Just looking at the list of people being talked about for the Labour and
Tory leadership, and I can’t help but think what a bunch of no mark political
lightweights they mostly are. Barely one of them has any experience outside of
politics, law, media, or charity. And not one of them looks like they could
successfully run a corner shop let alone a country.
Where have all the great politicians of the past gone? The thinkers, the
orators, the innovators, the people who come from the working classes, and have
experience of damp walls and dole queues?
Where are the leaders, and most importantly of all, the people who
inspire?
It’s no coincidence that we’ve ended up in such a mess during a time
when we have a parliament full of opportunists, and parties being run by PR
people and media relations execs. MP’s are more worried about how they look and
sound, than what they are doing and saying.
Let’s be honest, just how well do we think a country is going to be run,
when the Prime Minister, Chancellor, and Home Secretary, are not even able to
stand on a stage without being coached about how far apart to put their feet?
Just think about that for a moment… You are being led by people who
don’t even know how to stand up on their own.
Scary isn’t it?
So, who do we blame for being stuck with this bunch of middle manager’s,
opportunists, and expenses driven halfwitted cowards?
We blame ourselves.
Yep, me and you.
We are the ones who accept parachuted parliamentary candidates. We are
the ones who don’t deselect underperforming MP’s and give them a job for life.
We are the ones who read the media baron newspapers even though they churn out
more rubbish than Mexico City on Boxing Day morning. We are the ones who sit
back. We are the ones who vote for the same party because it’s the party we’ve
always voted for and we “couldn’t vote for the other lot”. We are the ones who
let them off the hook so they don’t have to try. We are the ones who don’t get
involved. We are the ones who shout at the telly, but don’t shout at the
hustings.
We are the ones who let them do it to us.
We are the ones who let them get away with it.
You and I.
We are the ones who are to blame.
So stop moaning on Facebook, and get out there and do something about
it.
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