I AM the anonymous person who has spent many hours picking up years' worth of rubbish from the sides of roads, thrown in bushes, much of the time from passing vehicles.
So much for the 'Cameron doctrine' of "we can all do our little bit." Sure thing, David, we can all do our bit to adding to the mess if we "fly less". Does he really think that will stop a corporation building fewer runways?
I pick up rubbish bec
ause I get sick of seeing it. If cars were designed so rubbish could not be thrown out of the windows, it would be a problem solved.
I look around me and I see and hear that people are "too busy" to "do their bit." Why? Because we are working for those "greater powers" who could - but aren't - solving problems which could make a significant difference in the quality of our lives. Initiative is taken away from us at a very early age. Resources - the taxed wealth - are poured into controlling us, tellilng us what to do and how to be and, of course, war.
We work to create a wealth which is channelled into controlling us by exploiting our fear.
Labour has used public expenditure in massively negative ways. The Conservative Party would simply carry on where Labour leaves off.
How about a political party which channels resources into positive, beneficial policies which give us a chance to have faith in ourselves and the better, social parts of human nature again, which secure our long-term futures in energy and food needs, which are about allowing people the space in their lives to "feel better" instead of feeling pressured into virtual rat-run lives?
That certainly isn't Labour or Conservative. Want to keep things much as they are? Con-Lab.
We need political leadership which challenges us to aspire to improving our lives and actually implementing the practical solutions which are available to tackle seemingly intractable social and economic problems.
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