Wednesday, May 30, 2007
What the politicians don't understand....
(Beware: this might count as a rant!)
I can't remember who it was on the Today programme this morning, George Osbourne? Anyway a Conservative wannabee minister, but he summed up a lot of what has gone wrong to my mind. Forget about the Conservatives being the new Blairites. Maybe they are, but I tend more to Old Labour and socialism, ayway. But that's not the point.
They just don't get it do they? It's not about choice. As a parent, I don't want the right to choose the best school for my children. I don't want the choice of the best hospital for my operation. NO. I just want the local one to be good! I don't want OFCOM telling me they are no longer going to regulate call charges for BT now that competition has brought things into line. I just want a reasonably priced 'phone line (or gas provider, or electricity provider, or...)
Is a good standard too much too ask? (And yes, I WOULD be willing to pay more taxes, that's what the government is for, to provide me with the services). Public services which serve the public, like public transport....
And I might as well wish for a National Trust for Churches while I'm at it... :)
(I'd like to say I feel better for that, but I'm not sure I do...) ¶ 2:03 pm
I can't remember who it was on the Today programme this morning, George Osbourne? Anyway a Conservative wannabee minister, but he summed up a lot of what has gone wrong to my mind. Forget about the Conservatives being the new Blairites. Maybe they are, but I tend more to Old Labour and socialism, ayway. But that's not the point.
They just don't get it do they? It's not about choice. As a parent, I don't want the right to choose the best school for my children. I don't want the choice of the best hospital for my operation. NO. I just want the local one to be good! I don't want OFCOM telling me they are no longer going to regulate call charges for BT now that competition has brought things into line. I just want a reasonably priced 'phone line (or gas provider, or electricity provider, or...)
Is a good standard too much too ask? (And yes, I WOULD be willing to pay more taxes, that's what the government is for, to provide me with the services). Public services which serve the public, like public transport....
And I might as well wish for a National Trust for Churches while I'm at it... :)
(I'd like to say I feel better for that, but I'm not sure I do...) ¶ 2:03 pm
