All In This Together Bul***ap and Rearranging The Deck Chairs.

In the last year politicians have squandered £230000 on pieces of art for the House of Westminster. This includes a portrait of Margaret Becket (£12000), a bust of William Gladstone (£23000) and £120000 worth of art for a new suite of offices. The question is, are politicians so divorced from the realities of everyday folk that blowing £230000 on bits of art does not even register on the radar as improper in these current economic times?

The truth is we are not all in it together. Most people, and in particular politicians, are in it for themselves.

Cabinet Reshuffle.

The cabinet reshuffle was akin to rearranging boiled eggs on a plate. You look away for a minute and when you look back it's impossible to spot the changes. The move that should have been made, in the interests of the nation, but was never going to be made was the sacking of the chancellor. Osborne, a man who managed to turn the happy clappy environment of the Olympic stadium into a booing,hissing sea of malcontent, just by his presence.If you add to that, Cameron's similar treatment as he tried to bask in the reflected glory of the GB Paralympic team and  I now feel we are getting our moneys worth with the Olympics.
The reshuffle was an exercise in moving a bunch of haters and liars from one comfy chair in Whitehall to another. Grant Shapps, now he has enacted his Daily Mail Law on squatting that will force thousands of people out onto the streets,possibly leading to many deaths is now Chief Bull***ter in General. Jeremy Hunt, Murdoch's man at the ministry is now Murdoch's man in a different ministry.We now have a Health Secretary who is not only accused of being mendacious but also wants to reduce the time limit for abortions down to 12 weeks from 24 weeks. A climate change denier is now in charge of the environment. Baroness Warsi was probably sacked because she is northern and working class so naturally the Tories made her redundant. Andrew Mitchell, who's nickname is 'thrasher', apparently due to his predilection for imposing discipline on teenage boys when he was Head of House at Rugby School, is now Chief Whip. I think Osborne was really keen on that move.I expect they will have quite a few one on one meetings. Chris Grayling, a man who is renown for finding the truth and facts incredibly tiresome and who apparently considers homophobia to be a perfectly acceptable practise is now Justice Minister, no,really, I'm not making it up! David Laws, a man who defrauded the taxpayer of  £40000 through obtaining money by deception has been reinstated to the government. I just hope David Laws doesn't have to sit next to Grayling in many meetings.What with Laws being gay and the defrauding thing.
Some ministers have retained their roles. Eric Pickles remains in the Communities ministry because without removing the roof and hiring a crane they can't get him out. Theresa May, who always reminds me of a storm trooper from Star Wars who has just removed its helmet is to continue working for the evil empire as Home Secretary. Pob is staying as Education Secretary ( type Gove/pob into your search engine. You will smile, I promise). And of course The With Finder General Ian Duncan Smith has refused to relinguish his grip on his fiery burning torch of redemption. I expect he told Cameron that "the Lords mission was not complete and that he could not rest until the land had been cleansed of all witches, poor disabled, benefit claimants, witches, poor, disabled, benefit claimants, witches,poor". At this point he probably fell into an ecstatic trance-like state and had to be lead out of the building, whilst chanting in Latin, by two interns. There have been other moves but I couldn't really give a crap about them. It is just a game of moving one incompetent idiot and replacing him or her with another. Although the chance of removing  'a her' is slim given the low representation of females in this government. It would appear that if you are state educated, working class,ethnic,female, a child of immigrant parents, or you have a concern for the plight of others and you are not the owner of an arrested development with a tacit approval of the dubious achievements of the Third Reich then opportunities with this government are slim to nil. They are just a party of haters who the sooner they are all cleansed the better for the nation.

Where's my fiery burning torch of redemption?