::@:: Reality of Dreams ::@::

It has been a while since I have managed to get through a book, and certainly with as much gusto as I ploughed my way through this one. I bought it when I was travelling back from London, by the end of the journey I was half way through it and in a week I have finished it off.

The book covers a wide breadth of subject from the illegal war on Iraq, environmental issues, schools, health care and the lies and deceit that are rampant in our government. Very much like Michael Moore but much more, well, British. The book itself is complied from various sketches, resources, dialogues and more from the works of the above and the staff they work with. It is filled with little pieces of comedy gold wrapped in a cold hard shell of reality. One of the funniest is the reworking of the 1945 labour manifesto by “Tony Blair”. The 1945 labour party being the ones who beat Churchill in the first election after the war, set up the NHS, helped ratify the UN and so on… oh how times have changed.

There is a lot of information in this little book, a lot of funny and disturbing facts, sketches and some home truths. It is also disturbing to see how Mr Blair’s views and opinions have been changed since the moment he came to power, views he once held and openly spoke about in the commons are now reversed.

This is a must read for anyone who has issues with the government as it gives useful facts and information (and further reading sources). If you’re a fan of this government, it is also essential just so you can see how much we have been manipulated, lied to, and lead to a place where we have signed over our rights and privileges.

Anyway, I enjoyed it and I am now looking forward to dissecting my next book, “A short history and nearly everything” by Bill Bryson.