PROMISES, PROMISES..

So, here we go then. Another election campaign, another set of `promises.` And one which caught my eye yesterday was from Gordon Brown, who promised us a `Democracy Day,` if he ever gets back in office. This from a Prime Minister who refused to call a General Election when he first took over as PM from Blair, as he was afraid he might win it. Brown also, of course, refused to honour Labour`s manifesto pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, aka Euro Constitution, choosing instead to slink off like a fox in the night and sign the `Treaty` almost apologetically. But at least he kept in with the EU set who make 75% of our laws anyway and palmed us off with Baroness Ashton being appointed, rather than elected, to the extraordinary position of EU High Representative.

And now Brown is promising a Democracy Day. It could turn out to be the one day when the taxpaying voters are put first but I somehow doubt it. It`s just another in a long line of meaningless pre-election nonsense that commands ridicule rather than serious consideration. That`s the trouble with politics these days - it`s a matter of ridicule and incredulity rather than the serious, trusted institution it may once have been.

Once again, I`m reminded of Mahatma Ghandi who, on being asked what he thought of western civilization, replied that he thought it would be a good idea. If he was still alive today and been asked what he thought of British politics, he would probably give the same answer.