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After the Restoration. Charles II was fond of wandering around London on his own, naughty ladies no doubt being the bait. Prince Rupert pulled him up over this saying that he might get himself assassinated to which Charles replied something along the lines: “No chance Rupert, they know if they killed me they would end up with you as King !”

Disrespect for authority and individuals is endemic to the Anglo sphere, it is an essential part of our heritage and culture. I find it hard to stomach the pomposity of politicians in a world where they think it appropriate to demand that our Queen makes economies whilst they steal from the public purse and think it right that she and the Royal Family accept abuse from the Tabloids whilst they are immune.

They Don’t Like it Up ‘em…

I think that as these are probably the most lack lustre generation of politicians seen in the Commons since the Rump Parliament, taking the piss out of them should be mandatory. Their behaviour is not enhanced by the Party Whip system and Prime Ministerial Patronage that has turned the inhabitants of the Treasury benches into a load of Uriah Heeps.

The MPs in these last three Parliaments have been a totally talentless bunch of habitual liars with over sized egos and limited intelligence who really need to return to the ponds from whence they came where they can indulge in their preferred lifestyles down in the primeval soup.

Having thus above extolled all their virtues, I will decline to indulge in illuminating their bad points.

But Sadly We Need the Creatures…

One both hopes and assumes that Cameron will be our next Prime Minister and this should be as true of a Labour or a Libdem voter as a Tory. The reason is that we need a Government that no longer has to keep justifying its past and largely failed policies, we need one to get on with restructuring the economy and the Country and Cameron’s lot are the only game in town.

The most interesting thing about an incoming Conservative Government is that it will have no money to implement any favoured policies whatsoever, it will be confronted with cutting the size of the State, persuading people to expect less from the State and even so, having to raise taxes.

Now all of this will be very unpleasant and not the platform from which to win a second term, remember that without the Falklands War, it is questionable whether Maggie faced with a similar situation then, would have got a second term. So if Cameron wants to build a “narrative” that his is a radical government devoted to genuine change for the benefit of the whole population but costs no money, his salvation lies in a big open debate about Parliament, Governance, the Scope of the State and taxation…

There is Only One Way Forward

Cameron’s way forward is to engage all people in looking at radical reforms right across the board, getting the public to look at, think about and debate key long term issues such as pension funding and the funding of care in old age. From that to then discuss the size of the “cake” and deciding what should be provided by the State and what by the private and voluntary sectors. Oddly without any money to spend, we might just be in for a bit of a treat in terms of very open Government.

Let’s face it, by the time this Government has totally emptied the Treasury and mortgaged everything that can be mortgaged, Dave ain’t going to have a lot of choice in the matter, talk costs nothing and for once people feeling they are being listened to, might be a big bonus and in the process, the immediate and medium term future of the UK may well be radically changed.