Monday, January 29
David Cameron, major league pillock or what? The guy's finally come off the fence and announced that he will be backing the Government in the on-going War Against Freedom of Association. No surprise there, eh?
"I shall vote for the regulations, because I think it is right to have in this country clear rules against discrimination".
announced the next PM but whenever.
"On the issue of the Catholic adoption agencies, I don't think personally that it is right to give them a block exemption from the law, because otherwise we will have other people wanting block exemptions from the law".
The obvious answer is to allow everyone an exemption. Doesn't have to be Catholics. Anybody. Then of course, comes the killer punch.
"We really need to find a decent compromise, because we want to keep the Catholic adoption agencies. They do a fantastic job in placing hard-to-place children".
There are three types of politician, really. Most either have principles, but the wrong ones, and some never have them in the first place. But Cameron clearly belongs to a small but significant, the third type, who actually prefer to compromise. That's what gets the juices going. To take a stand on something, well that would just be naive, wouldn't it? The fact that there is no middle way is no obstacle to this kind of chap. He can find one. There's always a way.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, the UKIP Chairman gets it:
“This entire situation has come about because of State intrusion into matters that should be left to private conscience.
“It is a consequence of contradictory legislation that tries to protect rights to religious beliefs at the same time as preventing actions that stem from those beliefs.
“This Government is constructing a State morality backed by legislation. Not only is this wrong in principle – it is a practical impossibility as this situation demonstrates.”
Right. That'll do me. I am no longer just a sceptical supporter of the Conservatives, I am now positively hostile. Not quite Peter Hitchens-like in my contempt, I don't mind them surviving as a party. Total destruction might not be necessary. But equally, it would be a major disaster if they were to win the next election. Cameron must be humiliated. Even a loss by say twenty seats won't be enough. He's got to suffer big time, so the whole Liberaloid/Big Government experiment collapses.
I know the obvious response to this, not unfamiliar complaint is: But do you really want a Labour Government instead?
Well the short answer is yes. Let's have Gordon Brown. Another 9 years of this carnage ought to see something rise from the flames. Indeed, I can well believe that there will be a huge anti-political protest vote at the next election, with plenty of people prepared to vote anyone but the Tories, and anyone but the Labour party.
If that means a Lib Dem, UKIP, Scottish Nationalist coalition then so be it. The rest of them are a waste of space.>
"I shall vote for the regulations, because I think it is right to have in this country clear rules against discrimination".
announced the next PM but whenever.
"On the issue of the Catholic adoption agencies, I don't think personally that it is right to give them a block exemption from the law, because otherwise we will have other people wanting block exemptions from the law".
The obvious answer is to allow everyone an exemption. Doesn't have to be Catholics. Anybody. Then of course, comes the killer punch.
"We really need to find a decent compromise, because we want to keep the Catholic adoption agencies. They do a fantastic job in placing hard-to-place children".
There are three types of politician, really. Most either have principles, but the wrong ones, and some never have them in the first place. But Cameron clearly belongs to a small but significant, the third type, who actually prefer to compromise. That's what gets the juices going. To take a stand on something, well that would just be naive, wouldn't it? The fact that there is no middle way is no obstacle to this kind of chap. He can find one. There's always a way.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, the UKIP Chairman gets it:
“This entire situation has come about because of State intrusion into matters that should be left to private conscience.
“It is a consequence of contradictory legislation that tries to protect rights to religious beliefs at the same time as preventing actions that stem from those beliefs.
“This Government is constructing a State morality backed by legislation. Not only is this wrong in principle – it is a practical impossibility as this situation demonstrates.”
Right. That'll do me. I am no longer just a sceptical supporter of the Conservatives, I am now positively hostile. Not quite Peter Hitchens-like in my contempt, I don't mind them surviving as a party. Total destruction might not be necessary. But equally, it would be a major disaster if they were to win the next election. Cameron must be humiliated. Even a loss by say twenty seats won't be enough. He's got to suffer big time, so the whole Liberaloid/Big Government experiment collapses.
I know the obvious response to this, not unfamiliar complaint is: But do you really want a Labour Government instead?
Well the short answer is yes. Let's have Gordon Brown. Another 9 years of this carnage ought to see something rise from the flames. Indeed, I can well believe that there will be a huge anti-political protest vote at the next election, with plenty of people prepared to vote anyone but the Tories, and anyone but the Labour party.
If that means a Lib Dem, UKIP, Scottish Nationalist coalition then so be it. The rest of them are a waste of space.>
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