USA: The Change That Britain Needs
I am a very lucky political person...why you may ask? Because I have studied (and experienced) politics in two of the most powerful countries in the world...Great Britain, and the United States.I first studied for my GCSE’s and A-Levels at Monmouth, but when I was granted an ESU scholarship to study American Constitutional Law in Connecticut (New England), I was there before the academic year had a chance to begin. As well as studying Law, I was also able to compare the UK and US in political theory, history, economics and philosophy, and truthfully, what I learnt across the pond changed my political opinions beyond recognition, and that is, Britain needs to be a lot more like America.
America has its flaws of course, but its political & societal achievements far exceed our own. As an example, their Constitution is actually written as an official document, and hence much more protected than our unwritten, conventional constitution. Their Bill of Rights is reflective of the protection of all citizens within the United States (unlike our Human Rights Act, which seems to solely benefit illegal immigrants, criminals, and the radical left who refuse to favour common-sense over political correctness). Their younger generation are taught the values of the “American Dream” and the importance of hard-work (unlike our younger generation, who realise that dole payments will sustain you for the rest of your life, without you having to lift a finger). And finally, their country is united under one, independent nation who are proud of their religious and nationalist roots (unlike our country, which is riddled with devolution, struggling under multi-culturalism, and governed by cowards who would rather surrender our independence to a country who, only 70 years ago, tried to wipe us from the face of the earth).
Yes, America may have corrupt politicians who sent us to war for no reason, but politicians can be easily changed...political ideologies however, cannot. We may rid ourselves of New Labour by the next election, but will it really make a difference? Even with Cameron at the reigns, our society will still suffer because of one simple problem...we lack the right political beliefs to make our country great again. Of course, we need the Conservatives to change our health service, we need the Conservatives to protect our borders, and we need the Conservatives to reform our education system...but fundamentally, we desperately need the Conservatives to instil the political ideologies of America. We need a written constitution so our rights cannot be infringed at will. We need to instil the importance of hard work within our younger generation, and we need to take pride in Britain and forget our divisions. Only then can we be the great country that we once were many years ago, and only then can we be the great country that is demonstrated by the United States.
Granted, I have a love for American politics and society, but for good reasons. I do not advocate a total transformation of our traditional and national customs, but I do insist that we take a page out of the American book, and change the way our government (and society) operates in a deeper and more philosophical way. Will Durant once said that "a great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." We are on the verge of collapse as a society, because we refuse to be proud of who we are, to be united as a nation, to be willing to make this country a better place. We need to change our roots and our beliefs as a society, and if you need direction for such change, you need look no further than across the Atlantic.
America has its flaws of course, but its political & societal achievements far exceed our own. As an example, their Constitution is actually written as an official document, and hence much more protected than our unwritten, conventional constitution. Their Bill of Rights is reflective of the protection of all citizens within the United States (unlike our Human Rights Act, which seems to solely benefit illegal immigrants, criminals, and the radical left who refuse to favour common-sense over political correctness). Their younger generation are taught the values of the “American Dream” and the importance of hard-work (unlike our younger generation, who realise that dole payments will sustain you for the rest of your life, without you having to lift a finger). And finally, their country is united under one, independent nation who are proud of their religious and nationalist roots (unlike our country, which is riddled with devolution, struggling under multi-culturalism, and governed by cowards who would rather surrender our independence to a country who, only 70 years ago, tried to wipe us from the face of the earth).
Yes, America may have corrupt politicians who sent us to war for no reason, but politicians can be easily changed...political ideologies however, cannot. We may rid ourselves of New Labour by the next election, but will it really make a difference? Even with Cameron at the reigns, our society will still suffer because of one simple problem...we lack the right political beliefs to make our country great again. Of course, we need the Conservatives to change our health service, we need the Conservatives to protect our borders, and we need the Conservatives to reform our education system...but fundamentally, we desperately need the Conservatives to instil the political ideologies of America. We need a written constitution so our rights cannot be infringed at will. We need to instil the importance of hard work within our younger generation, and we need to take pride in Britain and forget our divisions. Only then can we be the great country that we once were many years ago, and only then can we be the great country that is demonstrated by the United States.
Granted, I have a love for American politics and society, but for good reasons. I do not advocate a total transformation of our traditional and national customs, but I do insist that we take a page out of the American book, and change the way our government (and society) operates in a deeper and more philosophical way. Will Durant once said that "a great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." We are on the verge of collapse as a society, because we refuse to be proud of who we are, to be united as a nation, to be willing to make this country a better place. We need to change our roots and our beliefs as a society, and if you need direction for such change, you need look no further than across the Atlantic.
posted by James.R.Skinner at 4:13 PM
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