It is at least six months away and i am already both tired and fearful of the next general election. Already the knives are out and politicians of various parties are beginning to hack pieces from one another with accusations of this that and definitely the other. The hopeful are assembling the dungpiles that they call manifestos, each trying to produce the biggest and most attractive heap that will coerce the unthinking and those with very short memories into voting for them. No doubt the tory party will win. They thrive in such conditions and are already talking about reducing state benefits and state control, easing more of the country's wealth back into the pockets of the tory supporting ruling class.
As always the Liberal democrats, they who were once the centre ground of the labour party, claim that they have a hope of winning the election. They can say whatever they like in the next half year, they can promise us new schools and motorways on Mars, because in their hearts they know that in the current system they have no chance of forming a government. As for the rest, well the minority parties will remain that and i predict that Mr Brown's party will be ousted and that we are in for another miserable period of tory rule. We probably deserve it as we did when Thatcher was elected, and my oh my was the punishment severe. The scars of her years in power are deep and long lasting, the fragmentation and divisions of society have never healed, and it looks as if the same basic ideology will be in charge of the country once again.
Of course the boat is leaking and the steering seems damaged, but come the election it will be sold to the highest bidder, and that is likely to be someone from the Middle East, who is ore interested in scrap value than in restoration or repair. I can alredy hear the creaking lifeboats being lowered by those in first class; those in steerage prepare for a long cold swim.
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