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Old 04-09-2015, 12:31   #499
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Re: Unstoppable migration?

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Originally Posted by ianch99 View Post
So it takes a picture of a dead child to shame Cameron into taking action:

David Cameron: UK to accept 'thousands' more Syrian refugees

"World Leader"? I think not ..
No - it takes a picture of a dead child to shame the public into demanding action.

We live in an age of triangulation. Our senior politicians follow public opinion. They rarely attempt to lead it. Here in Scotland, Sturgeon has shown herself the worst of the lot, jumping, moist-eyed, right on the bandwagon of that public opinion and using it as yet another opportunity for her favourite pastime (it's called "bash the evil Toe-reyyys and hope nobody notices what a mess we're making")

We need to take a long, hard, collective look in the mirror, and stop pointing the finger. This has been going on for many months. It has led the news, on and off, for many months. We *all* knew what was happening. Yet only this week is my Facebook feed overloaded with hand-wringing petitions on Change.org.

We get the government we deserve.
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