Town Sports Day!

Today I attended the Town Sports Day where all the local kids ran in competition and their parents attended and cheered them on.  The reason that I attended was that my second granddaughter was running in a relay race.  Now I know, because I have attended a couple of her 'Sports Days' that the emphasis at this particular primary school is definitely non competitive!  The Headmistress likes music and so competitive young lads must sing with the girls! Yuck!

So we arrive at Loughborough University (what a lovely setting) and we discover that they are approximately one hour behind schedule. That may be fine for people who have nothing better to do but I am with parents who are both on nights!!

There is no PA announcing results. There is nobody updating the public on what is happening.  A couple of people wander in front of the crowd with boards (two numbers) telling you what event is happening.  Nobody is announcing which school is winning and nobody is announcing the winning pupils!  It is a typically abject performance from the education professionals.

I spy teachers taking their kids to the far side of the track and preparing them for the relay race. All of them are practicing but my granddaughter's teacher has disappeared.  The kids mill around leaderless. I asked her why they were not practicing and she tells me that their team does not have a baton! 

Eventually the race happens. The lead runner for my granddaughters's team gained a silver medal in the individual race and streaks off.  Suddenly at the first handover the second girl freezes and the advantage is lost because the poor girl does not know the rules.  She stands still and receives the baton without momentum.  The whole team is destroyed and there are tears.

That bloody so called PE teacher has a lot to answer for.  I am sorry but lazy, ignorant prats like him should never be in charge of kids. The day was an embarrassment for the teachers.  They have no idea how to run a sports day.  They were exposed as incompetents and talented children were let down by lazy teachers.

The only fee paying school slaughtered all the rest because their teachers are dedicated to their pupils. They wanted to win! The consequences of this afternoon could be long standing.  The poor girl who froze will never forget her embarrassment.  The other three athletes feel cheated. They are 10 years of age! Teachers need to be more aware that competitive sport is a fact of life. They have a duty to get involved.  It is no longer acceptable to be a wimp and to be incompetent! One half decent serviceman would have saved the day.

Bullying and the Trade Unions!

The recent news that Julie Bailey has had to close her popular cafe and move out of Stafford owing to intimidation by persons unknown is a sign of the times. You may well remember that she was the person who almost single handedly exposed the scandal of Mid Staffs NHS Trust following the death of her mother.

She has since been targetted to such an extent that even this brave lady has had to close down and move out? Now who could possibly be angered by her stand against the horrendous practices established and acted out under the watch of people like Sir David Nicholson and Cynthia Bower?  Who would or could order a campaign of intimidation that would close her business down?

She relied upon the largesse of many of the workers from the local Stafford hospital so her stand was even more courageous but then did she already know that malpractice was encouraged.  She must have overheard her patronage discussing work issues.  Most of us will be eternally grateful to her for exposing the scandal at Stafford hospital so who would be angry?

In the 1970's Margaret Thatcher took on the Trade Unions and eventually destroyed them.  For some time after their influence waned but in recent years mainly since we joined the EU they have regrouped and are now once again a force for evil.  After all the leader of the Labour party owes his job to Union support.  He could never have stabbed his brother in the back without it!

They fund 'Unite Against Fascism' which is a violent organisation that specialises in closing down freedom of political expression. They have vetoed almost every attempt to reform Health or Education and seem to be the only organisations that can put enough people on the streets to mount a sizeable demonstration.

So who would it be that would cowardly bully someone like Julie Bailey into closing her business and moving out of her home town? We don't have to look to far to discover the answer.  Where is the modern day Margaret Thatcher when you need one?

Derby County

When I first began this blog I wanted it to be about family, friends and interests.  In the intervening years the characteristic of the country and the political scene has changed to such an extent that I have become a political animal.  I now believe that the blogosphere has become such an important instrument on behalf of the electorate that I have no choice but to continue down this path.

I do however still support my football club Derby County with a passion.  I have been very critical of manager and board mainly because, with such a large fan base, their parsimonious approach to football contrasted significantly with that of so many of their neighbours.

Thirty miles south of Derby near neighbours Leicester City spent money like water and still failed to gain promotion. Arch enemy Nottingham Forest have always been able to spend to compete but the Rams have relied on potential stars from the lower leagues, cut price transfers from Ireland and Scotland and the academy.

I doubt very much if any other club in the country has introduced more graduates from the academy to the first team.  The academy team in the past two years has only been defeated in the FA Youth Cup by the multi-national academies Chelsea and Manchester United. During that time they have dismissed Arsenal and Manchester City!

Mistakes have been made. Chances have been taken and have failed but the ethos has been correct.  Build from the bottom, get the right type of character, if it fails then the cost has been cheap. Do not buy expensive foreigners! Derby, at the moment, has one young chap from the Albanian Under 21 team on the books.  He paid his own way for his trial.

If they challenge for promotion this year and they finished 10th in the Championship last year, then Nigel Clough and the Board will be rightly regarded as turning the tide of British football.  I never, ever thought that Nigel could emulate his Dad and he won't but he might just do something differently.

Derby County is being run correctly and yes I know, that I have in the past criticized this approach. They seem to buy one expensive signing per year but then they also sell someone.  This year Johnny Russell arrived from Dundee United and it would appear that John Brayford will be the player sacrificed. he must be mad if he signs for Wigan ahead of Derby but Nigel Clough and Derby know that they already have a replacement (Freeman).

I just hope that we can hang onto Will Hughes (who at 17 played for the England under 21 team) because he is sensational and linking with Hendrick (now a full Eire international and both academic products) and Craig Bryson (cheap from Kilmarnock) will provide a very strong midfield.

Finally the strike force which so often let the Rams down last year has been improved by the addition of Johnny Russell from Dundee United. He is the big money signing this year! I have seen limited clips of this guy and he seems fast and prolific. If the Rams are to succeed this year then Russell will be the key but he has to step up a gear.

So to sum up.  Derby County under Nigel Clough will hopefully step forward this  year. They have the ammunition to gain automatic promotion even though the Championship league is so competitive. Players playing for Derby this year are motivated by ambition and not money. Their time will come.

Evil Beyond Belief!

Almost every day we uncover more evil being perpetrated within our public services. The latest outrage is a confession by a former undercover policeman that they were trying to dig up dirt on the Lawrence family, the family of a young black lad murdered on the streets by thugs some of whom have subsequently been jailed.

This follows on from so many foul ups by police I am beginning to believe that we cannot trust any of them. The hierarchy, those responsible for decision making, seem to be following ideals that are so rotten and so corrupt that to most of us it beggars belief!

Rewind back to the horrendous execution of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes and marvel that the officer in charge of such a shambles is STILL making decisions in the Metropolitan Police.  Think about Hillsbrough and the in house corruption which covered up the incompetence of the leadership on that day.

It has long been a belief that the investigation into the Lawrence murder was a cock up of  immense proportions and there have been rumours of police involvement with interested parties of the people who have since been jailed.  Now we learn that it gets worse and goes so much deeper than any of us could ever have imagined.

People are talking about public enquiries but who can we trust to conduct them? Today in the Daily Mail I came across this example of people within the legal system.  In modern times most of us are outraged at the lenient sentences being handed down to sex offenders and yet we allow people of 'dubious' background into positions where they can influence the law.

 I believe that there is now sufficient evidence to indicate that the police hierarchy has been infiltrated by some people who have no moral scruples whatsoever.  We need to get rid of them but who will do it? Who has the integrity to conduct a public enquiry and flush out, shame and punish the guilty? Do we have one leading politician, lawyer or senior police officer who we can trust? The very fact that I am writing this seems to sum up the state of the country!  Is the corruption within our political system now so widespread that it cannot be contained?

People in Brazil are on the streets fighting for a new nation.  What would it take for the British to say enough is enough!

Ed Balls is Copying George Osborne!

Not a policy in sight!

I am watching Ed Balls on the show that the BBC still calls the 'Andrew Marr Show' and I am laughing out loud! This man is incorrigible!  After years of blowing all the public money under Grodon Brown he now says that the Tory austerity policy is correct.  He goes even further because he is trying to blame the Coalition for the state of the country's finances!

He is being skewered by Sophie Rayworth who is valiantly trying to get some sort of future policy out of him.  All he will admit is that he will continue the Osborne policy of cutting public spending. Ha!  In other words the 'Political Class' will continue 'troughing' and the public will continue to lose services. Vote Labour!

Every Sunday morning the BBC parades the usual subjects but even by their standards this morning has been dismal.  Baroness Helena Kennedy is a well known, well connected, socialist millionaire and she shared a sofa wih shameless self publicist Russell Brand!  What can this clown contribute to serious debate?

Nothing changes! Just pay the license fee and we will treat you as idiots. Actually Sophie Rayworth is much better than Andrew Marr and I would like to see her keep the job but please BBC bring on some credible  and sensible contributors.  Of all the mainstream frontline politicians only Nigel Farage has the ability to enthuse because he is the only one on the side of the patriot.

NHS - The Story Unfolds!

The scandal currently engulfing the NHS is getting great air time as more detail emerges about the personalities involved.  Apparently one of the major players now says that she wanted to speak out...too late dearie!

I was amazed to discover that the CEO of CQC responsible for the redacted report, Cynthia Bower, was also CEO of NHS West Midlands when the previous scandal of Stafford Hospital erupted!
She was appointed to that position in July 2006 only three months before Sir David Nicholson (according to the Daily Mail 'the man with no shame') moved from CEO of the West Midland Strategic Health Authority to be CEO of the NHS. Such a link is rarely coincidental

If you think that is bad then read all about Sir David Nicholson's young wife! She apparently began as his junior and by the time she was 32 she was CEO of Birmingham's Children's Hospital!  Talk about wheels within wheels!

I do not understand why the NHS Board of Directors cannot see that Sir David Nicholson just has to be responsible for so much of the scandal that has engulfed the NHS in recent years.  Even his 'troughing' is legendary! 

It is little wonder that the mainstream media throughout the day has been latching onto this recent incredible cover up.  These senior executives have fallen so low it is difficult to comprehend the magnitude of their criminality but when you read up on their boss it is hardly surprising.  One can only wonder at the morality of the members of the NHS board who continue to employ him.

The Cover Up Becomes the Story!

As ever, once a cover up enters the public domain it becomes the story and I suspect that the attempt to cover up a critical health inspection report will run and run.  Two more names emerged yesterday of people who believed that the integrity of the failing Care Quality Commission was more important than the lives of babies!

I will never understand the lack of compassion and the devious criminality of these women but then what was the Health Secretary (Andy Burnham I believe) doing while all of this was happening?  We have had many complaints about Health Care during his watch or at least the watch of the socialists in charge of the health system.

The tick box culture which seemed to replace traditional nursing during these dreadful years did not happen accidently.  It was devised by someone or some people and they should bear the responsibility. In my opinion we should be looking at the Labour politicians, Sir David Nicholson (the man with no shame) and a few other layers lower down the pecking order.

This comes at the same time that news is emerging of 1000 (yes one thousand) severance deals costing the public purse £28 million to prevent ex-staff from whistleblowing!  Just what is happening in this country behind closed doors which would cause 1000 people to want to expose health care practice?

I believe that this is the proof that, at the moment, there is an undercurrent of evil which would probably shock us all and it probably will.  There is no honour amongst thieves and once we can uncover one layer of criminality others will follow.  If these women were so motivated to cover up the death of 14 babies what else would they cover up?  Were they covering up for themselves or for the whole system? Just what culture could possibly warp their beliefs so horribly that they would got to these lengths to hide the facts of these deaths from the parents of the kids?

Four women have been named so far.....!