Sunday 15 September 2019

Political angst! 

I spent some time  yesterday reading bits of newspaper articles on line, hoping vaguely to find something, anything to cheer me up.  Nothing did.  As I looked at all the headlines to be found in bold black print  I just got depressed. Really? Is no one in government seriously anxious about the way things are going?
One headline from David Cameron made sense..."Johnson backed Leave to help his career! " Exactly!
I have suspected for a long time that much of what is going on right now is a sort of polical posturing, designed to make us all feel better about the way the country is being governed....  but it starts with a crucial mistake.   It assumes that we all love Boris! His one liners are the stuff of sixth form politics..."The hulk gets stronger as he gets crosser!"  Come on chaps...
It is surely time for some really grown  up politics...we are poised on the brink of something which will affect our lives..we are all involved...but we are being treated like juveniles who don’t know what’s going on.   And we dont mostly....
As the date for leaving Europe gets closer there seems to be a school boy spirit of daring do in government, "Its going to be a very big adventure!" Except adventure isn’t quite the right word!
And in charge of all this we have Boris...bumbling about, clearly enjoying himself but totally unable to soften our fears. No one has yet spelled out the exact position we will be in on October 31.  We just don’t know....some soothing noises are made occasionally...but the bottom line here seems to be that no one really knows...or if they do they are not telling us.
Shortages of various kinds are forecast...food and medicines seem likely. But no one really knows  or do they?
I am uneasy about having an adolescent Prime Minister with his followers in attendance all looking for catchy headlines instead of serious considerations. I hope I’m being unduly pessimistic...only time will tell!

1 comment:

UKViewer said...

The circus continues to perform with the performers locked out of the big tent and caged into large hotels having conferences.

Meanwhile the Ringmaster is cracking the whip over the foreign investors to take their investment elsewhere.

Meantime, some recalcitrant red lines and being bent out of shape to breaking point, and when the snap, we might have a deal or may be not.

In the meantime the bigger issues are not enough resources to keep the circus running and a likely fall in revenue income, which might well break the bank.

And the potential audience both sides of the channel watch bewildered, wondering if their performances will ever resume normal service.