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DIY Goverment?
Tuesday, June 08, 2010 | 
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The chancellor today "has pledged a "fundamental reassessment" of the way government works. He has outlined plans to involve the public in making cuts". He is looking to find "the best people in their fields from inside and outside government involvement and a wider public engagement exercise over the summer ".
"Oh I hope he doesn't pick me I was really looking forward to my summer holidays!".
Are we experiencing the beginning of new era in politics? It is all about the importance of self government. A real revolution in its internal structures! Power to the people! The last time I heard that it was during an episode of the classic "Yes Prime Minister" series. Typical! I think it was my dad once who told me that "all the things you are watching on TV are not real and they are not going to happen in real life". How wrong can you be with a statement like this.
The coalition government (Con-Lib Pact) have recently spent many hours trying to persuade "us" how things are really changing and we are going through an amazing transformation, we are going to see something that we have never experienced before! Power to the people! The chancellor is seeking public advice about the future of public spending and cuts. Would you believe it? Now it is coming down to "us" to decide which sector we need to "hit" first! Oh what a wonderful life! Power to the people!
Why are they willing to give it up?
Is it because "they" as a government are not experienced enough and don't know what's going on around them? Is it because "they" can not make "their" mind up which decision will benefit which section of our society? Or even which decision is going to be the most harmful? Oh I know, I know what we need to do. Why don't we ask the people? They can decide and if they really got it wrong we can then blame them!
Some of you may even have attempted a guess that the above script could have been easily extracted from an old classic series episode of "Yes Prime Minister".
The saddest thing though in the whole scenario is that we, "The people" have given them this power! Now they are giving it back to us!
"Oh I hope he doesn't pick me I was really looking forward to my summer holidays!".
Are we experiencing the beginning of new era in politics? It is all about the importance of self government. A real revolution in its internal structures! Power to the people! The last time I heard that it was during an episode of the classic "Yes Prime Minister" series. Typical! I think it was my dad once who told me that "all the things you are watching on TV are not real and they are not going to happen in real life". How wrong can you be with a statement like this.
The coalition government (Con-Lib Pact) have recently spent many hours trying to persuade "us" how things are really changing and we are going through an amazing transformation, we are going to see something that we have never experienced before! Power to the people! The chancellor is seeking public advice about the future of public spending and cuts. Would you believe it? Now it is coming down to "us" to decide which sector we need to "hit" first! Oh what a wonderful life! Power to the people!
Why are they willing to give it up?
Is it because "they" as a government are not experienced enough and don't know what's going on around them? Is it because "they" can not make "their" mind up which decision will benefit which section of our society? Or even which decision is going to be the most harmful? Oh I know, I know what we need to do. Why don't we ask the people? They can decide and if they really got it wrong we can then blame them!
Some of you may even have attempted a guess that the above script could have been easily extracted from an old classic series episode of "Yes Prime Minister".
The saddest thing though in the whole scenario is that we, "The people" have given them this power! Now they are giving it back to us!
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