Bad Government

Pending comments by readers on my ambition to become an independent MP, I intend to publish occasional thoughts on what is bad about current Government policy and actions as well as my own ideas on policies for a saner world and a better United Kingdom.


Our current Government has recently begun a series of TV "bedtime story" advertisements aimed at frightening children into believing that unimaginable climate disasters are just around the corner unless they bully their parents and other adults to stop emitting CO2 (carbon dioxide.) The advertisements' confusion of CO2, a trace gas which is not just beneficial but absolutely essential to all forms of life on earth, with soot and other real pollutants is already scientifically disreputable enough : but I believe that, whatever our individual views on human activity being the principal driver of ever-changing world climate (in my own opinion, and that of many hugely distinguished scientists whose calm views are seldom heard in the mainstream alarm-loving media, a very improbable and definitely unproven hypothesis) we should all protest vigorously against this extremely distasteful campaign, which is reminiscent of the way the Nazis used children to coerce adults into complying with their wicked policies and which sounds just like George Orwell's "1984."

An independent as your next MP

These first thoughts from a fundamental optimist are my opening move towards a new career aged 72. With enough support, I intend to launch a campaign as an independent candidate for the United Kingdom parliament in 2010. I've had the sort of real (and not unsuccessful) life experience which 90% of our current MPs have not had. I'm well-educated, multilingual, much travelled, broad-minded and the absolute opposite of an ideologue. I believe that prevention is better than cure, that small is beautiful, and that "doing as you would be done by" is the most important recipe for a happy and worthwhile life. I have a range of genuinely radical policy ideas which if adopted would revolutionise our society for the better without destroying it in the process. As an MP I would be available to all constituents on-line; I would vote NOT along party lines but according to my consituents' wishes, excepting ONLY if and when prevented from doing so by my conscience; I would produce an annual report detailing my year's activities as an MP, my voting record, and my successful actions on behalf of my constituents; and I would be very happy to earn an MP's salary without trying to pad my income via dubious expense claims. Would anyone like to hear more ?