God help us?

Does David Cameron know something we don't? Historical evidence says only a fool would cut public spending in a recession, so the government cut spending. Healthcare systems around the world dominated by the private sector are less, not more, efficient, so they decide to break up the NHS and bring in the private sector. There are hardly any jobs, youth unemployment is a massive problem so why not make it prohibitively expensive to go to university. I have heard of thinking outside the box but we are, it appears, being led by a government that is not tied by any of the philosophical structures of logic or enlightenment thinking.

I must admit, I was confused. After all, these Tory chaps are very well educated. Their parents did not send them to the local comp. No, they wanted them further away than that, so the little Tories were taken from home to be educated. Safely far from home and completely unable to interfere with their parents' busy social lives and careers, all responsibility for their upbringing fell upon the staff of the cleverly spun, public school. You could say that the private sector became mum and dad. Does that explain the strong attachment?

However, by the 1980s times were changing and even absent parents were uncomfortable with the idea of staff  lavishing their children with love and tenderness. Anyway, it was a very expensive extra. Instead the boys were left to learn the importance of relationship building themselves. It was a vital lesson, otherwise they would get beaten up everyday. I'm sure they learnt quickly and it was whilst at school they were able to make friends with whom they would go to Oxford and then work with in forming the government. With such a warm, caring and broad experience of life, it seems utterly baffling that they would pursue such a reckless, uncaring and divisive series of reforms. It's as if these privileged millionaires don't really know what it is like to be out in the real world. Or may be they just need a hug?

Then, it all fell into place. The appointment of Dr Hans-Christian  Raabe to sit on the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), was the final piece of the jigsaw. Dr Raabe, a GP, is a member of the Maranatha Community and is medical co-ordinator for the Council for Health and Wholeness (CHW). He also stood for the European Parliament in 2009 for the Christian People's Alliance. The Maranatha Community is a cross denominational movement of Christians,

'We hold fast to the central truths of the Christian faith and strongly affirm the Lordship of Christ and his radical gospel. We are called to bear witness to the truth. Crime, violence, vandalism, corruption, drug abuse, family and marriage collapse, pornography, promiscuity, fear and intolerance are all causing serious fissures in communities across Europe and the West. 

What are the chances that they would disapprove of all of my hobbies? Maranatha means "Our lord has come!" and the Community aims to heal the divisions within Christianity. It appears that they aim to do this by by attacking other religions and minorities within society. I find that there is nothing like hating other people and creating an atmosphere of fear to forge strong bonds. Briefing documents for MPs written on behalf of the CHW have expressed fierce homophobia and suggest that there is an overlap between the gay movement and the movement to make paedophilia acceptable.

  

Raabe's appointment has brought yet more controversy to the ACMD following the resignation of the Chair, Professor David Nutt in 2009. Nutt dared to weigh up the evidence and came up with the wrong answer for the, then, Labour government. Happily, those sort of practices will be a thing of the past. I am very confident that Raabe will not be anything less than subjective. 'Over the past 40 years our culture has embraced post-modernism, which rejects absolute values and standards of truth and promotes the objective of self-gratification.' They're even attacking literary theory and self-gratification. How will I fill my day? A 2005 submission to the government for the CHW, expressed concern that the young were particularly prone to grossly misleading messages - but how else will Churches recruit new members? 

Another group that is campaigning to reassert 'Christian values', is the BNP. Out on the campaign trail and on Question Time, Nick Griffin, has said he represents 'Christian Britain.' "We believe that nations are ordained by God and that they will be there at the end of times, so logically from that all nations have the right to ensure they survive and are not simply swamped by an endless flood from elsewhere." Christian TV has defended its right to provide Griffin with a platform because "The BNP are the only party that would stop abortions in this country. Many Christians abhor abortion." Well, better support the BNP then. Mr Raabe has commented to the Observer, "this is an appointment regarding drug policy and what views I may or may not have on homosexuality are irrelevant." In that case, I look forward to Cameron appointing Griffin to a whole range of government committees that do not deal directly with race.

The appointment got me thinking. Perhaps, David Cameron is better connected than we thought? Why would a Tory appoint someone who opposed his party in an election last year? Why would he think it was such a good idea to appoint a Christian fundamentalist? Obviously, God really is an Englishman, probably an Etonian, and with western civilisation on the brink of collapse, HE, has finally chosen to reveal the true path to financial stability and social coherence. Who'd have ever thought that George Osborne would turn out to be a prophet? Well, the Lord moves in mysterious ways. Was it something written in the stars? Did Cameron have a vision, perhaps he heard voices? Does number ten have a hotline to the Holy Spirit? 

Despite the profound political, social and cultural ramifications that would accompany unarguable proof of the existence of God; at the moment this solution seems more palatable than the alternative; that the Tories are just making it up as they go along and keeping their fingers crossed. So George Michael was right all along, 'You gotta have faith!' Unfortunately, for George, there is a good chance, if the Maranatha and Raabe are correct, Cameron will have to get 'medieval on his ass' - and not in a way that would threaten western civilisation. Think that's funny? Well, they laughed at Joan of Arc, and look where listening to God got her.

We can only hope...