This Wretched Government!

The British public showed what it thought of the current government when it withdrew its support for it and the Labour Party in last Friday’s local council elections. This Prime Minister shows no leadership, the government has no direction and so many MPs appear to have their snouts in the trough.

The result was entirely predictable and Labour lost every council it controlled along with most of the seats it had on others.

So it came as no surprise that last night’s results in the European elections were quite conclusive: Labour was trounced yet again and came third after the Conservatives and the UKIP parties, with the odious BNP winning two seats in the European Parliament.

Whether Gordon Brown will now resign and/or call a General Election remains to be seen, though neither possibility seems likely according to the various pundits commentating on the news this morning.

Personally, I wish he would call an election as this would remove much uncertainty, aggravation and frustration in people’s minds at the way the country is presently being conducted by a faltering, corrupt and utterly useless government.

It may be Oliver Cromwell who said of King Charles’ government, ‘In the name of God, Go!’, but it was John Adams that later said, ‘The happiness of society is the end of government.’

By jingo, he got that right!