Of elephant poo and politics.

There's an old tale about 4 blind wisemen who try to identify an elephant by feeling diferent parts of it. The one who grabs the leg thinks it a snake, the leg a tree, the one who grabbed it's dinkle probably just felt he was in a lot of trouble. What has this to do with why Dr Sardonicus may well be voting conservative?

Dr Sardonicus like one of those blind fellows is at the back of said metaphorical elephant. Well the Labour party is this elephant and everytime he yanks on it's tale said elephant craps on his head. After some time Sardonicus has got the point. It is an elephant's bottom not a candy machine.

The latest maloderous gift is the Independent Safeguarding Authority. If you have anything to do with children or vulnerable types you'll have come across this charming bunch by now. Basically to work in social care in any form you need their approval. In the old days you could get banned by a police check or an internal investigation. e.g. some one had to prove something about you. The ISA is a collection of unseen investigators who collect all information on what you "might have done" even if found innocent and if they think you're a wrong 'un they can bar you from working. Oh and they don't have to share this info with you (especially police info). George Orwell might have thought this abit rich. Albeit the ISA would probably quite happy sat next to The Ministery of Truth. Also the government is protecting the police from irate care assisstants? I thought they were the ones with the tazers, guns and pointy hats?

A simpler solution and a more democratic one would be to penalise organisations that fail to carry out proper internal investigations. But that wouldn't be so much fun would it?

It gets worse. The ISA had a motherf**king road show to explain their good works. Yes a road show like Andi Peters fronting for the Stasi. They went around the country pointing out how the ISA will sort the naughty from the nice. Like Santa Clause with a red sack full of grenades and a midlife crisis.

Dr Sardonicus glumly sat through ISA training. Where the greatest sin seemed to be talking to your colleagues or being concerend. Grass quick, grass always never ever trust anyone. The maddening thing is the research on child abuse seems to indicate that helping people to come clean and be supported is the only solution.

Not that this seems to work for Snow Brown and his 7 intellectual dwarves. Sleazy, creepy, dopey, randy, invadey, nosey and Jack Straw.

Dr Sardonicus is sick of a government that it's not even worth ridiculing. The individulisation agenda in care that puts organisations that used to be allies at each others throats. The endless spying, the casual contempt for human rights, the locking up of families in Yarlswood 'cos that seems the easiest way to silence the Redtops.

Dr Sardonicus is going to stop pulling that tale. Because as a nation we can only take so much crap. He kinda hopes DaveyC will at least be contempt evil.