Blind as a Labour Minister...
In these times of troubles, it's always reassuring to see that our protectors of freedom are concentrating on the important issues of the day...
Without knowing (or caring) about the facts, it appears to me that the knives have been out for Mr Blunkett..
I see it is a sad reflection on the country when someone is persecuted for trying to earn an honest crust. I see it as just another sub-devious plot by the Tories / media to gain a scalp by whatever means. Like the population at large was either negatively affected or cared about an elected politician trying to make an honest buck... Most of them make plenty of bucks without a second thought to honesty.
The more I hear of UK politics, the more I realise that we as a country are doomed...
Not that I'm particularly a supporter of Mr Blunkett or indeed Labour, but I prefer the 'wise ones' spent their time on sorting out the downward spiral of the country in terms of manufacturing and development.
One day (in the non too distant future) the morals of personalities wil be irrelevant as we struggle to compete with the previous 2nd and 3rd world countries.. Selling your heart and soul for the sake of banking and insurance will come back to bite us with a vengeance any time soonish... Already 20% of the population work for the state... and I reckon about another 50% work in call centres or shops...
But fuck it... let's pick on the blind guy, and make a political point... hurrah for democracy.
One day the UK will stop, look around, and realise it is a minority player in the world. At that point, reliving the empire, thinking we are inherantly owed a living, and being a major player in the world will seem miles (or kilometres) away. Hopefully by that time, I will be happily installed in another country.
wow... what started off as a witty social comment on current events turned out a bit deep... sorry
To summarise... Blunkett - whether he followed the rules or not was victimised, and if I had picked on the blind guy at work, I would probably be on a verbal warning by now... And is parliment any cleaner now they got rid of his failings? I somehow doubt it, but it's all about scoring points in the end, not us the public...
ARGHHH... I'm spouting again... Make your own mind up people... see through the mist, and think what you want to think, while you still can...
Without knowing (or caring) about the facts, it appears to me that the knives have been out for Mr Blunkett..
I see it is a sad reflection on the country when someone is persecuted for trying to earn an honest crust. I see it as just another sub-devious plot by the Tories / media to gain a scalp by whatever means. Like the population at large was either negatively affected or cared about an elected politician trying to make an honest buck... Most of them make plenty of bucks without a second thought to honesty.
The more I hear of UK politics, the more I realise that we as a country are doomed...
Not that I'm particularly a supporter of Mr Blunkett or indeed Labour, but I prefer the 'wise ones' spent their time on sorting out the downward spiral of the country in terms of manufacturing and development.
One day (in the non too distant future) the morals of personalities wil be irrelevant as we struggle to compete with the previous 2nd and 3rd world countries.. Selling your heart and soul for the sake of banking and insurance will come back to bite us with a vengeance any time soonish... Already 20% of the population work for the state... and I reckon about another 50% work in call centres or shops...
But fuck it... let's pick on the blind guy, and make a political point... hurrah for democracy.
One day the UK will stop, look around, and realise it is a minority player in the world. At that point, reliving the empire, thinking we are inherantly owed a living, and being a major player in the world will seem miles (or kilometres) away. Hopefully by that time, I will be happily installed in another country.
wow... what started off as a witty social comment on current events turned out a bit deep... sorry
To summarise... Blunkett - whether he followed the rules or not was victimised, and if I had picked on the blind guy at work, I would probably be on a verbal warning by now... And is parliment any cleaner now they got rid of his failings? I somehow doubt it, but it's all about scoring points in the end, not us the public...
ARGHHH... I'm spouting again... Make your own mind up people... see through the mist, and think what you want to think, while you still can...
posted by Slaine at Thursday, November 03, 2005
1 Comments:
I heard on the TV that he was on the front cover on a certain newspaper (whose name escapes me), every day for the past 2 months.
Now if that is not overstepping the mark on someones privacy, or an obvious attempt to discredit him, I don't know what is.
I don't give a damn whether he did wrong or right, but I know that being hounded like he was gets right up my left nostril.
grrrr....
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