governed by halfwits elected by idiots

I suppose people think on July 4th our independence of thought is guaranteed as yet another government is voted in by 1 million swing voters who oscillate between the Tories and labour. Some people would describe this aimless wandering as that of a Pellegrina/os on the great Camino of life. Sleepwalking between parties as if there's a choice. The rest of the voting population don't need to think about it as they have put X in the same box religiously since being given the chance to vote.

So that leads us to age. Yes a great vote winner in this campaign is the Labour leader offering 16 year olds the vote. In 5 years time everyone currently aged 11 and above will get a chance to exercise their democratic right. As labour voters historically leave the party after 25 years and move to the right this will give them a small lift but it won't solve the cookie jar problem.

Whenever people have a biscuit tin, there's always someone trying to grab the bourbons.

Or aa the Tories tell you whatever Labour manger to invest in we will divest it as soon as possible, primarily to put pals.

When I studied economics in 1980, the real question we were posed was about our industrial economic sickness. We were given books on it and the answer was that workers and management were always at loggerheads.

That wasn't the real answer but it had been the primary rule of the 70's for passing exams.

The explosion of the 1980's ransacking of the state owned assets was straight out of the french revolution but instead of the aristocratic classes being beheaded it was the state that lost its head. The UK was up for sale to the highest bidder although in most cases it was the sharpest and often lowest bidder. Vast state owned industries were collapsed into piles of cash and corporate fees. A superb piece of theft in plain sight.

From planes, trains and automobiles, to shops, steel and coal. Water, even electricity. If you couldn't see it or touch it you could sense it worse worth something.

Against all of this Scottish water never got privatised. Like Liverpool and it's stance against the Sun, a couple of good civil servants delayed long enough for a change in policy.

So will independence see Scottish water privatised. Ha ha that would be ironic. I hope not but I do hope that there's still a strength in Scotland to see past the many lies and continue to strike a blow for the bloody nose brigade. We are unlikely to ever return to Europe but we have more chance of getting our immigration issues addressed if we have a large independent minded set of MPs. Labour let a lot of people down under Blair as they concentrated their efforts on the 1m floaters rather than the 55m residents. When Labour had that majority they should've passed legislation that would ensure the voting system would reflect society not this mad electoral college type nonsense. I like to think of myself as European and I may end up having to give up and migrate there. I won't be the first or last to leave home and get on my bike but it is sad to be chased out. I've lived on the southside for 58 of my 61 years and all I want is more people to be able to come here and call it home. I'd like more people to come here and care for me too in the coming years, especially as all our people are having to go overseas to pay off their student debt and maybe raise enough cash for a house deposit.

The housing crisis is at all level. When someone on £25k can't buy a house it's mad. I written about the economics of property and commented on Stiglitz thoughts on it. Quite simply taxation needs massive reform and housing needs to be affordable. If housing isn't affordable then the wages pressure is astronomical. This inverted bubble, also called the coat of living crisis is real and requires legislation and taxation.

Really, can you slip a rizla paper between these parties and their attempts to fix it?