03-01-2016, 10:21 AM
(03-01-2016, 10:11 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Top post Crash. And just on the last point, not only do we have groups that fight any change, we go and make a critical piece of infrastructure, that the everyone can benefit from, an election issue. How imbecilic was that? What does which political party you support have to do with a bit of "kit" EVERYONE can benefit from? It makes no sense to me.Thanks, but I am sorry it was something of an essay. I seem to write a LOT more nowadays (at Uni, as a Maths/Science student, the fewer words the better was my mantra).
And your point was very true. There is very little bipartisan support for major projects. Making infrastructure like that an election issue basically ensured its death.
In some ways it shows the evolution of our politics. We have a very adversarial system. Back in the day there were different parties, but they could get along enough to do what was necessary. That is no longer the case. The Labour Party and the Liberals cannot see eye to eye on anything short of a war while the Greens want a basic change to most things in our society.
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