Labour & Brown are in denial over election

The left-wing media in the UK are throwing everything they can at the Conservatives. With an upcoming general election (possibly as early as April), David Cameron has been focussed on as being a ‘toff’ and a ‘Class War’ is what Labour are pinning their hopes on. This, they think, will rescue them at the election – a mentally ill person wouldn’t be so deluded.

Polls are putting the Conservatives at roughly 40 per cent which means they would be on course to take power. Talk of a ‘hung’ parliament is more advantageous to the Liberal Democrats and Ulster Unionists. But Cameron’s party will, more than likely, be awarded a landslide by the voters.

Despite a positive showing on Piers Morgan’s television programme last week, Gordon Brown must be realising that Tony Blair passed him the ‘fag-end’ of the government for him to lead in 2007. Brown has consistently failed to communicate his message properly to the British people and this, in large part, is why he’ll be departing Downing Street in a matter of weeks.

There needs to be a reality check by those on the left. The Guardian, a newspaper I and many others love, has failed to accept a Labour loss. Many seem to think that a ‘class war’, a Brown resignation, or an economic upturn will keep Labour in office. This won’t work.

The sugar-coated approach of some on the left needs to end. Cheap platitudes ought not to be employed. The left must wake up and realise that it is the Conservatives that are in the ascendency at the moment. You’re not going to win this general election, Gordon. Even if you book a month of Sundays with Piers Morgan.

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Sexualisation of Children

Watching TV3 last week I switched on to a programme featuring a panel of, not unattractive, middle aged women. The conversation turned to the pressure put on girls to ahem… pleasure boys. My feeling, as a bloke, is that girls and boys are being forced to perform, sexually, in an unprecedented way.

Of course underage drinking, drug use and sex have long been the staple activity for teens but this has been ramped up considerably in recent years. Sexual activity is occurring at a much younger age and with it a certain amount of ignorance over STDs, quite apart from girls feeling that performing Fellatio is compulsory.

The TV3 panellists appealed to girls to be more honest about how they felt and to draw back from the brink, especially if they feel uncomfortable in a sexual encounter. It’s time sex education came to teaching respect for each other’s bodies – we’re not built solely for sex.

David Cameron has spoken out about children being sexualised:

“You can’t cut children off from the commercial world, of course you can’t but we should be able to help parents more in terms of trying to make sure that our children get a childhood and they are not subject to unnecessary and inappropriate commercialisation and sexualisation too young.”

Cameron may well be a ‘toff’, but he, unlike some on the right of British politics, seems to genuinely care about social justice. We shall see after the next UK general election if this rings true.