Showing posts with label The Honours List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Honours List. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 March 2012

How can we fund Cheats?



David Cameron easy access?
All three Political parties have issues over how they are funded. The reason being of course is that if they allow the general public equal access to the electoral system then they may lose power. So they have dreamt up a system where businessmen/women can gain favour for cash.


Not what is wrong with that? NoLab under Tony Blair apparently dished out peerages for cash so that the formerly esteemed House of Lords is stuffed with people who bought their ermine. The House of Lords has subsequently become a joke but who cares about democracy when power is at stake. Some of the peers have since been arrested for misdemeanours which means they have been careless.


These MPs are so anxious to retain their status and remain within the EU that they will corrupt anything. If smaller parties stand against the proletariat then they get wiped out because nobody can withstand the tide of money which swamps then. 


I cannot understand the UKIP candidate for Bradford West. She has an open goal because so many of her opposition are discredited and yet she prefers to campaign on local issues! I am now a member so I have a voice. Where is Nigel Farage? These by-elections are so important to UKIP so where is the publicity, the attack on the EU and the attack on established Westmonster?


Is money the answer? Of course it is and that is why the so called 'Treasurer' of the Conservative party has been uncovered. They are all as bent as a nine bob note. Of course you will still vote for them won't you boys and girls? Onwards and upwards!

Wednesday, 31 December 2008

The Honours List

As it is New Year's Eve I thought I'd finish the year in a manner that would gain the approval of my dear brother Victor. I always thought that the Honour's List was meant to reward people who had done something for the community or something that was outstanding.

Since NoLab have come to power they have abused this system shamefully and used it to reward their own supporters and court popularity from the masses. The mass handout of gongs to sportsmen who have already achieved their aims by winning individual gold medals is in my opinion a mistake.

I was always taught throughout my military career that you get paid for doing your job but you get promoted for what you do outside of your job. That means that I cannot agree with knighthoods for the likes of Chris Hoy or Alex Ferguson. In contrast however Ian Botham earned his for his magnificent fundraising for leukaemia never mind that he one of the greatest all round cricketers that the country has ever produced.

I love my sport and fully recognise that Chris Hoy in gaining three individual gold medals at one Olympics achieved an extraordinary feat but that is all it is. He seems a really decent guy but let us see first what he can achieve in the long term before we bestow the country's highest honour on him.

As for Ellie Simmons, well much as we all love this little fighter, I still think that her honour was a gimmick. The kid did not even realise the significance of it. She is at the beginning of her young life. I am sure that she will achieve a great deal but an honour like that at 14 is too much too soon.

Sorry folks but I didn't like this Honour's List at all apart from the lack of bankers and city types. I suspect that was more to do with The Queen than the government!

Happy New Year Everyone!