Politicians, and the 'Experts" employed by authority and organizations are often blinded by considerations of power. Consequently there is a failure to understand the issues involved in real world problems.
Fight nonsense and support realism. Denounce prejudice and illusion and embrace rational choice based on facts. And remember, the majority is a reflection of the status quo and is thus almost always wrong!
I have yet to be convinced that the Conservative Party and it's leaders have any real understanding of Europpean issues, and this disqualifies them. Their euro-fobia makes it doubtful the Conservative Party could forrm a credible government capable of responsibly managing our relations with our European neighbours and European Istitutions.
When the Euro-sceptic Conservative Party rejected Ken Clarke as leader, it demonstrated it had lost contact with the real world. It's continued failure to understand European issues and the need for Britain to involve itself in the development of European political, economic and social environments demonstrate its continuing need to acquire some political maturity.
A party leader that only grudgingly admits the necessity of recognising the existence of, and necesity for close, intimate participation in the building of the most powerful institutions that will shape our future European environment and protect or damage our interests, can expect a responsible citizen to vote for another party.
Mr Cameron and his collegues must demonstrate they are able to handle relations with the world, including Europe, as it is in the 21st century, not as it might have been in the 19th century.
Mr Cameron must acknowledge that the attitude of his party to Europe is even more important than any other issue he must be prepared to meet should he ever be invited to form a government.
I have yet to be convinced that the Conservative Party and it's leaders have any real understanding of Europpean issues, and this thua un ny eyes disqualifies them. Their euro-fobia makes it doubtful the Conservative Party could forrm a credible government capable of responsibly managing our relations with our European neighbours and European Istitutions.
Dear Sir,
New Labour failed to address long term economic issues and indulged in throwing money at percieved problems rather than making difficult or unpopular but necessary decisoins. A Chancellor Brown short changed infrastucture investment until disasters arose, in sectors such as education, transport, and health. Money alone can typically never solve economic and social problems, and may on occassion have the perverse effect of increasing difficulties. In unifersity education, New labour betrayed the ideal of free and open access to advanced education by the poorest members of the population, and thereby reduced opportunities for the talented and hard working students to make a full and productive use of their talents.
New Labour has been a profound disappointment. Ideals betrayed, objectives neglected, money and resource squandered, necessary reforms avoided.
All this capped by Browns failure to recognise the importance of the 'euro' for Brittain's future and his failure to implement even his own guidelines of husbanding resources in good times for use in bad. He also undoubtedly contributed to the negect of adequate supervision of financial institutions, choosing once again the easy options of neglect rather than the rigours of execising and implementing constructive criticism and necessary structural reforms.
In short, New Labour has failed time and again to address underlying causes and real problems, and resorted to carressing the visible surface of institutions rather than addressed fundamental issues.
Obsessive kowtowing to the worst aspects of the Bush administration's security and war policies became a symbol of Blain and Brown's inability to deal with other than surface issues, Almost, anything requiring in depth analysis and thought, or leadership rather than public relation masaging, has been neglected. This is typified by the constant introduction of new terorism and criminal laws, with little thought for civil liberties.
New Labour has been by parts, catastrophic and a dismal failure, and is matched or exceeded only by the incompetance of the rump Conservative opposition that existed survived the Blair/Brown defeat of Major's divided party.
So Britain and the United States proportionally have a deficit larger than Greece. Makes you think, particularly if you also note the deprecation in the value of the dollar and sterling in terms of the euro. Indeed, in comparison Greece's performance almost looks as if it deserves praise !!
New Labour failed to address long term economic issues and indulged in throwing money at percieved problems rather than making difficult or unpopular but necessary decisoins. A Chancellor Brown short changed infrastucture investment until disasters arose, in sectors such as education, transport, and health. Money alone can typically never solve economic and social problems, and may on occassion have the perverse effect of increasing difficulties. In unifersity education, New labour betrayed the ideal of free and open access to advanced education by the poorest members of the population, and thereby reduced opportunities for the talented and hard working students to make a full and productive use of their talents.
New Labour has been a profound disappointment. Ideals betrayed, objectives neglected, money and resource squandered, necessary reforms avoided.
All this capped by Browns failure to recognise the importance of the 'euro' for Brittain's future and his failure to implement even his own guidelines of husbanding resources in good times for use in bad. He also undoubtedly contributed to the negect of adequate supervision of financial institutions, choosing once again the easy options of neglect rather than the rigours of execising and implementing constructive criticism and necessary structural reforms.
In short, New Labour has failed time and again to address underlying causes and real problems, and resorted to carressing the visible surface of institutions rather than addressed fundamental issues.
Obsessive kowtowing to the worst aspects of the Bush administration's security and war policies became a symbol of Blain and Brown's inability to deal with other than surface issues, Almost, anything requiring in depth analysis and thought, or leadership rather than public relation masaging, has been neglected. This is typified by the constant introduction of new terorism and criminal laws, with little thought for civil liberties.
New Labour has been by parts, catastrophic and a dismal failure, and is matched or exceeded only by the incompetance of the rump Conservative opposition that existed survived the Blair/Brown defeat of Major's divided party.