stark
Hello hello.
My current nark is all about the humility. I'm guessing that when your business is writing words it doesn't pay to be unsure of them so it's understandable that you state your position and you state it boldly.
I hate to add to the countless words already written in the wake of the recent retirement announcement, but I'm surprised that I haven't read or heard many balanced pieces of thinking about the 10 years with Tony Blair in charge.
Most of it's RAH RAH RAH IRAQ, or HEALTHCARE this or Oh whatever. Pieces either blind in their praise or blind in their hatred. What emerges is that there are many with an issue or an axe to grind (bad axes or good axes) and most of it would maybe rest on a few personal experiences of life under Tony that have colored overall opinion.
So many things are summed up with such self-belief and arrogance it's hard for me to take any of them seriously. Perhaps I'm just nervous of stating any case too boldly.
My own guess is that this country hasn't been run all too badly for the last 10 years. I think the government has probably been a little spin-happy, but I defy anyone not to be in the current media climate. I see triumphs and disasters and so-sos and maybes. There are people who have been let down, people who have been well served, people undermined and people lifted up.
I have a sneaking suspicion that life creeps on, and also a slightly nervous inclination to believe that in more cases than we'd like to admit, we do bad things to ourselves. The General Public of the United Kingdom is a strange and unruly beast.
In closing I see a country and a system and a decade too complex to bring down to a few paragraphs (though you will see that even I am trying :P). Also I see a job impossible to be done to the satisfaction of all. I try to understand that not everything is as it seems and that there is good and bad in all walks of life from the lowest to the highest.
Finally I deem it unwise to try and second-guess what history will make of things. Hindsight is a scarce commodity.
I hope this hasn't appalled you.
Overand out..
My current nark is all about the humility. I'm guessing that when your business is writing words it doesn't pay to be unsure of them so it's understandable that you state your position and you state it boldly.
I hate to add to the countless words already written in the wake of the recent retirement announcement, but I'm surprised that I haven't read or heard many balanced pieces of thinking about the 10 years with Tony Blair in charge.
Most of it's RAH RAH RAH IRAQ, or HEALTHCARE this or Oh whatever. Pieces either blind in their praise or blind in their hatred. What emerges is that there are many with an issue or an axe to grind (bad axes or good axes) and most of it would maybe rest on a few personal experiences of life under Tony that have colored overall opinion.
So many things are summed up with such self-belief and arrogance it's hard for me to take any of them seriously. Perhaps I'm just nervous of stating any case too boldly.
My own guess is that this country hasn't been run all too badly for the last 10 years. I think the government has probably been a little spin-happy, but I defy anyone not to be in the current media climate. I see triumphs and disasters and so-sos and maybes. There are people who have been let down, people who have been well served, people undermined and people lifted up.
I have a sneaking suspicion that life creeps on, and also a slightly nervous inclination to believe that in more cases than we'd like to admit, we do bad things to ourselves. The General Public of the United Kingdom is a strange and unruly beast.
In closing I see a country and a system and a decade too complex to bring down to a few paragraphs (though you will see that even I am trying :P). Also I see a job impossible to be done to the satisfaction of all. I try to understand that not everything is as it seems and that there is good and bad in all walks of life from the lowest to the highest.
Finally I deem it unwise to try and second-guess what history will make of things. Hindsight is a scarce commodity.
I hope this hasn't appalled you.
Overand out..
Labels: musings, pretentious crap, tony blair
I don't like red.
My favourite colour is blue.
I think that says it all really.
Matt.
okyacdhg
Posted by
Matt The Hat |
May 13, 2007 1:17 AM
rah rah rah iraq
Posted by
teh jayhawk |
May 16, 2007 5:27 PM