I published this morning<\/a>.<\/p>\nThereafter, looking at what appears to be happening in the world of politics, there was nothing much else to talk about.<\/p>\n
Why is that? The answer is that nothing does appear to be happening.<\/p>\n
Labour seems to be in power, but is doing nothing.<\/p>\n
Kemi Badenoch is sitting back and letting Reform self-combust in a way that must help her electoral position, meaning silence on her part, at least with regard to policy, might be her best strategy.<\/p>\n
The SNP conference is in progress, with big demands for an improved approach to independence, but while that matters to me, it is not the focus for many on this blog.<\/p>\n
In summary, we are in a world where so much needs to be done, but there appears to be no action.<\/p>\n
The book I am currently writing picks up themes I first explored in my 2011 book, The Courageous State. It contrasts the Cowardly State, which, in the face of almost any problem, backs away and presumes the market will find a solution, with the Courageous State, which believes it is the government's job to address the failures that market resource allocation creates. I have an ever-increasing sense of the relevance of this argument, given the current very clear indications that we live in a Cowardly State, where our politicians vie to be in government, but have not the slightest idea why they wish to be there.<\/p>\n
I wish it were otherwise. I wish we lived in a Courageous State. I want to see active government that delivers change for people.<\/p>\n
This, and this alone, is the required answer to fascism.<\/p>\n
It is also, for the party that embraces the idea, the route to power. People have had enough of ineptitude. They want to see competence, and that will be based upon ideas.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, I finished the first draft of all 12 chapters of this book. Today, once video recording is complete, I begin my edit and then work out the infographics that need to go into the text.<\/p>\n
I have a busy couple of weeks ahead of me, which is more than can be said of many of our politicians, who appear to be spending their time twiddling their thumbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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