Dupes of Capricious Pedagogues,

Allegations and accusations are rife, incompetence seems abundant - the time has surely come for Tony to resign. When time in the Houses of Commons has to be devoted to explaining blunders and events in the personal lives of the Cabinet rather than looking forward to implementing new policies, the government ceases to function effectively. Of course, the public don't often hear about the positive work that may be taking place but they are somehow fully informed of the scandals. Much of politics is about perceived image rather than substance, and in this superficial world, it's often more important to create the image before developing substance, as Dave Cameron has demonstrated. Tony can no longer govern effectively; he seems to be spending most of his time begging for forgiveness. His Cabinet appears to be riddled with corruption and inability such that the public can no longer have any confidence in them.

This would never happen under an Alternative Land Use Party government. They'd keep things low-key, they'd strive to implement their manifesto quietly. Governance can't be difficult, the first part involves being a person and part of a people, the second step involves living and identifying needs and problems from that life, third part involves meeting needs and solving problems and there's no requirement for complicated strategies to do so. For example, for me to travel to a given destination in Edinburgh from Fifecestershire by train and by bus, it would cost twice the price of the expensive fuel for the same journey by car. Additionally, the car journey can take place at a time well-suited to me, the car journey is shorter, there is no place to park at the train station and when I'm driving my car, I am always more polite to me than the rogues who commandeer buses. By being a person, I can see a need for more affordable, more comfortable and quicker public transport. Upon becoming a parliamentarian, I would stive to provide this in the easiest way possible. On the matter of public transport, the Alternative Land Use Party would take back the rails and buses, rid the nation of these conniving private firms and provide the commuter with what they need, if tax increases were needed, they would be justified, but if these private franchises can make money from the transport networks than so could the government.

Scandal draws attention to actual record of achievement in government and a bad reputation gained through other misdemeanours can often lead this record to be looked upon disfavourably; worthy achievement will always be overshadowed by failures if a poor image has already been created. When the Alternative Land Use Party and its wholesome MPs sweep to power, I don't believe the analogous headlines ALUP MP DOES NOT WAIT FOR GREEN MAN or ALUP LEADER DEFIES ONE-WAY SYSTEM IN CAR PARK SHOCKER or ALUP MINISTER FORGETS UMBRELLA ON RAINY DAY will prove detrimental to the act of meeting our aims. A government should not be seen, I don't think Scotland's First Minister, Jack McConnell, has believes this though, he seems available for comment on everything, if there's a camera, he'll be there - most days I have to airbrush him out of my photographs for this blog. Perhaps Jack is trying to be seen as a busy man and to create an affable image for the public, but to me, he seems only to open supermarkets day after day.

Between now and a respectable party coming to power, Gordon Brown should take over the as Prime Minister. He must be the only Cabinet minister with a shred of dignity left and a blunt Fifecestershire man might be what this country needs. Gordon, or "Gordy" to his friends, could easily challenge Tony right now and win, I'd be astounded if Tony even had the audacity to try defend himself in a leadership contest, but stranger events have happened.