Listening to BBC Radio 4’s “File on 4” the other day, I was interested to hear the expression “Deep State” used with reference to Turkey. The notion of a “deep state” – a state within a state, wheels within wheels etc – which is partly or wholly independent of democratic accountability, however, is not limited to a particular regime, and some would argue that “The Deep State” manifests itself in various ways here in this country. Conversely, the idea of a “Deep Democracy”, also arguably a fundamental part of the British political psyche, is similarly not state specific. Indeed some definitions of deep democracy go beyond the human to include the concept of a “council of all beings” extending into the natural world.
I very much like the ideal of “Deep Democracy” and in adopting the office of “The Witch of Worcester” (or OWOW) have naturally consulted beyond the humdrum human world and sought out powers which some might regard as supernatural. I mention this because in my everyday self – please check me out @ http://janetmackinnon.blogspot.com/ or see below – “The Deep State” does seem to be pushing forward, rather than rolling back, its frontiers, notwithstanding the current language of localism in English local government. Indeed, the affinity of this deep state for persons and organisations with supposed deep pockets, when in reality these are not-so-deep, never fails to surprise me.
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The Witch of Worcester 