I don’t usually talk on here about my political beliefs and my ideas to do with politics because this is a technology focused blog. This time though, I want my thoughts to go on public record rather than hiding them away in the depths of my LiveJournal account.
The world today is probably now at the end of what I call its border transition stage. I don’t expect that from now there will be any major changes in country borders or any new countries springing up. We have to face up to this fact and look to how we can mould what we have rather than trying to wipe it clean. There are many border disputes going on at the moment – from the more well known arguments like the Gaza strip and Tibet to the less well known like the fight for Transnistria’s official recognition as an independent state. Most requests for independence are quite illogical when you look at the requests. For example, asking for independence for a country whose size is less than a few kilometres is ludicrous. I will come back to this idea later.
We’re The Best
I live in the United Kingdom and I’m honestly glad that I was born here – the chances of it were astronomically unthinkable. In the last ten years, the domestic politics of the UK, England especially, has dramatically been changed – mostly due to Tony Blair and New Labour – for the good. We are of course, no where near perfect in our policies and implementation of them but I do think that the UK is one of the best places to live in the world (even if we do get crap weather). It is our international reputation and our policies abroad that needs to be revamped. We have participated in many wars and battles abroad in the last decade and I think this is why our attitude to politics both domestic and abroad have changed. Unfortunately, the battles we have fought as the UK have weakened our politics and made us look weak in the eyes of the international community.
