I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
'Commonwealth' is not a word I ever used growing up in Colombo. There, in the late 1950s, it would have meant little more than New Zealand lamb and Anchor butter at the cold stores.
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
I grew up in an era when money was not readily available. We were into the post-Depression years and World War II.
We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties.
I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s.
I spent my first 10 years in the Commonwealth. I come from cricket, crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, the Queen.
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.
Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.
Self-depreciation is a disease. Once it gets a hold on us - good-bye!
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