Saturday 16 May 2009

Now Can We Talk About Politics, Please?

All right, the point is made. Now can we talk about politics, please?

Or are we just going to have a year of this? Leading to the wholly undeserved victory of a party which merely happens to have fewer incumbents, but which is politically no different at all. And arguably even sleazier, with its moats, helipads, chandeliers and the rest at public expense.

So, now can we talk about politics, please?

3 comments:

  1. I am disappointed that you say that.
    Clearly with more MPs the current scandal favours the Party with the fewer MPs.
    But just look at the broader picture. A Parliament which collaborated in an illegal war (agreed?), a Parliament which has collaborated in ID cards, secret coronors courts, the banking crisis, the handing over of power to terrorists in Government in Norn Iron.
    All this and more.a weak Parliament where the lobby fodder have been bought off with spurious expenses claims.
    We are either staring into an abyss (bad) or its a catalyst (good.
    We either accept that there will be a break thru for new parties (UKIP & Green nutters) and BNP (racist nutters) is a temporary glich which is a necessary step on bringing forward some sane and honest politicians representative of the political spectrum.
    This is a view which you yourself have articulated quite well on occasions.
    So in my view......too soon to go back to "business as usual" until the nest of vipers is sorted out.
    I note that the argument of last resort of politicians and journalists in the Westminster Village is the spectre of the BNP getting Euro seats. In reality the political class is more afraid of UKIP and the Greens.
    The legacy of the current crisis must be a new allignment where the people of Scunthorpe can break tribal loyalty to Elliot Morley and the good folks of Rutland can break tribal loyalty to Alan Duncan.......and so on.

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  2. "But just look at the broader picture. A Parliament which collaborated in an illegal war (agreed?), a Parliament which has collaborated in ID cards, secret coronors courts, the banking crisis, the handing over of power to terrorists in Government in Norn Iron."

    Exactly what I want to talk about.

    "The legacy of the current crisis must be a new allignment where the people of Scunthorpe can break tribal loyalty to Elliot Morley and the good folks of Rutland can break tribal loyalty to Alan Duncan.......and so on."

    But I'm very sorry that it's taken this. It should have been because of the things that you set out above.

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  3. You may be familiar with the folk song "As soon as this pub closes" (Henry Livings I think) where the singer finds excuses NOT to become involved in the REVOLUTION. Alcohol emboldens him.

    "I would have done it yesterday....if I hadnt had a cold. But since Ive put this pint away.....Im feeling rather bold.

    "as soon as this pub closes...as soon as this pub closes..the Revolution starts"

    Obviously as a British patriot, this is not the situation you would have hoped for. Nevertheless you have "seen" this. The crisis is not of the making of people who think like you. My point is that it will get "worse" before it gets better. Indeed it NEEDS to get worse. You should not see that inevitability as a bad thing.

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