So we lost our Chairman today and for one I am not sorry. He arrived in a blaze of publicity and immediately sacked Billy Davies and appointed Paul Jewell. Ever since then my club which attracts premiership level support week in and week out has constantly let the fans down.
He appointed Nigel Clough as manager even though he had not managed in any of the four leagues. Nigel seems to believe that if he signs players from the lower echelons with one eye on the wage bill then they will propel the team to success.
His father successfully followed this principle and unearthed many gems from the lower leagues...people like Roy McFarland and Archie Gemmell but the modern game is different. If people like Dean Moxey, Shaun Barker and Buxton are marked as the type of player who can give us the success that the fans deserve then statistics may prove him wrong.
I am however more concerned with the basics which coaches should instill into the players. I watched the game last Saturday and my team simply could not pass the ball! They had a great start and yet they were so inept that they were run off the park. We have so many players who frankly are not up to the job and as far as Derby are concerned they are drawing money under false pretences.
I know that we have a lot of injuries but to sign people on loan simply because they are good for the dressing room is ridiculous. Yes the wage bill for the club may be now on course for solvency but to sign ageing professionals is a mistake. How can Lee Hendrie and Paul Dickov be used to block the chances of the young reserves. How can we play Dickov ahead of Prijovic? If Prijovic is so useless then perhaps he should be binned.
So much wrong and I really feel for the loyal fans. My gut instinct is that we all support Nigel but he is not his Dad. His Dad was his own man and had a plan. This team does not have a plan which worries me. They simply run around like headless chickens and if Nigel had a plan then his team don't know about it! Get a grip Nigel even you only has limited time.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
The Nimrod Culture
If ever a report damns a government and its priorities. This is yet another example of how the NoLab cabal ignored the reports, the recommendations and the advice purely to save money. Our servicemen were sacrificed because these arrogant and ignorant politicians decided that the lives of our servicemen were expendable.
If this disgusting and disreputable bunch of traitors have ever been exposed then it is in this report. Will our elected representatives hold them to account... do not hold your breath. Take PM's question time...what a farce...Gordon Brown just ignores all the questions and blethers on about what he perceives the Tories would do. He is allowed to destroy the finances of the country and then smugly ignores the questions.
In my past life I actually had a flight on the Nimrod. We circled Ramsgate airport seven times as the trainee pilots practised their land and takeoff procedures but I think it was just an exercise to make the Pongos throw up! In the main it worked but the point is that where Intelligence gathering was concerned the Nimrod was essential. That was in the early nineteen eighties.
It should have had priority consideration because the servicemen manning that aircraft were highly trained. It takes thousands of pounds to train top quality Nimrod operators. To destroy a whole crew because of finance is typical of NoLab and their approach to the destruction of everything that we hold dear.
The scum who are responsible should be outed. The people mentioned in the report should resign...no they actually should be shot! It is long past the time that these people with their snout in the trough should be protected by the NoLab culture. Gordon Brown is ultimately responsible. Once again apologies are not enough...we want resignations and the first one should be that of Gordon Brown.
So many of our servicemen died and yet nobody will lose their jobs. So typical New Labour so typical of the Political Class. Get real folks this bunch of NoLab politicians do not give a flying f**k about the welfare of our forces. The only reason that we have soldiers fighting in Afghanistan is poverty. Poverty in our society means that the young guys and girls will volunteer for active service because they have no choice.
Nice one Gordon!
If this disgusting and disreputable bunch of traitors have ever been exposed then it is in this report. Will our elected representatives hold them to account... do not hold your breath. Take PM's question time...what a farce...Gordon Brown just ignores all the questions and blethers on about what he perceives the Tories would do. He is allowed to destroy the finances of the country and then smugly ignores the questions.
In my past life I actually had a flight on the Nimrod. We circled Ramsgate airport seven times as the trainee pilots practised their land and takeoff procedures but I think it was just an exercise to make the Pongos throw up! In the main it worked but the point is that where Intelligence gathering was concerned the Nimrod was essential. That was in the early nineteen eighties.
It should have had priority consideration because the servicemen manning that aircraft were highly trained. It takes thousands of pounds to train top quality Nimrod operators. To destroy a whole crew because of finance is typical of NoLab and their approach to the destruction of everything that we hold dear.
The scum who are responsible should be outed. The people mentioned in the report should resign...no they actually should be shot! It is long past the time that these people with their snout in the trough should be protected by the NoLab culture. Gordon Brown is ultimately responsible. Once again apologies are not enough...we want resignations and the first one should be that of Gordon Brown.
So many of our servicemen died and yet nobody will lose their jobs. So typical New Labour so typical of the Political Class. Get real folks this bunch of NoLab politicians do not give a flying f**k about the welfare of our forces. The only reason that we have soldiers fighting in Afghanistan is poverty. Poverty in our society means that the young guys and girls will volunteer for active service because they have no choice.
Nice one Gordon!
The Dangerous Tony Blair
Now that the cat has been let out of the bag and the NoLab policy of destroying our civilization and social history by allowing mass immgration then we can draw our own conclusions. When I worked for the Asylum Appeals Authority I was shocked by the shambles that we inherited. I have blogged this before but the Home Office was a joke.
I drew the conclusion almost 10 years ago that the immigration shambles had to be intentional. Nobody could ignore it unless they had created it and of course Jack Straw was Home Secretary at the time. So we can perceive that Tony Blair was in charge, Jack Straw was his very willing accomplice and along the way they picked up others like Barbara Roche and a cabal of ambitious Civil Servants keen to jump on the gravy train.
Others are too close to Blair to be ignored, The Milibands, the squalid Prescott, the ultra Socialist Blunkett, Hain and Mandelson. All have been complicit in the destruction of the social structure of the UK. I won't bang on about what they did because we are all painfully aware but now we know that their ultimate aim was to destroy the country and they have come damned close to it.
Well now we are only 6 months from getting rid of them and beginning the repair job to rid the country of this bunch of villains and probable traitors. There is only one problem...the very man who led us into an illegal war by telling parliament lies has emerged again. This time he is angling after the top job in Europe. Just think that if he succeeds in his quest to be President and all the usual suspects are backing him then what would that mean for our democracy?
He could impose as many different laws upon us as he wishes. Our democratic election would be rendered impotent because now he could finish the very job that he started. No wonder David Miliband is backing him and backing a campaign for Turkey to enter the EU. That would mean legal access to the UK for millions of Turks!
No wonder the right wing press are screaming blue murder. David Cameron has suddenly realised that if Blair is shoehorned into the Presidency then his Premiership is worthless.
I just wince at what these NoLab cronies have imposed upon us and the depth of their deceit. I also wonder what the hell the rest of the Westmonster 'honest' politicians were doing to allow all of this to happen? The facts are however that if Blair is granted the Presidency of Europe (notice I omit the word 'elected') then we are all in for a very hard time because Tony Blair must despise the UK. Still it might mean that David Cameron will withdraw us from the EU just to save his job of PM.
I drew the conclusion almost 10 years ago that the immigration shambles had to be intentional. Nobody could ignore it unless they had created it and of course Jack Straw was Home Secretary at the time. So we can perceive that Tony Blair was in charge, Jack Straw was his very willing accomplice and along the way they picked up others like Barbara Roche and a cabal of ambitious Civil Servants keen to jump on the gravy train.
Others are too close to Blair to be ignored, The Milibands, the squalid Prescott, the ultra Socialist Blunkett, Hain and Mandelson. All have been complicit in the destruction of the social structure of the UK. I won't bang on about what they did because we are all painfully aware but now we know that their ultimate aim was to destroy the country and they have come damned close to it.
Well now we are only 6 months from getting rid of them and beginning the repair job to rid the country of this bunch of villains and probable traitors. There is only one problem...the very man who led us into an illegal war by telling parliament lies has emerged again. This time he is angling after the top job in Europe. Just think that if he succeeds in his quest to be President and all the usual suspects are backing him then what would that mean for our democracy?
He could impose as many different laws upon us as he wishes. Our democratic election would be rendered impotent because now he could finish the very job that he started. No wonder David Miliband is backing him and backing a campaign for Turkey to enter the EU. That would mean legal access to the UK for millions of Turks!
No wonder the right wing press are screaming blue murder. David Cameron has suddenly realised that if Blair is shoehorned into the Presidency then his Premiership is worthless.
I just wince at what these NoLab cronies have imposed upon us and the depth of their deceit. I also wonder what the hell the rest of the Westmonster 'honest' politicians were doing to allow all of this to happen? The facts are however that if Blair is granted the Presidency of Europe (notice I omit the word 'elected') then we are all in for a very hard time because Tony Blair must despise the UK. Still it might mean that David Cameron will withdraw us from the EU just to save his job of PM.
Saturday, 24 October 2009
The BNP
OK now the furore has died down I believe that I can blog. I honestly believe that I lost a lot of support for my perceived support for the BNP which I regret. I don't regret the support of a minority, controversial party but I do regret that I obviously did not clarify my position.
I want to bin Europe (so do the BNP), I want to restrict immigration (so do the BNP) I want a decent education system for my granddaughters (so do the BNP), I want a fair deal for our council estate classes (so do the BNP). I also want a challenge to the Muslim threat which is real because they have an extremist faction which they are not challenging.
We have so many Muslims in our society and yet none of them seem to be able to confront the extremists. They all pretend that they are good 'British' subjects but never oppose the views of the extremists which of course feeds the cause of the BNP.
That brings me back to Question Time which the BBC contrived for viewer ratings and it has spectacularly backfired on them. Some of us have have revered 'Question Time'for years but when compere David Dimbleby clearly compromised his impartiality then the game was up and Nick Griffin had won.
Don't get me wrong I do not support Nick Griffin; I do however support many of the policies of the BNP. I personally believe that Nick Griffin harms the BNP. If they could elect a leader who did not have the controversial background that Nick Griffin exudes then just possibly they would attract further support.
Having said that who has the balls to lead an independent political party against the might of the controlled press, the might of the controlled televised media and the might of the corrupt politicians. I tell you what, considering the pressure on Nick Griffin, he did quite well. One supporter would have been an advantage!
Our controlled media rabbit on about what it means to be British but they demonstrated on Thursday evening what is not British and we all know it.
I want to bin Europe (so do the BNP), I want to restrict immigration (so do the BNP) I want a decent education system for my granddaughters (so do the BNP), I want a fair deal for our council estate classes (so do the BNP). I also want a challenge to the Muslim threat which is real because they have an extremist faction which they are not challenging.
We have so many Muslims in our society and yet none of them seem to be able to confront the extremists. They all pretend that they are good 'British' subjects but never oppose the views of the extremists which of course feeds the cause of the BNP.
That brings me back to Question Time which the BBC contrived for viewer ratings and it has spectacularly backfired on them. Some of us have have revered 'Question Time'for years but when compere David Dimbleby clearly compromised his impartiality then the game was up and Nick Griffin had won.
Don't get me wrong I do not support Nick Griffin; I do however support many of the policies of the BNP. I personally believe that Nick Griffin harms the BNP. If they could elect a leader who did not have the controversial background that Nick Griffin exudes then just possibly they would attract further support.
Having said that who has the balls to lead an independent political party against the might of the controlled press, the might of the controlled televised media and the might of the corrupt politicians. I tell you what, considering the pressure on Nick Griffin, he did quite well. One supporter would have been an advantage!
Our controlled media rabbit on about what it means to be British but they demonstrated on Thursday evening what is not British and we all know it.
Parking outside the House!
Our struggle to confront the local street wardens who continue to ticket householders who park on a strip of tarmac they have used for 25 years continues. Yesterday my daughter and I met with MP Andy Reed and his aide Ian Selby and were given a fair hearing.
Yesterday I also received E-Mails from our local councillors and they are all being really supportive. This is a battle against 'Jobsworth' council officials who believe that can bully us into submission. We now have the support of two Borough Councillors, a County Councillor and our MP.
The problem is that if they fail then we know that any election is useless because if Councillors are overruled by officials then, even though there are legal precedents,then why do we vote?
If we succeed however, then I will write to the 'Loughborough Echo' and give credit where credit is due. I am now hopeful.
Yesterday I also received E-Mails from our local councillors and they are all being really supportive. This is a battle against 'Jobsworth' council officials who believe that can bully us into submission. We now have the support of two Borough Councillors, a County Councillor and our MP.
The problem is that if they fail then we know that any election is useless because if Councillors are overruled by officials then, even though there are legal precedents,then why do we vote?
If we succeed however, then I will write to the 'Loughborough Echo' and give credit where credit is due. I am now hopeful.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The Post Office
I cannot work out who is to blame for the current impasse between the Post Office Unions and the government/management. Somebody is playing a very dirty game and it will be the public who pay for it. I have never really trusted Trade Unions even though my father was a member.
My experience of Trade Unions is that they are blinkered, bullying and bellicose and the only people who seem to prosper from their activities are the Union officials themselves. We have all seen them living high on their membership fees and frankly ever since the days that Maggie Thatcher tackled Arthur Scargill their membership have been wasting their union fees.
In this case however I am not too sure. The name of Lord Mandelson continues to feature prominently and that is one man I could never trust. His agenda will never benefit the British public so we should suspect everything that he does.
It would appear that no matter what, under Gordon Brown and his mates, the public will inevitably suffer.
My experience of Trade Unions is that they are blinkered, bullying and bellicose and the only people who seem to prosper from their activities are the Union officials themselves. We have all seen them living high on their membership fees and frankly ever since the days that Maggie Thatcher tackled Arthur Scargill their membership have been wasting their union fees.
In this case however I am not too sure. The name of Lord Mandelson continues to feature prominently and that is one man I could never trust. His agenda will never benefit the British public so we should suspect everything that he does.
It would appear that no matter what, under Gordon Brown and his mates, the public will inevitably suffer.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
The BNP
People who have read this blog will know that I am, from a distance, a supporter of the BNP, purely because they shake up the establishment and no other party have addressed the problems that face the white minority. I do not support their so called racist element but I do understand their anti Muslim reflection.
None of the mainstream parties are helping the very people who are desperate for their help, the poor, white, indigenous population. Is it any wonder that they are seeking assistance from a party who feel their pain.
This country has undergone a major demographic change which some of us can adjust to because we have the finance, the education and the intelligence but what happens if you haven't? Who do you turn to when Pakistanis, Muslims and Somalis are given help, advice and priority with the basics of life.
This morning I listened with interest to Keith Allen (the Sheriff of Nottingham and father of Lily) who publically declared that the government were turning a blind eye to the importation of cheap booze and fags so that the kitchen sink estates would not riot.
This is appalling! How can these politicians (Labour politicians) leave these poor people to this fate. According to Keith Allen his family (the family he joined for the TV programme) were kept alive by smoking 600 cheap cigarettes a week and a constant supply of cheap booze.
We all know that Gordon Brown and his cohorts can sink low. We all know that they can sink really low but...this low...to sink so low is to almost disappear into an abyss. We have seen our so called students, let's call them our youth, being encouraged to blot out their brains.
I cannot wait for May and an end to the constant madness which Gordon Brown and his Cabinet have imposed upon us. Then perhaps we will have the arrests because if we don't have the arrests then we will relinquish democracy.
The BNP have nothing to answer for when one considers the crimes of the NoLab party. Peter Hain, who has so many misdemeanours to answer to, continues to climb on the political band wagon in his attack on the one party who are trying to represent the lower class white society. Believe you me the Political Class are scared. They know what they have done to this country.
Keith Allen is right! This government have kept the lid on a very serious problem. The BNP have addressed this problem and the government and the Political Class are embarrassed. That includes the Generals of the British Army who have constantly let down their soldiers in their quest for knighthoods and political power.
I look forward to Nick Griffin wiping the floor with his opponents on Question Time next Thursday and they had better be scared because he will. He is wrong, but he is not as wrong as the likes of Ed Balls, Jack Straw, Peter Hain and the great NoLab guru Gordon Brown! Let the games begin!
None of the mainstream parties are helping the very people who are desperate for their help, the poor, white, indigenous population. Is it any wonder that they are seeking assistance from a party who feel their pain.
This country has undergone a major demographic change which some of us can adjust to because we have the finance, the education and the intelligence but what happens if you haven't? Who do you turn to when Pakistanis, Muslims and Somalis are given help, advice and priority with the basics of life.
This morning I listened with interest to Keith Allen (the Sheriff of Nottingham and father of Lily) who publically declared that the government were turning a blind eye to the importation of cheap booze and fags so that the kitchen sink estates would not riot.
This is appalling! How can these politicians (Labour politicians) leave these poor people to this fate. According to Keith Allen his family (the family he joined for the TV programme) were kept alive by smoking 600 cheap cigarettes a week and a constant supply of cheap booze.
We all know that Gordon Brown and his cohorts can sink low. We all know that they can sink really low but...this low...to sink so low is to almost disappear into an abyss. We have seen our so called students, let's call them our youth, being encouraged to blot out their brains.
I cannot wait for May and an end to the constant madness which Gordon Brown and his Cabinet have imposed upon us. Then perhaps we will have the arrests because if we don't have the arrests then we will relinquish democracy.
The BNP have nothing to answer for when one considers the crimes of the NoLab party. Peter Hain, who has so many misdemeanours to answer to, continues to climb on the political band wagon in his attack on the one party who are trying to represent the lower class white society. Believe you me the Political Class are scared. They know what they have done to this country.
Keith Allen is right! This government have kept the lid on a very serious problem. The BNP have addressed this problem and the government and the Political Class are embarrassed. That includes the Generals of the British Army who have constantly let down their soldiers in their quest for knighthoods and political power.
I look forward to Nick Griffin wiping the floor with his opponents on Question Time next Thursday and they had better be scared because he will. He is wrong, but he is not as wrong as the likes of Ed Balls, Jack Straw, Peter Hain and the great NoLab guru Gordon Brown! Let the games begin!
Monday, 19 October 2009
Parking outside the House!
On the 1st of October I blogged about the tyrranical approach to parking outside of my house by Charnwood Borough Council on behalf of Leicestershire County Council. Things took a strange turn last week when a local builder who was carrying out an extension for a neighbour had two of his vehicles ticketed on the same day!
Can you believe that? It means that seven households cannot improve their houses because if they do then their contractors will get their vehicles booked for parking on a strip of tarmac which was originally put down for parking purposes. We have parked on this strip of tarmac for 25 years without any recourse. It was only after the local council took over the responsibility for parking enforcement that the parking attendants arrived in force.
It is cheap! It is easy! We are revenue generators for a bullying local authority. On Friday my daughter and I meet with our local MP, Andy Reed, to seek his support. Oh dear, I used to know Andy when he was employed by Leicestershire County Council and I have to say that he was a really nice man. I was so pleased when he was elected in 1996...what have the years in between done? We will wait and see.
Can you believe that? It means that seven households cannot improve their houses because if they do then their contractors will get their vehicles booked for parking on a strip of tarmac which was originally put down for parking purposes. We have parked on this strip of tarmac for 25 years without any recourse. It was only after the local council took over the responsibility for parking enforcement that the parking attendants arrived in force.
It is cheap! It is easy! We are revenue generators for a bullying local authority. On Friday my daughter and I meet with our local MP, Andy Reed, to seek his support. Oh dear, I used to know Andy when he was employed by Leicestershire County Council and I have to say that he was a really nice man. I was so pleased when he was elected in 1996...what have the years in between done? We will wait and see.
Will anything ever change?
It will seem like an eternity until next May when we can at last kick Gordon Brown and his bunch of miscreants and shysters into the long grass hopefully for a very, very long time. The problem is that in the period that they have been allowed to corrupt the country from top to bottom they have created a generation of young people who have been virtually brainwashed to ignore politics.
At the same time a generation of sane and sensible people who remember when we relied on commonm sense, when we could give and take a joke without worrying about political correctness and when we believed in a sensible and moral society are dying off.
I don't recognise the people who are taking their place because the country that I have known all of my life is changing in almost everyway and none of it is for the better. It is the same with our politicians. We have always known that politics was a dirty game but the current breed have taken the House of Westmonster into the gutter.
I have constantly blogged that many of them should be in the dock but I strongly suspect that very few will be dragged into court and then only the minor players. Consequently I have lost my faith in the police, the law and in the Political Class. Where does that leave me in this modern world? I have considered just shutting down this insignificant blog and saying sod 'em but here I can voice my thoughts and feelings.
I care about what is happening to my little bit of this planet. I see a Prime Minister posturing on the world stage blathering on about climate change when he personally has almost obliterated the economy of the country. We still have seven months of him and his cronies to tolerate. I just wish that the tree huggers who over the weekend decided to attack Ratcliffe Power Station would turn their attention on Downing Street!
At the same time a generation of sane and sensible people who remember when we relied on commonm sense, when we could give and take a joke without worrying about political correctness and when we believed in a sensible and moral society are dying off.
I don't recognise the people who are taking their place because the country that I have known all of my life is changing in almost everyway and none of it is for the better. It is the same with our politicians. We have always known that politics was a dirty game but the current breed have taken the House of Westmonster into the gutter.
I have constantly blogged that many of them should be in the dock but I strongly suspect that very few will be dragged into court and then only the minor players. Consequently I have lost my faith in the police, the law and in the Political Class. Where does that leave me in this modern world? I have considered just shutting down this insignificant blog and saying sod 'em but here I can voice my thoughts and feelings.
I care about what is happening to my little bit of this planet. I see a Prime Minister posturing on the world stage blathering on about climate change when he personally has almost obliterated the economy of the country. We still have seven months of him and his cronies to tolerate. I just wish that the tree huggers who over the weekend decided to attack Ratcliffe Power Station would turn their attention on Downing Street!
Thursday, 15 October 2009
I think that we have finally all gone mad...
I sold my motor scooter today. It was my pride and joy and in fact probably the last link with youth. It is amazing how the sixteen year olds react to a person on a flash scooter even though they have no idea what is under the crash helmet!
The couple who bought the scooter for their son who lives in London are what I would describe as being just normal, respectable, indigenious English people. The type of people who my wife and I readily identify with. There was no bartering, no conning because we had agreed a price and it was paid. They got a good product and we got a fair price. It was like stepping back in time but one thing that we agreed upon in next to no time was that we feared for our children and grandchildren.
Why is it that every time we listen to the news we despair. There is never, ever, any good news. Why cannot we impeach Tony Blair for war crimes? We all know that is what he deserves. Why do we have to put up with the NoLab crooks? We all know that they have ruined the country with a ridiculous idealogy which has now been proven to be disastrous.
The controversy on MPs expenses rumbles on because the man who was charged with sorting it out forgot about the 'flipping' houses fiasco where so many of our leading politicians cheated on the nomination of their second homes to maximise their expenses.
It goes further and it is unbelieveable that this crowd of rogues continue to exploit every advantage. For example it is curious that many of the opposition politicians who should have pronounced a sentence on Jacqui Smith actually missed the meeting leaving her fate to NoLab politicians. Please don't tell me that this was not intentional. This disreputable woman, an icon of sleeze in a party which history will condemn as the most corrupt in living memory, should only have to apologise to the House of Corruption.
It goes much further. Who actually is running the country? We know who is ruining it but when will we ever get good news?
Tesco reckon our kids are not being educated (well we all knew that), dozens of NHS trusts are failing their patients (nothing new there), the elderly being abused everywhere (case after case in the dead tree press), crime rampant, 'travellers' constructing permanent sites on 'green belts' and being allowed to remain...soldiers being killed and maimed but immigrants being allowed favourable housing.
Married couples being penalised while young pregnant females gain priority in the housing queue. Oh we all know that I could go on and on ad nauseum.
The bottom line is that when Gordon Brown ducked the election after he was shoe-horned into the most important and prestigious position that we hold he excused this affront to democracy by relying upon his 'vision' for the future. Well we all now know that he never had a vision for the future unless it was to bankrupt the country.
We all know that we should march upon Downing Street and throw Brown into the Thames but it is not in our DNA and he knows it. However if we don't do it soon we will all go mad! The futures of our kids depend on our action and yet we still do nothing. We must redress this calumny or face the consequences.
The couple who bought the scooter for their son who lives in London are what I would describe as being just normal, respectable, indigenious English people. The type of people who my wife and I readily identify with. There was no bartering, no conning because we had agreed a price and it was paid. They got a good product and we got a fair price. It was like stepping back in time but one thing that we agreed upon in next to no time was that we feared for our children and grandchildren.
Why is it that every time we listen to the news we despair. There is never, ever, any good news. Why cannot we impeach Tony Blair for war crimes? We all know that is what he deserves. Why do we have to put up with the NoLab crooks? We all know that they have ruined the country with a ridiculous idealogy which has now been proven to be disastrous.
The controversy on MPs expenses rumbles on because the man who was charged with sorting it out forgot about the 'flipping' houses fiasco where so many of our leading politicians cheated on the nomination of their second homes to maximise their expenses.
It goes further and it is unbelieveable that this crowd of rogues continue to exploit every advantage. For example it is curious that many of the opposition politicians who should have pronounced a sentence on Jacqui Smith actually missed the meeting leaving her fate to NoLab politicians. Please don't tell me that this was not intentional. This disreputable woman, an icon of sleeze in a party which history will condemn as the most corrupt in living memory, should only have to apologise to the House of Corruption.
It goes much further. Who actually is running the country? We know who is ruining it but when will we ever get good news?
Tesco reckon our kids are not being educated (well we all knew that), dozens of NHS trusts are failing their patients (nothing new there), the elderly being abused everywhere (case after case in the dead tree press), crime rampant, 'travellers' constructing permanent sites on 'green belts' and being allowed to remain...soldiers being killed and maimed but immigrants being allowed favourable housing.
Married couples being penalised while young pregnant females gain priority in the housing queue. Oh we all know that I could go on and on ad nauseum.
The bottom line is that when Gordon Brown ducked the election after he was shoe-horned into the most important and prestigious position that we hold he excused this affront to democracy by relying upon his 'vision' for the future. Well we all now know that he never had a vision for the future unless it was to bankrupt the country.
We all know that we should march upon Downing Street and throw Brown into the Thames but it is not in our DNA and he knows it. However if we don't do it soon we will all go mad! The futures of our kids depend on our action and yet we still do nothing. We must redress this calumny or face the consequences.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Afghanistan
The sight of our PM, no matter what we think of him, reeling off the names of 37 serving soldiers killed in Afghanistan while he has been on holiday revolts me. How can our elected representatives take so much holiday when our soldiers are being killed in droves. If they are serious about this war then there is NO holiday! I still cannot, unfortunately, see why we are fighting in Afghanistan.
Anyone who has studied history will know that peace in Afghanistan is dependent on the various strengths of their war lords. We will never change that and factually we are fighting to support one of the Afghan Warlords who has probably conned the western alliance that he will defeat the Taliban.
We have never ever been given a valid reason for the loss of all these lives. We have never ever been given a valid reason from NoLab for the war in Iraq. They continue to repeat the pathetic excuse that it is for our own security. Hell anyone can penetrate the security of the House of Commons as has been witnessed this weekend so should we be worried? Should we all be scared about the Muslim threat when the House of Commons frankly don't give a damn! Anyone concerned about a terrorist threat to this country would have capped immigration.
They seem to be convinced that the terrorist threat does not concern them because if it did then they would be a sight more secure. Our MPs are more concerned with a threat to their expenses than they are to their security. They know that it will not happen to them so why are our soldiers dying in Afghanistan. Something is wrong!
No somebody is not telling the truth. Our young men and women are dying for a cause that we know nothing about. If the Rothschild family can manipulate the world like they did in 1815 and 1914-1918 then why not now? It is just a thought.
Now if anyone can google a link between Tony Blair and the Rothschild family that would be interesting but then I bet it couldn't happen.
Anyone who has studied history will know that peace in Afghanistan is dependent on the various strengths of their war lords. We will never change that and factually we are fighting to support one of the Afghan Warlords who has probably conned the western alliance that he will defeat the Taliban.
We have never ever been given a valid reason for the loss of all these lives. We have never ever been given a valid reason from NoLab for the war in Iraq. They continue to repeat the pathetic excuse that it is for our own security. Hell anyone can penetrate the security of the House of Commons as has been witnessed this weekend so should we be worried? Should we all be scared about the Muslim threat when the House of Commons frankly don't give a damn! Anyone concerned about a terrorist threat to this country would have capped immigration.
They seem to be convinced that the terrorist threat does not concern them because if it did then they would be a sight more secure. Our MPs are more concerned with a threat to their expenses than they are to their security. They know that it will not happen to them so why are our soldiers dying in Afghanistan. Something is wrong!
No somebody is not telling the truth. Our young men and women are dying for a cause that we know nothing about. If the Rothschild family can manipulate the world like they did in 1815 and 1914-1918 then why not now? It is just a thought.
Now if anyone can google a link between Tony Blair and the Rothschild family that would be interesting but then I bet it couldn't happen.
Monday, 12 October 2009
MPs Expenses (continued)
I am watching Newsnight and I still cannot believe that these thieves cannot understand that they have all let the public down. They still believe that they are hard done by.
Let me remind them that they have all stolen from the public purse! They should all be in a court. They have all let the public down. There should be no exceptions and they should all face the full force of the law. If they don't then we have a problem.
Eventually I believe that private prosecutions may happen. In the case of Jacqui Smith and Gordon Brown then perhaps it is merited. They held high office and yet still bent the rules. They have no excuses.
Let me remind them that they have all stolen from the public purse! They should all be in a court. They have all let the public down. There should be no exceptions and they should all face the full force of the law. If they don't then we have a problem.
Eventually I believe that private prosecutions may happen. In the case of Jacqui Smith and Gordon Brown then perhaps it is merited. They held high office and yet still bent the rules. They have no excuses.
MPs Expenses (continued)
I cannot believe what an horrendous cover up this is becoming. These thieves are being whitewashed when they should be in court. The excuse that they were 'just following the rules' just does not wash. They all knew what is right and wrong and what would not stand up in any other walk of life.
The fact that we have a Prime Minister who falsely claimed over £12000 is a disgrace. It does prove once again however, that he has no moral scruples whatsoever a trait that we have seen repeatedly since he came to power. The finances of the country are in such a state that he is selling off government assets at rock bottom prices just so that he can cling to power until the last possible moment.
When will we get rid of this bunch of crooks? My big worry is however that party politics will transcend the next election so that the voters could have no option, if they wish to return the party of their choice but to vote for a person who they know is untrustworthy. There are unfortunately far too many of them who took advantage of this strange set of rules which were so lax as to allow them to switch the status of houses in order to gain maximum financial advantage.
This included far too many prominent politicians including Jackie Smith, the former Home Secretary, who has only had to apologise to the House of Commons for deliberate and wilful fraud. No wonder the public is disgusted!
The fact that we have a Prime Minister who falsely claimed over £12000 is a disgrace. It does prove once again however, that he has no moral scruples whatsoever a trait that we have seen repeatedly since he came to power. The finances of the country are in such a state that he is selling off government assets at rock bottom prices just so that he can cling to power until the last possible moment.
When will we get rid of this bunch of crooks? My big worry is however that party politics will transcend the next election so that the voters could have no option, if they wish to return the party of their choice but to vote for a person who they know is untrustworthy. There are unfortunately far too many of them who took advantage of this strange set of rules which were so lax as to allow them to switch the status of houses in order to gain maximum financial advantage.
This included far too many prominent politicians including Jackie Smith, the former Home Secretary, who has only had to apologise to the House of Commons for deliberate and wilful fraud. No wonder the public is disgusted!
Saturday, 10 October 2009
MPs Expenses (continued)
So while our MPs have been travelling the world on their summer jollies somebody has been beavering away checking through what they have claimed over the past four years.
The rumour machine is beginning to work overtime and even Gordon Brown is quoted as saying that there may be court cases.
Let us hope so but I will make a prediction here; none of the Cabinet will be involved even though most of them have been abusing the expenses fiddle. Even Gordon Brown has claimed for his Sky Sports subscription and he can't possibly believe that a claim of that nature is legitimate.
I suspect that the people served up on a platter will be minor players with no influential political career. The people who the public want exposed will be allowed to pay back quietly. People like the Balls pair, Keith Vaz or Alistair Darling will be ignored even though the pracrtice of 'flipping' houses should be punished because it is cheating.
The guy who exposed all of this should be given a knighthood.
The rumour machine is beginning to work overtime and even Gordon Brown is quoted as saying that there may be court cases.
Let us hope so but I will make a prediction here; none of the Cabinet will be involved even though most of them have been abusing the expenses fiddle. Even Gordon Brown has claimed for his Sky Sports subscription and he can't possibly believe that a claim of that nature is legitimate.
I suspect that the people served up on a platter will be minor players with no influential political career. The people who the public want exposed will be allowed to pay back quietly. People like the Balls pair, Keith Vaz or Alistair Darling will be ignored even though the pracrtice of 'flipping' houses should be punished because it is cheating.
The guy who exposed all of this should be given a knighthood.
The Territorial Army
I have just read a report which suggests that the TA will cease training for the next six months to save the government money. I cannot believe that this bunch of NoLab chancers would dare to attack the services again. Not content with closing the military hospitals, failing to provide adequate protection for the soldiers, not maintaining military housing to a decent standard and treating soldiers worse that criminals they now attack the TA.
If they close the TA down for 6 months it is very likely that it will dissolve because all these people will find other things to do. I also suspect that many of the TA solderis rely on the income to supplement their household budget. It could cause major hardship at the bottom end of the scale but then when did that worry Gordon Brown?
It is another attack on the honest, hard working, patrotic, working class.
If they close the TA down for 6 months it is very likely that it will dissolve because all these people will find other things to do. I also suspect that many of the TA solderis rely on the income to supplement their household budget. It could cause major hardship at the bottom end of the scale but then when did that worry Gordon Brown?
It is another attack on the honest, hard working, patrotic, working class.
Tony Blair
I don't know why Tony Blair thought that it was appropriate that he should attend the Service of Remembrance held yesterday following the end of the Iraq War. If I had been one of the injured soldiers or parents of fallen soldiers I would have reacted exactly the same as the father who refused to shake his hand.
We now know that Blair has been accused of committing perjury in the House of Commons. His interpretation of some dodgy intelligence caused us to follow George Bush into Iraq for regime change (and probably some dodgy business deals as well).
Our troops were despatched to war ill-equipped with no plan for peace.
I suspect that the Blairs are rapidly becoming one of the most hated couples in the country. Most of us would happily see him desptached to The Hague to answer charges of being a war criminal. Instead we are likely to see him fill his boots yet again when he is appointed President of Europe.
A president of Europe who would hardly dare set foot on any street in Britain is a very poor advert for the European Union. I just really hope that sometime, somewhere events will catch up with the Blairs because they have milked every situation for their own ends. One day, one day.....
We now know that Blair has been accused of committing perjury in the House of Commons. His interpretation of some dodgy intelligence caused us to follow George Bush into Iraq for regime change (and probably some dodgy business deals as well).
Our troops were despatched to war ill-equipped with no plan for peace.
I suspect that the Blairs are rapidly becoming one of the most hated couples in the country. Most of us would happily see him desptached to The Hague to answer charges of being a war criminal. Instead we are likely to see him fill his boots yet again when he is appointed President of Europe.
A president of Europe who would hardly dare set foot on any street in Britain is a very poor advert for the European Union. I just really hope that sometime, somewhere events will catch up with the Blairs because they have milked every situation for their own ends. One day, one day.....
Thursday, 8 October 2009
David Cameron
I am watching David Cameron giving his closing speech at the Tory Party Conference. He is giving one helluva kicking to the NoLab party and one thing is becoming clear our two major parties have swapped shirts at half time! If even a fraction of David Cameron's ambitions can come to fruition then the Tories will become the party with a social conscience.
Policy after policy is ripping up the 'big government' approach by NoLab and handing power back to the people. He has a helluva challenge ahead of him but he sounds as if he has got his finger on the pulse of the streets. Every sentence is designed to win back the votes of the heart of our country. He has recognised everything that is rotten at the heart of NoLabs policies. He has underlined and emphasised all of the issues which are at the core of our misery.
This man could be a Prime Minister!
Policy after policy is ripping up the 'big government' approach by NoLab and handing power back to the people. He has a helluva challenge ahead of him but he sounds as if he has got his finger on the pulse of the streets. Every sentence is designed to win back the votes of the heart of our country. He has recognised everything that is rotten at the heart of NoLabs policies. He has underlined and emphasised all of the issues which are at the core of our misery.
This man could be a Prime Minister!
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Our huge Debt!
If the speech from George Osborne today at the Tory Party Conference is to be believed then this country is almost bankrupt and will be bankrupt if we continue to allow NoLab to run the country. It is quite clear that our National Debt is incredible which makes me wonder what formula Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling were using to lose so much money.
We are one of the most taxed countries in the world. We are crippled by tax and yet somehow they have managed to get rid of it all. How? Where has this money gone? Are they on drugs? How can a country which was so well placed now be so poverty stricken? How can the MPs spend so much money on themselves when we are in such a dire strait?
I say yet again why do we squander so much money on foreign aid? Why can't George Osborne declare that Foreign 'Aid', should it be 'Bribe', from Britain is no longer affordable. With regard to Europe someone once commented on this blog that we have to support the countries who have less than us. It was called redistribution of wealth so we have redistributed our wealth and now will we get anything back?
I personally have witnessed the huge expenditure in Spain. Now we risk being the poor relations of Europe. We now have massive debt partly due to our membership of the EU so when will the French and the Germans begin to support our debt. Don't hold your breath!
Successively both the Tories and NoLab have thrown our money at Europe. The policies laid out by George Osborne today don't even scratch the surface of our problems. If you really want to get this country back on track then the real answer is our foreign policy. We pull out of Europe, examine our roll in Afghanistan and stop all forms of foreign aid.
The poorer members of the public service should not be made the scapegoats for the money that our foreign policy is squandering. This is the crux of the matter. Barack Obama knows that we are no longer a world power. NoLab have proven that so why do we retain Trident, why are we playing such a leading role in Afghanistan and why are we subsidising the 'Pigs' (Portugal,Italy Greece and Spain)?
The politicians must understand that in order for this country to survive then we must become Switzerland. Our colonial past must be shed. We must become what we are; an impoverished former power who no longer can compete on the world stage. If we do that then perhaps out indigenous children have a chance of survival.
We are one of the most taxed countries in the world. We are crippled by tax and yet somehow they have managed to get rid of it all. How? Where has this money gone? Are they on drugs? How can a country which was so well placed now be so poverty stricken? How can the MPs spend so much money on themselves when we are in such a dire strait?
I say yet again why do we squander so much money on foreign aid? Why can't George Osborne declare that Foreign 'Aid', should it be 'Bribe', from Britain is no longer affordable. With regard to Europe someone once commented on this blog that we have to support the countries who have less than us. It was called redistribution of wealth so we have redistributed our wealth and now will we get anything back?
I personally have witnessed the huge expenditure in Spain. Now we risk being the poor relations of Europe. We now have massive debt partly due to our membership of the EU so when will the French and the Germans begin to support our debt. Don't hold your breath!
Successively both the Tories and NoLab have thrown our money at Europe. The policies laid out by George Osborne today don't even scratch the surface of our problems. If you really want to get this country back on track then the real answer is our foreign policy. We pull out of Europe, examine our roll in Afghanistan and stop all forms of foreign aid.
The poorer members of the public service should not be made the scapegoats for the money that our foreign policy is squandering. This is the crux of the matter. Barack Obama knows that we are no longer a world power. NoLab have proven that so why do we retain Trident, why are we playing such a leading role in Afghanistan and why are we subsidising the 'Pigs' (Portugal,Italy Greece and Spain)?
The politicians must understand that in order for this country to survive then we must become Switzerland. Our colonial past must be shed. We must become what we are; an impoverished former power who no longer can compete on the world stage. If we do that then perhaps out indigenous children have a chance of survival.
Gordon Brown v General Sir Richard Dannatt
I well remember Gordon Brown many times at PM's question time declaring to the House of Commons that the army had sufficient manpower in Afghanistan. Ths question has arisen more than once and every time we have been assured that everything is fine.
Now the former Head of the Army General Sir Richard Dannatt has declared in public that he asked for more men and was turned down. Downing Street has denied that this was not the case. Now General Dannatt is highly respected in military circles and would have absolutely no reason to lie. Gordon Brown is not respected by anyone unless they owe him their livelihood and had every reason to lie. Neither is it the first time that he has been accused of tampering with the truth.
If it can be proven that he lied it should be time for impeachment. I cannot think of any former PM who in a relatively short time has done so much damage to our country. He deserves a very sticky end but will probably sail off into Europe to make his fortune.
Now the former Head of the Army General Sir Richard Dannatt has declared in public that he asked for more men and was turned down. Downing Street has denied that this was not the case. Now General Dannatt is highly respected in military circles and would have absolutely no reason to lie. Gordon Brown is not respected by anyone unless they owe him their livelihood and had every reason to lie. Neither is it the first time that he has been accused of tampering with the truth.
If it can be proven that he lied it should be time for impeachment. I cannot think of any former PM who in a relatively short time has done so much damage to our country. He deserves a very sticky end but will probably sail off into Europe to make his fortune.
Monday, 5 October 2009
National Service or Community Service?
If we are to believe the government and the Americans, winning the war in Afghanistan is vital for the future of world security. If that is the case and I don't know if I believe them, then the western world must throw everything that we have at the Taliban. To my mind that means ALL our partners in Europe offering up every available troop that they can muster but it means more.
The Defence Minister, Bob Ainsworth, on a recent visit to the war front was told, by a Staff Sergeant in the Bomb Disposal team that the most vital requirement was more troops on the ground.
According to David Cameron we have millions out of work, many of whom have never contributed to the country's economy and have no intention of doing so. We all know that this is true and the likelihood is that they are actually unemployable. So what do we do with them?
I personally don't think that any able bodied person should be allowed to sit at home sponging off the state. The fact that they are doing so, in a time of war, when some of their mates are being killed and maimed is even more disgraceful. The problem is that this government is not acting as if we are at war. There is no war cabinet, there is nobody briefing the press, they don't seem to be aware that our boys and girls are really in action. Back in 1982 when Maggie went to war it was done properly; we were at war and we all knew it. That is the difference.
We need more troops on the ground and yet the Generals are repeatedly saying that we have not got the troops. Troops need rest and recuperation. This war appears to be intense and reading between the lines we are struggling to retain any ground that we have won. It is surely time to up the pace.
The NoLab government have spent billions on quangos and committees most of whom have been formed to assist the government. If The Tories have any sense and want to save money they will disband all these useless committees and make them redundant. Fine but what do we do with them then? Some of them are very capable who have just been helping the wrong people.
We now have two groups of unemployed but they must be put to work so what do we do with them? Well we are at war so we should give the workshy an opportunity to contribute. Many of them are tough guys who just don't want to work or who prefer to work out of the system and not pay taxes. We should give them all a choice. We are at war and so you have two choices you either work for the country or you work for the forces but you do not sit on your backside doing nothing.
All the people who will lose their jobs because they are non-jobs created purely to prop up the NoLab government should be offered the chance to work for the country. They should be offered the chance to join the National Community Service.
The workshy and those who work on the Black Market plus the illegal immigrants who do not have the skills to assist the Community Service should have the option of joining National Military Service. There can be no hiding place. This scheme would also ensure that any military member who has served the country has an automatic roll to play in the Community Service thus ensuring that nobody who has put their lives at risk for the sake of the country will ever have to sleep out rough in despair.
The choice is clear. We are at war. Everyone, bar the severely disabled, should contribute. Nobody should be exempt national duty. National duty has always been a pre-requisite in the time of war (remember the Land Girls). This could be the final solution to our problems. We would have no unemployed, apart from the severely disabled, because everybody could do something. Even if they can do nothing then they should be enforced to attend a centre for the totally useless!! Then they pick up rubbish!
In this time of National Emergency we can enforce employment for everyone but then why have the Political Class not gone down this route...and the answer is...???
We are at war. We therefore can mobilise every person like they did in 1939. If we do not mobilise everyone available then we are reneging on the lads and lasses who have lost their lives. They are fighting this war. It is not a joke. The problem is that only the good citizens of Wootten Basset seem to have understood the significance of the war in which our young guys/girls are being killed.
If this bloody war is so important then why are we all not being required to contribute? It is either important or we bring the guys and gals home. If it is important then we all get involved. That means all of us... all the shysters, the uninvolved, the rabid street rats and the illegal immigrants. Hell we have never had a better excuse to sort out the country! How many people who want to come here would want to come if their first act was to sign up to fight the Taliban?
It is time to give the takers a choice. This country is at war and you have a part to play!! Ha! No more camp at Calais then!!
The Defence Minister, Bob Ainsworth, on a recent visit to the war front was told, by a Staff Sergeant in the Bomb Disposal team that the most vital requirement was more troops on the ground.
According to David Cameron we have millions out of work, many of whom have never contributed to the country's economy and have no intention of doing so. We all know that this is true and the likelihood is that they are actually unemployable. So what do we do with them?
I personally don't think that any able bodied person should be allowed to sit at home sponging off the state. The fact that they are doing so, in a time of war, when some of their mates are being killed and maimed is even more disgraceful. The problem is that this government is not acting as if we are at war. There is no war cabinet, there is nobody briefing the press, they don't seem to be aware that our boys and girls are really in action. Back in 1982 when Maggie went to war it was done properly; we were at war and we all knew it. That is the difference.
We need more troops on the ground and yet the Generals are repeatedly saying that we have not got the troops. Troops need rest and recuperation. This war appears to be intense and reading between the lines we are struggling to retain any ground that we have won. It is surely time to up the pace.
The NoLab government have spent billions on quangos and committees most of whom have been formed to assist the government. If The Tories have any sense and want to save money they will disband all these useless committees and make them redundant. Fine but what do we do with them then? Some of them are very capable who have just been helping the wrong people.
We now have two groups of unemployed but they must be put to work so what do we do with them? Well we are at war so we should give the workshy an opportunity to contribute. Many of them are tough guys who just don't want to work or who prefer to work out of the system and not pay taxes. We should give them all a choice. We are at war and so you have two choices you either work for the country or you work for the forces but you do not sit on your backside doing nothing.
All the people who will lose their jobs because they are non-jobs created purely to prop up the NoLab government should be offered the chance to work for the country. They should be offered the chance to join the National Community Service.
The workshy and those who work on the Black Market plus the illegal immigrants who do not have the skills to assist the Community Service should have the option of joining National Military Service. There can be no hiding place. This scheme would also ensure that any military member who has served the country has an automatic roll to play in the Community Service thus ensuring that nobody who has put their lives at risk for the sake of the country will ever have to sleep out rough in despair.
The choice is clear. We are at war. Everyone, bar the severely disabled, should contribute. Nobody should be exempt national duty. National duty has always been a pre-requisite in the time of war (remember the Land Girls). This could be the final solution to our problems. We would have no unemployed, apart from the severely disabled, because everybody could do something. Even if they can do nothing then they should be enforced to attend a centre for the totally useless!! Then they pick up rubbish!
In this time of National Emergency we can enforce employment for everyone but then why have the Political Class not gone down this route...and the answer is...???
We are at war. We therefore can mobilise every person like they did in 1939. If we do not mobilise everyone available then we are reneging on the lads and lasses who have lost their lives. They are fighting this war. It is not a joke. The problem is that only the good citizens of Wootten Basset seem to have understood the significance of the war in which our young guys/girls are being killed.
If this bloody war is so important then why are we all not being required to contribute? It is either important or we bring the guys and gals home. If it is important then we all get involved. That means all of us... all the shysters, the uninvolved, the rabid street rats and the illegal immigrants. Hell we have never had a better excuse to sort out the country! How many people who want to come here would want to come if their first act was to sign up to fight the Taliban?
It is time to give the takers a choice. This country is at war and you have a part to play!! Ha! No more camp at Calais then!!
Sunday, 4 October 2009
David Cameron and Europe
I listened very carefully this morning when David Cameron was on the Andrew Marr show and I remain unconvinced. He has a problem. He wants to win the election and knows that if he tells us that he will hold a referendum on Europe he will landslide in. So he dangles the prospect of a referendum but there are conditions and he is rather reluctant to come clean.
He looked awkward when being questioned by Marr and he normally looks confident. Ok I know that Marr is a BBC type champagne socialist who likes to be rude to Tories but allows Mandelson almost a free reign to regurgitate his socialist dogma. He tried to tie Cameron down as to how much he is worth but we all know that Cameron married an Astor and comes from money. He never asked Mandelson how much he is worth and we all know that only a few years ago Mandelson could not buy a house in London without assistance.
As I have blogged before I believe that this political class are all in the same boat and they are all rowing as hard as they can to sail into Europe without giving us a vote on it. If Cameron promised a referendum he would upset an awful lot of people (mainly bankers, press barons and industrial tycoons) who have plotted long and hard to enslave the public.
That is the real reason that I don't believe that we will get one. Cameron intends to promise it but actually believes that the Lisbon Treaty will be ratified before the election. He can then throw his arms in the air and exclaim that the referendum is no longer necessary because it has all been settled.
I will never understand why all the Euro sceptics don't band together for the next election and ensure that we have an alternative. I believe that anyone who pledges that we would leave Europe would gain a majority. Perhaps Nigel Farage (UKIP), Nick Griffin (BNP) and any other fringe group should sit down and hammer out an interim plan of action. The next election could then become a battlefield Europe IN or OUT!
He looked awkward when being questioned by Marr and he normally looks confident. Ok I know that Marr is a BBC type champagne socialist who likes to be rude to Tories but allows Mandelson almost a free reign to regurgitate his socialist dogma. He tried to tie Cameron down as to how much he is worth but we all know that Cameron married an Astor and comes from money. He never asked Mandelson how much he is worth and we all know that only a few years ago Mandelson could not buy a house in London without assistance.
As I have blogged before I believe that this political class are all in the same boat and they are all rowing as hard as they can to sail into Europe without giving us a vote on it. If Cameron promised a referendum he would upset an awful lot of people (mainly bankers, press barons and industrial tycoons) who have plotted long and hard to enslave the public.
That is the real reason that I don't believe that we will get one. Cameron intends to promise it but actually believes that the Lisbon Treaty will be ratified before the election. He can then throw his arms in the air and exclaim that the referendum is no longer necessary because it has all been settled.
I will never understand why all the Euro sceptics don't band together for the next election and ensure that we have an alternative. I believe that anyone who pledges that we would leave Europe would gain a majority. Perhaps Nigel Farage (UKIP), Nick Griffin (BNP) and any other fringe group should sit down and hammer out an interim plan of action. The next election could then become a battlefield Europe IN or OUT!
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Parking outside the House!
I bought my house almost twenty five years ago because the mortgage runs out next year. In all of this time we have parked one car in the driveway and one on the frontage. Suddenly in July my daughter and my wife received a flurry (two each in two days) of tickets for parking outside of the house.
It has subsequently transpired that in March 2009 a notice was placed in the local paper that passed the enforcement of parking regulations from the police to the council. Seven households are affected by this change of enforcement because we are the houses who have double yellow lines outside the house. The rest of the road (200 yards) can still park on the extended tarmac surface off the road and infront of their houses. There is no obstruction to pedestrians, no obstruction of view and no danger to anyone but the council have decided to prosecute. Only seven households are affected but nobody informed us.
We got annoyed. This charge is unfair because we have conducted our lives in accordance with the police attitude to this strip of tarmac. We had our drive paved and if we had known that we could not park on the tarmac outside of the house then we would have created three parking spaces.
There is a legal precedent which supports the defence that if no problem has occurred despite the legal white lines then people should not be prosecuted. We are fortunate that we have, in our family, someone who is well versed in the law and he is advising us.
These penalties are unfair. These penalties are a ludicrous attempt by the local authority to revenue generate from seven families. The press will soon be involved if common sense does not prevail. The battle lines are drawn.
It has subsequently transpired that in March 2009 a notice was placed in the local paper that passed the enforcement of parking regulations from the police to the council. Seven households are affected by this change of enforcement because we are the houses who have double yellow lines outside the house. The rest of the road (200 yards) can still park on the extended tarmac surface off the road and infront of their houses. There is no obstruction to pedestrians, no obstruction of view and no danger to anyone but the council have decided to prosecute. Only seven households are affected but nobody informed us.
We got annoyed. This charge is unfair because we have conducted our lives in accordance with the police attitude to this strip of tarmac. We had our drive paved and if we had known that we could not park on the tarmac outside of the house then we would have created three parking spaces.
There is a legal precedent which supports the defence that if no problem has occurred despite the legal white lines then people should not be prosecuted. We are fortunate that we have, in our family, someone who is well versed in the law and he is advising us.
These penalties are unfair. These penalties are a ludicrous attempt by the local authority to revenue generate from seven families. The press will soon be involved if common sense does not prevail. The battle lines are drawn.
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