The Tea Part
y Movement in the United States has taken the country by storm. Its supporters include some of the least well off in American society. I was asked by Dr David Runciman on Radio 4 why this was. It’s an easy question to answer. Those who are poorer have a difficult task in balancing their families books. If they can do it, they expect the government to do it too.
We need a tea party style movement in the UK. We have to give politicians of all parties a clear message. We cannot continue on the road we are travelling. The public finances are in a parlous state already. Continually trying to spend our way out of a recession will mean the country is bankrupt. Tough choices are going to have to be made. There will have to be drastic cuts in public spending. You cannot tinker here and tinker there. It will not work. We need a bonfire of the Quangos. We have to look at what we want government to do. It is not the job of government to meddle. We want our freedoms back. We are sick and tired of the bully state interfering in our lives. We also want this country to regain its sovereignty and this means we need to leave the EU.
Present these ideas to the voters and you will get support. Not everyone will agree with everyone; of course not, but you will get broad support. When Winston Churchill became prime minister he didn’t sugar coat the pill. He told the British people the truth. ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat’, he said. Telling the truth and not caring about focus groups, is what leadership is about. I don’t think we are going to get this leadership unless we take action. We have to be a constant thorn in the sides of politicians. I believe – and I know I am not alone –this is the only way we can effect the change we want in Britain.
6 comments:
If it invites the likes of Sarah Palin, then no we don't.
I mean copy the model. I wouldn't want Sarah Palin either.
Great article! And to kick off the movement, you need to dress up like Indians and dump a shipload of tea into the Thames. Only then will you truly be on your way
I think we'll come up with our own name, although riding up the Thames towards parliament sounds like a good idea. That's if the police allow it, but it's that sort of anti-libertarianism we would be campaigning against.
We need it but we're not going to get it. The reason is that no one will support anyone else in this country. they either don't care, think things are great or if you try to do something, they think you're empire building. No one wants to concede that anyone else's way is a step forward.
This comes out in the UKIP refusal to even acknowledge the Albion Alliance's efforts to bring MPs to account whilst they make a lot of noise about what they are doing.
At least the TPA has been supportive and recognizes that anything bringing this issue home is positive. Dan Hannan and Doug Carswell are also good but want to go it alone, with everyone following them.
Everyone is pulling every which way and no one can bear the thought of anyone else succeeding to bring the mindless politics in this country to heel.
Incidentally, many UKIP PPCs have defied their party's call and are supporting direct democracy. There are two Tory MPs who have done so.
One thing you can say about us Brits. Sarah Palin wouldn't be allowed to run a school crossing here, let alone have the trident launch keys.
To be fair to The Cousins, though, if the polls are to be believed 70% of them think she's unsuitable for the presidency.
Although that does leave the other 30%, who presumably breed faster than the rest.
Post a Comment