There has been a lot on the news lately and, unbelievable as it may seem, just as I was about to lose all hope, politics is interesting again. For a long time its been same ol' same ol'; one could hardly tell the difference from one party to the next. All of a sudden we have differences in opinions and people are vocal about issues again. I have mixed feelings about the coalition government but its presence has reignited society's fervour to argue, to discuss, to present alternative views. For that alone I am certain I am glad they exist. I am not so sure about everything else. I don't know if I agree or disagree with them, most of the time things change so quickly there isn't enough time to adequately consider things to come to some sort of conclusion. However, I am not even sure that is bad. Taking heed of people saying you've made a mistake and changing tack is not necessarily a bad thing. Do it too much though and it becomes worrying that it may just be because you don't think anything through at all. Its good that people are kept interested, on their toes because they're not sure what's going to happen next, but perhaps a tad exhausting in the long run. Sometimes we would just like to be able to trust someone to do the job without having to worry about it. We have our own living to earn.
On more than one occasion last week I was so engrossed with reading the news that I forgot to get off at my tube stop for the interchange and ended up having to take a roundabout route to my destination. To start with there were the reforms to the NHS, and then the aftermath of the programme 'Poor Kids' when welfare reforms were hotly debated. And then this week it seems it will be the discussion on assisted suicide instigated by Terry Pratchett's documentary. I wish my commute was longer so I could actually read everything and think things through.
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