That Deficit
There seems to be a general agreement that Darling did not come clean on how he was going to cut and where, in order to bring down the deficit after the election. Maybe he knows he won’t have to worry because he expects Labour to lose.
The fact is that we not only have a corrupt Parliament as the latest list of ridiculous expenses and house flippings show, but also a Government that thinks it is savvy to conceal from the British people what has to be done, whoever forms a new government in 2010.
This new session of Parliament should never have gone ahead and my earlier warning that it was in breach of what our opaque and secretive unwritten Constitution is supposed to stand for in quality of Governance looks even more timely than it did when I made it. Her Majesty was very ill advised to go ahead with a rather cynical piece of theatre. Doubtless she felt she could not resist, although her face on the day spoke volumes. It is in none of our interests for the Government of the day to box in the Head of State, so that she becomes a mere tool and puppet. Especially since, given a free hand, she could run rings round most of them and make mincemeat of them all.