Do we need to dance again? (2010s/20s)

How much does the prime minister really affect the way society works?

Can two subsequent prime ministers destroy nearly everything internally and all the respect for their post so much that people turn their backs on them and starts to ignore politics”?

If they claim they are a “fighter not a quitter” would you believe them?

Boris Johnson entered office under the promise to “Get Brexit done” of which his two predecessors had failed to do.

Cameron had objected to the concept of Brexit and resigned and May was incapable of finalising a deal with the EU; as the deadline for the Brexit deal approached he needed to force action, the negotiations with the EU were stalling, the issues within how the Good Friday Agreement would be adapted were becoming a headache and within the Commons no deal proposed passed.

So he went to the queen.

Boris asked to prorogue parliament to place pressure on getting his deal through, closing parliament from September 9th to October 14th.

The prorogation counteracted a planned recess for party conference season which the MPs seemed likely to vote to abolish to focus on Brexit negotiations.

The Supreme Court of the UK found the prorogation illegal and unjustifiable and Parliament was able to resume its business on September 25, 2019.

Lizz Truss entered office after Johnson’s resignation under extreme scrutiny.

Would she be the prime minister to bring England back to its glory days? In short? No.

The fracking opposition vote was ceremonial and the government usually always lets the opposition win in a symbolic victory, but what does Truss do?

Makes it a vote of confidence in her premiership. Three hours pass its midday, the vote is no longer a confidence vote, another three hours pass it’s 3pm the vote is rapidly approaching, and it is a confidence vote once more.

This confusion came after her catastrophic “mini budget” in which £45bn in tax cuts were proposed, £70bn in borrowing, each of the 65,000 richest people in England were set to gain £10,000 a year and the pound plummeted to its lowest value over the past decade, senior officials were pulling MPs into rooms and yelling at them to back the party

Pure Chaos…. And how does the public respond? You know by this point

Pinkpanthress nominated for the Mercury Prize, Charlie XCX sweeping the Brits, Kaytranada, Tyler the creator, Steve Lacey, Jamiroquai returning for a new album, Chappel Roan bringing back the 80s synths, The Dare shooting to fame, BLACKPINK returning with a club song, Tame impala, Niko B emerging from the underground.

We’re seeing a dance music explosion like we have never seen which retrospectively should seem obvious to happen but with a growing far right led by Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, the cost of living crisis not fixing, a housing epidemic and 14 years of Conservative austerity gutting social services, people are ready to dance again.

The LGBTQ club is also seeing a return to needing safe havens, the High Court ruling that a woman is a biological issue erasing trans women’s existence even with gender certification certificates, LBTQ bars are popping up, Queer Sapphic reported that lesbian bars in the US dropped to 20 however 15 have opened in the last five years indicating a necessity for LGBTQ and especially queer female safe spaces.

The new clubbing image is all about two things. Connection and sweat.

Charlie XCX doing a boiler room set where everyone is packed like sardines, Tyler the creator encouraging his fans to “Move until they drop”, pinkpanthress including provocative noises on stateside, in an era so dominated by the internet are we finally seeing a return to true human connection through dance in the face of economic disparity and political instability?