Here’s hoping that politicians will feel their job isn’t to create utopia but to do the duties of governing well, to give the people space to thrive, and to encourage all of us to act nobly
The problem here is that one person's "soft loo paper" is another person's "screeching" about irrelevancies. For instance, is getting DEI out of state schools a matter of making sure government services work well? Or pointless culture war? People on both sides are perfectly sincere.
I tend to think the problem is the opposite of what you suggest. The Conservatives have become too non-ideological, too focused on "soft loo paper." It's not hard to notice that almost every Conservative MP is at their happiest pointing out the casework they've done for constituents, and at their most reticent talking about the Big Questions. This means they lack the coherence to take serious action to (say) improve NHS delivery, because any major action is going to encounter strong institutional resistance which will expose the fissures of what "soft loo paper" even means. And if nothing major will be done anyway, little surprise that MPs think of themselves more as pundits than legislators.
Well put, but a quibble on the 'screeching about woke' point.
Aren't the woke the worst for being utopian busybodies who want to use the power of the state excessively? So if you want sensible limited government of the sort you describe isn't a bit of screeching about them and their stupid plans required?
LT, "We're going to save it.. My book is about telling the people the truth about what's going on in Britain, why things aren't working"
SB, "Is she tough enough to turn Britain around?"
LT, "I need a few more friends to be frank, I need a few more people to help me.. Steve if you could come over to Britain"
SB, "I may be banned in Britain"
LT, "Would you work with Nigel Farage to restructure the Tory party?"
SB, "I will work with whoever it takes to make our country successful.. And Nigel, I would like him to become a member of the Conservative party and help turn our country around"
Because the politicians (& the council officers) will have tried to make it all things to all people. So I’m envisioning bus lanes, cycle lanes, the slowest changing pedestrian crossings ever.
The majority of users of the roundabout (ie motorists) will have been taken for granted & the result will have been negative for them.
The try do all things for all people is also part of the problem. It’s like the reverse 80/20 rule & also fits into the soft loo paper theory.
The problem here is that one person's "soft loo paper" is another person's "screeching" about irrelevancies. For instance, is getting DEI out of state schools a matter of making sure government services work well? Or pointless culture war? People on both sides are perfectly sincere.
I tend to think the problem is the opposite of what you suggest. The Conservatives have become too non-ideological, too focused on "soft loo paper." It's not hard to notice that almost every Conservative MP is at their happiest pointing out the casework they've done for constituents, and at their most reticent talking about the Big Questions. This means they lack the coherence to take serious action to (say) improve NHS delivery, because any major action is going to encounter strong institutional resistance which will expose the fissures of what "soft loo paper" even means. And if nothing major will be done anyway, little surprise that MPs think of themselves more as pundits than legislators.
Well put, but a quibble on the 'screeching about woke' point.
Aren't the woke the worst for being utopian busybodies who want to use the power of the state excessively? So if you want sensible limited government of the sort you describe isn't a bit of screeching about them and their stupid plans required?
Meanwhile what are Truss and Farage doing at a CPAC conference and on talk radio with Steve Bannon. Unless it’s a deep fake, it sounds treasonous:
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1761037458093842490?s=20
LT, "We're going to save it.. My book is about telling the people the truth about what's going on in Britain, why things aren't working"
SB, "Is she tough enough to turn Britain around?"
LT, "I need a few more friends to be frank, I need a few more people to help me.. Steve if you could come over to Britain"
SB, "I may be banned in Britain"
LT, "Would you work with Nigel Farage to restructure the Tory party?"
SB, "I will work with whoever it takes to make our country successful.. And Nigel, I would like him to become a member of the Conservative party and help turn our country around"
I bet that roundabout was awful!
Because the politicians (& the council officers) will have tried to make it all things to all people. So I’m envisioning bus lanes, cycle lanes, the slowest changing pedestrian crossings ever.
The majority of users of the roundabout (ie motorists) will have been taken for granted & the result will have been negative for them.
The try do all things for all people is also part of the problem. It’s like the reverse 80/20 rule & also fits into the soft loo paper theory.
The new lights do have the most ridiculously dangerous bike lane!
Not really. But the group of six or seven who liked the idea did spend their time of Union Council raising issues about these bread and butter basics.