Brown Gobbledeegook !

Well the Pm has just given the labour manifesto speech for the election and what a load of empty phrases there were in the very short 10 minute speech. Perhaps the shortness of the address reveals how small are the promises of the party.

Let's take some of the phrases:
'DREAMS COME ALIVE'
'ITS A NEW WORLD NOW'
'MOST IMPORTANT VOTE IN A GENERATION'
'RENEW OUR SOCIETY'
'LABOUR WILL BE RELENTLESS REFORMERS'
'WRITE ANEW A CONTRACT OF TRUST'Well, there we have it. Glib throw away lines that are so empty.
The Labour party has had 13 years to reform the House of Lords by either abolishing it, reforming it thoroughly, calling a referendum on the House and it has never made the place more democratic in that time. They only cut the hereditary peers but increased the appointed peers. The public has had no say in that in 13 years and now Labour wants us to believe it can do it in the next parliament.

'Dreams come alive' and 'its a new world now'. Wow, who would have believed that? Well, let's see how dreams come alive with VAT at 17.5% and no indication they will not increase it after May 6 and heap more financial burdens on the public. That's a dream we all have and would only be true if this massive VAT were reduced, along with the massive fuel charges for petrol, just to drive around the countryside.

'Write a new contract of trust' - well, they were caught out by The Telegraph in 2009 and now they all want us to believe they have reformed and are white as snow. Well, I think this is a pledge no one will believe. How can we? The government was slow to act in parliament, slow to come clean with us all and now they want us to believe all will be well.

And amidst all of this, the PM mentions a new high speed rail link that will modernise Britain. Well, France, Germany and Italy have had these for ages and now he wants to do something which will not be done till after 2020. How does rail travel change our lives for the better? This is rubbish and people are not fooled by that.

'There will be a bigger middle class than before'. Here we go. Class words and all that. What does that mean really? More people have more money? More people own their own homes? More people go to university? Or does it mean more people pay more tax because they now have more money? A straight answer to a glib phrase.

'Equip the people for the future'. What does that mean? It's all about the future and when will that be? What about now and tomorrow? 'Equip' - what, a new car, a house, free broadband? Cheaper food and petrol and transport?

No, this was a speech without passion, given to a small crowd of party faithful who clapped and cheered for the PM and which was over so soon that you have to wonder just how long it took to prepare. It was, sadly, a flop of huge magnitude.
I doubt that people will be swayed by it.

I now believe that Brown has failed to inspire. There was no passion, no drive, no inspiration from the man. He is not a leader of a nation and never will be after May 6. I'm more convinced of this fact now, having heard the manifesto of his party.

Dismal flop.

12 April