Why does the uk government STILL deny the truth?
It doesn’t really matter who you vote for. They are politicians and politicians are synonymous with lies and manipulation of the truth. If they admit they are wrong or do not know what they are doing or their policies are a failure they would be admitting that they were not up to the job. That is not deemed to be an acceptable approach as it is a sign of weakness and some other power hungry individual is waiting in the wings to metaphorically devour the weak. After a period of time in power with a high majority (thank you partial representation) the government also has achieved an remarkable level of arrogance, thinking that they can get away with everything. You just need to look at the incredible self congratulatory, almost masturbatory, comments of the Chancellor during his recent budget to see just how this is true and will continue.
Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It’s what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it’s a strange and limited kind of freedom. Politicians promised to liberate us from the old dead hand of bureaucracy, but they have created an evermore controlling system of social management, driven by targets and numbers. Governments committed to freedom of choice have presided over a rise in inequality and a dramatic collapse in social mobility. And abroad, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the attempt to enforce freedom has led to bloody mayhem and the rise of an authoritarian anti-democratic Islamism. This, in turn, has helped inspire terrorist attacks in Britain. In response, the Government has dismantled long-standing laws designed to protect our freedom.
