The Daily Politics - P.J. O'Rourke

Although the Daily Politics is usually a frustrating affair, where political opponents attempt to one up each other and bicker over poorly conceived policies, it's always reassuring to hear some sane political common sense every now and again, this time courtesy of political satirist P.J. O'Rourke.

03:14 is an especially fascinating observation, 

"In Europe, the idea that government benefits and government expense and the size and score of government needs to be scaled back is coming from the top down." where as in America it's "coming from the bottom up."

This highlights the point I've made a couple of times previously, that the British electorate are no where near a proactive and willing to tackling important issues, compared to our American friends.  He also makes an interesting point about our over dependency on politics to fix our problems.  Essentially Rourke is right on the money with this interview, cheered me up no end.