The Cameron Delusion

Britain is moving in the 'right direction' Cameron claims today in his New Years message. The PM forgets to mention that the UK, after a century of continuous decline, is now stumbling quicker than ever off the world barometer.  Countries like India, Korea, Mexico, Russia and Turkey will eventually overtake the UK in terms GDP. Arab countries now have equally sophisticated military hardware and scramble to buy our latest fighter jets. The British army presently would not even fill the capacity of the Welmbley Stadium. The old Empire could call upon millions to fight for her. The RAF now has fewer fighter jets than the air museum at Duxford. The mighty Royal Navy, which ruled the seas undefeated for centuries reduced to just 27 active ships, has been virtually sunk. Whilst I have no animosity towards countries doing better for themselves, and indeed a restoration of balance was needed after the West’s absurd monopolisation, I just hope that our self-righteous politicians will drop the elevated role they have dumped on our shoulders. The UK is not 'headed in the right direction'. Let me remind you that Cameron voted for both the Iraq war and bombing of Libeya more recently. This is not the same country that conquered the world and we cannot be misguided by the past.  No longer can our indebted selves and shrivelled powers solve the world’s problems; feed the poor and topple dictators. Next time a deluded politician starts stampeding and asks, 'can you go and do this?' Remember to say to them, 'with what exactly?'

(This post is not promoting an increase to the military budget, but is an attack on failing Western policies and poorly judged interventalist idealism. The mainstream politician's in power continue to arrogantly view the world through a narrow field regardless of shrinking budgets and waning influence.)