Are you represented?

It was suggested in PMQ's this week that there is "a creeping technocratic coup" in Whitehall. Having "relinquished political control of the [Downing Street] policy unit" and having "let it be staffed by the civil service" the civil service is in control and "bolstering the position of the permanent bureaucracy".

In short, top Civil Servants are making all the main decisions.

I can't even begin to lament or mourn the loss of 'control' over decisions through the ballot box because that has itself been smoke and mirrors for some time now.

Whilst most people posting one politically angled sites are keen for some influence on the main stage, there are x10 more that have been utterly turned off by the non-politics purveyed by the top table of political parties (Labour, Lib Dems and Labour).

Regardless of peoples political party leanings (and I currently have none because I see no one party that seems to have enough substance to its views), what essentially is the point? Democracy is just now a word with little evidence of the general populace being represented.

We are, it feels, part of a 2 party dictatorship on rotation- with the ugly cousin somtimes being patronised (Lib Dems). Makes you despair a little.

Switching Tact

It seems, looking back, all previous posts were based on a game that, whilst hugely interesting, is dead, gone & buried. It all seems a lot of wasted time now, when reading through the feelings on the game etc.

Inspired by watching the first 2 series of Sherlock over the last fortnight I've decided to expand & get my thoughts onto the www so that I can look back in years to come and wonder what the hell I was thinking.

Initial puzzle is this:

How the hell does anyone think a £26k a year benefit cap is too low? That would require a gross family income of £35k a year.

Answers on a postcard to 'I want more money for nothing.com'