Hello and welcome to the Practical Idealism blog! Allow me to introduce myself. As you may expect ‘Madison’ is not my real name but it will serve for the purposes of anonymity. I’m 31 years old, live in Northern Ireland and have an interest in politics, which is primarily what this blog will be focused on.
I would describe my outlook on most topics as liberal. As long as you are inclusive and generally not being what Caitlin Moran would term an ‘ass-hat’ we will generally have no quarrel. I’m would also say I’m somewhat of what economists would call ‘a greater fool.’ For those of you unfamiliar with the term you can look it up (I’m not a dictionary after all), but put simply I’m an eternal optimist!
My view of politics is simple if some what idealistic. It should work for the good of all and should be as open, transparent and as accessible as possible. Unfortunately that is currently not what is happening in Northern Ireland at the moment. In a ‘power-sharing’ (and I use that phrase loosely) Assembly of extremes stalemate and stagnation has taken hold. In turn this has promoted apathy throughout the electorate tired of the same old arguments being played over and over. Change is required and in this blog I plan to discuss some of the possible solutions.
I hope you will join in and take part in the discussion.
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