Tories at half-time: cruel and inept, with worse to come | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian

December 3, 2012 By dralfoldman in Austerity, Coalition, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Euro Crisis, George Osborne, Politics Tags: Politics 8 Comments

Whilst I shall not be buying Polly Toynbee book, her article published as a Guardian blog is well worth a read. Check it out!

via Tories at half-time: cruel and inept, with worse to come | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian.

Readers of this blog will know that I am not a Labour Party supporter but I am able to identify with much of the analysis provided by Polly Toynbee. I think that David Cameron’s government has been a complete shambles, lacking in vision, strategy and execution. This should be the time for strong counter-attack from the Labour opposition but sadly their leadership does not seem to have the answers.

Any thoughts?

The European Union budget: Too timid by half | The Economist

December 3, 2012 By dralfoldman in Austerity, David Cameron, Democracy, Euro Crisis, Growth, Politicians, Politics Tags: Angela Merkel, Austerity, Euro, European sovereign debt crisis, European Union, Politics 5 Comments

Council of the European Union - Open Doors Day

Council of the European Union – Open Doors Day (Photo credit: ines saraiva)

Flag ~ European Union

Flag ~ European Union (Photo credit: erjkprunczýk)

This is an excellent lead article from the Economist. Check it out!

via The European Union budget: Too timid by half | The Economist.

Personally, I totally endorse the Economist’s argument. I am pro-EU but strongly favor radical change to the EU budget or simply, I strongly favor a reformed EU.

I know that some of my colleagues think that it is not the time to “rock the boat” and others favor the UK exiting the EU as a primary strategy and are not interested in EU reform.

Any thoughts?

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