Monday 21 October 2013

UK Ltd remains a joke

Today it was a rant, not a reasoned debate, not a dissertation but a rant against all the things that I feel are wrong with the UK, particularly its leaders and their short sighted, self centred agenda.
What started me off was the news that China will soon be the "owner" of our new nuclear power station when its built.  China a communist, one party, dictatorially controlled society which must be the absolute antithesis to our so called, democratic,freedom orientated, legally centred country would now be the paymaster, the decision maker of one of the most critically, fundamental elements of our industrial environment. We will be on the slippery slope of no longer have any control over the capacity to provide energy to drive our industry or even heat and light our homes. 

We are exposed to Russian gas producers. We rely on French technology for the nuclear power stations. There are no ships of any size built here any more, instead we rely on Germany,France Italy, or the Scandinavians. Once the greatest shipbuilding nation we now can't produce one ship on our own.
The railways were invented on these islands and now we have to rely on the Germans and French to produce our rolling stock. The bridges, the iconic buildings, the steelworks are all foreign owned or foreign built. We have little or no industry.  

The Europeans continue, (as we "out source" everything to the Far East to maximise profit) , to have their leaders, Siemans, Philips, Renault, Fiat, Ferrari, Gucci - what totem do we fly - "Tesco" !! We have sold everything but the kitchen sink, Bentley, Rolls Royce are but typical of our race to the bottom.
We listen each day as we pull ourselves to bits and pieces attempting the impossible to be all things to all men. Ringing our hands about the past wishing to submerge ourselves in a daft game of supporting everyone but ourselves. Priding ourselves on our inclusiveness but in doing so, ignoring the fact that we have lost our identity. 


This tragedy stems from our leadership. The quick return on an asset sale, reinvested in the nano-second transaction conducted by a Hedge Fund of a trade based on some artificial differential between competing stock markets is where we are focused.  Why invest in the long term prospect of a healthy economy with a workforce re-contributing to the economic health in their own spending power.


We are poorly served because of the divide that exists between the people who have their dividends and much more and the massive bulk of the population who are descending, with the not inconsiderable help from George Osborn into penury. There is no sense of a one nation. The schooling system takes care of that, the jobs for the boys, the self perpetuating boardroom shuffle, a civil service drawn from the ranks of the debating society with firsts in Greek and Latin ensure that the administration of "UK Ltd" remains a joke.  

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