Everyone having a good time? Well, eh....

As the Christmas we were all looking forward to, also watching all the good films (or bad ones, unfortunately), in one I picked up a very true saying. Something I have struggled with about how to explain certain issues. The film was called – The Boy who would be King. Yes, the story of King Arthur but set in terms of today. In fact a local secondary school. Merlin came out as an interesting character waving his hands about in some strange fashion. King Arthur was portrayed as a bit of a wimp but with a good heart. Anyway, towards the end of the film Merlin congratulating the ‘heroics’ said – ‘A country is only as good as its leaders’. 

These few words actually shook me somewhat because in that very short sentence Merlin, and now spoken by one of our great actors, Patrick Stewart put down in these words the reason why this country is as it is! Britain a bit of a laughing stock today, with second rate , even third rate people portraying they know how to change it for the better. We have people with a legal degree thinking they can be Prime Minister, we have people that pretend to know economics, we have people who think that building 1.5 million homes will stop all our problems. It is a bit like building new roads. And what will happen they fill up with traffic as fast as possible. It will be the same, even if we are capable of building them. It will just attract more immigrants. 

And we must not forget to mention the inherent cronyism that pervades our politics. A washed up past Minister of State suddenly finds himself as ambassador to the United States. I am sure he is grateful but might be unaware of what will be waiting for him. The portents are not good. Maybe this is the time when the much trumpeted about cosy ‘Special relationship’ is going to be shown the sham it has always been. A one-sided way to make as much money as possible. Yeah, for Uncle Sam’s pocket. There might have been some minor advantages for John Bull but nothing much to write home about.

Hence, our beloved country which includes Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland just struggle on under the management of people who seemingly cannot bear the sight of each other. Indeed, just not that long ago the Conservatives were at war with one another. How can you govern like that? Now the Labour party has taken over but already the creaking of the floorboards is loud and clear. It is not necessary to spell out why and how but us citizens will one day stand up and as a certain man from the Reform party indicated, call time on this charade playing out in Westminster. We might even move into the 21st century!


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