Houses of Parliament
The justified anger about MP’s expenses has led many people to demand that something must be done about the government.
But have you noticed that in times of stress and frustration with politicians we blame ‘the’ government? It’s almost seen a foreign entity that prods and pokes us in a most irritating manner. It’s blamed for almost everything yet we forget it is ‘our’ government.
We vote them into the House of Commons to spend ‘our’ money and so we are not only responsible for who takes charge of this country, but we also give them the funds to keep it going.
It is time to reclaim ‘our’ government and demand that ‘it’ work for ‘us’.
But we should not go down the route suggested by Lord Tebbit. (Boycott big parties, says Tebbit) He’s calling for people to demonstrate their anger by voting for minority parties at the forthcoming European elections and thereby give the main parties a “right kicking” (my words not his).
It’s difficult to see how this childish idea will help those in the real world and, when you remember that Lord Tebbit is unelected and can not be voted out, you wonder if a serious political, if not physical, revolution is required to get ‘our’ government back into ‘our’ hands.
However we, the voters, have to undergo our own mental revolution. We have to remember that pressure can be easily put on MPs by writing letters, sending emails, going to meetings and speaking out: telling the elected exactly how the electorate feel.
We also have to remember that voting is a privilege which was won by many brave and determined people in our past. As they say: “If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.”
National apathy about politics has put us in this position and voting for minority parties, parties who are mainly concerned with single issues, will not make the situation any better.
We need the party system to disappear and a solution to this awful mess found without Labour or the Conservatives receiving beneficial spin from their actions or proposals.
A possible option could be a Government of National Unity.
It was suggested as a fantasy idea by Michael White when the financial crisis took hold in 2008. (Financial crisis may lead to government of national unity) and would mean that MPs work together for a common cause.
Seeing as Members of Parliament are so discredited, it could be the stop-gap that gives us an opportunity to reclaim “our government”.
Out of order comes chaos, out of chaos comes order
The pen is most definitely mightier than the sword
Its all going to go tits up before 2012 when fuel runs out anyway (if not before as the sheep panic and stockpile the oil)
Soooo glad those thiving, embezzling b”stards have been exposed
Sorry darling – bit tiddly
Love and Peace and nothing in between
I know nothing about the government and parliament. But one thing for sure, both the government and parliament must protect their resident and not just taking money from them or increasing the taxes.
In Indonesia, we will help the election for President. There’s 3 candidate, and in my opinion, some candidate isn’t capable to vote for.
I think, my country would be so much better from now, if both the government and the parliament works with clean hands..
Thanks for your thoughts Septiady, clean hands are needed everywhere, but to get the world back in shape we’re going to have to get them dirty with hard work and graft. Which is a little ironic.
Revolution needed, most definately. Preferrably peaceful
though.
While they and us bicker about “effects” the causes
of national / world strife become ever more obfuscated
by the banal “headlines” trotted out by murdoch enterprises.
I don`t know Xan, something is coming to ahead, can only
make out the bare outline at present. The zeitgeist movement
makes alot of sense as a way forward for us all. Hope
Maitreya is`nt New World Order. Considered it paranoid
nonsense not so long ago but appears to be a reality. What
motivates these individuals is difficult to discern.
Had high hopes for Maitreya, either he is bringing the
NWO types around to see sense, or god forbid, he is there
baby.
P.S. lovely krishnamurti video at the end of Zeitgeist
movie. ” No teacher, no pupil, no saviour – we are all of
these things ourselves.
Thanks for that Simple, the old systems are collapsing and in quite a spectacular manner. I’m the “Gentlemen’s club” analogy used by Gordon Brown is more widespread than we imagine. I’m surprised that Parliament so quickly fell in on itself, who’s next? The UN?