UKIP: STRONG, HONEST, PRACTICAL

A Coffee, a Brandy, and watching the scootering world go by, from this Spanish café. But I'm wondering.....

Why on earth does the U.K. allow itself to be drawn closer and closer to self-destruction?  
The answer's not rocket science. 

It's because LibLabCon refuse to get real on so many important issues. Issues like the EU, the polarisation of the UK, defence, NHS, education....the list goes on. 

It's because LiblabCon have lost much of the electorate's trust.  

It's because LibLabCon are perceived by many to be weak, cowardly, dishonest, and ineffective.

Against that background the lead up to the General Election is amazing to the extent that only one party, UKIP, seems to care about the future health and well-being of the United Kingdom. Don't think so? Well that's what it looks like from here. They look strong, courageous, honest, and practical.

Milliband hangs precariously to Labour Party leadership and lurches from day to day his position worse than hanging by spider's thread, wishing more people would warm to him, maybe even talk to him. 

Cameron marches blindly on ignoring the feelings of so many of the electorate. His holier than thou attitude irritates. He says he "gets it"; but does he? Of course not ! 

Clegg, bless him, and his liberal colleagues wander helplessly from one day to the next in a sort of soapy-bubble, seemingly insulated from reality,  maybe hoping something will come up.......

And north of the English border (:-) a selfish introspective Sturgeon is obsessed with Scotland to the exclusion of all else; she waits for full independence in denial of the potential deleterious consequences for Scotland if not the remaining part of the UK. I fear Scots may well live to regret the way this could go; but more likely the canny Scots will turn on Sturgeon when the fragility of an isolated Scotland becomes inescapably apparent.   

All in all this leaves an inevitable choice: UKIP.  

UKIP politicians speak bravely, openly and honestly   They are not afraid to be forthright. They admit their faults and they get rid of transgressing members. 

The majority of UKIP candidates in the General Election will not be practised politicians - thank God ! Their strength is to have held down real jobs in the real world. They have the strength to challenge inappropriate advice, the experience to identify weakness and strength.  UKIP politicians embrace common sense, they  reflect the view of a large percentage of the electorate.

UKIP  have taken the political scene by storm. What's more they have The Establishment by the delicate parts. Beware Nigel !

POLARISATION OF THE E.U. Just a matter of time??

Its time the #E.U. polarised. Time to allow each #E.U. country to return to their own currencies, to make their own laws, to follow their own traditions, and to reclaim their sovereignties. Goodbye E.U?  Surely now it's just a matter of time?

According to the #Mail on Line 1 in 4 UK residents claiming sickness benefit are fit for work!  Sounds amazing eh? But who are these people anyway?

Could there be a clue in the view of the #European Commission? I understand that it, or one of its well-fed members, has suggested Britain's welfare system is "too generous". Any abuse of benefits by EU migrants is the fault of the British authorities who pay out too much, too easily!! So if immigrants from Bulgaria and Romania, or other EU country, end up getting generous payouts shortly after arrival in the U.K. it's the U.K.'s fault?  Well maybe it is to the extent that it appears to have very little intelligent control over immigration generally.

But this rather adolescent European Commission outbreak is unbelieveably cheeky and of amazing naivety bearing in mind that a large percentage of the U.K. population perceive the biggest waste of Britain's money, indeed the biggest waste of any European Union Member Country's money, arises from the actions or inactions of that motley amorphous mass the #European Commission itself!!!

Hold on! In the interests of balanced journalism let's look at the plus side? Well....uh....um....... I'll bet the European Commission is one of the best dining-clubs in the World.

Seriously from over here, it looks as if the European Commission's shenanigans have produced a wonderful incentive for the U.K. to get rid of any further involvement with the #EU.

After all the #E.U. is nothing but a bureaucratic dinosaur, a mill-stone around the #U.K.'s long-suffering neck. If Monsieur #Cameron, bless him, had as much strength elsewhere he would ditch his namby-pamby liberal buddy Monsieur #Clegg (bless him too), and get to grips with getting out of the #E.U pronto. Renegotiation will never get the #U.K. where it should be - but I fear it may get Monsieur Cameron where he would like to be.

HOW TO PUT THE "GREAT" BACK IN BRITAIN ?

Whatever happened to Great Britain?

In varying degrees its Health Service, Universities, Schools, Energy policy, #Immigration management, and the Benefit and Transport systems, appear to be broken. If that wasn't enough it pursues questionable "green" policies and subscribes to the view that not only is the climate changing ( of course its bloody changing ! ) but the changes are quite definitely man-made, and ultimately catastrophic. 

Frank discussions are no more.  Political correctness stifles the expression of true feelings and "#Human Rights" allow almost anyone to get away with almost anything! Mention the word "blame" at your peril. The #European Union daily imposes ridiculous restrictions on the British lifestyle, its industry its commerce and its population. And the #UK sits happily back and takes it?

It's about time they woke up to the fact that a succession of incompetent governments are to blame.  Governments which have dragged an uncertain population into a #European Union, governments which have failed to put in place a managed immigration policy, failed to properly organise schools, universities and health and social services. 

For example thirty years or so ago the #teaching community were not discouraged from wandering down liberal (small "l")  pathways. They did so happily accompanied, as it happens, by soul mates the #BBC and the #Guardian newspaper.  Now this was a real climate change and chances are it contributed hugely to the UK we observe from mainland Europe today. 

But the blame is not limited to a succession of incompetent governments; there are incompetent individuals out there who also carry much of the blame. Politicians, #doctors, #nurses, #teachers, #journalists, #industrialists and so on and so on. Sometimes they made mistakes; sometimes they were simply incompetent.  The anti-blame culture has been their biggest ally. 

Now's the time for the U.K. to sort things out before it's too late.  Time to get real, to be honest about its predicament, to be courageous and above all learn to act with common sense. 

It's time to elect a government capable of getting a grip, capable of being honest and fair. It's time to elect a government capable of doing what makes sense for the U.K. however unpopular it might seem: a government of common sense.

The question is "Do the U.K. electorate care?"  I wonder.......

   

INTERNET TROLLS

Professor Mary Beard's appearance on U.K. T.V. programme Question Time evidently led to her suffering vile on-line abuse from numbskull trolls whose behaviour is clearly inexcusable.

Why trolls seized upon Mary probably had more to do with the view she expressed on the issue of immigration and its effect upon the Lincolnshire town of Boston than anything else. Mary, it seems, expressed a view based on the verity of Boston Borough Council's "Social Impact of Population Change on Boston" report.

An audience member, a Mrs Rachel Bull, expressed the contrary view based, she said, on her experience of living in and around Boston over many years.

I have little doubt that Mary Beard and I hold different political views.  Likewise I am sure that neither one of us would feel any bitterness or hate towards the other because of any difference in opinion. Respect: it's not a word in the Troll Dictionary (which, incidentally seems to attach more importance to the first six letters of the alphabet. ( although frankly I found "E" a considerable challenge !)

Nevertheless, Mary, I do wonder whether being a Classics academic might sometimes be a serious handicap; especially so when it comes to dealing with matters of a political nature.  Questioning sources and testing the accuracy of  information before reaching conclusions is generally good practise. However to allow such distrust must be an extreme challenge for  one with such a kind heart. 

As for the numbskull trolls there is little more to say -  but so much more to pity. Bless their little cotton socks.