Clayton's Political View

So I haven’t been blogging for a while but I thought I would get tapping again. Since my last post I have stood as a candidate for the Borough elections and I’m still a village councillior. But what has been happing nationally? The current health of the Governemnt feels like it’s on life support historically we are in the mid to late nineties Margaret Thatcher had been ousted from office leading to the John Major Government. Where he held on to power whilst scandal after scandal hit the Goverment and the Conservatives seemed tired and out of gas. Fast forward to today and we seem to be in groundhog day. Where do you start with this current Government? In the last two years we have had three Prime Ministers lurching from scandal to scandal Boris Johnson’s premiership crashed and burned due to his incompetence in handling the Chris Pincher case, partygate and the Owen Patterson lobbying scandal. Then he was replaced by Liz Truss who plunged the economy into the abyss. Truss didn’t even m...

 Over the past few months an already chaotic Downing Street has turned into a down right toxic mess. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a nightmare before Christmas when stories slowly started getting out about Christmas parties that had happened the previous year which later turned into an avalanche of accusations coming to the fore including Downing Street staffers sneaking alcohol into Number 10 in a suitcase on the eve of Prince Phillips funeral which has lead to Downing Street apologizing to Buckingham Palace.  In my lifetime I have lived under John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May and now Boris Johnson I have also studied the profiles of many more and this is by far the most toxic I have ever seen Downing Street being managed. The hallowed and historical institution of Number 10 has been reduced to an ill disciplined frat house where respect and decorum has vanished.  The former President Of The United States Harry S Truman said "The Buc...

So I was part way writing a general review of the Labour Party conference when something amazing happened Keir Starmer stepped up to the podium yesterday and gave a tour de force performance and speech that has firmly cemented his leadership. It was full of detail and great oratory. He met heckles with great rebuttals and responses. He had multiple standing ovations and it met with great responses. Keir has turned Labour into an election winning machine, backed up by Jeremy Hunt saying that Keir is a threat to the Conservatives like Tony Blair was back in the nineties.    This years conference has been tricky in spots with Andy McDonald resigning but for leader Keir Starmer however he has risen to the occasion, brushed it off and has pivoted in a good way even making a few jokes at the same time. Keir has had the biggest hospital pass of leadership in living memory the only time when I can think of a dramatic change of leadership is when Margaret Thatcher transferred power to ...

Remember a little while ago when The Conservatives proudly told the nation that they had ended our freedom of movement around the country? Well over the past week the governments logistical chickens have come home to roost in the form of a petrol crisis. The lack of HGV drivers mixed with people panic buying has meant that a lot of petrol stations on the network are running dry. However it didn't have to be like this at all once again the Prime Minister has shown that he is lazy and not in control, he was aware in July that there could be severe shortages however he didn't do the work to correct the ship before it hit the iceberg a lot like his initial and ongoing responses to the covid pandemic. What the Prime Minister needs to do is allow all freight drivers an open ended visa to come and go with deliveries. It has been allegedly slated that the the Home Secretary will allow drivers to come in until Christmas which isn't good enough it is a lot like putting a plaster on a...

This week has seen the Prime Minister setting of to New York to address the United Nations on climate change action, seeing Boris Johnson take the floor and address the world as a representative of our country still gives me anxiety and a massive amount of embarrassment. The Prime Minister can't go long with out creating a diplomatic incident.  The Prime Minister has form for making inappropriate comments regarding other peoples backgrounds and I won't go into the history we all know it. This week our inept leader suggested that France "give him a break" and to "get a grip" spoken in French in the aftermath of the plans to form a new pact between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom (AUKUS) to make new nuclear submarines excluding France.  The move to create AUKUS has created tension between France, the UK, and the US. and Boris Johnson isn't helping matters with his painfully embarrassing gaffes. We are at a fragile cross roads in the wor...

Nadia Whittome MP has recently disclosed that she is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and has said that she is taking some time away from Parliament and politics for eight weeks to recover. This isn't just a big thing for Nadia to do it's also a big thing for an MP to do,  In fact I think that it is the first time a sitting UK MP has come forward to talk about their mental health not only disclosing it to the public but also revealing that a GP has signed her off work. Over the past decade the discourse on mental health has improved a lot public figures such as celebrities and even royalty have spoken about their mental health. Over in the United States Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that she has had therapy for post traumatic stress after the failed insurrection on the US Capitol at the start of the year that claimed five lives.  However we still need to get better at understanding mental health when Nadia Whittome released her statement about having post t...