The Camel’s Back Is Broken…

Evening,

I think the commons vote this afternoon regarding Ghurkas’ rights in which the government lost to a coalition of both Conservative and Liberal Democrats shows the utter disarray that this government is in.  Even though the government tried to avoid defeat by offering some concessions that was nowhere near what was being demanded by Ghurka supporter groups – they were defeated after some 27 Labour MPs opposed the government in defeating their motion. 

Although the vote is symbolic and will not have any sway in changing government policy, it has to be said that the Home Office are going to find it nigh on impossible to resist demands for a radical rethink.  It is reported that ministers are to release some form of statement later this evening – it will be interesting to see what is said in this statement, whatever form it may take.

Of more concern to Chairman Brown will be the sight of both opposition leaders showing their solidarity to Gurkhas and their supporters outside the Houses Of Parliament in a rare joint press conference – is this the moment when the camel’s back finally broke?  The sight of both Clegg and Cameron kow-powing with Joanna Lumley must be causing the Nokias and Blackberries ever-continuing alarm and worry!!!

Meanwhile we have had Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker coming out with his views on the labour government…

“I think Gordon Brown’s behaviour just makes a mockery of the whole system… A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative. You can sense an era passing.”

You know that a Labour government is in the serious shit when someone as vocal a supporter of New Labour as Cocker was in the beginning is saying things like this.

This follows the comments attributed to Sir Michael Caine at the end of last week…

"We've got three and a half million layabouts laying about on benefits and I'm 76 getting up at six o'clock in the morning to go to work to keep them.

"Let's get everybody back to work so we can save a couple of billion and cut tax, not to keep sticking it on."

Ooh that’s harsh, still he continues…

"A political party that's in too long is like a piece of meat – if it's there too long it will go rotten and they've gone rotten and they've got to go,"

He leaves his harshest criticism for Chairman Brown…

"The point about him is he's never been elected by anybody. I'm supposed to be in a country where I get the chance to elect someone and I've been around here at the most dangerous of times led by a man who's never been elected by anybody."

Ooh, that is harsh.  Still feel like you’re living in the Mother of Democracies?

Be seeing you,

Rob :(