We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
-Issac Newton
The United Kingdom has for the last century been falling into disrespect and disrepair by wave after wave of conservative government, even when the government is not conservative. It has been one thing after another that has lead us to this situation. Britain was once a Great nation, indeed Great even is in the full long title of this country.
When will the government realise that the Mighty British Empire has fallen from grace, we are no longer a powerful military our fleet has been mothballed and we can barely defend our own border never mind wage war on many fronts. Our heavy industry and ship yards have closed, our light industry has gone to china so really what is left for Britain to be considered Great?
The government needs to realise the future is in Knowlege, Scientia potentia est.
Britain can rise once again but only if it adopts a culture whereby people are encouraged to learn know skills – we can become a powerful nation by learning our way out of this slum. It is not possible for Great Britain to become Great without a new generation of Darwins, Shakespears, Newtons and many more – they all belong to the top 10 greatest Britons of all time.
The question that our Political minds must answer is When will they wake up and realise the British Empire has fallen, we are an industrial country falling to darkness and despair and the light can be found at the end of a technological civilization. In the past Britain has passed on opportunities that would put it ahead of others – when BT was privatized we skipped an opportunity to roll out Fiber Optic to the home across the country – meaning we would have been then where Japan is now.
Can the political minds really imagine a world where we forgot to create such great items as the Tin Can, Electromagnets, Electric Motors, Internal Combustion Engines, Jet Engines, Light Bulbs, Penicillin, The Steam Engine, Television and Even The Internet. Without these, Britain would never have became what It was, it would never have been a Great country – indeed it is likely that without those geniuses, Britain would still be a developing world.
Bring forth the wardrums of education, Free Education for the whole of Britain, State funds should pour into the Treasury of the universities and colleges, let us educate our way to a modern Great Britain where we’re proud to be called Britisih not ashamed of the actions of our political leaders whom have no connection with the civilized world.
The government is introducing its top up feeds for students – after all, they are the richest amongst us (assuming you kill all the MPs) – in other nations education is cherished above other things – Sweden has it free for example. With fees on average in the region of £4K a year for a full time course, where is someone wanting to change their career to find that kind of money. Many people are being paid off due to government cuts in the public sector – what use is huge fees to them it becomes a barrier to higher education and life long learning two most highly valuable things in getting people back into work.
