Can I have my country back please?

It has been widely reported in the media this morning that Tony Blair ex PM (failed) believes that the recent riots in England have no connection with 'social decline'.  Logically to follow his statement therefore is the suggestion that the unrest is not connected with moral decline and the breakdown of family influence.  What a load of utter tosh.  My immediate question is why has he chosen this specific moment to put his head above the parapet and make such a pronouncement because since his fall from power there seems to have been a remarkable lack of interest in matters concerning the UK many of which are arguably due to his tenure in Downing Street.  The next question, naturally, is what is in it for him?

There is little doubt in my mind that  the state of the country today is a direct result of government influence, policies and decisions (or possibly lack of) over the recent decades with the rights of minority groups and lobbies prevailing over those of the majority to the detriment of that gagged majority and the current social, economic and cultural situation that now abounds.  By the very actions of those elected to administer the country on behalf the electorate the police, judiciary, assorted "watchdogs", checks and balances have been emasculated to the point that when strong intervention of any suchkind rendering  action virtually impotent.

There are varying theories as to the root cause of the current state of once 'Great' Britain' - family decline, social decline, greed, lack of respect for authority of the family and beyond, collapse of moral standards and ethical standards etc.  I am neither qualified nor about to conjecture the causes but as a former citizen of that once great country I despair as to its future should the same path of decline prevail.  It is self evident that there is an urgent need of change for the better to benefit the vast majority, quite from where that spark of common sense may be ignited lord only knows, certainly not from the self serving, dictatorial politicians who have not served the country well in the recent past.

Given given the recent performance of those exercising control and influence over the country at large there seems to be little chance of change for the better.  Included in that group are obviously politicians of all hues, major financial institutions, the unelected Whitehall mandarins, the political advisers, a large number of very mixed pressure groups including those from the constabulary, religious factions, social lobbyists, the human rightists etc etc.  Meanwhile the wealth gap between the haves and have nots, plus the never likely to haves continues to ever widen.  This success of greed over necessity needs to be challenged and remedied as without change for the common good the seeds of discontent and consequences have not only been sown but are now sadly beginning to bear fruit.

What is the solution?  I fear that the only real, long term answer is probably more than too horrible to contemplate but change is abundantly obvious in its urgent necessity.

Please may I have my country back?  Until that time I am shall watch its ever decreasing decline from a distance ...