Warring Ministers
In the right corner we have Italy’s Defence Minister, Ignazio La Russa. In the other right corner, donning his gloves, there is Italy’s Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni.
Iganzio La Russa who belongs to Italy’s ‘once we were fascists’ party has irked Northern League disciple Maroni. Remember that both these cheerful chappies form part of Silvio Berlusconi’s current attempt to govern Italy.
Now just why should two supposed allies be all grumpy? Read more
Pope and Politician Baiting
In the tumultuous world that is Italian politics, the show goes rumbling on. Di Pietro has been pointing out that the current group running the Living Museum are, in the main, relics. Or rather the products of regurgitation, and, as many can imagine, regurgitated food tends to leave a bad taste in your mouth.
When Italians find themselves with something that is unpalatable, they tend to get together, hold hands, and form a sort of ‘ring of unity’ around the places where those who have irked them hang out.
One of these ‘rings of unity’ or ‘girotondi‘ in Italian (actually, ‘girotondi‘ is from the Italian equivalent of ‘ring a ring of roses’), took place yesterday, with Italy’s Di Pietro right in the thick of things. Lots of people turned out in Rome in support of Di Pietro, who is highlighting that nothing is really changing for the better in Italy. Read more
More Proof that the UK is Sicker than Italy
The Great British Bulldog has heart problems.
After writing a post entitled The UK is Sicker than Italy, alas, I then read of this recent and particularly horrific crime in the UK. The title of the BBC story says it all ‘Horror descends on quiet street‘.
The story seems to indicate that the do gooders in the UK have not been doing much good. At times, political correctness can be downright dangerous.
It’s sad to see the country I grew up in hit such depths of depravity. I fear that the UK will continue to provide proof that it has gone to the dogs.
Italy is a children’s playground in comparison.
The UK is Sicker than Italy
Over on Man of Roma’s thoughtful blog, I made a bold statement. What I said is that the UK is in a greater state of decline than Italy.
Now, I can’t go around saying things like this without giving some evidence, so here it is.
- Senseless violence - stories of knifings and shootings seem to be an almost daily occurrence, and the culprits, more often than not, come from cultures which are not strictly English. This leads to the second piece of evidence.
- Appalling levels of integration. Britain opened the flood gates to immigrants many years ago, but did little else. Now there are Islamic terror cells springing up all over the place. I mean, was it a good idea to encourage people with such diverse religious beliefs to come to the UK? Or are we just seeing the results of yet more politicians who simply stay in power and do little else?
- State education quality is dire. The politically correct bunch have managed to achieve their dubious aim. This aim was to eliminate competition and make it easy for anyone with less than half a brain to obtain some qualifications. And just about anyone can get degrees now, and good ones too. Why? Simple, the universities receive greater funding if more people pass, especially if they pass with better grades. Even secondary education has become so performance oriented that quality is at rock bottom levels.
- Many English people want to leave the UK. English TV is full of programs about finding a dream home in any number of locations around the world. You can find more than a few Brits dotted all over the world, including quite a number in Italy. People are proud to be British, but pleased to escape.
- The formerly venerable House of Lords has become full of government cronies who are politically correct to the point of insanity. They seem to take respect for human rights to extreme lengths. In the UK now, if you come from some country with a crackpot regime, murder a few people, and are caught, you need have no fear of being deported. All because the lovie dovies fear that you may come to a sticky end in your country of origin. Really those who continue to practice their wicked ways need to be kicked out and face the consequences of their actions, then at least others would think twice about coming to the UK and wrecking lives.
- The great British bobbie has been legislated out of existence, just about. Would you believe that British policemen are actually leaving the country to find work in countries where their services are better appreciated? You can read more about the former English policeman behind the Copper’s Blog who is now in Canada in my ‘The Dark Side of the UK and the Free Press‘ post.
I’m sure others can give more examples as to why post-Blair Britain is no longer great. Do I think Blair did great things for Britain. No. If anything, the man dragged the place down even faster.
At the end of the day though, it’s not too much of a surprise that the UK should be spiralling downwards even faster than Italy. The UK is ten years ahead of Italy in many respects, which means it hit a trough more recently. And the UK suffers, in the same way as Italy, from that bane of modern society - the career politician.
Remember Neil Kinnock - former head of the Labour party? He hated people with posh accents, but with his knighthood, and all the dosh he makes from the European Parliament, this good socialist is laughing all the way to the champagne bar, as many career politicos do. They would make, sorry, are great actors.
You can say what you like about Italy, but at least the place has not become politically correct to the point of self destruction.
Does the UK have equivalents of Di Pietro and Beppe Grillo, or, even better Clementina Forleo? I’m a bit out of touch, so enlighten me. If the UK does not, it sure as heck needs them.
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