Walaa’s Weekly Wrap-Up ~ April 26th, 2014

Posted 26 Apr 2014 by Walaa Idris

Labour hiring Obama’s campaign strategist, David Axelrod, to help Miliband win next year’s election is a waste of union money.

For starters Axelrod mistook Ed for his brother David! An honest mistake most of Britain do daily, but nonetheless it’s a Freudian slip that says a lot. These people (six figure campaign gurus) do their homework and at such level, will not simply mistake one brother for another, especially not these two brothers.

Secondly Ed Miliband is not Barack Obama. I’m not a fan of Mr Obama’s politics but truth be said, the man has stature, great oratory, a brilliant smile and not a bad sense of humour, none of which Ed Miliband possesses.

Obama, though a rubbish politician is easy on the eye and charismatic. On the other hand, Ed Miliband, besides being a rubbish politician, has zero charisma, an irritating nasal voice and looks like a hyped up 12 year old geek.

I know it’s fashionable these days to import an election guru; all three parties did it, including my own. But as our general elections are becoming more and more presidential, winning is not just about a good strategy but also about having a good candidate who can work the strategy.

Voters can’t see Ed Miliband in number 10 just as they wanted Gordon Brown out of there, and no amount of money will change that.

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When Caroline Spellman suggested “paying for prostitution should be criminalised” it sounded like a roundabout way of criminalising commercial sex. This will only serve to push it underground thus allowing it to flourish in the black market.

Prostitution is not called the oldest profession for nothing. It has been around since the dawn of time, like mankind it managed to survive all disasters, economic, natural and man-made. Because no matter what else is going on there is a market for prostitution.

During Easter week we established (the uproar over Cameron doing God) as a nation we are a secular and liberal one. So why don’t we then look at prostitution ONLY from an economic prospective? And consider legalising and tax it.

This will allow sex workers to get regular health check-ups, get off the streets and work out of secure and clean premises. They will then become known, take more control of their business (money), and get protection from the authorities.

Legalising commercial sex will also reduce abuse. By bringing it out into the open it will reduce trafficking for the sex trade, and decrease disease. Surly those are good enough reasons to consider making buying and selling sex legal not the other way round.

Just a thought

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