Tuesday, 14 April 2015

British Politics polarised?

Do you share my sense of disappointment? The British Conservative and Labour parties continue as very broad churches and making too much effort to find a middle road, to please all.

During my previous commentary I have conscientiously avoided political bias because I am a member of a 2000 year old family founded by Immanuel.

Great Britain's FIRST PART THE POST method of election looks like a blocked artery and unless the BIG TWO British political parties become more realistic, a major by-pass operation will be inevitable.

The efficiencies and the "Balanced Plan" exposed by George Osborne are looking very uncomfortable. If the Conservative Party cannot provide adequate explanations, they are unlikely to reach the finishing line of 326+ seats.

Harriet Harman correctly points out the number of non-voters...

UKIP are creating a serious disfunctionality 
in British Politics as a result of their strong presence in the European Parliament. There is a mild similarity between Nigel Farage and the late Pim Fortuyn, a former Dutch politician, who was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf in Hilversum, North Holland on 6 May 2002, nine days before that year's Dutch General Election.

As a life long citizen of the BeNeLux Union, I know and understand the general principles of coalition government better than my civic and political neighbours in London. The United Kingdom needs a root and branch non-political review of constitutional and administrative processes and government institutions. In the unlikely event of a second coalition government, the pressing priorities are:

  1. NHS funding for medical, pastoral and paliative care
  2. Complete separation of executive and legislative government functions, including a specialist and revolving training programme for civil servants and their politically elected masters at local and national level.
  3. A complete harmonisation of tax collecting methods, locally, national and supra-national.
Leaving the EU is not a viable option. As a life long citizen of the BeNeLux Union I have learned the history, seen and experienced the long road from the evolution of the United Republics of the Netherlands...
If the British Liberal Democrats hold their position as a political Power Broker in the next parliament, I would venture this suggestion: 

That Nick Clegg remains in office as Deputy Prime Minister and only one other Liberal Democrat accepts the leadership of the House of Commons. That the Conservatives and Labour negotiate a GNU [Government of National Unity] until the next UK General election in 2020!