Comments on: Anyone want a different way? http://www.lobbygroup.org/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/ - to affect public sector decisions in the UK. Tue, 11 May 2010 19:07:37 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.lobbygroup.org/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/comment-page-1/#comment-752 admin Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:12:32 +0000 http://www.nutterwatch.com/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/#comment-752 This post seems just as relevant today as it was eight months ago. "<i>We keep hearing contributions in this place that sound as though we are now in charge of our affairs and our future, but we are mere pawns on the chessboard of the credit agencies and the bond market.</i>" (Frank Field, earlier this month). Plenty of contributors noticed this some time ago. No-one paid attention back then and so now <a href="http://www.lobbygroup.org/2010/01/15/no-one-to-win-next-uk-general-election/" rel="nofollow">no-one</a> has the answer. This post seems just as relevant today as it was eight months ago.

“We keep hearing contributions in this place that sound as though we are now in charge of our affairs and our future, but we are mere pawns on the chessboard of the credit agencies and the bond market.” (Frank Field, earlier this month).

Plenty of contributors noticed this some time ago. No-one paid attention back then and so now no-one has the answer.

]]> By: goldtop http://www.lobbygroup.org/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/comment-page-1/#comment-595 goldtop Wed, 13 May 2009 15:47:29 +0000 http://www.nutterwatch.com/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/#comment-595 "How do we break the cycle though? How can it be done?" Christ, if I knew how to break through people's apathy I probably wouldn't detest huge swathes of the population as much as I do now. If I had no family commitments in the UK I'd say that society got the government it deserved and sod it- my laptop and my mobile are my office and I'm off, I can conduct business from anywhere in the world. As it is society got the government it deserved with the results we see now. So we need to do something about it. So what can we do? In the short term we (and that is me and you meaning you, reading this) need to make our representatives explain their actions and let them know that we are looking over their shoulder. Write to your MP. A lot. Question every governmental action and decision. Make a nuisance of yourself hounding them for explanations. Everyone should be doing this all the time. Watch the news. Become knowledgeable. Just encourage friends and family to wake up. In the long term? Politicise the youth. Need a lot of patience on this one probably... “How do we break the cycle though? How can it be done?”

Christ, if I knew how to break through people’s apathy I probably wouldn’t detest huge swathes of the population as much as I do now. If I had no family commitments in the UK I’d say that society got the government it deserved and sod it- my laptop and my mobile are my office and I’m off, I can conduct business from anywhere in the world. As it is society got the government it deserved with the results we see now. So we need to do something about it.

So what can we do? In the short term we (and that is me and you meaning you, reading this) need to make our representatives explain their actions and let them know that we are looking over their shoulder. Write to your MP. A lot. Question every governmental action and decision. Make a nuisance of yourself hounding them for explanations. Everyone should be doing this all the time. Watch the news. Become knowledgeable. Just encourage friends and family to wake up.

In the long term? Politicise the youth. Need a lot of patience on this one probably…

]]> By: johnbray http://www.lobbygroup.org/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/comment-page-1/#comment-594 johnbray Tue, 12 May 2009 20:55:47 +0000 http://www.nutterwatch.com/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/#comment-594 The expenses scandal - though I think it is quite trivial in the grand scheme of things - may actually turn out to be the tipping point. "Get rid of the lot of them" should maybe be our new slogan. Chance for a clean slate? The expenses scandal – though I think it is quite trivial in the grand scheme of things – may actually turn out to be the tipping point. “Get rid of the lot of them” should maybe be our new slogan. Chance for a clean slate?

]]> By: Jericoa http://www.lobbygroup.org/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Jericoa Fri, 01 May 2009 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.nutterwatch.com/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/#comment-593 How do we break the cycle though?<br /><br />How can it be done?<br /><br />Or do we just have to wait until it destroys itself and try to leave something behind so that people can pick up the pieces. How do we break the cycle though?

How can it be done?

Or do we just have to wait until it destroys itself and try to leave something behind so that people can pick up the pieces.

]]> By: Goldtop http://www.lobbygroup.org/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Goldtop Fri, 01 May 2009 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.nutterwatch.com/2009/05/01/random-daily-post-of-the-day-no4-30409/#comment-592 I agree, and I think the media's role in the current apathy goes far beyond the way news and current affairs are reported and the facts manipulated. The priorities and values that the mass entertainment media are providing are poison, promoting a culture of acquisition and 'attitude' that is, to me at least, totally sickening. I agree, and I think the media’s role in the current apathy goes far beyond the way news and current affairs are reported and the facts manipulated. The priorities and values that the mass entertainment media are providing are poison, promoting a culture of acquisition and ‘attitude’ that is, to me at least, totally sickening.

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