Double Dutch

David Cameron, according to a report on Politics Home (apologies, can't link directly to the FT as I have 'exhausted' my 'freebie access'), 'promises':

"Our ambition is to build a new and better economy – where opportunity, wealth and work are spread more widely; where those who work hard and play by the rules get a good deal. There will be no short-cuts to success. But this coalition has the determination to do the right thing for our country, so that we don’t just weather the international storm – but come out stronger on the other side."

That he cannot built a new and better economy as he will not have 100% control of that economy in view of the forthcoming EU plans for economic governance and that due to our EU membership and accompanying 'constraints' those who play be the rules do not get a better deal shows that this is more 'Cameron hogwash'. That if the Conservative Party did have the determination to do the right thing for our country we would not still be encumbered with EU membership illustrates yet again that Cameron is a fraud.

If further proof of the accusation of fraud were needed, one just has to look at the phrase "where opportunity, wealth and work are spread more widely", a phrase that is pure socialism in content. Now we finally have confirmation why the sobriquet "Red Con" was orginally applied to his brand of 'Conservatism'!

Just saying..................

Politicians live in a 'fantasy/fiction' world

It has been a long held view that politicians live in a fantasy/fiction world, one in which truth is of little consequence and that their 'world' is definitely not of this planet. Norman Baker has been speaking at the Liberal Democrat Conference, but the words are not his but a mere regurgitation of EU policy (which is what you will hear at the Labour and Conservative conferences).

He speaks about HS2, about smart-ticketing, about reducing the need for travel by cars and cars being the cause of congestion in urban areas, growth and carbon reduction, about efficiency gains resulting in saving being returned to the public. I defy anyone to point to one aspect of his speech that is not governed by the EU having shared competence in every field of transport and on which they have yet to issue a statement.

Digressing slightly, Norman Baker is not alone in admitting that the policy of HS2 is governed by EU requirements, because surprise, surprise neither does Derek Clark of Ukip - as I have commented on that article, a comment which at the time of writing has still to appear. It is indeed odd that a representative of a party that is continually 'banging-on' about EU interference in our country fails to mention just that fact.

With the present state of our membership of the EU - coupled with developments in the pipeline - it is apparent that not one of the Lib/Lab/Con 'govern' this country, neither will they (and I will not, now, go down the route of asking why we need to be 'governed'). Just what is the point of the party conferences other than to talk to their converted - and mindless - disciples? With their stated policy of remaining a member of the EU, one wonders why those three parties don't just save themselves a packet of money and hold one conference and call it The EU Conference. As I write Ian Parker-Joseph has posted, a post which touches on the subject of the conference season, whilst linking to an EU body that does have a hand in making policy.

The whole of our politics in this country is a fantasy and a fiction!