What on earth is going on in our Government ?
The last few weeks have seen a succession of shambolic affairs, culminating in yesterday's ludicrous mess over the murderous Jordanian, Abu Qatada. How a competent senior minister, indeed a Secretary of State, could make such a horlicks of such a straightforward issue must be a mystery to everyone with half a GCSE.
Theresa May's discomfort follows the disastrous reception of an assortment of measures flowing from George Osborne's ridiculous budget and seems to be running alongside a piece of nonsense being claimed by Ken Clarke, that he has made 'progress' in his pursuit of a degree of reform to the European Court of Human Rights.
Today, we appear to have yet another example of a Government in chaos as Tory MPs are making it clear that they are opposeed to the House of Lords reform being proposed by their Liberal Democrat partners.
The consequence of all of this has been a dramatic surge in support, as measured by opinion polls, for the Labour party and UKIP. With local elections, including that for the next London Mayor, due within the next couple of weeks, both the Tories and the LibDems must be shaking in their shoes; they are both heading for catastrophic results which could well lead to some serious rethinking within both parties. It's not yet too late in this parliament for challenges to be mounted to both David Cameron and Nick Clegg; Clegg is probably more vulnerable though a significant showing from UKIP in the local electiosn could push many Tories into wondering what the future holds for them while Cameron, Osborne, May and the rest are at the helm.
One thing that's for sure is that things can hardly get worse for this Government that no one wanted nor thought could possibly happen. This surely is rock-bottom.
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