Nick Cohen writes an intriguing article in 'The Observer' today with the title 'Never have words meant so little for a generation of politicians'. I think the title could be extended to include '...politicians nor many of the electorate'. The biggest decision since the Second World War for the future of our country and its youth is being tossed around carelessly. Cohen writes 'No historian can find a precedent for today’s parliament where the prime minister and most of the government and opposition benches will consciously vote for a policy they know will make the nation poorer. So complete is their abandonment of any conception of political integrity that they cannot tell the truth about the choices they are making as they push to leave the single market. They will not level with the public and say suffering is the price of a hard Brexit. In the words of the anti-Brexit campaigner Hugo Dixon, it would be an “electrifying moment” if Theresa May or any one of her ministers merely gave a plain account of the country’s future.' Is that the future that will be given away? My poor late father fought (unwillingly) with the Royal Navy in the Second World War and was sunk several times in the Landing Craft he commanded. He hated war. Didnt understand why he was killing young German kids and was baffled by his cultured leaders who also spoke differently from him. Happily he realised that education was a great virtue and thoroughly promoted that for his three sons, although not his daughter..although that is another story and she succeeded anyway. My father's photo appears below since he will be pleased that his son, myself, is doing just a little bit to prevent the country he loved from self-immolating itself.