Strange how so many political careers end in ultimate failure, the resignation of Peter Hain was long overdue, the delay only serving to highlight the breathaking arrogance of the man and the barren creed he represents. Many people will say good riddance but his departure should not be seen as an end in itself, rather a tentative first step in the long process of reasserting true democracy in our country.
The corrupt or incompetent of any political persuasion must learn that there will be no hiding place from the wrath of those they have failed. Our Country is in a mess which has taken several years to manifest itself on account of the spin that has been deployed to hide the truth. The current administration has been a triumph of PR, slick marketing and presentation over substance and delivery. Whole swathes of commerce have been sidelined, taxed and regulated to the point where the burden is all but unbearable. In so doing these productive worthwhile enterprises have become financially emasculated whilst the beaurocracy that increasingly bears down on them has experienced explosive growth.
In the midst of this the Government has cosied up to the corporate crocodiles who outsource to Asia but assiduously feed the party coffers, waxing fat on the spoils. It necessarily follows that every action has a reaction, the Chinaman breaking wind in Shanghai causing a tidal wave in Los Angeles springs to mind. The point has been reached where this behaviour and the feeding frenzy of greed it unleashes has tipped the job over the edge and people are finally at this late hour beginnining to realise how they have been seduced by the biggest propaganda machine since Stalin.
The client state ensures the docility of the dependent, giving them just enough to keep them docile whilst ensuring that they are financially penalised if they attempt to escape the trap they have fallen into. The corporate crocodiles and city fat cats are nurtured and cosseted to ensure that the party machine is well oiled by the tribute that issues from its patrons.
It is the silent hard working independent minority in the middle who are treated with such contempt and disdain by the Government because they are not the sector that will ensure its political survival. The whole rotten edifice of this awful unsucessful Government is errected around the need to win elections, not service to all the people of our country. Hopefully at long last the worm has turned and the Government is set to feel the backlash it so richly deserves. The signs are certainly positive given the encouragingly sparky debate that took place on newsnight last night.
The real ground will be won when the inescapable issue of ehthical party funding is robustly addressed. The long suffering taxpayer must not be saddled with the open ended cheque that they will be signing were they forced to fund political parties. Donations from whatever source must be transparent and legitimate. The real solution to party funding lies in persuading party members to pick up the tab for their own activities, to recruit members in sufficient numbers the blighters would have to perform in a satisfactory manner. This route would also expose them to the same financial pressures and constraints suffered by the population in the real world. A little genuine financial adversity would do them no harm whatsoever.
