Politics update
Congratulations (*ahem*) to David “Tory Blair” Cameron for becoming the new Conversative leader. I am very disappointed that he won because he might actually have a chance of winning the next election. That said, Gordon Brown should do quite well even though I think he lies as much as Blair. According to an illustrious economist Brown hasn’t done brilliantly at managing the economy (though he’s a fantastic bluffer) and won’t be much better (I feel) in charge of the country. Still, better than Cameron (who managed to miss a vital part of his recent speech). What does Cameron stand for by the way? Somehow in this entire leadership competition I haven’t heard anything about his policies that’s stuck in my brain. I can only seem to remember I thought they were old Conservative nonsense dressed up in new clothes.
The Lib Dems have been a bit quiet recently… pity, really. This was a prime opportunity to move in on the Conservatives. Ah well, hopefully Cameron’s policies will be shown to be fallacious soon enough. (Well, I live in hope… it’s eight years and no-one’s seemed to notice Labour’s fallacies…)
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That feels much better now I’ve got all that off my chest. Stupid British politics.
Currently listening to Feeding A Moment – Feeder
Matthew @ 20:00, December 6, 2005 to Politics | Comments (7)
Comments:
Rory
There’s only one thing for it Matthew. You know it as well as I do.
It’s time to declare Jihad on the government.
Meet me at Didcot Parkway station on Thursday at 2100 hours. I’ll be wearing a long overcoat and sweet hat. The explosives are nearby, and I have a jeep we can drive to parliament. Soon we’ll be with Guy Fawkes in paradise, comrade.
Comment added at 12:15, December 7, 2005
Martina
They’ll somehow try to get you arrested for saying that.
Comment added at 18:46, December 7, 2005
Matthew
Wow. Your comments almost been up 24 hours and my site hasn’t been closed down. Maybe they’re not as bad as I thought…
(Rory: And if anyone queries our actions, we can just tell them it was a divinely inspired wish to enact regime change. They can’t refuse us – after all, that was Bush’s stance and look what we did there…)
Comment added at 08:43, December 8, 2005
Julie B.
Ah, Matthew, don’t believe everything about Bush the BBC (or whomever) feeds you.
Comment added at 22:31, December 11, 2005
Matthew
Don’t worry Julie, I’m just being overly cynical. (Though I would be interested to know his real motivation…)
I try and base my opinion of Bush on a variety of sources – Christian magazines and newspapers, secular newspapers and TV shows, satirists, bloggers (mainly American Christians) and most of all facts (if I can find them). I came to the conclusion months ago that he may well be a Christian but he’s a seriously misguided one who should pay more attention to what the Bible says rather than Karl Rove et al.
Comment added at 11:06, December 12, 2005
Julie B.
I think his real motivation was exactly what he said it was: Hussein’s possession of WMD and his ties to terrorists left an untenable situation, and his belief (with which I agree) that terrorism’s ultimate defeat is possible only through the spread of democracy in the Middle East.
Not finding the WMD showed us all how flawed our intelligence is, but the believed existence of WMD in Iraq was not Bush’s invention.
I think you’re a bit harsh on the guy’s faith. From my admittedly distant third hand information (knowing people who know people who know him) the guy has a genuine faith which has impacted people around him — in a good way.
Of course power corrupts, etc.
Comment added at 14:52, December 14, 2005
Matthew
George Bush on the death penalty. This says how much he pays attention to the Bible for me. As for Iraq, let’s not go there. I don’t believe the ends (the removal of Hussain, which is a good thing) justify the means, but the argument goes both ways.
I try to think of him as my brother in Christ, I really do. I just think he has no idea about what being a Christian means – it affects your whole life, not just your private one, and that means his actions in office should be Christian ones. Which means paying attention to moral issues – like climate change, human rights, those kind of things.
Comment added at 21:06, December 14, 2005
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