Why do you call our Government hapless?
Its economic policy
There is no plan B. The Government just hopes plan A will work. A year after forming his government in May 2010, pressure is growing and urging them to think of plan B - particularly the IMF and the SNP who have extracted from the UK government the right for capital borrowing for the new Forth Road Bridge and a positive response to “flexibility” in economic strategy. Even Commons Treasury Committee chairmanAndrew Tyrie, a senior Tory, is sceptical about Tory economic plans. His criticisms specify spending money on the Big Society, the Green strategy and Libya, all close to David Cameron’s heart.
Its stalled (or paused-till-after-the-May 2011-elections) NHS policy
A non-consultative top-down reform of the NHS does not leave us with the feeling that “the NHS is safe in our hands”. Many health professionals are up in arms at the direction of David Cameron’s policies. This has forced the government to put its proposals on hold - conveniently till after the May 2011 elections.
Its thieving
Danny the Axe-lander’s unexpected, non-consultative raid upon North Sea oil reminds us of a Highland clan raid upon the cattle of a neighbouring strath. The coalition Government has followed the morality of Gordon’s Brown repeated raids upon pension funds, utilities, or any other profitable venture that was rich for pickings. The Greens have followed the same mentality in suggesting a hotel tax possibly based on the number of bedrooms, reminding us of the ancient window tax - and it will probably be as disastrous as the window tax, particularly for the tourist trade in the Highlands and Islands.
Its foreign policy
David Cameron promised to end the interventionism of Tony Blair but not only does he preach interference in other countries, but the day after talking of imposing a no-fly zone over Libya, he announced cuts in our air capability. His non-consultative style announces policy and decisions, then modifies them. The biggest difficulty with David Cameron is one does not know what he will think from one month to another. This is largely because he didn’t tell us in the Tory manifesto and he is forming policy on the hoof, with the excuse that the economic crisis demands it. It is convenient for a Tory government to inherit a Labour economic mess as it has an obvious excuse for doing whatsoever it wants. Let the public therefore learn the importance of managing the economy correctly - or you will get draconian government trying to sort it out - without any proof that they know how to do it. In a democracy, the country gets the leaders it deserves.
Homosexual imperialism
David Cameron has pledged to use foreign aid as a lever to pressurise Africa into legalising homosexual practices. The Prime Minister‘s comments were made on 22 June 2011 as he hosted his second Downing Street reception for the homosexual community. “I think this is right morally because, as a rich country, we should be helping the poorest people in the world,” he said. “But it also has a spin-off benefit of giving us some moral authority in the world to talk to other leaders and governments about our relationship with them and what we expect from them.” Where are the Christian politicians speaking about this agenda? One MP questioned him about this in the Commons, but there is little public comment about it.
Our Prime Minister’s judgment
He has a high-handed approach to his own party. Within days of winning the General Election, he sprung a change on the constitution of the 1922 Committee when Tory MPs were vulnerable because of their desire to be loyal to their leadership after being out of government for so many years. During the Election campaign, he publicly dismissed a Tory prospective parliamentary candidate on air. Following Chris Grayling’s remarks in support of B&B owners having the right to refuse a double bed to a homosexual couple, David Cameron chose to appoint Theresa May as Home Secretary in his new cabinet, rather than Grayling who held the position in the Shadow Cabinet. Grayling was not given any cabinet post, as had been predicted by some media commentators prior to the election. In November 2010, Grayling was given the Bigot of the Year for 2010 in the Stonewall Awards. Grayling’s remarks were made at an open meeting of the Centre for Policy Studies, a Conservative thinktank which claims that they prioritise the concepts of duty, family, liberty, and the rule of law.
David Cameron’s gagging order on the Scottish Tories who once believed in Clause 28, which prevented the promotion of homosexuality in schools. Now the Scottish Tories are silenced and failing to give any lead against the proposal to legislate for homosexual marriage during the next Scottish Parliament. If this is passed, then primary school children will be taught that homosexual relationships are normal and possibly, through role play, to explore homosexual instincts.
His diplomatic blunders are too frequent, such as his comments during his trip to Pakistan; his calling Britain a junior partner to America in 1940; and when he travelled to Egypt to discuss the aftermath of the peaceful Facebook revolution, businessmen from eight defence firms who deal in weapons travelled with him.
After promising to end interventionism, the responsibility of government has forced him to change his mind to intervene in Libya. Like Tony Blair, he has siezed the opportunity to gain the centre of the world stage as a military leader. Dogmatically sure of his decision to impose a no-fly zone, he dismissed the reservations expressed against a no-fly zone and pressed the case at the UN Security Council. We are thankful that someone took the lead in the face of UN dithering, but it sits well with his dogmatic style, and his success ensures we will see more of it. It is par for his course and true to his type.
After playing catch-up in the Libyan crisis, David Cameron is playing catch-up again in the News of the World phone hacking scandal. His inability to get it right at the outset demonstrates that he does not have the personal judgment required for the office of Prime Minister, and it is only when events transpire that his zeal is cast on the side of public or Tory party opinion. He points out that to change one’s mind is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength and that one is listening. The problem with the number of his U-turns is not that he (eventually) listens, but that he hasn’t thought it through in the first place. Nick Robinson commented: “he has looked under the spell of events rather than in control of them.”
Along with this lack of judgment and experience is his angry spirit. He manifested this at the despatch box ever since he became leader of the Opposition. His attitude to Gordon Brown as Prime Minister was astonishing and undignified. There is a BBC clipping of him and Gordon Brown walking together from the Commons to the Lords to listen to the Queen’s Speech. Gordon Brown makes more than one attempt to engage him in small talk but he studiously ignores him with his typically angry spirit.
Our Deputy Prime Minister
Nick Clegg forgot that he was running the country when David Cameron was out of the country touring the Middle East. He could not even give a clear written answer to the question whether he would take over if David Cameron was incapacitated.
Anti-Israeli pronouncements
International development minister, Alan Duncan‘s sentiments in a video on Israeli security is withdrawn after pressure.
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Its economic policy
There is no plan B. The Government just hopes plan A will work. A year after forming his government in May 2010, pressure is growing and urging them to think of plan B - particularly the IMF and the SNP who have extracted from the UK government the right for capital borrowing for the new Forth Road Bridge and a positive response to “flexibility” in economic strategy. Even Commons Treasury Committee chairmanAndrew Tyrie, a senior Tory, is sceptical about Tory economic plans. His criticisms specify spending money on the Big Society, the Green strategy and Libya, all close to David Cameron’s heart.
Its stalled (or paused-till-after-the-May 2011-elections) NHS policy
A non-consultative top-down reform of the NHS does not leave us with the feeling that “the NHS is safe in our hands”. Many health professionals are up in arms at the direction of David Cameron’s policies. This has forced the government to put its proposals on hold - conveniently till after the May 2011 elections.
Its thieving
Danny the Axe-lander’s unexpected, non-consultative raid upon North Sea oil reminds us of a Highland clan raid upon the cattle of a neighbouring strath. The coalition Government has followed the morality of Gordon’s Brown repeated raids upon pension funds, utilities, or any other profitable venture that was rich for pickings. The Greens have followed the same mentality in suggesting a hotel tax possibly based on the number of bedrooms, reminding us of the ancient window tax - and it will probably be as disastrous as the window tax, particularly for the tourist trade in the Highlands and Islands.
Its foreign policy
David Cameron promised to end the interventionism of Tony Blair but not only does he preach interference in other countries, but the day after talking of imposing a no-fly zone over Libya, he announced cuts in our air capability. His non-consultative style announces policy and decisions, then modifies them. The biggest difficulty with David Cameron is one does not know what he will think from one month to another. This is largely because he didn’t tell us in the Tory manifesto and he is forming policy on the hoof, with the excuse that the economic crisis demands it. It is convenient for a Tory government to inherit a Labour economic mess as it has an obvious excuse for doing whatsoever it wants. Let the public therefore learn the importance of managing the economy correctly - or you will get draconian government trying to sort it out - without any proof that they know how to do it. In a democracy, the country gets the leaders it deserves.
Homosexual imperialism
David Cameron has pledged to use foreign aid as a lever to pressurise Africa into legalising homosexual practices. The Prime Minister‘s comments were made on 22 June 2011 as he hosted his second Downing Street reception for the homosexual community. “I think this is right morally because, as a rich country, we should be helping the poorest people in the world,” he said. “But it also has a spin-off benefit of giving us some moral authority in the world to talk to other leaders and governments about our relationship with them and what we expect from them.” Where are the Christian politicians speaking about this agenda? One MP questioned him about this in the Commons, but there is little public comment about it.
Our Prime Minister’s judgment
He has a high-handed approach to his own party. Within days of winning the General Election, he sprung a change on the constitution of the 1922 Committee when Tory MPs were vulnerable because of their desire to be loyal to their leadership after being out of government for so many years. During the Election campaign, he publicly dismissed a Tory prospective parliamentary candidate on air. Following Chris Grayling’s remarks in support of B&B owners having the right to refuse a double bed to a homosexual couple, David Cameron chose to appoint Theresa May as Home Secretary in his new cabinet, rather than Grayling who held the position in the Shadow Cabinet. Grayling was not given any cabinet post, as had been predicted by some media commentators prior to the election. In November 2010, Grayling was given the Bigot of the Year for 2010 in the Stonewall Awards. Grayling’s remarks were made at an open meeting of the Centre for Policy Studies, a Conservative thinktank which claims that they prioritise the concepts of duty, family, liberty, and the rule of law.
- Chris Grayling was appointed Employment Minister and in the cabinet reshuffle in September 2012 he was promoted as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, the first non-lawyer as Lord Chancellor since 1558. He has been credited with making major changes to Britain’s welfare system.
- 24 May 2012: Another example is Cameron’s replacement of Vince Cable who was biased against the BSkyB takeover by Rupert Murdoch with Jeremy Hunt whom he knew was biased in favour of it.
- 31 May 2012: Question Time discussed the question: “Does the Leveson Inquiry call into question David Cameron’s personal judgment?” The net is closing upon the Prime Minister as the public and commentators are more open to questioning his judgment.
David Cameron’s gagging order on the Scottish Tories who once believed in Clause 28, which prevented the promotion of homosexuality in schools. Now the Scottish Tories are silenced and failing to give any lead against the proposal to legislate for homosexual marriage during the next Scottish Parliament. If this is passed, then primary school children will be taught that homosexual relationships are normal and possibly, through role play, to explore homosexual instincts.
- Cameron secures his acolyte in Scotland as Scottish leader.
His diplomatic blunders are too frequent, such as his comments during his trip to Pakistan; his calling Britain a junior partner to America in 1940; and when he travelled to Egypt to discuss the aftermath of the peaceful Facebook revolution, businessmen from eight defence firms who deal in weapons travelled with him.
After promising to end interventionism, the responsibility of government has forced him to change his mind to intervene in Libya. Like Tony Blair, he has siezed the opportunity to gain the centre of the world stage as a military leader. Dogmatically sure of his decision to impose a no-fly zone, he dismissed the reservations expressed against a no-fly zone and pressed the case at the UN Security Council. We are thankful that someone took the lead in the face of UN dithering, but it sits well with his dogmatic style, and his success ensures we will see more of it. It is par for his course and true to his type.
After playing catch-up in the Libyan crisis, David Cameron is playing catch-up again in the News of the World phone hacking scandal. His inability to get it right at the outset demonstrates that he does not have the personal judgment required for the office of Prime Minister, and it is only when events transpire that his zeal is cast on the side of public or Tory party opinion. He points out that to change one’s mind is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength and that one is listening. The problem with the number of his U-turns is not that he (eventually) listens, but that he hasn’t thought it through in the first place. Nick Robinson commented: “he has looked under the spell of events rather than in control of them.”
Along with this lack of judgment and experience is his angry spirit. He manifested this at the despatch box ever since he became leader of the Opposition. His attitude to Gordon Brown as Prime Minister was astonishing and undignified. There is a BBC clipping of him and Gordon Brown walking together from the Commons to the Lords to listen to the Queen’s Speech. Gordon Brown makes more than one attempt to engage him in small talk but he studiously ignores him with his typically angry spirit.
- 10 May 2012: On this occasion strolling into the Queen’s Speech, David Cameron was more relaxed and chatted with Ed Miliband. Could he have read this website entry? or does he really think that Gordon Brown is so much worse than Miliband? Some judgment!
- 24 May 2012: A participant in Question Time said he tried to watch Prime Minister’s Questions every Wednesday when he can. He said that David Cameron seems to be getting angrier every week, and that he should go to an anger management course. David Cameron at the despatch box called Ed Balls, “the muttering idiot sitting opposite me”. The Speaker required him to withdraw the word ‘idiot’.
- 25 May 2012: On This Week, Alan Johnston referred to David Cameron’s lack of statesmanship and said that “he’s got a talent for scorn” which his backbenchers love, but the public don’t. Miranda Green, former adviser to Paddy Ashdown, and guest on This Week said that he has “a flair for enmity”. Michael Portillo dismissed David Cameron’s economic solution as double standards and the way to economic perdition in a hurry.
Our Deputy Prime Minister
Nick Clegg forgot that he was running the country when David Cameron was out of the country touring the Middle East. He could not even give a clear written answer to the question whether he would take over if David Cameron was incapacitated.
Anti-Israeli pronouncements
International development minister, Alan Duncan‘s sentiments in a video on Israeli security is withdrawn after pressure.
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