With the election now in full swing the government showed it’s true colours in the final hours of the old rotten parliament. The washup period, as it’s known, is a time when a few final bills are rushed through the house to get them agreed.
What we saw was the digital rights bill, which will criminalise children and cause innocent people to be found guilty was rushed through with many members expressing concerns about the lack of proper consideration and debate about a very complicated piece of legislation and one that I suspect most MPs do not really understand.
We saw a bill dropped that would have required our children to be educated in financial matters which is something that most would consider vital in this modern age of confusing and complicated financial management.
We saw a private members bill which would have required MPs to decide on the business of the house rather than a dictatorial government setting the agenda and limiting proper consultation and discussion. The bill finally failed to go through because a Government whip ‘couldn’t be found’. How convenient.
The message that comes across from these choices is that big business matters far more than the electorate and the government is happy to placate big business rather than worry about passing well written and well planned legislation. Your children could become criminals for doing what kids do. You could lose internet access and be labeled a criminal because your neighbour or someone in the street was downloading illegal material using your wireless connection. You would be punished because in this bizarre world the Labour government have inhabited they think the innocent should be found guilty to keep big business happy.
No doubt several MPs will ”be surprised’ to find themselves offered cushy jobs by the companies who they allowed to draft parts of the bill. We know gordon Brown is hoping to get a job with the banking industry because no other reason would explain his arse kissing support of the banks and their ‘great success’ only months before the worst banking crisis for a century almost wiped out the banks. He was the Chancellor of the Exchequer and he was wearing blinkers and avoiding seeing what we could all see coming. Fortunately for the banks Gordon was only too happy to give Billions of pounds, that wasn’t his to give, to the banking industry. What did he do for you and your debt problems? Very little. The implications are obvious.
I hope the next government cares more about the citizens of this country but I doubt it. They all seem to value wealth destroying banks more than people. Call me a cynic? Damn right I am.
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