Point taken, 38th, but I don't think we're really talking "right wing" and "left wing". What the Daily Mail
does epitomise is a sort of "not in my back yard", "string 'em up", "bring back the birch" quick-fix mentality, and that's always been the case, whatever the right-or-left political climate. And yes, the same could be said of other papers like the Sun and the Daily Express (a "newspaper" which somehow manages to make the death of Princess Diana the front-page story at least once every week). Does the paper's editorial stance accurately reflect the views of its readers? Perhaps not.
Its also the biggest reason that the majority of us dont vote & hold politicians in such contempt.
I know what you mean. I always vote, because I think it's important that we exercise our democratic right to do so (and doesn't
that sound like a well-worn load of old cobblers... ).
But more and more I wonder what's the point, it really seems to make no difference who's in power :( . We're becoming ever more like the USA - the top 10% controls 85% of the wealth, and no government is brave enough to upset them.
Tony Blair doesn't
need to care about an NHS creaking at the seams, an education system focused on artificial performance tables, the pensions crisis, people having to work until they drop, the ever-widening gap between rich and poor, the collapsing transport system, neighbourhoods torn apart by crime, religious and ethnic tensions. He'll spend the rest of his life making millions from books and lectures, flying round the world in Rupert Murdoch's private jet. He'll be long gone before global warning destroys the planet. But does he have to make it so
obvious he doesn't give a toss?
Sorry, I know that's still off topic but this isn't "Just A Minute".
