There has been a lack of leadership

in this country. We have a Prime Minister who appears to be more concerned with placating the trouble makers than supporting those in need. We have a media which supports him and his ministers. 

Perhaps the previous government was also lacking in leadership too. It was not good either but I do not believe it was as bad as the present one. Even given the event of the past weekend, an event which can only be described as a terrorist attack, our Prime Minister is still not coming out and making the statements he should be making. He is not going where he should go. He is not speaking to the people he should be speaking to. He is not making the decisions which should be made. 

Our Prime Minister is also being supported in this lack of action by the media, a media which seems fearful of upsetting some but not others. It seems it is impossible to get anyone to speak about the problem which is "multiculturalism" and the way we allow people to live here but not even attempt to integrate.

Today is forecast to be very hot - 39'C. I needed milk because I had unexpected visitors yesterday so I went down to the supermarket. It opens at seven in the morning and I was there shortly afterwards. I saw a man I know there. I do not know him well but I do know his wife and the children. He was pushing a trolley around with a list in his hand and a worried expression on his face.

"Is everything okay?" I asked him when he looked at me. He hesitated and then shook his head.

"M... does not want to go out right now. She's frightened."

M...covers her head and dresses traditionally. She is a nervous woman anyway. I suspect her husband is fairly controlling but this morning he seemed genuinely concerned for her. He then said something which surprised me,

"You are very tolerant of us. Tell me please, in all honesty, is it the way she clothes herself?"

I wondered how on earth I was going to answer this. He was watching me very closely. An honest answer? How could I give this man an honest answer and not make him angry or embarrassed? 

"I would wish an answer from you," he told me.

So, I answered him and said, "I think the way we clothe ourselves can sometimes divide us."

He nodded slowly and said, "Perhaps you are right."

I am certain I am right but I also doubt I am as tolerant as he believes.