Vec - Are you dreaming or something ? We have a country which is constantly undermining the industrial base and exporting manufacturing jobs abroad . Likewise service jobs are being exported to the developing economies in the Far East.
Farming is being cut to the bone and some crops which were high profit are now hardly worth seeding. It is by far the most difficult times ahead for U.K farming and if the major U.K supermarkets don't stop needless imports of food we will eventually have a farming industry which cannot recruit new workers.
As for the health system - progressive PFI's and hospitals having their own budgets have now given us the vista of bankrupt trusts which will need to be bailed out by central government. Regards waiting times - the numbers have indeed been reduced -however speak to some old people and there is a genuine fear of going to hospital because of MRSA and a wealth of other bugs that have developed through lax cleaning standards.
The posibility of addressing global warming has been helped by the U.S agreeing to talk . However that is all it amounts to.
The growth of SUV ownership in the U.S is truely frightening - there still isnt an understanding of the peril the planet is in by the U.S leadership and as long as that is the case the problems
won't be dealt with.
Africa and it's problems cannot be addressed by pop concerts and wearing rubber bands on your wrist. Regime change of the type that removed Saddam from power is needed in Africa. Witness the mess that Zimbabwe is in ! - a country that not so long ago was vibrant and forward looking. Similarily South Africa now a multicultural country has some very big problems with crime and people wishing to get out of the country .
To deal with Africa - the leaders of the G8 need to stop selling arms and business jets to the continent. Rampant corruption
won't be dealt with through words.
Mr Blair has fronted many projects - however if you look at the actual gains you will see a burgoning civil service and debt levels increasing . The economy certainly isn't sparkling . Add to this the debate over education reforms with his cabinet unable to publically agree and I think the future for P.M Blair is looking remarkably short.