Unfit To Govern

The Coalition continues to bulldoze ahead cutting here and there without considering the consequences of their actions.  I came across this interesting blog by George Monbiot of the Guardian.  It’s worth a read as he explains how scrapping the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) to save £3m is the definitive case of false economy.

George explains that the Commission’s latest (and last report) shows that even the modest measures that the previous government introduced to save energy and water and reduce waste have cut the state’s annual bills by £60m to £70m.  Furthermore that the Commission could have saved the public purse considerably more had it been allowed to continue.

He sums it up by writing “Scrapping the commission is stupid, irrational and counter-productive. It suggests that, for all its talk of listening and engaging, the new government can’t handle criticism and fears effective scrutiny”.

This looks like another blunder and once again causes me to ask ; “is our Government fit to govern?”.

Read George Monbiot’s whole blog post here.