Re: I think most nations' elections can relate to that.
Cal Trask Send a noteboard - 10/04/2010 11:19:39 AM
I find the UK election interesting in terms of geo-politics.
It's not my country's election, but in terms of who wins, whether it's Gordon Brown or David Cameron. I'm always fascinated in how it'll effect foreign policy, economic policy, Transatlantic relations, Euro relations, that sort of thing.
It's not my country's election, but in terms of who wins, whether it's Gordon Brown or David Cameron. I'm always fascinated in how it'll effect foreign policy, economic policy, Transatlantic relations, Euro relations, that sort of thing.
Well, let me sum it up for you. Cameron or Brown, our foreign policy will broadly align itself American foreign policy. We as a nation and in politics have always had a rather superior opinion of ourselves and view Europe as inferior. This stems from our imperial past - which ended in reality over a hundred years ago!
Our Economic policy is dictated by other nations as it has been for the past two or three decades. We are a net importer - due to the fact that our manufacturing industry has been declining for years. We are reliant on the financial services and services industry a great deal, so when the current crisis happened we had very little else to fall back on to get us out of recession- like a lot of industrialized western economies.
Immigration will not be addressed due to its inflammitory nature and the unfortunate fact that when it is mentioned it is hijacked by those of a right-wing bent: UKIP and the BNP and other such morons. But it is an important subject. We have a limited amount of space, and to support the people on this island we need a large amount of farm and agricultural land to grow the crops to feed the people. We are already a net importer of food and our reliance on other countries for food is only going to increase as we build more houses for the increasing population! But, like I say, our short term attitude to eveything, means this issue will not be addressed.
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