We are now seeing the result of decades of plotting and planning by persons unknown that has resulted in the cream of British youth being unable to find employment despite reams of 'A*' grades and university degrees. Today the unemployment figures were announced which frankly are a disgrace to a civilized country.
This country has a proud tradition of innovation and entrepreneurial skills second to none which could only be dismantled by design. Our education system first came under attack in the sixties when left wing loony socialists decided that the grammar school system, which throughout the world, was probably the only way that kids from council estates could get to Oxbridge without paying a penny, was abandoned.
Systematically exams were reduced in severity, discipline was challenged and the role of the teacher undermined. New teachers did not have to meet the educational requirements of their predecessors and subsequently the standards dropped. Don't get me wrong we still found decent people who had a teaching vocation but their authority was being constantly undermined.
Outside of education we, in this country, always had a practical apprenticeship programme. This served the young who did not have academic ability. The plumbers, electricians, hairdressers and bricklayers could be fed through this scheme so that by the time they reached 21 they were time qualified and well trained.
In the early 1980/90's these schemes were also undermined. They became YTS schemes which received much bad publicity and eventually somebody came up with NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) which frankly did not fit the bill. I know because I had to implement them. In fact It went just that bit further because if we did not ensure that our trainees passed the exam (regardless of ability) we lost our funding, which meant we lost our jobs! Looking back now the manipulation was unbelievable and everyone...and I mean everyone, accepted that this was reasonable.
By that time Tony Blair arrived on the scene and made his 'Education' speech! He decided that all our kids deserved a university education and just to emphasise his determination he closed down the local authority training schemes. My own highly successful scheme was going to be closed down so in 1996 I took the incentive of an enhanced pension. They more or less rewarded me to disappear because today I am living off it!
Then the scandal really took off. Now all our kids were in mainstream education. Now there was no alternative to edukashun and boy did they milk it. Year after year the exam results became sensational and year after year they all went to university...apart of course from the sub class who could not be controlled. So we had a two tier education system.
We had a smiling, grinning brain dead generation who played the game and a nasty, uncontrollable, degenerate group who became criminals, or had kids by different fathers or just sat at home watching day time television. The decent parents were persuaded that the system was 'kosha' because their kids were getting brilliant grades! What parent wants to challenge good grades obtained by their kids? Only the kids knew that they did not deserve their grades and how many of them will complain when they can hug their friends (sometimes live on the BBC) celebrating their success.
And so onto immigration! By the time we entered the new millenium our youngsters had a new threat. Hundreds of thousands of incomers were being allowed into the country and not all of them were ignorant Somalis and Afghans. Many of them were very clever Eastern Europeans and Scandanavians.
I know a family who have settled in my home town. He is Rumanian and she is Russian. He is the local club tennis champion and their daughter now attends the Dan Maskell school of Excellence for tennis. She is unbelievable and is one of my grandaughters best friends. I know that they are so committed to the UK that it is painful. He is a lecturer at the local university and his wife who spoke NO English when she arrived is now employed as an accountant.
How can our ill educated youngsters compete with this element of expertise. These people speak multiple languages and are socially aware. They are determined and committed and they are the real competion to our children.
Until we organise our education system to compete with the world or stop the immigration riot then our kids have no chance of getting a job. They have the wrong attitude, the wrong qualifications, the wrong direction and the wrong politicians. It will not change until they themselves get angry. I don't mean union (student union) angry I mean genuine, I will put my body on the line angry, because that is the only way that they will change this corrupt, disfunctional, complacent system.
If we got rid of the Political Class and got back to a fair and honest system then we could look after our youngsters but they will have to fight for it. The Camerons, Milibands, Blairs, Cleggs, Balls will not release their grip on power without a fight. I say to the young that you will have to fight for your future.
Rant is now over!
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Olympic Games Tickets - now they are prizes!
I have been scathing about the allocation of tickets for the 2012 London Olympic Games because it was not as transparent as it should have been and wide open to abuse.
People complained bitterly about not getting the tickets that they wanted and then it transpired that the government had bid for some of the most prized events.
Now we have EDF Energy advertising Olympic tickets as prizes in a competition that they are running. I notice however that they are not advertising what events these tickets are for? Did they receive these tickets through the back door like the politicians did or are they actually valueless...you know nonentity events which create little interest?
The problem with a system that lacked transparency is that it creates suspicion. EDF are not the only large company using Olympic tickets as prizes so I wonder how many tickets disappeared before the public got a look in?
Capital Punishment
I see that probably the most prominent of the political bloggers Guido Fawkes (Paul Staines) has created an E-Petition asking the government to reintroduce capital punishment for people who murder police or children.
He has a wide readership and with the improvement of forensic science probably making errors less likely in this modern era I believe that we should make this ultimate deterrent an option once again.
You can sign it here.
He has a wide readership and with the improvement of forensic science probably making errors less likely in this modern era I believe that we should make this ultimate deterrent an option once again.
You can sign it here.
The Job Centre...does it work...and why not?
I worked for 18 months in a Job Centre and it was the most soul destroying time in my life. During that time I did not deal with the long term unemployed because I was earmarked to deal with employers. The reason that I was profiled to deal with employers was because I was educated, I had professional telephone technique and at that level I was a jewel!
I was also a nuisance because I questioned the culture of the Job Centre which eventually led me to transferring elsewhere (1999). So perhaps it is time to examine what I questioned. I asked why we continued to allow claimants to 'sign on' when they were clearly 'working'. I mean when a guy jumps down from a lorry, wearing paint stained dungarees and runs in while the lorry revs up outside the Job Centre then there is a good chance that he is working!
I questioned why we issued temporary national insurance numbers to foreigners who could barely utter a word of English. All they had to do was pretend to be interested in a job and they were allowed into the system with no proof of identity required! That is how they did it folks!
I questioned why vagrants, with no fixed abode, were allowed to abuse the staff with no recourse. Why were they allowed to enter the premises carrying opened cans of strong lager? Why could we not impose minimum standards of behaviour on these louts?
Mostly however I questioned the use of the statistics which the Job Centre manufactured to prove how efficient they performed. It was done through a system called positive outcomes. If a claimant obtained employment via a Job Centre advertisement then it was counted as a 'postitive outcome'. Nobody however checked on how long that job lasted! We had one guy who had 14 positive outcomes in a year. He was a complete waste of space but he was continually allowed to apply for jobs when he was sober!
So it is little wonder to me that the young have discovered that if they want a decent job then your local Job Centre is probably the last refuge. In my opinion once you decide to enter those doors you have probably reached rock bottom! They are a national scandal!
I was also a nuisance because I questioned the culture of the Job Centre which eventually led me to transferring elsewhere (1999). So perhaps it is time to examine what I questioned. I asked why we continued to allow claimants to 'sign on' when they were clearly 'working'. I mean when a guy jumps down from a lorry, wearing paint stained dungarees and runs in while the lorry revs up outside the Job Centre then there is a good chance that he is working!
I questioned why we issued temporary national insurance numbers to foreigners who could barely utter a word of English. All they had to do was pretend to be interested in a job and they were allowed into the system with no proof of identity required! That is how they did it folks!
I questioned why vagrants, with no fixed abode, were allowed to abuse the staff with no recourse. Why were they allowed to enter the premises carrying opened cans of strong lager? Why could we not impose minimum standards of behaviour on these louts?
Mostly however I questioned the use of the statistics which the Job Centre manufactured to prove how efficient they performed. It was done through a system called positive outcomes. If a claimant obtained employment via a Job Centre advertisement then it was counted as a 'postitive outcome'. Nobody however checked on how long that job lasted! We had one guy who had 14 positive outcomes in a year. He was a complete waste of space but he was continually allowed to apply for jobs when he was sober!
So it is little wonder to me that the young have discovered that if they want a decent job then your local Job Centre is probably the last refuge. In my opinion once you decide to enter those doors you have probably reached rock bottom! They are a national scandal!
Monday, 14 November 2011
Ground to Air Missiles??
WTF? How on earth can we the British people be contemplating the use of Ground to Air Missiles to protect the Olympic Games? What is happening? Who do we fear and if that is the suggestion why did we bid for this toxic event?Ever since we prevailed in our bid for the 2012 Olympics the British people have been betrayed. The sale of tickets became a commercial enterprise. The building of the Olympic village and the stadium still reaks of sleaze particularly when it comes to its disposal. Everything has been arranged behind closed doors and clearly under the auspices of Lord Seb Coe huge profits have been concluded.
All of my life I have loved the Olympics. I have loved the ultimate competition and celebrated all of our medals. Suddenly, typically our sleazy, Political Class have achived the ultimate... they have actually turned me off. Why should I bid for tickets when all the corporate bodies had already been allocated the very tickets that I wanted?
Why should I bid for tickets for minority events which frankly do not interest me? Those people who naively submitted their credit card details for something that they didn't want will now find themselves spectators to uninteresting activities. They are being used to fill up the empty spaces.
Sorry but if they really believe that we may need Ground to Air missles to defend the Olympic Games then I will watch on the telly!
Saturday, 12 November 2011
An Art Attack!
I am not an avid art connoseur but like most men in the street I know what I like and I most certainly know what I don't like. Some of the horror shows that pose as art are ridiculous and at every opportunity the 'arting' fraternity seem to prefer controversy to talent. So when I saw the snippet below penned today in the Daily Mail by their irrascible columnist Quentin Letts I sat up and took notice.
Could the London Olympics have found better artists for its posters than Britart splodgers Tracey Emin and Martin Creed? Sculptor Eleanor Cardozo spent months imploring the Games’s organisers to give her a chance. She received ‘over 100’ letters of rejection.
The Russians had better taste. Miss Cardozo, 45, has now been hired to create scores of works for their Olympics team, some of which will be displayed in London.
As this example of her work shows, Miss Cardozo is an unfashionable exponent of classical figurative line.
She never stood a chance with the trendy-art loonies down at the London Olympics!
Too diplomatic to slag off Emin and Co., she simply says: ‘It sometimes seems that in London all you have to do is produce something provocative or disgusting and you are famous.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2060461/Holding-mirror-political-cronies.html#ixzz1dW7sHyXN
I immediately googled Ms Cardozo to see her interpretation of art and found her homepage. Mr Letts describes the London Olympics organising committee as 'trendy-art loonies' and I have to agree. The pieces crafted by Ms Cardozo are beautiful and how they could turn down this talent in favour of the grubby crap produced by people like Tracey Emin cannot be defended. Lunacy really is the only word!
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| Eleanor Cardozo |
Give this sculptor a gold medal
Could the London Olympics have found better artists for its posters than Britart splodgers Tracey Emin and Martin Creed? Sculptor Eleanor Cardozo spent months imploring the Games’s organisers to give her a chance. She received ‘over 100’ letters of rejection.
The Russians had better taste. Miss Cardozo, 45, has now been hired to create scores of works for their Olympics team, some of which will be displayed in London.
As this example of her work shows, Miss Cardozo is an unfashionable exponent of classical figurative line.
She never stood a chance with the trendy-art loonies down at the London Olympics!
Too diplomatic to slag off Emin and Co., she simply says: ‘It sometimes seems that in London all you have to do is produce something provocative or disgusting and you are famous.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2060461/Holding-mirror-political-cronies.html#ixzz1dW7sHyXN
I immediately googled Ms Cardozo to see her interpretation of art and found her homepage. Mr Letts describes the London Olympics organising committee as 'trendy-art loonies' and I have to agree. The pieces crafted by Ms Cardozo are beautiful and how they could turn down this talent in favour of the grubby crap produced by people like Tracey Emin cannot be defended. Lunacy really is the only word!
Your new Prime Minster is...?
It never ceases to amaze me how the Eurocrats dispense with democracy at every available opportunity. In the very rare event that people are consulted on the question of the EU then a 'No' vote is ignored and another referendum arranged so that the 'right' result can be 'arranged'.
So when the elected Greek PM decided to consult the people on the austerity measures being imposed on his country one could almost hear the shrieks of horror from Brussels. Inevitably he had to leave office so one would presume that an election for his successor would be held. Election? (more shrieks!) Oh no the Greeks were presented with an unelected eurocrat appointed to ensure that everyone did as they were told. What has amazed me is that the Greeks who will violently riot at the drop of a hat seem to have accepted this situation.
So let's swim across the Ionian Sea and drop in on Italy. We have the same situation there only a lot bigger. Their PM is a mate of Tony Blair so clearly his CV is dodgy and because he had presided over a massive financial mess he too is being pushed out (allegedly). So cue elections? Not on your nelly duff as eurocrat number two is being prepared to guide Italy through their austerity measures.
So it got me thinking what would happen if the UK went bust and the EU decided to remove David Cameron and replace him? Who would be the best candidate? No point in holding elections because all three parties agree with each other so that would be a waste of time. We could bring back Gordon Brown but there is one drawback ...unbelievably he was actually elected back into Westmonster! He never attends but who cares?
So who else who doesn't stand for election but is crooked enough to support the EU. I know we have one outstanding candidate. Step forward Peter Mandelson a man who had to resign from high office twice, a man who routinely courts Russian oligarchs and a man who apparently made a fortune during his time as an EU commissar.
Nobody in the UK would ever vote for him so he would be perfect...
and he even has the right initials!! I know the idea is ludicrous but that is what has happened in Greece and is likely to happen in Italy. Suddenly democracy has disappeared and that is why you will never get a referendum.
So when the elected Greek PM decided to consult the people on the austerity measures being imposed on his country one could almost hear the shrieks of horror from Brussels. Inevitably he had to leave office so one would presume that an election for his successor would be held. Election? (more shrieks!) Oh no the Greeks were presented with an unelected eurocrat appointed to ensure that everyone did as they were told. What has amazed me is that the Greeks who will violently riot at the drop of a hat seem to have accepted this situation.
So let's swim across the Ionian Sea and drop in on Italy. We have the same situation there only a lot bigger. Their PM is a mate of Tony Blair so clearly his CV is dodgy and because he had presided over a massive financial mess he too is being pushed out (allegedly). So cue elections? Not on your nelly duff as eurocrat number two is being prepared to guide Italy through their austerity measures.
So it got me thinking what would happen if the UK went bust and the EU decided to remove David Cameron and replace him? Who would be the best candidate? No point in holding elections because all three parties agree with each other so that would be a waste of time. We could bring back Gordon Brown but there is one drawback ...unbelievably he was actually elected back into Westmonster! He never attends but who cares?
So who else who doesn't stand for election but is crooked enough to support the EU. I know we have one outstanding candidate. Step forward Peter Mandelson a man who had to resign from high office twice, a man who routinely courts Russian oligarchs and a man who apparently made a fortune during his time as an EU commissar.
Nobody in the UK would ever vote for him so he would be perfect...
and he even has the right initials!! I know the idea is ludicrous but that is what has happened in Greece and is likely to happen in Italy. Suddenly democracy has disappeared and that is why you will never get a referendum.
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