Monday 25 July 2011

The Confusing Colour of Politics

Red is Socialism, Blue is Tory-ism, Yellow is Liberalism and Green is...

Green is bit of all three and then it's own as well.

I have been encouraged recently by such movements as Red Tory-ism and Blue Labour. This to me shows that these parties are realising after 50 years of hard liners and dogmatic principles that they might not be right. There may be a solution other than theirs.

This may be a result of the coalition, or a result of Blair dragging the Labour Party as far right as it ever has been. The question remains, will this continue. Can we coalesce in Politics in the UK. Can we live in an accepting and tolerant society that looks to make long term decisions for the greater good and not short term decisions for votes.

Whatever this will look like in the future it is clear that there will have to be Blue, Yellow, Red and more importantly Green. To make long term changes you need collective support. We cannot progress with minority leadership. a brief look at our train network and its awkward future highlights the matter perfectly.