Popularism

The Labour Government are a Popularist Government. If they can pick up on something they think the average Sun reader wants then they will.

Witness this weekend....Jacqui Smith has decided to ask for the Hillsborough secret files to be opened 10 years early..this in the week that we all remembered the Hillsborough disaster and the week AFTER the public humiliation that was the Damian McBride email email scandal

However, only in January, Jack Straw blocked the release of files showing cabinet notes and papers from when the cabinet discussed the Iraq war. An appeal hearing of the Information Tribunal opened in November 2008. In January of this year it ruled by a majority that it was in the public interest to release the minutes...but no

So then, what can I conclude from this?

Well I conclude that the Government is quite happy to invoke (yet another) of the laws that THEY introduced to protect themselves when necessary, but will ask for early release of papers that they think will save a beleagured Home Secretary because it is a popular thing to do.

Oh and on a side note, we have Mandy telling us that we should stop being pessemistic about the UK and that we should SPEND ...oh yes and , of course, we all need to have Broadband .. has he forgotton that we have over 2 million unemployed in the UK at the moment? That these people can't actually AFFORD to have broadband. My God, we have children living in poverty here already and this Government is telling us to SPEND ...and indeed, they are saying we (the UK) will Spend our way out of recession...hang on...go back a few years ..weren't we spending too much? Wasn't it the over spending that got us here in the first place?

Damn I'm confused! I thought GB was married to Prudence,,determined to carry on the Tories excellent fiscal measures..now it seems he has chucked poor old Pru out of the window and bought in another bird...