"We are the prisoners now, the prisoners of the will of the court..."
Refreshingly accurate comment in the Daily Telegraph, this morning, from one of that newspaper's former editors, Charles Moore, linked here. To continue the quotation from the body of the article, started in the headline to this posting....
This now widely recognised fact of life should leave our MPs in a dilemma, none greater than for the self-important, self-centred and incredibly conceited members of the coalition cabinet whose about turns in almost every area of governance, except the absolutely crucial matter of our policy and relationship towards the EU, becomes more stunning by the day.
On 23rd January I warned that Egypt, then being ignored, would soon become the focus of the world's attention, three weeks later President Mubarak is gone, now the attention turns to Algeria. It is in the EU and 10 Downing Street, where the lessons must most crucially be learned. The general public realisation of a leadership's powerlessness, once taken on board, can NEVER be re-established.
It is as plain as a pikestaff that not only are the real leaders of the EU unknown, those ostensibly in charge are both floundering and drowning in the currency chaos. The resignation of Axel Weber, from Germany's Bundesbank, and the presumed ECB heir apparent from the German Central Bank, demonstrates the full extent of the present chaos. The recent ECB commitments, on which subject he is probably one of the very few who is fully informed, seem the more probable cause for his departure than the "personal reasons excuse" he has so far proffered.
In Britain, matters of effective governance must be corrected before the EU tears itself asunder. The fear of being seen in Europe as the cause of igniting the spark that will blow the whole structure to pieces is understandable, but the election in Ireland seems set to fulfill that purpose.
A government of national unity seems necessary for the UK. Senior statesmen from all parties should ready themselves to play vital roles in the difficult days that lie ahead. Ken Clarke and Michael Heseltine, the main surviving members of the conspiracy, which delivered the nation into its present economic bondage, loss of parliamentary sovereignty and foreign dependence, must of course be excluded and preferably be brought to account as part of the bitter and difficult healing process that appears about to begin.
"From which it follows that the House of Commons nowadays is no more than an exceptionally expensive debating society."
This now widely recognised fact of life should leave our MPs in a dilemma, none greater than for the self-important, self-centred and incredibly conceited members of the coalition cabinet whose about turns in almost every area of governance, except the absolutely crucial matter of our policy and relationship towards the EU, becomes more stunning by the day.
On 23rd January I warned that Egypt, then being ignored, would soon become the focus of the world's attention, three weeks later President Mubarak is gone, now the attention turns to Algeria. It is in the EU and 10 Downing Street, where the lessons must most crucially be learned. The general public realisation of a leadership's powerlessness, once taken on board, can NEVER be re-established.
It is as plain as a pikestaff that not only are the real leaders of the EU unknown, those ostensibly in charge are both floundering and drowning in the currency chaos. The resignation of Axel Weber, from Germany's Bundesbank, and the presumed ECB heir apparent from the German Central Bank, demonstrates the full extent of the present chaos. The recent ECB commitments, on which subject he is probably one of the very few who is fully informed, seem the more probable cause for his departure than the "personal reasons excuse" he has so far proffered.
In Britain, matters of effective governance must be corrected before the EU tears itself asunder. The fear of being seen in Europe as the cause of igniting the spark that will blow the whole structure to pieces is understandable, but the election in Ireland seems set to fulfill that purpose.
A government of national unity seems necessary for the UK. Senior statesmen from all parties should ready themselves to play vital roles in the difficult days that lie ahead. Ken Clarke and Michael Heseltine, the main surviving members of the conspiracy, which delivered the nation into its present economic bondage, loss of parliamentary sovereignty and foreign dependence, must of course be excluded and preferably be brought to account as part of the bitter and difficult healing process that appears about to begin.
Labels: ECHR, Mubarak, Parliamentary Sovereignty, The Crash
posted by Martin at 7:47 AM
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