Tuesday, April 10, 2007
The lack of sophistication in British politicians
This episode regarding the fifteen British Sailors has brought home to me one startling and enlightening point.
THERE IS A GROSS LACK OF SOPHISTICATION IN BRITAIN'S POLITICIANS - yep, they have dumbed down themselves to celebrity status. They have shaped themselves to suit the media and tabloids by becoming flesh made into television trash.
Rather than taking the usual line of debriefing the Sailors and making their complaints and concerns about their treatment through the usual diplomatic channels, the government allowed the media circus to be turned loose on them, cheque books in hand. Because of this, it would seem that people are doubting the veracity of the sailors' statements about their treatment because it has become tainted. Why, Blair wanted to score some propaganda points on the Iranians. He was clearly not following the reliable strategic dictum keeping your friends close but your enemies closer. Somebody on Nick Ferrari's show today pointed out that if further military personnel were captured by Iran, the climate could well compromise them.
Gordon Brown has done a splendid in buggering up pensions. How he lives this down will require a fair degree of sophistication and wit.
Then we have possible contenders for the leadership.
John (Dr) whizz-bang Reid who is delivering on crime with an arsenal of gizmos, gadgets and toys.
David Miliband - gosh! this man is completely incapable of writing and speaking plain English. For some reason, he has become the darling of the press and media and has a nasty tendency of attracting a swarm of them as if he were Britney Spears slashing her wrists in Trafalgar Square.
Now, let's come to the Tories
David Cameron, Charlie Brooker has pointed out that this man has very little history prior to him entering Parliament. We have snippets, alleged dope smoking when aged sixteen. A photo of him as member of "The Smash it Up - Bullingdon Club". The gap between him leaving College and entering Parliament, as Brooker points out, is all too obvious. There is not enough substantive information on him.
He demonstrates his gross lack of sophistication by
a) Eco-conscious, he cycles to work with his gas guzzling four wheel drive vehicle in tow.
b) He has set up that extremely silly web cam to show that he is a family man at heart. Surely, politicians resign because they want to spend more time with their families.
c) He and his party vote with New Labour on policy contentious to New Labour's backbench.
He's not making a very good as leader either, I remember in times past - opposition leaders would make attempts at occupying the higher ground by going to press and commenting on how the government has fucked up - they would issue statements and even be interviewed TV news programmes, but like Blair his unsophisticated counterpart, Cameron lacks the sophistication to directly face the press.
As for his shadow chancellor, George Osborn, he is certainly a shadowy figure, recently outed by the Daily Mail as a Bullingdon Club member. We know that he has the credo of Britain being a classless society. In looking at his background, he does not seem to have any tact or diplomacy, he was brought to task by the National Autistic Society, Gordon Brown and the Speaker of the House. No sophistication whatsoever, comes accross as bombastic and unsubtle.
The Liberal Party
I bet most Liberals are regretting their election of Ming "the Merciless. Need I say more?
As for David Cameron, George Osborne and David Cameron, they are all of the same age of twelve years. Look at this cosy fireside chat between Cameron and Miliband
So there you have it, British politics smells funny like not quite off milk, its politicians are uncouth, inept and unrefined - don't we deserve better than our current shower?
Vote for a hung Parliament!
THERE IS A GROSS LACK OF SOPHISTICATION IN BRITAIN'S POLITICIANS - yep, they have dumbed down themselves to celebrity status. They have shaped themselves to suit the media and tabloids by becoming flesh made into television trash.
Rather than taking the usual line of debriefing the Sailors and making their complaints and concerns about their treatment through the usual diplomatic channels, the government allowed the media circus to be turned loose on them, cheque books in hand. Because of this, it would seem that people are doubting the veracity of the sailors' statements about their treatment because it has become tainted. Why, Blair wanted to score some propaganda points on the Iranians. He was clearly not following the reliable strategic dictum keeping your friends close but your enemies closer. Somebody on Nick Ferrari's show today pointed out that if further military personnel were captured by Iran, the climate could well compromise them.
Gordon Brown has done a splendid in buggering up pensions. How he lives this down will require a fair degree of sophistication and wit.
Then we have possible contenders for the leadership.
John (Dr) whizz-bang Reid who is delivering on crime with an arsenal of gizmos, gadgets and toys.
David Miliband - gosh! this man is completely incapable of writing and speaking plain English. For some reason, he has become the darling of the press and media and has a nasty tendency of attracting a swarm of them as if he were Britney Spears slashing her wrists in Trafalgar Square.
Now, let's come to the Tories
David Cameron, Charlie Brooker has pointed out that this man has very little history prior to him entering Parliament. We have snippets, alleged dope smoking when aged sixteen. A photo of him as member of "The Smash it Up - Bullingdon Club". The gap between him leaving College and entering Parliament, as Brooker points out, is all too obvious. There is not enough substantive information on him.
He demonstrates his gross lack of sophistication by
a) Eco-conscious, he cycles to work with his gas guzzling four wheel drive vehicle in tow.
b) He has set up that extremely silly web cam to show that he is a family man at heart. Surely, politicians resign because they want to spend more time with their families.
c) He and his party vote with New Labour on policy contentious to New Labour's backbench.
He's not making a very good as leader either, I remember in times past - opposition leaders would make attempts at occupying the higher ground by going to press and commenting on how the government has fucked up - they would issue statements and even be interviewed TV news programmes, but like Blair his unsophisticated counterpart, Cameron lacks the sophistication to directly face the press.
As for his shadow chancellor, George Osborn, he is certainly a shadowy figure, recently outed by the Daily Mail as a Bullingdon Club member. We know that he has the credo of Britain being a classless society. In looking at his background, he does not seem to have any tact or diplomacy, he was brought to task by the National Autistic Society, Gordon Brown and the Speaker of the House. No sophistication whatsoever, comes accross as bombastic and unsubtle.
The Liberal Party
I bet most Liberals are regretting their election of Ming "the Merciless. Need I say more?
As for David Cameron, George Osborne and David Cameron, they are all of the same age of twelve years. Look at this cosy fireside chat between Cameron and Miliband
So there you have it, British politics smells funny like not quite off milk, its politicians are uncouth, inept and unrefined - don't we deserve better than our current shower?
Vote for a hung Parliament!
Labels: British Politics, David Cameron, David Miliband, George Osborne, inept, John Reid, uncouth, unsubtle
