If I Ruled The Country

I'd be dead good at it, obviously. Here are some rules...

1) Public service thingies like the NHS and public transport and that would be run by people who actually know a) how to run things and b) what the public actually needs from each service, and not by people with political agendas trying to do it for as little money as possible.

2) Actual proper genuine equality for all. Yes, better bonuses (bonusi?) for staying with a company, but also bloody good maternity pay. Absolutely no ethnic minority employment target doohickey things. JUST DO IT ON MERIT, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS. Marriage is marriage, no matter whether your partner is the same gender as you or what kind of ceremony you had. If you're not going to get married, don't expect similar treatment to those who do.

3) Half the national defence budget to be reallocated to education. Teachers to receive better training and better salaries. Lessons to actually include important stuff like grammar and mental arithmetic.

4) I am in charge of television. There will be four channels. Every programme will have artistic/intellectual merit and must be approved by me before it is made/imported from somewhere else. Ha!

5) If you are caught littering or spitting then you wil be immediately sentenced to several hours of cleaning streets and also given quite a hefty fine that will go towards maintaining parkland.

6) No guns. And better limits on knives. For serious.

7) Please have hobbies. There'll be no law to this effect, but people should definitely have more enjoyable down-time than they do now. More exercise, more happiness, less bad stuff. Right?

8) Every visit to the doctor/dentist/bank manager will end with the gift of one of those lollipops that's also a whistle. No one will ever feel sad.

Vote me!!

Comments

[honey]

cute and right on,
what a man.
If I hadn't already been paid off, I'd vote for you

[Cat]

But what about those of us desperate to get married but no-one's willing to take on? Do we get compensated with free chocolate or something?

[honey]

you have to serve us married people and have 'spinster' forever emblazoned on your forheads.

[Cat]

Thanks for that, Honey. You know how to make a girl feel good.

[Joseph]

Cat, as well as Proper Therapy, chocolate will be available on the NHS. Mostly because I like the idea of brandishing a prescription for 100g of Galaxy (Green & Black's if things are getting really bad) at those dimwits in Boots and demanding your free endorphins.

[ordinary girl]

Loving this manifesto! Except number 4. I'd have to withhold a vote for that one. What would happen to me without all that trash to watch?! Oh, I suppose I could get a "hobby". Bah!
Would watching trash on tv count as a hobby... :-)

[Joseph]

I'd bring Big Brother TV back. But just the old series where it was quite an interesting psychological experiment and not deliberately filled with clashing personalities solely for the purpose of broadcasting a prime time riot/orgy.

[Clare]

Cat and honey, LOL.

Prescriptions for chocolate! Lollipops! Like the look of this...

[Lisa]

If I could vote across the pond, it will be for you! and I agree with the Chocloate issues posted already.

Since Wifey is a teacher, number three is dead on in my books!

And since I love hobbies....I love number 7!

Do you have any brothers that will marry the Munchkin and Trouble? I'll send them right over the pond if so....