Hidden message

Is there a thinly disguised anti-government subplot in today's messages?

Archbishop Rowan Williams talks of the need to share the burdens fairly. He knows that the cuts will unfairly punish the poorest. Even the sovereign's emphasis of school sports may have been provoked by the coalition's  on/half-off cuts in school sports budgets. 

Surveys trying to measure happiness can make us selfish, introspective and dissatisfied, says the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan. He said in his Christmas sermon that UK government plans to monitor mood would "encourage people to dwell on their own needs" rather than others.

The BBC embedded TV journalist's censored report on Afghanistan could manage to offer only a 'glimmer' of hope that things were improving. If only.

Three hundred of my constituents live with the fear of losing their jobs in the new year. That has been my principal concerns for the past six months. The uncertainties continue. I wish I could offer real hope of changed plans but that would not be realistic.

In the meantime, all I can offer is best wishes for their jobs and for a happy holiday.

 

Comments

[Kay Tie]

"He knows that the cuts will unfairly punish the poorest."

Since "the poor" were given unsustainable gifts by Gordon Brown, paid for with money borrowed from future generations, i fail to see how it is "unfair" that the recipients of Labour's largesse are the ones to lose when it inevitably comes to an end.

[Paul Flynn]

Thanks KayTie.
The collective wealth of Britain’s 1,000 richest people has increased by almost a third in the past year despite the uncertain economy, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2010.
And next year?

[Kay Tie]

"The collective wealth of Britain’s 1,000 richest people has increased by almost a third in the past year despite the uncertain economy, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2010."

Thank you for that non sequitur, neatly eliding income with capital. Those richest people wouldn't be here for long if your donkey-jacketed colleagues like Bob Crow ever came to power, especially since most of that wealth is already overseas it can happen in the blink of an eye.

Spending this month was 10.9% higher than a year ago. So much for austerity! You will squeal even louder when real cuts start to bite and actually bring the deficit down.

Your remedies have been tried many times before and they have always failed. The onus is on you to explain why your high tax, high spending, high borrowing policies will have a different outcome this time.