While the world enters
into another unstable phase with its many dangers and risks, here in Britain we
continue to study our own navel intently.
The Conservative Party Conference was intended to began well and hopefully
avoid the descent into farce.
Instead it has begun with
the farce and as it goes on we may stop laughing. Cameron is taking his party into an election
where his own failures have stacked the odds against his party with the real
risk of a Labour led mixed coalition being in power.
The event is taking place
at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham, home to the City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra which has built up a reputation for music making of the highest
standard.
Given the current quality
of leadership in the government and the decision making and administrative skills
they have displayed, perhaps a musical item might be chosen to illustrate their
performance in office.
This nine minutes of Youtube you may well know. If
you do not it tells it own story simply and effectively. It is the Disney film take on the Sorcerer's
Apprentice composed by Dukas from around seventy years ago. It has not lost its impact.
Many of our current
politicians, it is said, like to claim they are fans of Wet Wet Wet.
If I had Photoshop I'd create an image of Dave with Mickey Mouse ears.
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