The Wisdom of Einstein

Sorry for the lack of posts lately - been away.

I stumbled upon a load of supposed quotes from Einstein, one of which was this:

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."

If you took out the words "and more violent" from this, it could be a great statement about British politics.

Conservative Home and trust in politicians

I thought this post from Conservative Home was really insightful. It does a great job of highlighting how the deceit in Gordon Brown's budget harms the reputation of politics in general. In particular the comment that "hardly anyone believes a word from any politician" as a consequence of the Blair-Brown Project is both powerful and true.

It is my belief that the Conservative strategy should be as much about fundamentally improving the delivery of politics as it is about improving public services.