Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber

It's been a good old while since I blogged. Whether this is down to desperation or merely apathy I am not at all sure. Since I last blogged there has been a global financial meltdown triggering widespread recession, the inauguration of a black president of the United States and a change of government in my own country resulting in a coalition of two parties who have so far performed with staggeringly, consistent ineptitude.

I am no economist, but even I know that measures have to be put in place for an economy to grow before you slash and burn down the public sector with a ruthlessness that reeks of political ideology. The sudden burden on the welfare state (which is also in discriminatory reform) creates a stagnant economy with absolute zero spending power and we have subsequently seen today a contraction in the UK economy.

All of which effects me not one jot as I have a relatively secure job under the radar of cuts, I receive no benefits and I am not disabled.

But one cannot help but feel for the people who are not so lucky. People who a few years ago may have dodged the bullet by at least taking early retirement only to find their pension has been underinvested or frozen as a result of a woefully performing stock market.

The words of Thatcher are beginning to echo again as "The Big Society" disguises itself as "No Such Thing As Society."

Time to sharpen the broadswords again...