When Salmond first proposed holding a referendum during the current Scottish parliament, it was not going to be a simple in or out vote but a referendum that would allow the Scottish people to express the extent to which they would like a greater say over their affairs. There is little doubt that a referendum …
We effectively have four Political Parties, not one of them has shown any signs of leadership that could bring the UK economy out of it's malaise. There is a singular lack of ideas, they trade in platitudes and half truths. They pander to the media … just generally we have to say "They are not …
to have a new look, at ourselves. All my life I have been proud of being English. I was brought up with a sense of fair play, to treat all people equally, to stand up for the underdog and above all to be honest. Today I read in the Sunday Times that Gordon Brown was …
I think it is high time we started taking a careful look at ourselves. It is not since the sixties that we had real student and youth protest outside of countries like France, where the right of protest against Government is firmly entrenched as a normal democratic institution. While, in our eyes, this may seem …
With the UK election race now under way, we can say, that, the fun has just begun! The choices facing the electorate are fairly stark. Labour, with Gordon Brown's experience as the first theme to hit the news stands. Perhaps it's TV advertisement with a man walking down a dusty road to nowhere epitomises the …
There are many times that I hold an opinion on a subject strongly, and, will argue my standpoint with all comers, fervently … but please never ever let me say that I am right and you are all wrong, for as soon as I say that I am presuming myself to have all knowledge … …
The emergence and resurgence of Nationalism around the world. This lurch to the "right" may seem natural as we all seek to protect what we believe is rightfully ours during a time of economic turbulence. However, it started long before the credit crunch and all those things that have left people worried about their own …
By definition Democracy is "Government for the people, by the people." In the UK we operate the "Westminster system" which is a winner takes all system, and results in a "political party" autocracy. We consider this strong government, but if we analyse it carefully we see that it is little different from a dictatorship. Yes, …
Or simply set fire to them? Me thinks its time to clean out the pig pen! While many of the issues being raised over the expenses of MPs sound very bad, the issue is really simple. Over an extended period of time MPs instead of sorting out their pay packages have resorted to giving themselves …
Having just re-read my earlier blogs, I see, I left this question hanging. In the earlier blog my subject was dealing with the integrity of politicians … where I tried to show there is little difference between our first world politicians and those of the third world that we often smirk at. We have seen …