Tuesday, August 11, 2009
UK 'New Labor' appalling
Ministerial mice are too timid to face down fat cat bankers, says Ian Aitken in "Tribune". "What on earth is wrong with this Government? At a time when ministers could, if they wished, cast caution to the winds and get on with some really radical programmes, they pussyfoot around like maiden aunts trying to choose a hat for the church fete. Yet they have nothing to lose and the possibility – albeit remote – of substantial gain....... what is happening in Washington raises the question of whether our present lot in Whitehall would have had the courage to do what Clem Attlee and Nye Bevan did in 1947 and introduce a comprehensive free health service in the middle of a massive financial crisis. On the basis of present performance, I doubt it."
IMO: Sadly, this is too true. At least "Labor" could give ordinary people some kind of choice with electoral reform. Sadly, the most the punters seem to be able to do is things like slashing the tyres of Hazel Blears' car. Not a good idea, there has to be a better way forward. Aitken and those like him must shoulder the blame for not doing much much more. At least Aitken's father fought on roughly the right side in Spain, we may find ourselves looking back to the days of Miss Jean Brodie as being the last, halcyon days the UK mice even squeaked before they were trampled under by the pigs.
IMO: Sadly, this is too true. At least "Labor" could give ordinary people some kind of choice with electoral reform. Sadly, the most the punters seem to be able to do is things like slashing the tyres of Hazel Blears' car. Not a good idea, there has to be a better way forward. Aitken and those like him must shoulder the blame for not doing much much more. At least Aitken's father fought on roughly the right side in Spain, we may find ourselves looking back to the days of Miss Jean Brodie as being the last, halcyon days the UK mice even squeaked before they were trampled under by the pigs.
# posted by uv : 5:48 PM
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