As much as I would like to say that this is true, it's really not. In fact, quite the opposite.

At 18, I cared not. As long as I could play football I was happy.
At 21, I was remotely concerned about the state of the employment market.
At 25, as long as the parcel industry was secure and I could fulfil my management duties, I was happy.

Now, at 28, I seem to be caught in a constant stream of politics and social concern. But this isn't just one man complaining about the state of society today, how the streets aren't safe at night these days, how societal values have disappeared, how nobody cares for their neighbours any more. No, this is borne from the realisation that any kind of political system is corrupt, unreliable and self-serving.

Problems run deeper than simply the chancellor of the exchequer getting the budget wrong, or the education secretary releasing a new policy without providing the funding for schools to implement it. The problem stems from increasing greed and the self-centred nature of society. Driven by adverts offering the latest "must-have" technology. Driven by the need to better than one's neighbour. Or driven most recently by the need to earn a ridiculous amount of money to simply even put a roof over one's own head.

While individuals in society constantly look out for themselves we will never see a return to community spirit. Only in extreme circumstances where a selfish goal is shared (for example where a new flightpath is proposed over a neighbourhood) do we ever see a flash of community in the modern world.

Common sense these days is often deemed racist, sexist, ageist, prejudiced and unfair to the disadvantaged. Well I'm sorry but last time I checked, life wasn't fair. The political-correct brigade, in their meddling ways of thinking they are somehow making things better for everyone, have merely shifted the disadvantage to a different socio-economic group. This is deemed acceptable in today's society.

A government that employs five million people is pretty much guaranteed five million votes. That's a good start to any election.

A single mother is able to live a life of luxury in a two-bedroom house paid for by the government, while her husband (on whom she cheated) is struggling to afford a quick pint down the pub with his friends. Why? Because he has a job.

A doctor, a father of nine, quits his job and lives at home on benefits because he can earn more money that way.

An outgoing union leader ensures his friends will all earn good money for life before he retires.

A salesman cannot be trusted because if he doesn't make his sales target this month, he cannot pay the mortgage.

Then in the background, a caring individual is fighting his way through a crowd of personal agenda with one goal in mind - a solution that is fair for everyone.

That individual is dismissed, surely he can't be telling the truth. Why?

He must have his own agenda, of course...