Well, Yes…

…And no.

Should Ed Miliband have  joined the army? Well, he could have been blown to bits by an IED in the ‘Stan.That would probably have done the world a favour…

More seriously, the point being that the obnoxious little creep has never done a real day’s work in  his life. But, then, in the world of politics, he ain’t alone in that. That useless twat Cameroid hasn’t either. And, no, professional  politicians are not experts at running the country. They are wasters who are useless at everything but assume (incorrectly) that a PPE degree somehow qualifies them to tell the rest of us what to do. Scum who should be strung up from the nearest lamp post.

However, that digression aside, there’s some nonsensical stuff in the article I link to. That somehow soldiering makes a man of you – or, more obliquely that not having been a soldier makes one less of a man. Bollocks – both Johnsons – Alan and Samuel – are wrong on this one. Hopelessly, totally and completely wrong. I have never been a soldier and never wanted to. Indeed, should we have been involved in a conflict requiring a mass mobilisation, I would have refused. I am not a soldier and never want to be one. Am I less of a man? Oh, well, maybe…

Moving swiftly on…

The argument that being an officer would have made Miliband a better leader may have some merit, but I’d feel pretty sorry for any squaddies under his command. And, frankly, what makes anyone think that this cretin is officer material anyway? Officers have to demonstrate competence – not a quality Miliband has ever exhibited in any quantity.

For better or worse, the qualities required in army life do not translate easily into the political world.

Well, yes, probably so. I’m not sure any real world profession does. That there are a disproportionate amount of lawyers on the green benches merely reinforces my already low opinion of that profession.

The army is about obeying orders and carrying out a ruthlessly logical plan. But messy, illogical life is rarely like that. And nor is politics.

Yup. And that’s why I’d have made a piss-poor soldier. I don’t do orders, preferring the messy illogical stuff where I am at home. A brief stint in the Naval Reserve during my twenties drove  that point home good and hard.

No one under 40 should be allowed to be an MP, and anyone who has come up through internal party structures should be barred from the cabinet. Alan Johnson surely embodies what Miliband should have done: been a postman!

Yup. I’d go further – much further. I’d bar anyone who has not had a full career in a real job having had to deal with the consequences of legislation shat out from the arsehole  that is Westminster.  And I’d make it part time and unpaid – expenses only, much like councillors, with strictly limited runs. Anyone who wants to enter politics demonstrates immediately their unfitness for the role.