[peter92305]

The truth is we've got a bit of a problem at present in that we are trying to persuade the rest of the world that our brand of capitalist democratic government is the model all countries outside the West should be adopting. The problem is we have been making a bit of a balls up of it in recent years and not surprisingly, our adversaries are using this as ammunition for trashing our systems of government.

I am both a devout capitalist and a parliamentary democrat but that means that the capitalists who run the big conglomerates need to pay less attention to feathering their own nests and a bit more attention to spreading the rewards of their enterprise more widely to their staff. Our government have been prevaricating with a record number of U-Turns under pressure from our free press and the largely peaceful demonstrations of the people in the street. You might think that this is a good thing when politicians change their minds at the drop of a hat, but it would look far better if they got these important decisions right the first time without having to constantly backtrack.

The problem with trying to defeat terrorism is a bit like clearing weeds from the garden, ~~ no sooner do you dig them up and they are back again with a vengeance. The Jihadists are also aware that there is no appetite in the West for fighting other countries' battles. Imagine the uproar there would be if our Government sent soldiers to Northern Nigeria to help the Nigerian Government to overcome Boco Haram. There would be insurrections and large scale rioting on the streets of cities and towns throughout the Country.

In about 8 billion years from now, the entire Milky Way Galaxy will be swallowed up by our larger sister galaxy ANDROMEDA at which time all our problems will be irrelevant. ( It's always nice to finish on a lighter note! )