It is depressing to watch Prime Minister's Questions and see how little either side actually cares about the country they claim to represent.
The entrenched party lines are no good to anyone. Ed Miliband and his pals simply ignore the undeniable fact that it was a Labour government which left the country in its worst economic state since the 1940s, at least if we ignore the mess created by the Labour government in the 1970s. For his part, Cameron never answers any questions from the principal opposition players and seems to be much more focused on the 'planted' questions from his own side.
We are, in truth, in such a mess that party lines should be put to one side in the pursuit of a real solution to our difficulties. Sadly, this simply won't happen as the politicians all trot out the hackneyed phrases which support their side and angle for the best possible position for themselves come the next election in 2015. Labour has no policy except to disagree with 'austerity' and argue for still more borrowing in order to stimulate 'growth'. That these are nebulous and virtually meaningless phrases and that following such a path will inevitably lead to catastrophic meltdown is irrelevant to them as they simply want to say the things that they believe will be best received by the electorate.
For their part, the Conservatives are hamstrung by their coalition partners and unable to do some of the things they really should. They are also unwilling to appear to be a 'nasty party', frit as they are of the consequences come 2015, and so they continue to totter forward trying to solve an impossible conundrum - how to really reduce government expenditure in the face of a Europe-wide recession while being held back by their coalition partners and their own fears, and faced by the hypocritical mouthings of the champagne socialists who sit opposite them.
The older I get, the more I despair. Is there really no light at the end of the tunnel ?
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