So the Guardian's in trouble for taking an interest in American politics. It may have gone a strange way about it, but it certainly reflected many countries' fears of what would happen to the rest of the world if America if we had a warlord for another four years. First Iraq, then where?

The most sensible thing to do with Iraq, if you were going to invade, was to clean up after you. As you enter the country and tear up roads and fields and destroy crops and buildings, you should follow up with a rebuilding programme and a crop replacement programme. Set up schools and hospitals as you go. Seems straightforward to me. So, Bush if you get back in and you invade another country, try putting it right just as soon as you can. Think of it: 10:15 a.m. destroy village. 13:45 start rebuilding it. Easy!

Well, I can see that my previous optimism for http://uk-voice.org.uk/ was a little misplaced. I feel sorry for the poor bloke who's spent all his time setting it up in the hope that thinking people would look at it as a way of airing their views and maybe getting to grips with the problems that the country's going through, themselves, instead of leaving it to a Government (does it deserve the capital letter?) that is more interested in governing than serving the people, which is what democracy is all about. I think we need a modern version of Oliver Cromwell, but without the prejudices. Someone who can tell Parliament what they can and can't do to the people and on behalf of the people without consulting them first. Why is it that parties in opposition offer so much and, when they get into office, they change. They can't be so stupid as to think that what they offer is workable, if it isn't and that we will believe them, which we don't and that we won't notice the change, which we do. But, surely, we can't go on like this, can we? Each different party promises all these well laid out offers, like a cheap shop, and then once we've bought their line, the guarantee runs out. It happens every time, haven't we got wise to it yet?

Up until recently, I ran a weekly column in a local newspaper. Now that the editor has changed the paper's format, I am free to transfer to this Blog. We are coming up to a general election in the UK and we have to make our voices heard, nationally as well as locally. So here I am. I have just joined http://uk-voice.org.uk/ and there are the beginnings of some lively discussions going on there. See you there, I hope.