Witch Hunt?

Major milestone yesterday - no log burner required. Summer, or at least spring, is here. Let's hope it stays that way.

Trump is going on about the court cases against him being a witch hunt, echoing the screeches of Johnson supporters over his misleading of Parliament and kangaroo courts. Claims are being made that the cases are politically motivated. Well, in a manner they are, but not in the manner the plaintiffs mean. They're motivated by democracy itself.

When politicians attempt to circumvent or demolish the checks and balances that are in place to make them accountable, that's an attack on the very foundation of democracy. Those in positions of power who believe that the normal rules by which democracy operates are not applicable to them have to be neutralised at the earliest available opportunity, by whatever means, else they open the dark doors to totalitarianism.

Checks and balances are put in place in a democracy to prevent any one branch or individual from gaining too much power and becoming tyrannical. The concept of checks and balances is based on the idea that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.