It seems that today is the day of mea culpa from those on
whose wisdom we thought we could rely. Perhaps that should be rephrased; politicians can admit their fallibility only
when they leave office. First of all Ed
Balls hopes that by admitting his failings we will overlook Labour`s
catastrophic spending in its latter years in power and hope they do better next
time and then David (I might be blind but I`m as hard as they come) Blunkett
regrets the problems brought about by indeterminate sentences. The Attorney General, still
in office and not to be left out, is forced to face the problems caused by the
withdrawal of legal aid from many defendants.
Perhaps every cabinet should by law have an appointed minister without portfolio drawn by lot from
the common citizenry with the only qualifications being an agreed standard of
education, I.Q. and command of the English language. The increased distance of the common
man/woman from the verbosity and evasiveness of politicians as seen and heard
on the Today programme or Question Time or Newsnight is disturbing
and reinforces the superficial appeal of those with a popular (populist?)
agenda.
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