'Drugalysers' to be rolled out.

After the governments loss in local council elections this week, David Cameron has promised to work harder. George Osborne also saying to 'focus 100%' of attention on the economy this week. The coalition seems to realise that this was going to be harder than they planed. I feel George Osborne was right regarding attention to the economy, seeing as the economy at the moment is determining public opinion on parties at the moment. There is large political apathy over voting in the UK and during the recent referendums on elected mayors there was only 24% turnout in Manchester and Nottingham. 

The public are not interested in constitutional reforms at the moment. Despite all of this David Cameron is pushing forward with his drug driving law. Evidently there are loop holes in the current system and in a perfect world they could have been solved before, however is it right for the government to putting time and effort into this just after the loss at elections. when the economy is still in recession. 

I personally think the new drug law is a good idea, however i think the timing of it may just be slightly off the mark. What do you think?

I hope you enjoyed reading, Joshua.

"two arrogant posh boys"

Well for anyone that has been keeping up to date with the media this week, it has been another difficult week for the government. The negative economic figures and now a double dip recession, has not been helped by the inquiries into Murdoch's connection to the government and his possible undue power over policy and also the government and media. This recent possible slander in the government is not good for public image, especially after Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg was recently called  "two arrogant posh boys" however i feel it is important to realise in the grand scale of the things around the world the UK rarely suffers scandal in the headlines and this is why such an event has made so much of an impact in the Press recently. 


Hope you enjoy reading this, Josh 

'Committed' Cameron to Lords reform.

With the recent news of Cameron backing the House of Lords reform. Is this another step to a more liberal conservative outlook? Well the coalition is pushing Mr Cameron in this new direction, though does he himself also feel that its time to start reforming things, leaving behind the traditional conservative pragmatic routes. Though the main question is will his party follow him or has this been one liberal step to far? In the recent Backbench Business committee it is said that only one conservative MP backed the idea of a Lords reform. This might be partly behind why if the vote goes ahead it will be a free vote (if there ever truly was one in the commons). There is always the chance hat reformed house of lords could result in a loss of skills and something that exactly mirrors the commons creating deadlock and a party ruled upper chamber, and seeing as the Lords currently defeats the government more, is it right to change it to favour the few.

What are your views?
Josh

A few Changes!

Hello, and as you can see the page looks slightly different. But the changes are not just cosmetic, the blog now also will only contain politics ( i may however create a separate music blog). Hopefully i will be posting more frequently soon and also livening up the page a bit more instead of just text. I would like to quickly thank Creative Lynx for some simple ideas and most noticeably Claire Knapp.

I hope you enjoy the changes, and if you have any ideas fell free to comment.

Josh

Should the UK still have a state religion.

With 2012 well and underway, and many interesting news stories and musical interests happening, though it was only correct to blog again.

In the News, the country is looking forward to seeing the Chancellors budget next Wednesday. Though for me i think the main story in the news is only being hinted at with, lots of different arguments over gay marriage in the UK, i think the real question that is being asked under all this is if the UK should continue to have a state religion. 

After many modern democracies across the world have removed state religion, is Britain next to follow suit?  France recently have banned signs of faiths in public. Though are we about to witness the same here in the UK, and if so is it right to lose certain traditions.

In my opinion, the country was built on a set of morals that have stood the country in good stead for hundreds of years, is it right that we can think we have the right answer to improve something that works, which i feel partly makes the UK stand out on the world stage.

Tradition is something this country has and makes us stand out against the world, our culture is something we should be proud, i know this view is slightly pragmatic in not wanting a change, though i believe in this case it should remain, other religions work in the country as well and respect is built between them. 

Losing this part of tradition could lead to other aspects of the UK and its constitution being watered down and reformed, and are we as a country ready to reform our way of life for ever without knowing the full consequences. 

Thank you and i shall write soon.

Josh

2012

Welcome to the new year, hopefully it should be an exciting and eventful one. It should be interesting to see the changes to both political and economic life over the next few months. Music should also be something to watch out for the invention of new genres, and some unforgettable songs to be written.

For me my year is starting particularly busy with an economics module now out of the way, and a constant learning of musical repertoire in time for a  New York tour, with a choir should kick some energy into the new year.

I hope this year is an eventful one, interesting, exiting and most of all one that we can all look back on and remember.

Josh

The Sales

So the festivities are over and within a flash the shopping frenzy has begun again. While out with friends it became clear to me how busy the shopping centre was. I don't need to explain the boxing day sales to anyone, really as we all have heard of them though this year it made me think of something slightly larger and that being the economic climate in which we live.  It appeared to me regardless of the time moving into early evening, on how full the place was (despite the economic downturn). It partly made we question the extent of the downturn, seeing as most of the consumers had most likely spent a large sum of money on Christmas, why were they so compelled to spend so quickly again?  Was it just for the sake of a good deal, or are theses goods which they would have otherwise bought regardless of the sale and just saving themselves some extra money. This sale and buying culture is good for the economy and the shops. Though i believe there is a deeper underlying problem there. It is good to see consumer confidence though have we got a problem with overspending when in fact the benefits from these goods however big will only last a short while; would it not be better that in fact consumers spent money on paying off debts and larger issues that often pin people down rather a new top despite the one they are wearing fits perfectly well.

I in no way reject the new found consumer confidence or the benefits to the shops or to market confidence, however i just wonder would some of this money be better spent in getting individuals out of there own individual debt seeing as so much money was spent so recently over Christmas.

Have a Happy New Year
  Joshua