Politically speaking
Things don't look too good at the moment for Tony Blair if he wants to stay on as leader of the Labour Party. It's an accumulation of things over the past few months that have highlighted that really things aren't going well.
Though when I speak to a couple of people I know in some countries abroad their opinion seems to be that he's much better than their home grown politicians. I am not talking about the Netherlands here, more French and Italian opinion. They feel that corruption is the name of the game in politics in their countries while over here it's more just general political incompetence on the whole. Italy in particular has been the scene of some amazing political twists and turns over the years. France too has seen some amazing scenarios going down.
I don't know what to think. Things have moved so slowly with the present government. I look over at the Tories and think well the picture we're been presented with seems very much like the one that was presented when New Labour came on to the scene. It had very little to do with reality after the elections. Though I was somewhat reassured by being told that the reason nothing was happening was that the first major hurdle to overcome was reducing the national debt which would in turn lead to being able to spend more at home. Made sense. But even then it was apparent that very little was being considered.
I'm not even going to include the Iraq war. It was a mess, the aftermath is a mess. It wasn't thought through properly.
On the other hand as far as national decisions go it seems that there's no public debate as if everyone has been just watching rather than participating for a long, long time. There's so much detachment.
If he goes what will the difference be. I'm not even sure what this government stands for now. I stopped thinking of it as a socialist government some time ago. And I'm not going back to the 60s and 70s. More just thinking of a government who's more there for the people and trying to solve problems.
I don't feel much confidence in this government. But I don't feel easy about voting Tory either. I'd explore the Lib Dems but the world is in a state of crisis. Would things change if there was a new Labour leader or would it just be some kind of cosmetic change.
I feel the lowest I've done about politics here for a long time.
Though when I speak to a couple of people I know in some countries abroad their opinion seems to be that he's much better than their home grown politicians. I am not talking about the Netherlands here, more French and Italian opinion. They feel that corruption is the name of the game in politics in their countries while over here it's more just general political incompetence on the whole. Italy in particular has been the scene of some amazing political twists and turns over the years. France too has seen some amazing scenarios going down.
I don't know what to think. Things have moved so slowly with the present government. I look over at the Tories and think well the picture we're been presented with seems very much like the one that was presented when New Labour came on to the scene. It had very little to do with reality after the elections. Though I was somewhat reassured by being told that the reason nothing was happening was that the first major hurdle to overcome was reducing the national debt which would in turn lead to being able to spend more at home. Made sense. But even then it was apparent that very little was being considered.
I'm not even going to include the Iraq war. It was a mess, the aftermath is a mess. It wasn't thought through properly.
On the other hand as far as national decisions go it seems that there's no public debate as if everyone has been just watching rather than participating for a long, long time. There's so much detachment.
If he goes what will the difference be. I'm not even sure what this government stands for now. I stopped thinking of it as a socialist government some time ago. And I'm not going back to the 60s and 70s. More just thinking of a government who's more there for the people and trying to solve problems.
I don't feel much confidence in this government. But I don't feel easy about voting Tory either. I'd explore the Lib Dems but the world is in a state of crisis. Would things change if there was a new Labour leader or would it just be some kind of cosmetic change.
I feel the lowest I've done about politics here for a long time.
posted by Zeb at 3:58 AM
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