It is a well known, but rarely admitted fact that British males are notoriously bad drivers. They can often be seen stubbornly heading aimlessly in the wrong direction, refusing to take advise from the person sat next to them holding the map. They will sometimes change direction, and head aimlessly yet determinedly, in another wrong direction. Often they will do this several times, for many an hour before they finally admit they are lost- and then invariably, they blame the whole mess on someone else. It also a fact that if the driver is over tired or has been drinking, that his judgement can be impaired.The question that should be asked is of course, should these people in control at all?
 This week, with MP's on spring break ( or whatever title is given to this latest holiday) you might think the political highways would be quiet. Not so.
The Government have been busily performing spectacular u turns, three in a week, in what some might say is an attempt to divert attention from other matters.
 The u-turns might be making the head lines but are they the real issue? Many people believe the pasty tax was despite hitting mainly the poorest the hardest, actually fair. Many may argue that more of a "fat tax" should be added to sausage rolls and the like. I for one think that if it can be justifiable that smokers are not aloud to see what they are about to purchase, because they are not clever enough to realise the damage to themselves or the cost to the tax payer, then it is surely high time we tackled obesity by putting pasties cakes and lard in a wooden cabinet out of sight. 
Many also believe that millionaires piling money into charities to avoid paying tax is not fair. Some people probably do not care if there is VAT on new caravans, or haven't even given it that much thought..
The more pertinent issue is who the hell is making these decisions. Badly thought through policies, badly appointed staff, badly delivered budget. When describing the Tory lead coalition government the one word that is been used ever increasingly by all media platforms, is incompetence.
Dave the rave said recently in an interview reportedly, that he likes to chilax with a cheeky glass of wine or two on date nights with glamorous wife Sam. Maybe this burning the candle at both ends is impairing his judgement. The big question today is should Mr Cameron order an enquiry into whether Jeremy Hunt broke the ministerial code. The big question should be was it extremely bad judgement giving him the job in the first place. It is obvious to all that when Vince Cable was relieved of his duties for being biased against the Murdoch's, his replacement needed to be completely unbiased and capable of making fair decisions. Jeremy Hunt was clearly neither of these.

Mr Camerons judgement has been brought into question several times already during his short stint of power. His party co chair Baroness Warsi, appointed by the PM in order to bring ethnic and working class personnel into the party, but disliked by most in it, is under the spotlight in an enquiry over her expenses. His former head of communications and personal friend Andy Coulson, former News Corp employee (another link) was this week charged with perjury. Quite simply Cameron and Osbourne are nitwits muddling through the jobs they believe they were born to occupy. The only real jobs they have actually had, and on the evidence so far, probably the last. Another perfect example of bad judgement from them, was asking Tory donor and millionaire venture capitalist Lord Beecroft to submit a report on Business law reforms. Surely ACAS would have been a better equipped and more impartial reporter. Beecroft was never going to offer an unbiased or fair opinion. Cameron may as well have asked Gary Glitter to offer recommendations on the age of consent.

These are critical times, with the possibility of another armed conflict, this time with Syria, (and maybe Russia), a political conflict with the rest of Europe and a double dip recession at home.Do we really want a a pair of arrogant posh boys with no passion to understand the lives of others, carrying out an experiment with not only our future but the future of our children and probably their children?
The answer is absolutely and utterly NO. They show no remorse, they show no understanding, no grace, no loyalty to even each other in their own party, and no hope of aspiration for normal working class people.
That said, Ed and Ed and the Labour faithful should not be rubbing their hands at these troubled times for the Government. If Cameron and Osborne are not fit to lead this country then there still has to be question marks of biblical proportions over the Labour leadership.

Oh Lord where art thou now?

This summer marks the 30th anniversary of Sheffield United winning promotion from the old fourth division, going up as champions with 96 points. As an 11 year old boy, my hero was top goal scorer, Keith Edwards. By some genius stroke of luck, I happened to find out where Keith Edwards lived, and with a friend in tow for support, dared to go and knock on his door.
 Armed with a souvenir promotion special we asked for his autograph.
Not only did Keith sign the posters, he invited my friend and I into his home and made us feel like we were special. A day that lives in my memory as though it was yesterday.
Now I have never met Keith Edwards again or spoken to him but I suggest the reason for his hospitality was simple. He knew that he was fortunate to be doing a job he loved, a job that he was very good at and that the rewards and admiration the game brought him belonged to the fans.
 I don't know how often fans turned up at his door step, probably not very often but by making us welcome in his home he was giving something back to the fans, to the club, and to the game.
As I said, that was thirty years ago. Today, Sheffield United football club lost at Wembley stadium in the League 1 play off final - due mainly to having no striker. The decline of United has a morale parallel. This seasons leading goal scorer is currently in jail, convicted of rape. The clubs most experienced striker was suspended today. 
Has the game changed or has the world changed? Keith Edwards, who scored more than 250 league goals, who after retiring from football  now works for BBC radio Sheffield as a match commentator, treat my friend and me as though we were the stars. Even his wife seemed pleased to see us.  Respect.
 Today's footballers who earn millions of pounds in their career seem to think that they can do anything they want because they are footballers and are entitled to it. More and more players are in the news for entirely the wrong reasons, whether it be for rape, drunken thugishness, twittering or sleeping with their brothers wife- it seems that there is no level to which they will not stoop..

Michael Owen, a once great striker but one who sadly hasn't had a decent season for most of the last decade, was this week released by Manchester United. Rather than acknowledging the wonderful life football had given him he arrogantly stated that he is too good for the championship and wont consider it.
 In the fourth division winning Sheffield United side were former top players, who were happy to drop down the leagues just to keep playing the game they loved, and give the fans of smaller teams something to appreciate. Many of them lighting up the lower division. How times have changed.
I shudder to think what would happen to two eleven year old children turning up at a footballers house today.
While ten a penny millionaire mega stars fade into deluded oblivion at the end of their career if not during it, the real heroes live on in people like me and my boyhood friend forever.
 Keith Edwards, I salute thee.

The Queens speech this week, not only did nothing to help the squeezed middle classes, or the millions of unemployed, it snook in some idealogies that had apparantly been put on the back burner until they could be hidden behind promises of rebuilding the country. "LOL".
 The controversial, so called snoopers charter which was gently suggested a couple of weeks ago, then quickly backed away from was announced with a whisper. Why not a fanfare? Why, when the incompetant baffoons running this country do have a good idea, do they not have the conviction or the balls to stand up and say so. I wrote previously about this idea, and am a massive supporter of it. If it stops extremist terror groups bombing our schools and shopping precincts, if it stops sick peodophiles grooming our innocent children, if stops opportunistic fraudsters stealing identities or conning old ladies out of their savings then i believe it worth losing a little privacy.
 Then there was the cutting of red tape to enable small businesses to employ people more easily and thrust the economy into growth..
Hidden in the small print is another long held ideology of the government, make it easier to wield the axe of power and sack people willy nilly. They plan to make anyone who has been employed for less than two years have no employment rights. This is the  not a charter for rebuilding the country, this is not a charter for employment or growth. This is a charter for bullying, exploitation, and unjust sacking of hard working people. It will stop the most talented people who find themselves stuck in a rut from risking going for a new job, for fear of leaving themselves vulnerable and facing the dole queue. This is not going to get the best people in to the jobs we need the best people in.  The new legislation will make it even harder for businesses to attract good workers. this will harm the recovery of this country. Politics, ideals and theories devised in a lecture room at oxbridge will not work in real life when implimented by snobbish spoilt little boys who have never had a real job and are carrying out an experiment tto see how far they can push before we say enough is enough. Surely, that time is now-they have gone far enough. 
 Not only do the Government intend to make it easier to sack people, they are set to take away the right to appeal and the right to a tribunal. They also quite evidently want to crush the trade unions once and for all so that the rich and powerful can be ultimately more powerful and richer. Now is the time to join the union. Now is the time to tell your MP that you will not tolerate this abuse. The only way to stop bullies is to stand up to them. The Tories and the leeches in the Lib dem hanger on coalition do not get it. The real people of this country need to take control of thier own destinies and say no more.
We have seen in the board rooms this week, that shareholders are no longer willing to put up with massive self gain from the people at the top while the people at the bottom suffer. Now is the time when communities need to stand together and pull together, when work forces whether public or private sector tell the powers that be that we demand fairness, a lesson i suspect which is not taught in the halls of Oxford , Cambridge or the palace of Westminster .