You are likely right, people do not learn from history and neither do they invest time in grasping the concept of history either but that has always been so. I am perhaps naively an optimist who tries to see the good in most situations true, often very hard.

However and on to distinct occasions when for all my efforts and thinking none were listening, I was to find out that they were and “gave voice” at the right moment in time which rather humbled me. It is an arrogance and a stupidity not to acknowledge that the “Bingo playing classes” have no less a desire for the best for these island Nations.

As to Milburn and Cameron, I do see a difference, the former seeks to justify and continue into the future with “Blairisim” , Cameron seeks the chance to ‘serve’.

Looked at logically, there is no single course of action that Cameron can take that Brown cannot match except one:

Just as Milburn seeks to justify his past actions, so too does Brown, neither is capable of being forward looking. There needs to be an acknowledgement of past mistakes before new growth can prosper.

Agreed but that so often means that people do not have time to learn the lessons of history, and just parrot what others are saying. We don’t have to be trapped in a “natural cycle” if only we would learn these lessons.

Sadly, I see little difference between Alan Milburn and David Cameron – both seem to want to produce the policies that they think will lead to election victory rather than bold policies for saving Britain.

(The Indy has been left leaning for sometime now, IMO.)