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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