As expected this was a nothing budget with a sop to Old Labour in the form of a new 50p top tax rate.
My take on the UK situation is.
The Recession is either over or we are past the worst. The government are succeeding in their goal of reducing the income of the bulk of the population to third world levels by promoting outsourcing and the non existent IT skills shortage in order to allow immigration from the Indian subcontinent. Presumably these 3-4 million immigrants will vote New Labour and save our beloved leaders from political extinction.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not against immigration as such, but I am against the selling of British jobs overseas.
When the next election arrives, assuming no state of emergency requiring its postponement is declared, the UK faces a choice of idiots in different colour rosettes, the BNP – who I like even less than the other parties, well meaning environmental fundamentalists with the brain and common sense of a moth in front of a candle frame, someone who thinks they can fly by sitting cross legged and the Raving Monster Loony Party. Whatever happens various political jokes will be elected.
Voting SNP is tricky as it is not clear whether an Independent Scotland would automatically be in the EU, and I would want it to be, but given that England appears to be dragging Scotland down with it, it is perhaps time to break loose.
On the whole however the most sensible and responsible party at the next election would seem to be the Raving Monster Loony Party.
Is it just me or does the current state of UK politics pose a threat to democracy in the UK?
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