Friday, 29 June 2007
Trust Gordon Brown?
I see Gordon has as one of his main objectives the rebuilding of trust in politicians. I can assure him he does not need to bother. I already trust him to increase the tax burden. I trust him to continue the attack on civil liberties. I trust him to continue increasing the amount of control the state has on our lives. I trust him to continue building bureaucracy. That is more than enough trust in any human being, never mind in a politician!
Thursday, 28 June 2007
The King is dead! Long live the King!
Tony Blair has departed from the government, but not before committing Britain to the revamped constitutional treaty for Europe. I haven't quite made up my mind whether he did this in the belief that it was right to or because he was lashing out at the public because he knows that by and large we despise him for his aquiesence to the invasion of Iraq and for involving our troops in this effort. What happened to the Referendum we were promised for such a treaty Tony?
Then we hear that Tony is to be the special envoy to the Middle East for the 'Quartet'. It strikes me that putting Tony in charge of peace initiatives for the Middle East is rather like recommending sexual intercourse as a way to promote virginity. Don't expect our boys home from the Crusades anytime soon then!.
As one leader departs into the setting sun we get saddled with his anointed successor, Gordon. Would that Brown shared some of the attributes of the man who shared his name, James Brown. What are we in for with Gordon? If anything he is worse in his assumption that he knows best for us what to do and therefore he will take all decision making to himself. It will not be long before he will be asking for more taxes becauses he believes he knows best how to spend our money. He will decide what we should do about education, health and all the rest and because James, sorry, Gordon, knows best we will just have to accept his wisdom.
The worst thing is that there is no real alternative to him either. Cameron is no better and Ming hasn't actually so much as lost the plot as never really had it in the first place.
They say you get the leaders you deserve. What have we done to deserve this lot?
Then we hear that Tony is to be the special envoy to the Middle East for the 'Quartet'. It strikes me that putting Tony in charge of peace initiatives for the Middle East is rather like recommending sexual intercourse as a way to promote virginity. Don't expect our boys home from the Crusades anytime soon then!.
As one leader departs into the setting sun we get saddled with his anointed successor, Gordon. Would that Brown shared some of the attributes of the man who shared his name, James Brown. What are we in for with Gordon? If anything he is worse in his assumption that he knows best for us what to do and therefore he will take all decision making to himself. It will not be long before he will be asking for more taxes becauses he believes he knows best how to spend our money. He will decide what we should do about education, health and all the rest and because James, sorry, Gordon, knows best we will just have to accept his wisdom.
The worst thing is that there is no real alternative to him either. Cameron is no better and Ming hasn't actually so much as lost the plot as never really had it in the first place.
They say you get the leaders you deserve. What have we done to deserve this lot?
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