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The fear and the loathing
By Tim | May 6, 2010
I do understand the fear and loathing some have towards a hung parliament – I just completely disagree with the view. Mark Chillingworth also disagrees and brings a helpful business focused perspective.
The problem with a hung parliament is that Brown and Cameron have no experience to speak of in building across British political divides. The only language, the only response to ‘the other’ has to be criticism and rejection. If our society as a whole tried to work like this everything would rapidly collapse, but it appears that the rarefied atmosphere of government must be an exception – a bit like tolerating gladiatorial combat to the death in a society set against personal violence.
My ‘problem’ is I can see some good stuff in every party’s policies (as well as their individual naff bits), and good ideas out and beyond what is currently called the political arena, from people who are seeking to transform society from outside the platform of government. What we need now is a new politics, flexible and inclusive, and allowing every voice to be heard, every contribution made and people to work together. I know it will take a bit longer (talking usually does) but to move forward as one society at such a critical time as this would be so much more transformative and ultimately would achieve far more than the same old ‘strong leadership’ that has brought us to this place. One is reminded of two of Einstein’s famous quotes:
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein
and
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