This is no Test
Posted 27th June 2009 at 08:50 PM by mikekoi
I want to nail my colours to the apolitical mast from the outset. I am not nor have I ever been affiliated to any political party at any time in my life. Over time I have found policies that I approved of that were unique to Labour, Liberal, Social Democrats, Conservative etc. but not enough policies in the round to claim my adherence. For me it is not healthy to adhere to a party right or wrong. This we all see, is what politicians do do. In the UK we claim to have a democracy. I don't believe it is as healthy as it should be or even as sensible as it aught to be. For example of the major political parties who is most anti-european? Of the major political parties, who gained us entry into europe? Who committed us further with the Maastricht Treaty? Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher, John Major. I see the silliness in the lack of joined up thinking by Mr Cameron. I also think, in spite of his good PR work that he has no real grasp of what's going on around him. I recall that as he gained the conservative leadership he was going to advocate the end of Yah Boo politics. Oh Dear! Like a whore in a convent we soon learnt the veracity of that statement. At a time when the UK needed it's government to receive universal backing to confront the economic problems. Poof!! Smoke/Mirrors?Hot air came from the conservatives. Ken Clarke who aught to know better accepted a position under Cameron and uttered platitudes about the economy we KNOW he did not believe himself. So while a Nobel Prize Winner for economics was lauding Gordon Brown Paul Krugman wins Nobel economics prize and praises Gordon Brown - Telegraph Our fearless opposition were busy along with nearly every broadsheet in doing down our Prime Ministers acheivements. From this all you are to deduce about my current political opinion(s) is that on the economy I vote for the only viable option. GB for GB
However, democracy not being what it should be, I am not content. Why? because I do not see any of the major parties advocating a program for the UK's abolition of nuclear/atomic weapons.
I frankly do not care if this means the French will desperately cling to them like some fantastic phallic symbol. We cannot and should not criticize others in the world. We cannot preach against proliferation if we do not stop manufacturing these things. I close this chapter one of my blogdom by stating that it is not sensible or wise to vote against someone because they bite their nails. Neither is it sensible or wise to vote for someone who tells you charmingly and with a smooth passion about why he is against spending, why he is against Gordon, & etc. BUT tells us nothing of use about what he and his chancellor would do if they came to power. I remember the18months unemployment in the last conservative governments recession. I remember 15% mortgage interest payments eating my entire redundancy money and then some. Throughout that period I got the statuary minimum from the state. So I advise all of you with jobs still at risk, all of you who are already jobless. Don't look to Cameron, I find that idea frightening. You should too.
However, democracy not being what it should be, I am not content. Why? because I do not see any of the major parties advocating a program for the UK's abolition of nuclear/atomic weapons.
I frankly do not care if this means the French will desperately cling to them like some fantastic phallic symbol. We cannot and should not criticize others in the world. We cannot preach against proliferation if we do not stop manufacturing these things. I close this chapter one of my blogdom by stating that it is not sensible or wise to vote against someone because they bite their nails. Neither is it sensible or wise to vote for someone who tells you charmingly and with a smooth passion about why he is against spending, why he is against Gordon, & etc. BUT tells us nothing of use about what he and his chancellor would do if they came to power. I remember the18months unemployment in the last conservative governments recession. I remember 15% mortgage interest payments eating my entire redundancy money and then some. Throughout that period I got the statuary minimum from the state. So I advise all of you with jobs still at risk, all of you who are already jobless. Don't look to Cameron, I find that idea frightening. You should too.
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