I'm curious what you think the solution is. I can understand the appeal of removing the current government, but that just puts in a different set of people with the same desire for power that leads to backbiting of the sort we're currently seeing. It seems, then, that you want to replace the current school of politicians with people who don't want power. For me that's an admirable goal, the only problem being that those people don't want power :)

This isn't a criticism, btw - I'm genuinely curious what the solution is.

Good post. Brian, I want to make it clear that I have not been critical of all the postings we have done on the subject. This does give us - and Paul Staines, aka Guido is one of "us" - a chance to really show how the world is changing, and to land a few well-aimed blows.

I must admit that it has really surprised me how rapidly the fortunes of this government have imploded. I guess I should not have been surprised. Over a year ago, I remember reading Allister Heath's The Business articles pointing out what a total, fucking disaster this lot were showing themselves to be. The truth is that the disaster has been in the making a long time. Those who wanted the evidence have had plenty of warning.

It's like watching a souffle collapse before your eyes isn't it.
But the trouble is, the evil venal twisted bastards are still trying to wriggle free, in the case of Green, by blaming the Civil Servants.
Nothing to do with me gov!
it was them pesky over zealous Mandrins!

Well the leaks were coming from the Home Office, but it was the Cabinet Office that called Scotland Yard.
Nobody in his right mind believes that a Manderin would call in the police to investigate an opposition MP without the full knowledge of Brown and the Thuggees.

The DPP report is devestating. Smith should be gone by the end of the week.

Yes the Westminster Village is worth obsessing about. As are the Washington Village, the Brussels Village, the Paris, Bonn, Madrid, Moscow,Teheran, Riyadh and all the other Villages out there.

And the reason they worth obsessing about, the reason they are more important than all the other problems out there in the world, is that they are the main cause of all those other problems.

As to what to do about it? Well, for me, the first thing to do is send the message that we are more than dissatisfied with our ruling elite, (and in this I include not just the politicians, but the media, civil service, academia, rent-seekers and all the other hangers-on who make a comfortable living off our labours, and who treat us with contempt for our trouble).

In this respect, the Tea Parties are an excellent start. Those things that the likes of Sully complain most about - that they are leaderless and lack a coherent message - are their greatest strengths. They show that American citizens are highly pissed off at the shenanigans of their supposed leaders and they want to make it clear to them that their continued arrogance will not be tolerated. The media particularly will find this out. Many of those who attended the Tea Parties will have taken photos and sent them to their friends and relatives, texted their aquaintances, and talked about their experiences with their colleagues at work and their extended families at home. The contrast between these reports and the coverage by the media and the reactions of the politicians will do a great deal to open a lot more eyes to the arrogance of those institutions.

The next step, I believe, should be to take the opportunity at the next elections to throw the bums out. Vote for whatever candidate represents 'None of the Above'. Tell our ruling elite that they work for us, and not the other way round.

After that, who knows? A government that believes in small central government, the rule of law and the liberty and responsibility of the individual over that of the state would be nice.

I won't hold my breath for that, but if we can kick out the elite, I'll be happy.

Brian, I take your post to be to a certain degree about blogging and the importance of getting it out on the streets that this is a relevant field of battle. And one in which we are pwning the left.

And you are right. That is important. As is the downfall of Brown and his absurd toadies while he chews the carpet in the Fuhrer bunker. That may be all over bar the shouting but we do have to keep on shouting. Now is the time for the big push and to keep on pushing. All of us. All of us doing our bit. However big or small that bit might be.

There are lots of broadly libertarian blogs out there. Lots of them. I write on a small (but growing) one. Counting Cats will never change the world. But the collective of Cats and all the rest might if we keep plugging away. Not least because we encourage others. Even us little guys, if there are enough of us, can achieve great things. And currently an army of ants ants is tearing the wounded old Wildebeast of this government apart.

I'm loving it.

PS. An analogy: Those in the MSM who dismissed the blogosphere are now having it dawn on them they were wrong. Like grumpy old Generals who before WWI dismissed airpower must have felt when the Blitz hit London in 1940.

*sniff* At last someone's said what needed to be said. It's like Devil's Kitchen with the soul and vocabulary of Wordsworth...