MANY of us may well be confused by the recent goings-on in the murky world of politics.

Against all odds and sanity, reality show star, real-estate mogul and megalomaniac, Donald Trump and his hand-picked team, whose reputations as hard-line right wing operators are well established, will soon become the leaders of the lost world. This is the latest example of reactionary voting that brought about Brexit and may yet help to remodel the political map across Europe in the coming months and years.

The electorate in this country, across Europe and the USA, cannot be blamed for making poor choices when the choices with which they are presented are so distorted and universally poor. We might need to look at the conditions that led the electorate to turn their backs on the establishment in favour of either the unknown or, in the case of Trump, the unhinged.

Theresa May has taken no time in joining the ranks of the old established and failing political elite. Boldly proclaiming that they are going to help those most in need and foster a more equal and harmonious society, they have actually announced retrograde and socially divisive legislation. Take, for example, the plans to support the divisive grammar school expansion while at the same time eradicating the very successful and vital Sure Start programmes around the country, coupled with a budget that will yet again negatively impact on the very people she and her party promised to protect.

When, I wonder, will we all realise that the Conservative party is run for the benefit of those who have most and will do and say anything in order to maintain their immoral advantage and that those who are not rich and powerful who vote for, or represent the Conservatives, have been duped.

Unfortunately, with the hijacking of the Labour party by Blair and his accomplices and the current denigration of Corbyn by his own treacherous party in cahoots with the right and its poisonous press partners, the average voter here, as in the USA, is forced to vote for anything other than that which has come before, whether that be the right wing rantings of Trump or his ambassador of choice Farage and his friends in UKIP.

Meanwhile, if that’s not bad enough, homeless charities are reporting a yearly increase in homelessness since 2010 so all the false promises and platitudes from Theresa May and her friends are cold comfort to those without shelter, one of the essential elements of survival. I’m sure they will have no problem in finding the hundreds of millions it will cost to rewire and maintain the country’s biggest council house, Buckingham Palace.

For years, people who support the absurdity of royalty will regurgitate the usual propaganda with which they have been inculcated, that the royal family, in spite of its obvious contradiction of meritocracy, can be justified by the income generated by tourists. As if the royal family greeted all visitors personally. The only people who really get the royal welcome are likely to be leaders of countries whose human rights records are ignored in favour of their financial favours.

However, as the palaces are owned by the country we should make all of them open to visitors all year round. Monies raised beyond the cost of upkeep should be used to fund social housing and Sure Start centres. We then will start to redress centuries of social injustice and recoup some morality.

Meanwhile, the murder goes on unabated as Aleppo is pulverised along with its inhabitants. The Western world and the United Nations' lack of response and unwillingness to intervene gives tacit support to the massacre. What happened to Obama and his 'red-line' rhetoric? Now there are countless red lines of the blood of the innocents.

This is an absolute disgrace and should be a wake-up call to us all. Politics is about power and wealth, not about people.