I thought I would wait to write what I think of the coalition Government until day 101. The title is better and sort of hints at my scribblings.
So here we are, day 101 and Clegg is in charge, no not the one from last of the summer wine, one could only hope for such competence, but instead we have Nick. His fellow party member (OK not yet, but it's coming) the Prime Minister is sunning himself on the beaches of Cornwall. No doubt he has a photographer on standby whilst he builds sandcastles and pats Samantha on the tummy whilst quaffing a 99. Which got me thinking. The Coalition is on the face of it in good shape, but will it be like Dave's sandcastles and wash away from him as he attempts to keep it together with sloppy sand and a cheap plastic spade? There is talk that behind the scenes it is not Cleggy and Cam having the odd domestic, but members of Dave's own party. There is strong rumour of a fall out between IDS and George Osborne, and between IDS and Dave. According to friends of IDS he was ready to walk away when he couldn't get his own way over welfare reforms, but alas, he threw his sugar dummy across the table at number 10 and it seems he has his way. Unfortunately for the elderly this could mean that Winter Fuel Payments are frozen, no pun intended! But this is contrary to what Dave said during the election campaign when he stormed in to the studios of Sky News like Darth Vader (or was that just Pickles struggling to breathe behind him?) to tell the nation that the Labour party is lying and that Winter Fuel payments will be safe under him. Unfortunately he has told a few porkies already with regards the NHS and VAT, so his credibility on Winter Fuel Payments is well, not that credible.
The one thing I will give them credit for is the introduction of a none emergency number which will be used throughout the country. I like the idea of introducing 101 as a means of reporting something that isn't urgent. All too often I have scrambled through phone books looking for the number of the local police, so this is welcomed.
So here we are, on day 101 and pretty much like the new number, we are not experiencing an emergency, yet! What is happening now, is the coalition are buttering the nation up. They are telling us things are going to be very painful, the media are running with them and the public are in a state of unconsciousness. The people and the economy are in a coma, on life support with Doctors and nurses giving life saving drugs and round the clock care. But the drugs are running out, they are starting to be withheld, the round the clock carers are nipping out for a fag and are putting their feet up, and pretty soon the economy and it's people will realise that where they could dial 101 for a none emergency, they are having to dial 999 because the economy has stopped breathing and their is no oxygen to resuscitate it.
