Restore the Monarchy and ditch Parliament?

The Diamond Jubilee brings these thoughts to mind.

Should we not think of restoring rule by the Monarch rather than by Parliament? 

Our politicians (of all hues) have become more and more shifty and self-serving in the last 60 years (and the pace of decline is gathering speed).  Entering parliament today, is not about public service, it is about how close you can get to the trough and how much you can sup from it, before the electorate, in a fit of unreasonable pique, elect someone else to take your place.

Contrast that with Queen Elizabeth - soul of discretion - knows how to behave, never embarrasses the country, very diplomatic, oh!, and British.  So maybe she doesn't know the 'ins and outs' of macro-economic principles, she could though have advisers for that.  Hopefully such advisers would be better than the whiz-kids that got us into this mess in the first place!  Can anyone doubt that she would put Britain's interests first?

I am a firm believer in democracy but what we have now, in the UK, doesn't represent democracy.   It is a system designed to over-tax and over legislate the 'people' for the benefit of a few. 

So why not start again?  We could have the Queen as actual head of state,  a privy council to advise and something like the House of Lords, to act as a conduit for public opinion.  Then we could have a smaller army of civil servants to carry out Her Majesty's wishes.

Try and tell me these regal decisions would be any worse and shaming than what we have seen over the last 50 years or so!

One flaw in my 'Baldrick like cunning plan' is Prince Charles.  His views on Global Warming or Climate Change or whatever it is being called this week, show he is in thrall to the mad 'scientists', so we would have to ensure we skip a generation.  Otherwise, foolproof.

Oh! And those of you who would try and decry such a loss of democracy and all the rest of it - consider just how much power the UK has already lost to the EU and how many laws and directives come from this unelected bureaucracy!  My plan isn't so much about giving up democracy in favour of a monarchy, it's about, the British regaining control of our destiny!

Doesn't that sound grand!     

Ireland EU referendum - What did you expect?

Consider not what the Irish were asked:

• Do you support the Fiscal Treaty - Yes or No

Consider instead the real question:

• Do you support the Fiscal Treaty, knowing that even if you vote No, it will still be implemented because we only need to get 12 countries to ratify it and since you are the only ones being asked to vote, you may as well vote Yes because if you do we will give you more Euro funny-money.  If you vote No, we will cut-off that source and reckon you don't have the guts to default and damage those foreign banks that are depending on this circus continuing - Yes or No

Is it any surprise that the Irish voted yes?  Or rather, something less than 50% could see through the democratic sham and still be bothered to vote and then the vote was 60:40  So something like 30% of the eligible votes supported the measure.  Another resounding endorsement for 'EU style democracy'.

We can but hope that politicians of every hue and nationality start to put the position of their people before those of the Eurocrats!  This project has run its course, democracy needs to be enhanced but instead we are rushing headlong into a dictatorship of the bureaucrats and I worry that the reaction, when it comes (and it surely will, on the fringes, at least) will be bloody and violent.

To UK Conservative supporters reading this - time to let your MP know that he/she should tell David Cameron that the UK people need a referendum on continued membership of this institution, the EU, that holds views and practices that are so inimical to our British way.  Of course Labour and Lib Dem readers are equally free to advise their MPs.

Just think, if we 'pulled our fingers out' we could get such a referendum organised and completed before Alex Salmond and his wee merry band managed to organise their little exercise in extortion (sorry, I meant furthering the interests of the Scottish people)  Politicians should always have goals and those that annoy your opponents are the best ones - David Cameron, take note!

UK not so isolated?

So if we look around and get our news stream from other than the biased BBC, we find that other countries are having second thoughts about relinquishing their sovereignty.  Maybe their position was never as black and white as the BBC suggested.  Not a surprise really, politics tends to be more nuanced than that.
Many of the non-EuroZone countries are starting to suspend judgement until they see the text of any agreement.  It beggars belief that after all of this time, the Eurocrats still have not come up with a document.
All the prattle from Sarkozy is the sort of yapping one would expect from a French Poodle with trying to impress it's German master. 
If the next French President is the Socialist and he wants to re-negotiate does that me that they join the UK in isolation? 
Merkel's coalition partners also seem very unhappy.

What has been mentioned, as part of the tentative agreement (not a treaty!) but then quickly glossed over is that under this agreement, supposedly national budgets will be first subjected to reviews by Brussels and only get submitted to local, democratically elected parliaments once they have been 'blessed'. 

No democratic deficit there then!

And then consider, how does this grand solution address the immediate needs?  Italy is still paying close to 7% to borrow.  The agreement won't be up for signing until March.  The politicians might think that the 'markets' will sit and patiently await their navel gazing.  I sincerely doubt it though.  Things might quieten down as we run down towards Christmas and the New Year but come January, things will heat-up again and the Euro will come under renewed pressure.

Keep watching this space!