I am going absolutely stir crazy tonight. This will probably not be the night that you read this, as I have absolutely no way of knowing how to get one of the freaking 17 wifi connections that I can see on my screen, to give me a connection to the (Geordie Big Brother accent >>) outside world.
I have had no news (that is worth hearing about), no television (that is worth watching), I have missed Tory Party conference (ok, maybe not a bad thing for my mental health, but I could really do with knowing my enemy - I did hear that they outlined a policy or two this week. Holy shit.) I also missed the Paxo/Boris already legendary tête-à-tête (it’s happening already…poncy frenchisms are sneaking their poncy way into my writing)…Honestly though, if Ann Widdecomb had defected to the Labour Party, Dennis Skinner to the Liberals and, I don’t know, a sanctimonious lefty LD to the Tories, I wouldn’t have a clue.
If all that has happened in the past few days, then you won’t believe me, but I really didn’t know.
I did get the Guardian the day before yesterday. It analysed Osborne’s speech, which apparently repeated Cameron’s new mantra of “we’re all in this together”. For once, I agree with him. We are all in this together. All in this crap created by the “crème de la crème” of society – those you, sir, squirm at taxing for fear they’ll pee off. You should be absolutely ashamed of yourself and your party’s rotten values.
It is shameful, Mr Cameron, that we are all in this mess together, we shouldn’t be.
Here comes my Toynbeeite tirade… Those who had played big boy monopoly with money they didn’t have, should frankly go straight to jail, should not pass go and should definitely not collect £200. We know they took the risk, leaving us to pay for it. But instead, we pick up a spade and start shovelling our way out of this mess, because that’s what we do in a crisis, band together -it’s admirable- it demonstrates the socialist tendencies which brought about the NHS, but this time, it should not be asked of us.
The “age of austerity” which hurtles round the corner – at increased speed and ferocity each time the Tory lead increases – is upon us.
I reject that collective age of austerity.
I reject the notion that collective restraint is the answer to this problem. Those at the top have behaved morally reprehensibly and do not deserve to be there (if they ever did) still. We must redefine the priorities of our society. Tax those who have benefitted (and many who have created the hole we find ourselves in) to pay for the backlash from a long period of unprecedented growth.
Do not make the next generation pay through reduced funding in education. Do not make the sick pay, cutting investment when the NHS is finally a service we can love. Do not make those who could not afford a crisis, shell out for one they had no part in creating.
It is unfair. It is unjust and it is cowardly.
Why don’t we ask these questions of our politicians, of all colours, Mr Marr and co? Instead of speculation on the potential reasoning behind a certain someone’s intolerance to Rioja and Roquefort.
I have had no news (that is worth hearing about), no television (that is worth watching), I have missed Tory Party conference (ok, maybe not a bad thing for my mental health, but I could really do with knowing my enemy - I did hear that they outlined a policy or two this week. Holy shit.) I also missed the Paxo/Boris already legendary tête-à-tête (it’s happening already…poncy frenchisms are sneaking their poncy way into my writing)…Honestly though, if Ann Widdecomb had defected to the Labour Party, Dennis Skinner to the Liberals and, I don’t know, a sanctimonious lefty LD to the Tories, I wouldn’t have a clue.
If all that has happened in the past few days, then you won’t believe me, but I really didn’t know.
I did get the Guardian the day before yesterday. It analysed Osborne’s speech, which apparently repeated Cameron’s new mantra of “we’re all in this together”. For once, I agree with him. We are all in this together. All in this crap created by the “crème de la crème” of society – those you, sir, squirm at taxing for fear they’ll pee off. You should be absolutely ashamed of yourself and your party’s rotten values.
It is shameful, Mr Cameron, that we are all in this mess together, we shouldn’t be.
Here comes my Toynbeeite tirade… Those who had played big boy monopoly with money they didn’t have, should frankly go straight to jail, should not pass go and should definitely not collect £200. We know they took the risk, leaving us to pay for it. But instead, we pick up a spade and start shovelling our way out of this mess, because that’s what we do in a crisis, band together -it’s admirable- it demonstrates the socialist tendencies which brought about the NHS, but this time, it should not be asked of us.
The “age of austerity” which hurtles round the corner – at increased speed and ferocity each time the Tory lead increases – is upon us.
I reject that collective age of austerity.
I reject the notion that collective restraint is the answer to this problem. Those at the top have behaved morally reprehensibly and do not deserve to be there (if they ever did) still. We must redefine the priorities of our society. Tax those who have benefitted (and many who have created the hole we find ourselves in) to pay for the backlash from a long period of unprecedented growth.
Do not make the next generation pay through reduced funding in education. Do not make the sick pay, cutting investment when the NHS is finally a service we can love. Do not make those who could not afford a crisis, shell out for one they had no part in creating.
It is unfair. It is unjust and it is cowardly.
Why don’t we ask these questions of our politicians, of all colours, Mr Marr and co? Instead of speculation on the potential reasoning behind a certain someone’s intolerance to Rioja and Roquefort.
2 comments:
As someone who did get to read your blog tonight, it was a good one & most enjoyed! keep up the good work :)
The city casino ran under a New Labour government so why blame Cameron for it? The Financial Services Authority was set up by New Labour with the aim of regulating all financial services including mortgages and investment banking. By their own admission they failed at this yet have asked for even more staff at even larger salaries to try and prevent the next one. I've had personal experience of dealing with these guys as I won a legal case against a pension company which the Financial Ombudsman Service had told me that I would lose. I wanted to ensure that nobody else would have to go through the 2 year legal fight that I did so took it to the FSA who have the power to prevent all pensions that were worded in the way mine was from being enforced. The FSA ping ponged me between the OFT and themselves for months with both denying responsibility. This is the reality in which government and civil service treats it's citizens. Behing political soundbites, there is no action on the ground to support it. We have a government that passes 1000s of laws of which only a tiny percentage are ever enforced in any meaningful manner. The civil service is bloated, inefficient and unaccountable, yet the Labour party want even more of it.
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