Like Lemmings to Kissinger's Abyss

The world is moving ever faster and inexorably towards the "abyss" referred to by Kissinger in a rather creepy interview on UK television.  According to him it will not come to an end until we stare into the abyss and comprehend the horror for ourselves. It is at this point we shall presumably come to our senses and beg for order to be restored by the same authorities responsible for the chaos to begin with. At which point, the much vaunted one world government, will take the reigns of power. 

In presenting this apocalyptic nightmare, Kissinger wittingly or unwittingly reveals himself and the workings of his mind. In so doing, he equally reveals the nature of his thoughts which it is reasonable to suppose, he must have discussed at length at the highest levels of government with officials from the Council For Foreign Relations, several past and present Presidents, intelligence agency and military chiefs and other influential and shadowy neocons hiding in the shadows of the deep state. 

The mayhem around the world today reflects almost exactly this nightmare vision. One cannot help but feel that this is not merely coincidence or far sighted modern day prophecy. Far from it. It is not a council of the wise. If it were, the powers that be, would have done far more to prevent such a catastrophic scenario unfolding in the first place. 

In truth, the shadowy elite that pull the strings behind the scenes have done their best to stoke the fires of discontent and division. This has been made clear by leaks from numerous sources including a televised interview with the former NATO Supreme Commander General Wesley-Clark, as well as current serving high ranking military officers.

According to General Wesley-Clark, plans to overthrow Saddam Hussein, were already at an advanced stage at the time 9/11 unfolded. The plan was launched within days of the destruction and collapse of the Twin Towers and World Trade Center Tower 7 (untouched by any aircraft) on the 11th September 2001. The decision to go to war with Iraq, irrespective of the presence or otherwise of weapons of mass destruction or any Al Qaeda terrorists, was taken within days of those events on 9/11. 

It is equally self-evident that plans for any pre-emptive strike must have been many months or even years in the planning prior to such an invasion. This was just the beginning. A larger plan had been hatched to take control of 6 other countries within five years including Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Somalia and Iran. This is exactly what is happening. This is no coincidence. This is geopolitics driven by a doctrine of divide and rule and control and domination. This philosophy sees any other world powers as a risk to U.S. strength, as an enemy rather than a potential friend or partner. This is the Wolfowitz Doctrine in action.

This is and has always been the weak intellectual link in America's foreign policy  strategy. Kissinger and his band of co-conspirators have been engaged in a deadly game of geopolitical chess for decades with the aim of bringing their New World Order to fruition. Many references have been made to this  "new world order" by the likes of Kissinger himself as well as  G. H. W. Bush, G.W. Bush, the Clintons, Obama and John Kerry to name but a few. 

Frustrated in Syria by the Russian intervention, the neocons responded by stirring the pot in Ukraine (reference the Nuland/Pyatt leaked phone transcript) in an attempt to undermine Putin who was becoming a thorn in their sides by jeapordising their Stone Age stratagem to divide and rule the Middle East. 

Putin compounded their embarrassment in Syria by moving unexpectedly into Crimea to further thwart  U.S. plans to engineer regime change in Moscow by destabilising Russia's neighbour. Then came ISIS, created according to retired Supreme NATO Commander Genreral  Wesley- Clark, by "our friends and allies" in the region to  fight the Iranian backed Hezbollah group. Other high profile US military commanders  have said that the Obama administration willfully allowed the rise of ISIS which is much the same thing. It is impossible to conceive that a well funded, highly trained army with a clear military strategy could rise unnoticed by tthe vast intelligence networks of  the U.S.  military industrial complex.  

The situation in the Middle East is now so entangled it is virtually impossible to undo the   tightening knot. In essence we have a proxy war between the U.S. backed groups and Russian backed Iranian and Syrian regimes. At the same time, Turkey are at odds with Syrian Kurds while Iraqi Kurds valiantly fight off  ISIS more or less alone. Iranian Shi'ites are on the ground in Iraq amongst Iraqi Sunnis and Shi'ites, usually fighting each other, trying to fend off ISIS while Assad is besieged by various groupings fighting his regime including ISIS. This of course means ISIS and the U.S. backed militias trying to get rid of  Assad are allies in this pursuit, a conflict of interest if ever there was one.

If this is not bewildering enough the Saudis are engaged in Yemen against Iranian backed Houthi rebels. Turkey, a NATO ally, has been allowing ISIS to come and go across it's borders more or less at will, seeing the Syrian Kurds as a major threat to it's own stability  and thus undermining the fight against ISIS. 

This may all sound impossibly surreal but the reality is undoubtedly more complex than this. Add the endless Israeli/Palestinian conflict into the equations and possible permutations become almost incalculable. It will also not have escaped the readers notice that the biggest benefactor of Arab fighting Arab, is Israel! The reader will draw his own conclusions. 

What is clear is that this unspeakable horror show is and has been deliberately manipulated by insane sociopaths in Washington for their own megalomaniacal geo-political ends. It is only the Russians and now Chinese that stand in their way. Hence the     need to discredit and if possible engineer the overthrow of Putin who although far from      saintly is looking more saintly everyday, by comparison to his American counterparts. 

 In his interview Kissinger presents this apocalyptic scenario as though it were driven by the stupidity of the world at large. It's our fault, the fault of the "sheeple" who must be saved from themselves by the enlightened New World Order which of course irepresented by the Old World Order of which he and his shadowy elite are the central players. This is a travesty of the truth.

We the "sheeple" have no power, no Industrial Military Complex, no intelligence  gathering agencies, no private armies, no access to unlimited funds, no control over corporate media, etc., with which to control or manipulate world economic, social, or political events. Furthermore, we have no meaningful access to an unlistening, largely uncaring and remote political and corporate elite. 

So how is it our fault the world is in such a bloody mess? This is not the world the vast majority of us want. It is the world the elite have created in their pursuit of personal power and ill designed geopolitical stratagems. We the "sheeple" are merely lambs sent to the slaughter by them for their benefit, not ours - obviously not ours! Hundreds of millions of us have perished on  battlefields all over the planet for millennia so they can rule the world. In the meantime a billion people continue to live in abject poverty and hunger, many trapped in endless wars and subjected to endless terror.

It is indeed an horrific nightmare, dreamed up by mad sociopaths in Washington and turned into a twisted reality in the sands of the Middle East and North Africa. 

Are we really that stupid? Will we really let them get away with it or will we see this     gargantuan deceit for what it is and send them all packing back to their hovels or preferably to the jails, they belong in? Maybe then we can reach out as people to each other and really build a better world for the many rather than the few.  

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I'm alright Jack!

Oilmen - "The American Beauty Rose can only be coaxed to that degree of splendor and fragrance that enchants us by sacrificing the other buds growing around it. In the business world, the same operation is the result not of an unhealthy trend, but simply of a law of nature and of God." ~ John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

The President is not in control

Given the recent scandal with regard to massive worldwide surveillance by US intelligence agencies, notably the NSA and UK's GCHQ including the monitoring of the phone conversations of 35 world leaders particularly German Chancellor Merkel, the reader will find the following short YouTube video very revealing.

Former Canadian Defence Minister Paul Hellyer asserts that the White House has lost control of huge swathes of strategic government sectors. To some this might come as a shocking revelation. To others this will be seen as just another ridiculous conspiracy theory. Others will have known this for a long time.

Former Canadian Defence Minister Paul Hellyer on UFOs, US Government, the industrial military complex, free energy


However, the conspiracy theorists have strong evidence on their side. We have a clear warning of the dangers of an over-powerful industrial military complex from one of America's most respected Presidents, notably General Eisenhower and the revelation of a "monolitic and ruthless conspiracy" from another great President, John F Kenney.


Those who believe that the massive US surveillance scandal is principally about spying are being deceived. It is not. It is about an inexcusable abuse of power, unwarranted secrecy and non-compliance with the law. It is not just about gathering information on potential terrorist threats. It is far more about gathering any and all information on everybody and everything and having a monopoly over its control. The President, by his own admission was not informed that Chancellor Merkel's phone was being monitored even though he has had several one to one meetings with her! If he is being kept out of the loop on such basic matters as spying on world leaders, what else is he not being told?

Despite all this intelligence gathering, the security services were not able to prevent the Boston bombing or the Nairobi Westgate terror atrack to mention but two. Probably too busy listening to Merkel's telephone calls! There is much more that can be said about these particular attacks but that is not what this article is about. It is about the inevitable abuses of power that always occurs and always will occur when power is cloaked in secrecy and let no one convince you otherwise. The nature of secret operations means it is far more difficult to monitor and hold to account those agents and activities that are hidden from view. It equally negates transparency.

This is really what the Snowden revelations are about. It is about abuse of power and our right to decide what our governments do or dont do in our name. Before Snowden we really did not know the extent of these nefarious activities. That right to know had been withdrawn arbitrarily and without our knowledge and far less, our consent. That is what this hoopla is really all about and its of vital importance we do not lose sight of it as it impinges on our democratic rights, our freedoms, our privacy and above all our right to hold our representatives to account!

Unwittingly, Snowdens's revelations have also highlighted a more disturbing question! Who is running America? How much does the President really know? Who is pulling the strings?

Democracy no longer fit for purpose - Club of Rome

Club of Rome, The First Global Revolution -

"Democracy is not a panacea. It cannot organize everything and it is unaware of its own limits. These facts must be faced squarely. Sacrilegious though this may sound, democracy is no longer well suited for the tasks ahead. The complexity and the technical nature of many of today's problems do not always allow elected representatives to make competent decisions at the right time".


Comment:-

This is the biggest red herring since herrings came into being! Parliamentary democracy is and has always been about defining the moral and social parameters within which technocrats must operate. Just because one does not know how a computer is engineered or the nuts and bolts of supersonic flight, atom bombs, robotics, astro- physics or neurology does not mean one is unfit to make decisions or pass laws apertaining to them.

The role of leadership is to seek expert advice and obtain recommendations, analyse the pros and cons and make decisions. No one person can possibly be an expert in everything anymore than an engineer, a scientist, brain surgeon or a wine taster can. Was John F Kennedy an astronaut or a rocket engineer? No, but that did not stop him sending a man to the moon!

It would be an absolute disaster to allow a bunch of technocrats with their own agendas and prejudices to form policies without reference to a democraticaly elected body! Technocrats are no less prone to the temptations of power and dictatorship than anyone else. The Club of Rome is amongst them and has its own agenda to take over the world and the arrogance to believe they should.

Childbearing should be punishable crime - David Brower

David Brower, first Executive Director of the Sierra Club -

"Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to use contraceptive chemicals, the government issuing antidotes to citizens chosen for childbearing".

If the American people knew what G.H.W. Bush had done!

George H. W. Bush -

"If the American people knew the damage we had done to their country, they would hang us from the nearest lamp posts". (From an interview with White House correspondent Sarah McClendon - 1992)

Letter to New York Post re 9/11

Sir/Madam,

After many hours, days and months of research with regard to the events of 9/11, it is my absolute conviction that the events as reported by the US government and by the 9/11 Commission do not represent the truth and that the mainstream media has failed in its duty to investigate these matters properly.

To the journalists at the New York Post, I humbly remind you that you owe it to yourselves, your families and all who believe in freedom and democracy to ensure that governments are held accountable or risk the emergence of an authoritarian, corrupt and evil tyranny. The truth is our protection against the excesses of those who accord themselves absolute power by the few over the many.

Sincerely,

Adrian Archer

Message to LibDems on Europe

I received an email from MEP Graham Watson trying to garner support for remaining in the EU that contained a survey loaded to produce the result he wanted in that questions presented no alternative to EU solutions.

Herewith my comments to him:


The LibDem claims that they and they alone are responsible for anything good done by the coalition government and were it not for them, the nasty conservatives would have ruined the country, are frankly laughable. The LibDems have demonstrated immaturity to the point of purility by making such outrageous claims. A Party, especially one as junior as the LibDems, that feels the need to belittle their partners in Coalition is not fit for govenment.

The Conservatives have their faults but they have generally resisted the temptation to reciprocate.

With regard to Europe, the majority of people in this country, remain vehemently opposed to becoming a county of an undemocratic political entity that has endevoured to build an EU superstate by stealth and deceit. The EU vision of the world is jurassic.  It is built on the old principles of power politics which have led the world to the precipice on which it now stands.

Britain should be the country that breaks this mould. We do not need to be nor should we be contstrained by the flawed vision of these European pen pushers. Trade should be free, not contstrained by political unions and trading blocks based on misconceived ideologies  and erroneous political perceptions of self interest that ultimately conflict with the equally misconceived perceptions of self interest of other political unions and trading blocks. At best it is weak thinking and at worst its plain insane.

The world must look to the common interests of all nations. Only then can we gurantee our own interests. Britain must open up to the entire world and not just a part of it. We must promote free trade with all nations based on level playing fields. We must be willing partners with all who are willing to be partners with us.

This country is in a unique position with our ties to the Commonwealth and we must build on that. India, Australia, Canada as well as many emerging, South American, African and Asian economies are every bit as important, if not more so than the EU alone. Let us free ourselves from the shackles of divisive political unions and instead build partnerships based on free trade and real mutual interest.

That is a vision of progressive freedom based on common interest, not self interest. That is a vision of the future  worth fighting for and one which would excite the people of this country.

That is the alternative to the mundane and outdated solution proposed by the Eurocrats. Where does it say in the manual of all wisdom that trade or jobs are dependent on political union? Its a fallacy. Jobs and wealth are dependent on trade not politics and trade builds sustainable partnerships and co-operation based on mutual interest which is in the self interest of all concerned.

Its time the political classes grew up and that very much includes the LibDems. The world needs radical new ideas in the 21st century to replace the old restrictive and divisive political philosophies that have served us so poorly in the past.

The virtue of knowledge

"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their manners, they will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign invaders."

- Samuel Adams

Syria - the great test of true leadership

When politicians constantly muddy the waters of truth with incessant spin to make themselves look better or to deceive the public into thinking things are better than they really are, we the public, no longer know what to believe. The public naturally becomes highly sceptical. Worse it loses respect for the political classes and authority in general. This is a searing condemnation of those we elected to represent us.

We find they are undeserving of our trust and thus our respect. Thus we are unable to believe a word they say. They show us by their actions how indifferent they are to the truth and the general public. They take us for fools and thus make fools of themselves, something they appear not to comprehend at all or if they do, they dont care. That is the saddest indictment of their lack of integrity and wisdom and it is truly staggering.

Hence when Cameron and Obama stand up and tells us that the Assad regime is guilty of using chemical weapons against its own people and they are preparing to strike, despite conflicting evidence, despite the fact that a UN inspection team is on the ground gathering evidence which has not yet been presented, we are naturally dumbfounded and extremely sceptical.

Why would Assad risk losing his only remaining allies, Russia, China and Iran? Its sheer stupidity. It does not make sense. That is not to say that his regime is not capable of such idiocy but it is as yet far from proven. That Obama, Cameron and their supposed allies were prepared to strike without having all the facts being gathered by UN inspectors to hand, smacks of political impropriety at the very least. At worst it smacks of much more sinster motives including deception and lack of regard for truth.

We must never again allow ourselves to be used as cannon fodder by the elite for their lust for power and control over the world's financial, mineral and agricultural resources. We are sick of these antiquated dinosaurs and their twisted perception of the politics of power and domination that have led the world down a path of mutual destruction and insanity for millenia.

We the people are no longer prepared to be sacrificial lambs in this monstrous game of self agrandisment of the few at the expense of the many. We are not pawns. We are people. We demand peace for everyone, food on the table for all, free universal education and the right to bring our children up in tranquilty wherever we live in the world.

We demand that those we elect to represent us stop investing in war and switch resources towards investment in peace. That is the only hope of creating a peaceful world. We elect politicians not to make the world worse but better. That is how we ensure our survival. There is no other. Love begets love and hate begets hate. Its that simple.

Cameron's and Obama's legacy, unlike those who have gone before will be decided by their ability to steer the world away from war not to take it to war for which history will forever condemn them.

Knowledge without wisdom

The state of the world is definitive proof that the direction we have been pursuing is misguided. The world of materialism is the path to self destruction and yet it is almost impossible to escape this web into which we are born and in which 99.9% of us are entrapped. Without a great awakening we cannot escape the strands of this web. Knowledge is useless, even dangerous when seperated from wisdom. Those that control the levers of the world are sadly blinded by their ego, greed and lust for earthly power.

Each one of us must work as hard as we can to awaken their spirit. We must come together to show them the terrible error of their ways. We must demand change and we can best do that perhaps by changing ourselves and refusing to follow their road map to destruction.

To all who work so hard to show us the light of truth, bless you.

John F. Kennedy - Historic Speeches

President John Kennedy was the last true leader of the free world for which he paid the ultimate price. He foresaw the threat that corporate and military power posed to both democratic and individual freedom. He detested the idea of secret societies and saw them as repugnant in a free and open society.

He exposed the agenda of shadowy cabals:

"For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.

Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed."

No leader since has displayed a fraction of his courage or vision. No leader since has spoken up for the people as did President Kennedy.

Herewith the Historic speeches of a truly great leader and courageous man.

The long arm of the Council on Foreign Relations

"For a long time I felt that FDR had developed many thoughts and ideas that were his own to benefit this country, the USA. But, he didn't. Most of his thoughts, his political 'ammunition' as it were, were carefully manufactured for him in advance by the CFR / One World money group."

Curtis Dall wrote in his book, FDR: My Exploited Father-in-Law:

The Grand Deception

Club of Rome, The First Global  Revolution, 1991:

“In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up  with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages,  famine and the like would fit the bill (this is absolute proof that man made  global warming is a fabricationn)…. But in designating them as the enemy, we fall  into the trap of mistaking symptoms for causes. All these dangers are caused by  human intervention and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that  they can be overcome. The real enemy, then, is humanity itself.” 

I will let these cold blooded, arrogant and soulless words speak for themselves.

Liverpool Care Pathway

This so called Liverpool Care Pathway is a travesty of all that the NHS is supposed to stand for and makes a mockery of the word "care".

My mother died in January 2010 and I now realise that she was effectively put on this diabolical scheme without our knowing then, that this was what it was. We were led to believe that nothing more could be done although following a discussion at the request of the family with doctors, they affirmed that they were unable to diagnose the precise cause of her condition. They could only surmise that it was due to a mixture  of undefined causes due to old age. She was 85 and although she had leukaemia, we were told that many people lived normal lives with her condition with appropriate treatment and that it alone would not cause death.

Some weeks before she had had a fall in the garden but apart from bruising seemed none the worse for wear. A couple of days later she felt ill during the night and my father called an ambulance and she was admitted to hospital. 

She appeared to be responding well but under the influence of painkillers tried to get out of bed right in front of the nurses station to go to the toilet and fell, breaking her hip. She underwent surgery and again responded well. Unbelievably, a day or two later, whilst in a private ward at the Musgrove Hospital in Taunton and again heavily drugged, she attempted to get out of bed to go to the toilet and inevitably fell again, necessitating a second operation! 

Again she recovered remarkably well and three weeks later went home, managing to climb the stairs and getting around surprisingly well all things considered.

Some three weeks later she felt very ill and was readmitted to hospital and was never to leave. During the last seven to ten days, the family felt it was necessary to mount a 24/7 vigil at her bedside to ensure she was properly cared for. The best care came from agency nurses whose compassion, skill and dedication was notable by comparison to some of the permanent nurses.

My mother was a lovely, courageous and much loved lady. She was not given the opportunity to decide for herself whether or not she wanted to continue eating and drinking. A decision was made by the medical staff and meals ceased forthwith.

This is not care. This is politicians and doctors playing God and it is abhorrent and reprehensible. This is euthanasia in everything but name. When the life of the sick and elderly is treated with such cold blooded indifference it is no surprise that respect and standards of care suffer drastically as a consequence.

Ask yourself why the Liverpool Care Pathway was ever conceived of in the first place? What was wrong with NHS care that necessitated the introduction of this sinister scheme? Surely it was and is the duty of doctors and nurses to give the sick and dying the best care possible at all times anyway! Why do we need a special scheme? It is utterly ludicrous and totally unnecessary.

This scheme is a political and medical sham and whoever was responsible for it should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. It should be buried unceremoniously and never be spoken of or practised again.

Needless to say, although the doctors could not make a clear diagnosis while my mother was in hospital, they had no apparent difficulty stating the cause of death on the death certificate! I never understood that.

Lastly, those who invented this scheme should remember that one day, they may well be faced by it's consequences. Starvation is extremely unpleasant and cruel. The poor patients however are in no condition to express their pain. This is not care. It's torture in the name of saving money and meeting targets. It's disgusting.

The Rise of Authoritarianism And The Theft Of Democracy

February 11, 2013 at 4:57 pm

There was a time when the state was at the service of it’s employers, the people. It realised very quickly that it could use the tools of state to entrench themselves in power rather than use them for the betterment of society as a whole. They decided that government was not of the people but above and apart from the people and could be used not for the people but to control the people; by controlling financial markets, media outlets, dumbing down education, and brainwashing the police and military into believing their job was to protect the interests of the powerful against the masses. Hence the CCTV cameras, mobile spying units, data mining of social media sites for personal information, aggressive policing and menacing uniforms designed to instill fear and so on.

Brick by brick our democratic rights are being dismantled by stealth through deceit, distraction and division thus diminishing our power to decide our own future destiny. The state has stolen that power from the people and enhanced it’s own power thanks to the engineered apathy of the population.

However, there is a line in the sand as we have seen in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Greece, Spain and others on the rise, where people have decided to re-impose their will on the political establishment and show them where real power really resides. When the people rise the establishment has no choice but to run for cover and that is the ultimate reality that those who have stolen our power will have to confront. The state must be reminded of their subservience to the will of the people, that it is of the people and for the people.

In the meantime we must stop complying with the will of the state. Turn off the propaganda, get on with our own lives in our own way, stop jumping every time the state says jump, get out in the streets and protest and make our political representatives jump when we say so. Let them know we will be heard and they will listen.

Last week MPs revived the corpse of the "secret justice" act.

When justice is carried out in secret, the very concept of justice is lost. At the same time the vote on gay marriage was taking place the government cynically slipped through a vote on this iniquitous bill. The consequences of this nasty piece of legislature seriously undermine the core principles of justice and accountability of the state to the people who elect them to represent their interests, not the interests of those in power.


Any cessation of power to the state weakens the voice of the people because the state now considers itself above and separate from the people. This is contrary to the principles of democracy where the state machinery is supposed to be at the service of the people. The military and police are there to serve and protect the people, not the interests of those in power who have forgotten that they are not above but of the people. Likewise, the justice system is there to serve all the constituent parts of society, not the interests of the powerful.

The same is true of all government services be it NHS, education, fire, revenue and so on. The government's job is to manage these services on behalf of society, i.e. you and me. They have no right or mandate to use these institutions to benefit or entrench their own power or authority. The real authority is us, the people and government is servant to and beholden, to us.

These are the foundations of a democratic state and they must be protected and underpinned by an irrevocable constitution and a strong and independent justice system that protects the interests of the people against abuse of power by our state.

Sandy Hook massacre

Official story spins out of control. Lots of anomalies and questions but no apparent answers. Read this article for yourselves.

The big questions answered.

Here is the most extraordinary account of a near death experience I have ever read. If you want to know the answers to all your questions about life, death, the universe and much more, take some time to read this incredible account. It is truly astounding.

Milliband reveals his true colours at Labour Party Conference

Mr. Milliband gave his keynote speech to the Labour Party Conference today. His theme was one Nation, first espoused by D'Isreali and reiterated by Clement Attlee, Tony Blair and David Cameron. Yes indeed, there is nothing new under the sun. We've heard it all before. He knows that in order to win the next election he has to occupy the middle ground and win back those newly won-over Labour voters they let down so badly last time around.

Nothing changes. The game is as old as the hills and talk is cheap so why not talk till the cows come home? The problem is that after a while talking the talk without walking the walk makes it not only cheap but worthless.

Mr. Milliband then reverted to type and tried to create a false impression of Tory evil by inserting into the public conscious that when the top rate of income tax comes down in April, Mr. Cameron would be giving cheques for £40,000 to every millionaire including himself. Of course he omitted that he is also a millionaire.

Mr. Milliband hoisted himself in his own petard and showed that his grasp of economics as well as truth is extremely tenuous. Tax cuts affect income not overall wealth. There are over three hundred thousand millionaires in the UK but there are only 6000 people who earn a million pounds or more per annum one of which is not the Prime Minister whose salary as PM is considerably less.

This was a cynical piece of slander and a feeble bit of spin. In weaving this crude web of deceit, Mr. Milliband showed he does not understand the tax system or the difference between wealth and income. Nor does he understand the meaning or value of integrity. Vote for him and we are more likely to join Greece as an economic basket case than extricate ourselves from recession and debt.

If he wanted to convince us that he was different, he should have been different. Sadly he showed us he is just another carbon copy wannabe Prime Minister, no different from many before him.

Like most politicians, he cannot resist the temptation to make himself "appear" saintly by casting his rival as the devil. Instead of showing us how he is different, he merely shows us how he is the same, presenting old platitudes under the guise of "new" philosophy. It really is extremely disappointing.

A great man/woman has no need to resort to spin, slander and pettiness. Greatness is underpinned by integrity, great radical ideas and actions that speak for themselves.