There are some things that irritate, there are a few things that annoy and there are some things that get the red mist in front of the eyes.Telegraph.Ministry of Defence staff get same Afghan medal as front line troops Civil servants working for the [...]
Getting the better of the UK
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Well, it's out in the open, but for those of us who watched how things developed it comes as no surprise. The French President is currently gloating over the fact that it is France who controls the key EU finance ministerial position. Note that Sarkozy [...]
Showing your true colours again Dave.
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Hmmmm, you're a prospective new Prime Minister, your party is well ahead in the polls, though not enough to totally buffer you if something bad should happen such as the current government changing a leader or getting competent or lucky.There is something [...]
Well that's 3% that we probably haven't got anyway
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Prepare to tighten your belts (again) we're in the midst of a recession, probably heading into the second part of a double dip as soon as the part time Christmas employment ends. So, what good news are Labour spreading?From the pages of the Grauniad.Council [...]
Looking after the sick and elderly
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One of the marks of a civilised society is how it looks after those who are less well able to take care of themselves. In many societies this is taken care of by families themselves by an extended family network. It can have its disadvantages, but generally [...]
English Heroes, R.......Evolutionary England
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On this day the oddly titled "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" was published, (A later edition was simply titled "The Origin of Species") Iit was a groundbreaking scientific work by English naturalist [...]
Let the children play
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Many, many years ago, "when I were a lad" things were different, there was a great deal less paranoia about what kids got up too and where they went. During the summer hols, my mum used to see us at breakfast and again for dinner and occasionally for [...]
A Common Model is That the Couple
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A common model is that the couple will have various assigned duties in the marriage. The wife, for example, may be the home-maker while the husband is the main income earner. The wife may take care of the home while the [...]
So, not a sceptic at all then Dave?
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David Cameron said to Andrew Marr on the Andrew Marr Show that..."I don’t want an ‘in or out’ referendum because I don’t think ‘out’ is in Britain’s interests."In other words Cameron thinks if we held a referendum on in [...]
Damage limitation
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The climate sceptic world was abuzz yesterday over the hacked CRU emails and data and possibly rightly so. Other bloggers are better qualified to discuss this issue and can be linked too here, here and here.What is interesting [...]
AUTO INSURANCE 2009 Company of the Year
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"We’re grateful to the Indiana Big ‘I’ for choosing State Auto to receive this honor,” said State Auto Chairman and CEO Bob Restrepo. "Our association with Indiana’s independent agents dates to our founding in 1921, and to this day, Indiana remains one [...]
How to get ahead in politics
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Well if you're Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland the answers simple, never put yourself in a position where you might possibly face an election. That's right, the first High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security [...]
Changing the rules mid game.
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It's often true enough particularly recently that any political party on the verge of losing their majority and hence their ability to govern look to change the way we vote in order to shore up their political careers.Labourlist have a letter from 34 [...]
When will the majority get what they want?
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A new Poll out in the Daily Express says that 86% of the people polled want out of the EU. Now as far as I can tell, the poll was an online one and only those who have strong feelings over the matter are likely to have voted. Yet it's becoming ever more [...]
Irony alert
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Barnado's have announced that hundreds of British kids could be getting groomed for trafficking.From the Grauniad.Sophisticated networks of older men may be grooming hundreds of British children to be trafficked within the UK for sexual exploitation, [...]
Rumpy Pumpy and the EU national anthem
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Mr Van Rompuy the Belgian Prime Minister and possible Reichsfuhrer of the EUSSR wants us to have an EU national anthem and also to get rid of various nationalistic symbols. Well he would, wouldn't he, after all what do the opinions of those of us who [...]
Airbrushing the wanted posters
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This is a photofit of the Nightstalker, he was was responsible for a string of burglaries and sex offences dating back to 1990. The attacks have taken place in areas including Dulwich, Orpington, Norwood, Downham, Lee, West [...]
Apologising for the past
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There was a British State policy that ran from 1920 and did not stop until 1967, it involved the enforced immigation of children. It was known as the Child Migrants Programme and ended just 40 years ago - poor children were sent to a "better life" in [...]
Murderess on the loose.
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People occasionally ask me why I blog (not normally other bloggers thank God) and there are a wide raft of reasons. Most in common with other political bloggers such as feeling the need to say or do something/anything. Needing to let off steam in an [...]
Airbrushing the news
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Well the bye election has been and gone, Labour must be heaving a sigh of relief in-between making sure the voter register goes missing etc. The BBC are trumpeting the result as an SNP fail, though truth be told they'd struggle ever to win there unless [...]
When humour becomes a crime.
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What is it with this government? They get legislation knocked back by either the House of Lords or the European Court of Human Rights and they reintroduce it or ignore legal judgements. You'd think by now they'd have learned a lesson on legal safeguards [...]
The guilt of the innocent.
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Well they must be guilty of something, after all why would the state be so hell bent on keeping the DNA of innocent people on record? Six-year limit on DNA of innocent The DNA of most innocent people arrested in England, Wales and Northern [...]
Hiding the truth
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So Jack Straw has finally got his way and forced legislation through Parliament allowing for secret inquests when the subject might be contentious. Contentious meaning of course embarrassing for the government and liable to outrage the public.Labour [...]
Politics of envy, politics of spite.
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Labour must have finally twigged that they are in line for a good hiding in the polls and are starting to look at measures to shore up their core vote. Recent announcements on spending more in white working class areas are now to be coupled with a proposed [...]
We're going to do something about this................no honest.
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I always thought William Hague to be a EUsceptic, now I'm not so sure, he's certainly not acting like one, perhaps he's getting on a bit and sees the lure of a huge wage coupled with an easy life on the EU gravy train? Who knows, but he's definitely [...]