To digress a little from my usual frustrations on the Middle - East I want to throw my tuppence into what I perceive to be the problems we are facing in general.
It has to do with governance .
Not what people particularly want to hear but I think pertinent in our present climate, whether it is a victory of centralisation over decentralisation or it is the victory of a King over his parliament .
We have I think to examine the economic and political developments and their relationship with political democracy.
Britain has as do many of the Middle - Eastern countries an intelligent elite, but urbanisation changes our thought patterns and there becomes an urban rural cleavage .
That coupled with mass migration causes problems in the west particularly when you have had,as is the example of Britain, a case of laissez faire liberalism .
This has caused in the UK at least many dilemmas ,as to how to integrate their Empire guilt with their social responsibility . For hundreds of years they raped and pillaged the world and unlike their American successors who for the most part act like the Junkers,Prussian Aristocracy with a military ideology (Shoot first ask questions later ) the Brits know they have a price to pay for their past.
In Saudi once the realpolitik took place and the International Community turned a blind eye over current back room dealings there was no division between Mosque and state . The Al Sheiks who were traditionally the religious leaders gave the Al Sauds the backing they needed to suppress any thoughts of freedom or participation on quasi religious grounds in the political process that coupled with the complete hypocritical standards applied by the West in general and the United States in particular.
So where do we go from here? In the UK one can see the influence of the executive over the judiciary in so far as the Government gives directives on how to judge and guidelines on sentencing .
Not as extraordinary as Obama's executive decision last week but definitely worth examining.
In 1215 in a small town called Runnymede the Magna Carta was signed. It established the supremacy of parliament over the monarchy while at the same time laying the foundations for constitutional rights . Though Britain does not have a codified constitution in one document, Acts of Parliament , the supreme law making body acknowledges the separation of duties, particularly the separation of powers between governance and law.
Sadly due to mass commercialism these boundaries are regularly and constantly being eroded .
In Arabia, I love using generalities, goals and beliefs / political culture has sensed that the relationship between the state and society and symbols that once evoked positive emotions are rapidly crumbling. Once regimes start to massacre their own then it is time for them to leave.
The failure of these benevolent despots or cruel dictatorships to adapt and provide for their peoples means it is a time for change. When loyalty is given without reciprocal protection and an ability to flourish and no fear of wrongful persecution , then it is time for these Warlords to pack their bags.
Good governance means social responsibility balanced with both economic and political opportunity for all.
It has to do with governance .
Not what people particularly want to hear but I think pertinent in our present climate, whether it is a victory of centralisation over decentralisation or it is the victory of a King over his parliament .
We have I think to examine the economic and political developments and their relationship with political democracy.
Britain has as do many of the Middle - Eastern countries an intelligent elite, but urbanisation changes our thought patterns and there becomes an urban rural cleavage .
That coupled with mass migration causes problems in the west particularly when you have had,as is the example of Britain, a case of laissez faire liberalism .
This has caused in the UK at least many dilemmas ,as to how to integrate their Empire guilt with their social responsibility . For hundreds of years they raped and pillaged the world and unlike their American successors who for the most part act like the Junkers,Prussian Aristocracy with a military ideology (Shoot first ask questions later ) the Brits know they have a price to pay for their past.
In Saudi once the realpolitik took place and the International Community turned a blind eye over current back room dealings there was no division between Mosque and state . The Al Sheiks who were traditionally the religious leaders gave the Al Sauds the backing they needed to suppress any thoughts of freedom or participation on quasi religious grounds in the political process that coupled with the complete hypocritical standards applied by the West in general and the United States in particular.
So where do we go from here? In the UK one can see the influence of the executive over the judiciary in so far as the Government gives directives on how to judge and guidelines on sentencing .
Not as extraordinary as Obama's executive decision last week but definitely worth examining.
In 1215 in a small town called Runnymede the Magna Carta was signed. It established the supremacy of parliament over the monarchy while at the same time laying the foundations for constitutional rights . Though Britain does not have a codified constitution in one document, Acts of Parliament , the supreme law making body acknowledges the separation of duties, particularly the separation of powers between governance and law.
Sadly due to mass commercialism these boundaries are regularly and constantly being eroded .
In Arabia, I love using generalities, goals and beliefs / political culture has sensed that the relationship between the state and society and symbols that once evoked positive emotions are rapidly crumbling. Once regimes start to massacre their own then it is time for them to leave.
The failure of these benevolent despots or cruel dictatorships to adapt and provide for their peoples means it is a time for change. When loyalty is given without reciprocal protection and an ability to flourish and no fear of wrongful persecution , then it is time for these Warlords to pack their bags.
Good governance means social responsibility balanced with both economic and political opportunity for all.
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