UK or US?

Evening,

A Quick post to pose a very interesting question?

In light of comments made by the leader of the Equality commission, Trevor Phillips, alleging that someone such as Barack Obama would find it a lot more difficult to succeed in the UK, than he has in the United States, is this the case?

Sir Trevor's argument is that the 'system' is biased against change, something which I find extraordinary, considering the changes that have been made in the past decade, such as hereditary peers and the modernisation of the House of Lords as a case in point.

Surely, the system is not against someone from a non-indigenous background, that would be totally unacceptable. But the fact that Sir Trevor has raised this issue in the very week of Senator Obama's elevation to President-Elect must cause real concern for modernisers such as Harriet Harman amongst others. In fact he believed the Conservatives had performed better than Labour in increasing the number of black and Asian parliamentary candidates.

"[The Conservatives] are less democratic. They are happier to impose candidates on the local parties."

Be interesting to see whether this issue is raised in the coming days...

Breaking News: Three people convicted of their part in the Bali Bombings, some six years ago have been executed according to the BBC. Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron (Mukhlas) were shot dead on the island prison of Nusakambangan at 0015 (1715 GMT Saturday), officials said.

Security forces are on alert across the country amid fears of reprisal attacks.

When will we fucking learn? This is what the zealots want.