I spoke to a friend this afternoon. She is really non political like most of the indigenous population but she is unhappy about the state of the country. She recognised that things should change but like most of us had no idea how it could happen.
Most of us feel helpless to change the system largely because 'The Political Class' have stitched up the electoral system. Every major party have the same values and they conduct an elaborate charade to protect their position. They all support the EU which most of the free thinkers know is dead in the water. It is only a matter of time before it comes crumbling down bringing most western economies with it. Everywhere the people are recognising that they have been 'had'.
So what happens then? Who do we trust? Who can challenge the 'professionals' with their vast revenue sources? Is there anyone in the country who has the leadership potential. the energy, the charisma to rise from ground zero?
The blogosphere has a vast resource. There are so many bloggers who are challenging TPTB but who is coordinating this effort? I believe that we need a coordinator, a leader, a beacon for the rest of us to follow. Surely someone out there can take up the challenge? There are some really major blogs with readership clout but do they want the responsibility?
They are being gassed in Cairo! Can we not show some British courage to match the Egyptians because if we don't we will always have our children cowering in their houses scared to play in the streets! Think about it!
Monday, 21 November 2011
Sunday, 20 November 2011
UK Uncut
Back in March I penned a series of reports about UK Uncut, a group of people who believed in peaceful protest and specialised in disrupting activity at high profile locations. In a well publicised event back in March well over a hundred of them 'occupied' Fortnum and Masons.
Despite the assurances of a lady police inspector that, if they left peaceably, they would not face arrest they all walked out to be arrested by the TSG. It was later reported that the charges against 109 were later quietly dropped but the remainder were found guilty of 'aggravated trespass' last week. What hasn't been reported is that the judge just let them 'walk' and did not impose any penalty.
I often wondered if the actions of the police had intimidated this group because they were quiet in the summer months. What I missed when I was in Florida in October was a protest that took place on Westminster Bridge on 9th October so I include a clip which demonstrate that some people still care and know how to protest in a non violent way.
I may not agree with some of their left wing opinions but I like their willingness to get on the streets and irritate authority. I just hope that they retain their independence and do not get swallowed by union influence.
Despite the assurances of a lady police inspector that, if they left peaceably, they would not face arrest they all walked out to be arrested by the TSG. It was later reported that the charges against 109 were later quietly dropped but the remainder were found guilty of 'aggravated trespass' last week. What hasn't been reported is that the judge just let them 'walk' and did not impose any penalty.
I often wondered if the actions of the police had intimidated this group because they were quiet in the summer months. What I missed when I was in Florida in October was a protest that took place on Westminster Bridge on 9th October so I include a clip which demonstrate that some people still care and know how to protest in a non violent way.
I may not agree with some of their left wing opinions but I like their willingness to get on the streets and irritate authority. I just hope that they retain their independence and do not get swallowed by union influence.
Spitting on the Public!
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| Baroness Uddin |
The press are carrying many stories at the moment which almost proves that the Political are continuing to 'spit on the public'.
One of the worst cases is the refusal to deal with Baroness Uddin. She is reported to have lifted £125,000 from the public purse for stating falsehoods about her property dealings. That is my polite way of stating that she really needs to be investigated before the politicians can declare that all the 'dirty deals' which were uncovered by the Daily Telegraph have been dealt with.
I admit that a few of the fall guys have been jailed for limited periods but many, many more escaped punishment and Baroness Uddin is one of the worst and most publicised cases. It is no coincidence that she was elevated to the peerage by Tony Blair. Almost every time that we hear of a sleazy episode somewhere in the background is the hand of Tony Blair. I can only hope that the capture yesterday of Saif Ghaddafi will eventually expose him for what he has been.
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| Chris Huhne MP |
Is it not about time that the CPS announced that he be charged or not as the case may be. In both cases it appears that individuals are being protected by a sleazy system because they are politicians. They needn't worry because, even if found guilty, it has become clear that if you have influence and money your sentence will be cut to almost nothing and then you will immediately rejoin the system from whence you came!
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Our troops in Afghanistan!
Can anyone please tell me why our troops are still dying in Afghanistan? Why have we allowed ourselves to be tied up in a never ending war? We don't belong there... we never have belonged there... this is a war which can never be won!
It has nothing to do with our personal security. It has never been about our internal security because we are an island and if we wanted to maintain our security then Brodie Clarke would never have been appointed.
We have never won the war of hearts and minds because frankly we don't belong there. It is nothing to do with us and history confirms that Afghanistan is probably the worst country in the world to try and impose authority. Any invading force has always lost! Ask the Russians... ask our own Victorians! They don't take kindly to invaders. They are tribal and ferocious and dogged.
So if we want our sons to be picked off one by one then let's continue this wanton waste of humanity. Let this war linger without any conclusion. We will never win, we cannot win because the people don't want us and don't understand why we are there. Nobody can impose western values on a tribal society.
Bring the troops home!
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Youth Unemployment
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!
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!
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.
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