NEWS
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 www.docklands24.co.uk
We are truly living through
strange times! Although I would
guess that at some point every genera-
tion says that. A casual glance through
any newspaper or any news pro-
gramme sends out such mixed mes-
sages that it is very difficult to know
how we ever got to where we are.
According to the Office of National
Statistics eight million people do not
have a job and don't want one.
David Cameron is spouting platitudes
of wanting wholesale reform to the wel-
fare state to stop the drain on UK Plc.
Some railway companies have struggled
with services because of union overtime
bans.
According to BBC's Panorama the
police are making judgement calls and
letting alleged criminals off with cau-
tions rather than burdening the justice
system.
One in three MPs is being called to
repay fiddled expenses and they bleat
about it. �300 million is going to
Ministry of Defence civil servants'
bonuses rather than funding our troops �
some of the bonuses will be more than a
soldier earns in a year!
Why the Pandora's Box of points? Well
quite simply from any way you look at
it, we are in a mess and the one thing
that feels certain is there is no-one or
any group that can lead us out.
We slowly sink further into a quick
sand of constraints, issues, conundrums,
quandaries, litigation, self-righteousness
and no-one is standing safe to throw us a
rope.
Perhaps the next generation will see the
way forward, or perhaps we deserve
what we are reaping? Either way we are
not in for a smooth ride economically,
politically or socially!
Roger Southam lives in Poplar
Docks and is chief executive of
property managers Chainbow. Email:
roger@rogersoutham.co.uk.
Roger Southam
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