‘Getting back the vote of “decent hard-working families” is imperative... we had not been listening enough on issues such as immigration, benefits and fairness.’Let me assume for a moment that Jack Straw uses the English language in much the same way as the electorate as a whole, for whom the phrase “hard working” means those who chose to work or to seriously look for work when they are unemployed, rather than those who chose a life on benefits. “Fairness” to most people means getting back in proportion to what you put in, while taking account of those who are genuinely unable to contribute. For most of the population, fairness does not mean everybody gets the same, regardless of their contribution to society.
I wondered why Jack Straw had not voiced these views during the past thirteen years and I could think of only three reasons.
1. He had lost his brain and was therefore unable to understand that contributing to society is essential for every able person..
2. He lacked the courage to tell his colleagues in new labour the true meaning of the word fairness.
3. He does not believe in hard work and fairness in the same way that most of the electorate do.
I reject the third option on the basis that it is entirely improbable. I have therefore concluded that elections are good for politicians, they restore brains to the brainless and backbones to the spineless.
My thanks to Janet Daley
Best Wishes
Will
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