroes here to “give power back to the people”. Or at least, that’s the sales pitch. In reality, these regional rulers aren’t handing you power; they’re shifting control away from your local council and toward a shiny, unaccountable authority that just happens to align perfectly with international agendas cooked-up in Davos.
The Burnham blueprint: real devolution or WEF-friendly bureaucracy?
Let’s take a look at Andy Burnham’s Manchester – the model of “regional devolution” that some think Glasgow should copy. What’s he done?
- Nationalised the buses and renamed them the Bee Network (because there’s nothing more comforting than knowing your transport system is based on an insect that works itself to death).
- Demanded more powers from Westminster, while simultaneously implementing policies that make life more expensive.
- Promoted Net Zero policies that – overnight – magically turn working-class vans into planet-destroying monstrosities.
Meanwhile, ordinary Mancunians are still paying through the nose for rent, dodging potholes like an arcade game, and wondering why the city’s problems remain remarkably unsolved. But at least the buses are yellow now!
Now, Glasgow is being primed for the same treatment. A directly elected Metro Mayor is being floated as the answer to all our woes. But before you get swept away by the excitement of having another politician to ignore your problems, let’s take a closer look at the bigger game being played here.
From Davos with love: the Globalist blueprint for your city
You see, this isn’t just about local politics – it’s about implementing a global governance agenda at the city level. Metro Mayors like Burnham don’t just make policy; they follow international frameworks dictated by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the UN, and other unelected bodies. And what do these global wizards want?
- 15-Minute Cities – Sounds lovely, doesn’t it? A utopia where everything you need is within a 15-minute walk. Except, in reality, this just means more restrictions on travel and the slow death of personal freedom. Want to drive to another part of the city? That’s a different “zone” now—better have a good reason or pay up!
- Smart Cities – Which is just a fancy way of saying “surveillance on steroids”. Cameras tracking your movements, digital passes for public transport, and soon, a “social credit” system that makes sure you’re behaving yourself. The council doesn’t just need to know where you park – it needs to know how long you loiter outside Greggs.
- Net Zero Madness – Your perfectly functional diesel car? Evil. Your gas boiler? A menace. Your ability to afford heating in winter? Irrelevant. Net Zero policies are great at one thing: making life unaffordable while politicians virtue-signal at climate summits.
Glasgow’s already in the globalist game
Unlike Manchester, Glasgow hasn’t (yet) adopted the Metro Mayor model, but that doesn’t mean it’s dodged the globalist agenda. In fact, Glasgow is already a testing ground for many WEF-aligned policies:
- Digital inclusion & smart city projects – Glasgow has been working with institutions like the University of Glasgow on data-driven urban planning, tracking foot traffic, and using technology to “support vulnerable populations.” Sounds nice – until you realise it’s a WEF-backed plan for digital governance and mass data collection.
- Climate control from above – As host of COP26, Glasgow became a centre of international climate policymaking. Agreements like the “Glasgow Statement” and the “Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero” (GFANZ) weren’t about helping Glaswegians – they were about pushing global financial and environmental policies that prioritise big investors over local economies.
- Low Emission Zone (LEZ) crackdowns – Already in full force, LEZ policies mean that many working-class Glaswegians woke up one morning to find their cars had been declared unfit for the city. Either you cough-up for a new electric vehicle (good luck affording one), or you get fined for simply trying to live your life.
Local leadership or globalist middle managers?
The real kicker? Metro Mayors aren’t “strong local leaders” fighting for your city. They’re more like regional branch managers for a global policy playbook.
They answer upwards to Holyrood, Westminster, and international organisations –not downwards to you, the people. Every flashy policy – from Low Emission Zones (LEZ) to digital ID systems – isn’t something they thought up in a pub over a pint. It’s pre-approved by the same globalist think tanks that don’t care how much your energy bill is.
What Glasgow (and Manchester) actually need
Forget another layer of management. Real devolution means giving power back to local people, not installing a new political celebrity to “represent” us while actually following orders from international elites.
Instead of a Metro Mayor, how about:
- Stronger local councils that actually represent communities instead of centralised bureaucracies.
- Policies based on local needs, not Net Zero targets set in Brussels.
- A focus on real economic growth, not more hurdles for small businesses while giant investment firms buy up our city centres.
- An actual say in how our cities are run, rather than being handed another political middle-manager to “consult” us before ignoring us.
Waken up: this is about more than a mayor
This isn’t just about who runs Manchester or Glasgow. It’s about whether our cities belong to us – or to a global class of bureaucrats who think democracy is just a PR stunt.
If we’re not careful, we’ll wake up in a city where every move is monitored, every journey taxed, and every policy designed not for our benefit, but for the benefit of a global system that doesn’t even know we exist.
So, the next time someone tells you a Metro Mayor is the answer to your problems, ask yourself: “whose problems are they really solving?”
Because if we don’t push back now, we won’t just be stuck with another politician in a sharp suit. We’ll be stuck in a city where the decisions are made far, far away from the people who actually live here.
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