We should all be focusing on how we solve this "volcano crisis" and not party politics Editorial
The London Daily News is calling for the general election to be suspended, until such times that millions of British people, stranded abroad are repatriated home.
We must not be diverted by the general election and campaigning, when the nation should be focusing on how we solve this very serious crisis created by the volcano ash from Iceland, which has paralysed air travel, and left millions stranded abroad. The three leaders of the main parties should agree a suspension of party campaigning today, and focus on how we get all of our citizens repatriated to the UK.
This is an emergency of massive proportions, if this problem with volcano ash, drags on for months, we cannot have millions of people, and of course people who will vote at the general election, stranded on foreign shores. The British government now must engage and identify the hotspot of how to move people from abroad back to the UK. All military and civil vessels should be used to do this; surely this is the main issue now, not some opinion polls putting Clegg ahead of Brown and Cameron.
It shows you how stupid and slow, "mainstream" politicians have been to get off the blocks, engrossed in the headlines of the day and failing to gauge the anger and concern in the country as to the implications of this crisis.
What if the ash cloud remains for months, do we just leave people stranded? Surely this cannot be the case. The priority of the "political class" is to focus their minds on how we repatriate people back home and the economic implications this is having on airlines and other sectors in the economy.
This should be the number one priority, lets get our people back, and forget about party politics, how shameful is it for politcians to be thinking about a re-election and also doing their bit for the country. Good call here LDN
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