Bag's Rants

The Centre Path. The one that suits all.

After reading all the sound bites from Cameron and the Lib Dems over the last few days and thinking back to what Labour is churning out I really am lost to differentiate between any of the main parties in UK politics. The differences in policy I see don't actually fit the parties historical stances and it's all starting to blur into one. Bit like the parties themselves.

Cameron is really Labour in a Tory tie, Blair is Tory in a Labour tie and Ming is, well, he is a mixture of New Labour, Tory, Old Labour, New Tory and Green. Ming the pointless. It has just not got the same ring to it. Talk about covering your bases. All the parties intend to tax us till we squeal, all are rolling out green policies that amazingly enough will tax us until we squeal unless our throats are already hoarse from our 'normal' tax burden squealing. Plus, ignoring the real threats to the UK, our society, economy, our global role and the EU.

It seems we are going to have to live without our central heating, holidays, water and pensions. Limit our rubbish, freedoms and selfish attitudes. Just for starters. Fund people who don't even like us and limit our growth so we can be overtaken by them. Will they be so helpful? We can not say or do anything to offend anyone. No matter what they do to us. Because they have descended from the oppressed where as we are descended from the oppressors. Didn't do any oppressing myself but I still need to be punished. Sins of the father and so on. Although, I now can't film it because it is illegal. Doh!

The parties themselves bring back the memories of the Bill Hicks quote about the two puppets. 'I'm voting for the puppet on the right', 'I'm voting for the one on the left' 'Hey!, It's one man controlling both puppets. What is going on?' In the US they only have two puppetsparties. In the UK we have the choice of more than two. Yippee! Unfortunately, they are still almost exactly the same and it has become apparent that it will make little difference whoever gets in. Although, like the US, we only have two main parties in reality. I've always thought a hung parliament is the best thing because then they have to compromise but with this lot a hung parliament probably won't be any different except for the odd bit of legislation on plant pots or something.

But I've come to the conclusion that Cameron is going to win if we stick to our usual method of selecting politicians. Not because he is a Tory, or a New Tory anyway but because out of all the candidates the only differentiator is the smile and mannerisms. Blair has a winning smile and mannerisms. Camercon¹ has the best smile and mannerisms out of who is left. Brown, Reid and Ming certainly do not. Their policies can't be used to differentiate them so only the teeth are left. Politics sure is simpler nowadays.

So much for Democracy. This is what we are forcing on the world at the point of a gun. A smile and you can lie your way to the top so you can remove freedoms and legally torture. Unlike what we are replacing which is a gun and forcing your way to the top so they can remove freedoms and legally torture.

There must be a better way.

1) Spelling mistake honest! but it is quite apt so I left it in.

posted by Bag @ 12:10 pm