They thought to give them a fighting chance the Labour party would make a few alteration to make the posters more appealing.
A big Thank You To G. O. T. for his great blog, and where these posters come from.
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
New Posters from the Labour Party
These new posters are the Labour Party's answer to the Tory Posters.
They thought to give them a fighting chance the Labour party would make a few alteration to make the posters more appealing.
A big Thank You To G. O. T. for his great blog, and where these posters come from.
They thought to give them a fighting chance the Labour party would make a few alteration to make the posters more appealing.
A big Thank You To G. O. T. for his great blog, and where these posters come from.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Is Britain a Sovereign State?
A few months ago i wrote this blog about how Britain is being ruled by Europe.
Well i have just read this article in the Times.
A quote from the article;
A key element of the Government’s anti-terror laws was declared illegal today because it breaches human rights.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that sweeping powers allowing police to stop and search people without having grounds of suspecting their involvement in terrorism are illegal.
This ruling is more proof that the UK isn't allowed to do anything without the ok from the EU and the human rights court.
Does anyone remember V for Vendetta.
Well i have just read this article in the Times.
A quote from the article;
A key element of the Government’s anti-terror laws was declared illegal today because it breaches human rights.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that sweeping powers allowing police to stop and search people without having grounds of suspecting their involvement in terrorism are illegal.
This ruling is more proof that the UK isn't allowed to do anything without the ok from the EU and the human rights court.
Does anyone remember V for Vendetta.
Another Nail in the Coffin for Justice
A few days ago i wrote this blog about the seven muslim protesters disrupting a home coming parade by the Royal Anglian Regiment, and how they refused to stand up in court to show respect to the judge and the court.
Now the seven muslim men were found guilty.
Their punishment, a £500 fine. Which they admit we, the tax payer, will have to pay because all of them are on benefits.
You can read newspaper articles here, here and here
Here is an article of the damage they have caused to the community.
Judge Carolyn Mellanby has basically given the far right parties more ammunition and more followers to their cause.
It's not just this case, but many other criminal cases where people are found guilty of a crime and the sentence is just a joke.
Justice in this country is becoming a joke, if it isn't already.
Now the seven muslim men were found guilty.
Their punishment, a £500 fine. Which they admit we, the tax payer, will have to pay because all of them are on benefits.
You can read newspaper articles here, here and here
Here is an article of the damage they have caused to the community.
Judge Carolyn Mellanby has basically given the far right parties more ammunition and more followers to their cause.
It's not just this case, but many other criminal cases where people are found guilty of a crime and the sentence is just a joke.
Justice in this country is becoming a joke, if it isn't already.
Sunday, 10 January 2010
The Health and Safety Idiots are at it again.
Read this article and ask yourself if these health and safety idiots are actually living in the same reality we live in.
Here is a quote from the article;
Heavy snow, low temperatures and a lack of gritting mean pavements throughout the country are too slippery to walk on safely. Hospitals have been struggling to cope with rising numbers of patients who have broken bones after falling on icy paths.
Yet the professional body that represents health and safety experts has issued a warning to businesses not to grit public paths – despite the fact that Britain is in the grip of its coldest winter for nearly half a century.
Under current legislation, householders and companies open themselves up to legal action if they try to clear a public pavement outside their property. If they leave the path in a treacherous condition, they cannot be sued.
Councils, who have a responsibility for public highways, say they have no legal obligation to clear pavements.
What can i say to that.
They say you cannot be sued if you leave the path in a treacherous condition, i doubt that very much. I am pretty sure you will be sued either way.
If you have a spillage on the floor where you work and don't mop it up and someone slips and falls hurting themselves, you can get sued.
If there is ice on a public pathway where you work and you don't clear it, and someone slips and falls and hurt themselves, you won't be sued
I know they are two different circumstances, but how can you be sued for one and not the other. You have two situations where someone might slip and fall, but you can only be sued in one of those situations.
What about shopkeepers who try and clear a path, in front of their shops. It is just common decency to try and look after their customers. Now they might be sued if they try and clear a path.
When will all this health and safety stupidity stop?
You have to do certain things to stop getting sued, but you also have to not do certain things to stop getting sued.
HELP!
Update;
Have a read of the Telegraph View on this article.
Here is a quote from the article;
Heavy snow, low temperatures and a lack of gritting mean pavements throughout the country are too slippery to walk on safely. Hospitals have been struggling to cope with rising numbers of patients who have broken bones after falling on icy paths.
Yet the professional body that represents health and safety experts has issued a warning to businesses not to grit public paths – despite the fact that Britain is in the grip of its coldest winter for nearly half a century.
Under current legislation, householders and companies open themselves up to legal action if they try to clear a public pavement outside their property. If they leave the path in a treacherous condition, they cannot be sued.
Councils, who have a responsibility for public highways, say they have no legal obligation to clear pavements.
What can i say to that.
They say you cannot be sued if you leave the path in a treacherous condition, i doubt that very much. I am pretty sure you will be sued either way.
If you have a spillage on the floor where you work and don't mop it up and someone slips and falls hurting themselves, you can get sued.
If there is ice on a public pathway where you work and you don't clear it, and someone slips and falls and hurt themselves, you won't be sued
I know they are two different circumstances, but how can you be sued for one and not the other. You have two situations where someone might slip and fall, but you can only be sued in one of those situations.
What about shopkeepers who try and clear a path, in front of their shops. It is just common decency to try and look after their customers. Now they might be sued if they try and clear a path.
When will all this health and safety stupidity stop?
You have to do certain things to stop getting sued, but you also have to not do certain things to stop getting sued.
HELP!
Update;
Have a read of the Telegraph View on this article.
Aren't we even Allowed to Protect Ourselves in OUR OWN Homes?
I ask this question after reading the Telegraph article about Myleen Klass' incident i blogged about yesterday.
What are we allowed to do to protect ourselves, if an intruder breaks into our homes?
Here is a quote from the article;
Miss Klass, 31, who was alone in her house in Potters Bar, Herts, with her two-year-old daughter, Ava, called the police. When they arrived at her house they informed her that she should not have used a knife to scare off the youths because carrying an "offensive weapon" – even in her own home – was illegal.
The police arrived at her house and informed her that carrying a knife is illegal. So are the police saying we must get rid of every implement that might be used as an offensive weapon.
I hope the police gave her reassurance and helped calm Myleen's nerves, before they told her she acted illegally in her own home.
Aren't we allowed to protect our family and home any more?
What are the rights for the law abiding citizens of this country who work hard, pay income tax, council tax, who just want to keep their family safe and secure.
It is our human right to feel safe and secure in our own home, and if someone tries to break in to our home then that person does so with the knowledge that the owner of the home he is breaking into, has the right to protect themselves, their family and their home by any and all means at his disposal.
I don't like violence, but when it comes to protecting my family and home i will do anything necessary to protect them.
The police might say that you should call them straight away and hide, but how long will they take to get to you. I am a great believer in the police, but my belief has taken a few knocks over the last few years.
I know it isn't all their fault, they have been drowning in red tape for years, had more laws to enforce then ever before, 3000 new laws at the last count, and the human (criminals) rights act has certainly held them back.
Check out PC Bloggs (Blog) for what the police have to get through. It certainly is an eye opener.
We have to take back our streets from the scum of the earth that inhabits it at the moment.
The police must be allowed to do their job without the human (criminals) rights act getting in the way. Also get rid of all the red tape, health and safety rubbish that they have to right up before they even step out of the door.
When will this happen?
I don't know, but something has to be done soon before we lose the battle altogether.
What are we allowed to do to protect ourselves, if an intruder breaks into our homes?
Here is a quote from the article;
Miss Klass, 31, who was alone in her house in Potters Bar, Herts, with her two-year-old daughter, Ava, called the police. When they arrived at her house they informed her that she should not have used a knife to scare off the youths because carrying an "offensive weapon" – even in her own home – was illegal.
The police arrived at her house and informed her that carrying a knife is illegal. So are the police saying we must get rid of every implement that might be used as an offensive weapon.
I hope the police gave her reassurance and helped calm Myleen's nerves, before they told her she acted illegally in her own home.
Aren't we allowed to protect our family and home any more?
What are the rights for the law abiding citizens of this country who work hard, pay income tax, council tax, who just want to keep their family safe and secure.
It is our human right to feel safe and secure in our own home, and if someone tries to break in to our home then that person does so with the knowledge that the owner of the home he is breaking into, has the right to protect themselves, their family and their home by any and all means at his disposal.
I don't like violence, but when it comes to protecting my family and home i will do anything necessary to protect them.
The police might say that you should call them straight away and hide, but how long will they take to get to you. I am a great believer in the police, but my belief has taken a few knocks over the last few years.
I know it isn't all their fault, they have been drowning in red tape for years, had more laws to enforce then ever before, 3000 new laws at the last count, and the human (criminals) rights act has certainly held them back.
Check out PC Bloggs (Blog) for what the police have to get through. It certainly is an eye opener.
We have to take back our streets from the scum of the earth that inhabits it at the moment.
The police must be allowed to do their job without the human (criminals) rights act getting in the way. Also get rid of all the red tape, health and safety rubbish that they have to right up before they even step out of the door.
When will this happen?
I don't know, but something has to be done soon before we lose the battle altogether.
Saturday, 9 January 2010
A lesson for Anjem Choudary
This article in the Daily Mail should show the British public what real British muslims are like. Completely opposite from the other muslims my previous blog.
The majority of British muslims are law abiding people who hate what Choudary is doing.
This is a quote from the article;
That is why the sight of Mr and Mrs Latif solemnly standing shoulder to shoulder with everyone else in Wootton Bassett should be drawn to everyone's attention. For their story is the story of real British Muslims, not the cataclysmic fantasy of an egomaniac like Choudary.
There is a lot of anti muslim feeling in this country, but the extremists are in the minority of the real muslim people.
There are extremists in all religions not just muslims. I just hope the law abiding muslims of this country rise up and stop the extremists like Choudary from turning young muslims against this country.
The majority of British muslims are law abiding people who hate what Choudary is doing.
This is a quote from the article;
That is why the sight of Mr and Mrs Latif solemnly standing shoulder to shoulder with everyone else in Wootton Bassett should be drawn to everyone's attention. For their story is the story of real British Muslims, not the cataclysmic fantasy of an egomaniac like Choudary.
There is a lot of anti muslim feeling in this country, but the extremists are in the minority of the real muslim people.
There are extremists in all religions not just muslims. I just hope the law abiding muslims of this country rise up and stop the extremists like Choudary from turning young muslims against this country.
Why weren't they charged with Contempt of Court?
If you are in a court of law and the judge walks in everyone must stand up to show respect to the court and the court officials.
If you don't you can be charged with contempt of court.
This article in the Telegraph has me wondering, how far will the judge give leeway to the accused.
Here is a quote from the article;
The accused are seven muslim men who are accused of disrupting the homecoming parade of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment last March. As the soldiers paraded through the town, the men were allegedly heard to shout: “British soldiers go to hell” and “They are killing babies”. They were also allegedly seen to display placards with slogans such as “Butchers of Basra” and “Cowards, Killers, Extremists”, and so face charges under the Public Order Act.
These men live in this country and they should abide by the laws of this country. They were arrested for breaking the laws of this country and are now on trial.
Here is the quote from the article that makes you wonder what will happen in this trial;
When the case opened, the accused refused to stand for Miss Mellanby. Their religion, they argued, forbids them to stand for anybody except Allah, and they were therefore unable to show their respect for the court’s officers in the customary manner.
What do you think the judge did next;
Did she charge them with contempt of court, or change hundreds of years of common law.
What she did was arrange it so the accused men would enter the court after the judge.
Now i ask you, WHY?
The last paragraph of the article says;
It’s up to District Judge Mellanby to decide whether these men are guilty of “threatening abusive or insulting behaviour”, and we, of course, expect that she will do so in a fair and proper manner. But we should keep an eye on the case, to see if she brings in any other radical legal innovations, overturning centuries of common law, in the process.
This case does make me uneasy. If she gives in on them not standing when she enters the court what else will she do?
If you don't you can be charged with contempt of court.
This article in the Telegraph has me wondering, how far will the judge give leeway to the accused.
Here is a quote from the article;
The accused are seven muslim men who are accused of disrupting the homecoming parade of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment last March. As the soldiers paraded through the town, the men were allegedly heard to shout: “British soldiers go to hell” and “They are killing babies”. They were also allegedly seen to display placards with slogans such as “Butchers of Basra” and “Cowards, Killers, Extremists”, and so face charges under the Public Order Act.
These men live in this country and they should abide by the laws of this country. They were arrested for breaking the laws of this country and are now on trial.
Here is the quote from the article that makes you wonder what will happen in this trial;
When the case opened, the accused refused to stand for Miss Mellanby. Their religion, they argued, forbids them to stand for anybody except Allah, and they were therefore unable to show their respect for the court’s officers in the customary manner.
What do you think the judge did next;
Did she charge them with contempt of court, or change hundreds of years of common law.
What she did was arrange it so the accused men would enter the court after the judge.
Now i ask you, WHY?
The last paragraph of the article says;
It’s up to District Judge Mellanby to decide whether these men are guilty of “threatening abusive or insulting behaviour”, and we, of course, expect that she will do so in a fair and proper manner. But we should keep an eye on the case, to see if she brings in any other radical legal innovations, overturning centuries of common law, in the process.
This case does make me uneasy. If she gives in on them not standing when she enters the court what else will she do?
I can't believe this news story.
Knife hero Myleene ticked off by police.
That is the headline to this article in the Sun today.
This is a quote from the article;
TELLY beauty Myleene Klass was told off by cops for waving a knife through her WINDOW to scare off yobs skulking in her garden at night.
Forgetting for the moment that she is a celebrity.
You have a woman alone in her house with a baby, when she sees two teenagers lurking about in her garden and looking in through the window.
She becomes scared for herself and her baby not knowing what these two are going to do. She looks for something to protect herself with, and it is a knife.
Now she waves it at the two teenagers and shouts that she is calling the police. Luckily they ran off.
Here is a quote from the article;
Desperate to protect her daughter and her home, brave Myleene, 31 - whose fiance Graham Quinn was away on business - grabbed a kitchen knife and waved it, shouting: "I'm calling the police."
But when cops arrived they told her she could have got into trouble with the law - even though she was in her own HOME and the yobs were outside.
This is what i cannot believe, she was in her own home, she was scared and wanted to protect herself and her daughter. She didn't know if they were going break in to rob her house or rape her, and the police said that she could of got into trouble. like it says in the article, she was acting on instinct to protect herself and her baby.
When a woman on her own with a baby can't protect herself, inside her own home, then the law has become an ass.
It has been said before by many people that the criminal has more rights now than the victim. That is such a travesty.
You have yobs, teenagers and adults, out there that have been arrested ten, twenty, thirty times, sometimes more, yet they never get sent to prison. WHY?
There are yobs on our streets that have no fear of the law, because they know that they would most probably get probation or at worst a year or two in jail. Even then the sentence would be halved to make more room in the jail.
It is time for every law abiding person in this country to get together and say enough is enough. We must put pressure, somehow, on our politicians to make sure our streets are safer, that the punishment fits the crime.
'Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime'.
Remember that quote, did he ever mean it or was it just spin?
That is the headline to this article in the Sun today.
This is a quote from the article;
TELLY beauty Myleene Klass was told off by cops for waving a knife through her WINDOW to scare off yobs skulking in her garden at night.
Forgetting for the moment that she is a celebrity.
You have a woman alone in her house with a baby, when she sees two teenagers lurking about in her garden and looking in through the window.
She becomes scared for herself and her baby not knowing what these two are going to do. She looks for something to protect herself with, and it is a knife.
Now she waves it at the two teenagers and shouts that she is calling the police. Luckily they ran off.
Here is a quote from the article;
Desperate to protect her daughter and her home, brave Myleene, 31 - whose fiance Graham Quinn was away on business - grabbed a kitchen knife and waved it, shouting: "I'm calling the police."
But when cops arrived they told her she could have got into trouble with the law - even though she was in her own HOME and the yobs were outside.
This is what i cannot believe, she was in her own home, she was scared and wanted to protect herself and her daughter. She didn't know if they were going break in to rob her house or rape her, and the police said that she could of got into trouble. like it says in the article, she was acting on instinct to protect herself and her baby.
When a woman on her own with a baby can't protect herself, inside her own home, then the law has become an ass.
It has been said before by many people that the criminal has more rights now than the victim. That is such a travesty.
You have yobs, teenagers and adults, out there that have been arrested ten, twenty, thirty times, sometimes more, yet they never get sent to prison. WHY?
There are yobs on our streets that have no fear of the law, because they know that they would most probably get probation or at worst a year or two in jail. Even then the sentence would be halved to make more room in the jail.
It is time for every law abiding person in this country to get together and say enough is enough. We must put pressure, somehow, on our politicians to make sure our streets are safer, that the punishment fits the crime.
'Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime'.
Remember that quote, did he ever mean it or was it just spin?
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Barbeque Summers & Mild Winters
These are the two predictions for the summer and winter in the last year by the ONCE respected Met Office.
What more can be said.
Well, i have just read that for getting the weather completely wrong the chief executive John Hirst is receiving a 25% pay rise.
Here is a quote from the telegraph article
According to a copy of the organisation’s latest annual report and accounts, John Hirst, the organisation’s chief executive, received between £195,000 and £200,000 in pay and bonuses in 2008/9.
The figure is a 25 per cent increase on the £155,000 to £160,000 "pay equivalent" for Mr Hirst in 2007/8. Mr Hirst had joined midway through the previous financial year in September 2007.
Here is the best quote from the article, it did make me laugh;
A Met Office spokesman said Mr Hirst’s total pay had jumped because a “performance related bonus” from 2007/8 was paid in 2008/9. There was no underlying increase in salary, she said.
She said: "John Hirst’s salary reflected the need to bring in, and appropriately reward, skills to meet the significant opportunities and challenges in our weather and climate business.
Performance related bonus, so he was brought in to get the weather completely wrong then, or have i got the wrong end of the stick.
I know predicting the weather can be difficult, but to get it completely wrong over the last 2 - 3 years doesn't give me much confidence in John Hirst's abilities.
There are arguments that this is due to people in the met Office being part of the climate change conspiracy, where there computers are being manipulated to show or predict climbing temperatures to show global warming.
What ever the reason the people at the met office are getting the forecasts very wrong. In my opinion new blood should be brought in, and they must be allowed to do the job without being pressured by any side of the climate change argument.
I have just looked at the met office's website and i found the following;
"The Met Office provides a service which is second to none in helping the UK understand and make the most of the weather in this country and overseas."
Derek Twigg, Under Secretary of State for Defence
'A service second to none'. Not lately they haven't.
Another quote;
The Met Office’s Public Weather Service (PWS) provides the weather forecasts that the UK depends upon. It funds and is responsible for gathering observations of the current weather, developing and operating the computer model that predicts future weather, and the analysis of observations and model output to create our weather forecasts.
Yes we depend on the forecasts being right, or as near as possible, but you haven't been doing that well lately have you.
You fund and gather weather observations for computer model output to create weather forecasts, well i don't think the computers are working correctly, because i think your computers are adding 1 + 1 and coming out with an answer 4,573,458,215.3.
You can read for yourself the ' How valuable is the met office' web page here. Have a look and see what you think.
In a previous blog entry the met office predicted that 2010 will be 'more likely than not' the world's warmest year on record.
Well let us see what happens this year.
What more can be said.
Well, i have just read that for getting the weather completely wrong the chief executive John Hirst is receiving a 25% pay rise.
Here is a quote from the telegraph article
According to a copy of the organisation’s latest annual report and accounts, John Hirst, the organisation’s chief executive, received between £195,000 and £200,000 in pay and bonuses in 2008/9.
The figure is a 25 per cent increase on the £155,000 to £160,000 "pay equivalent" for Mr Hirst in 2007/8. Mr Hirst had joined midway through the previous financial year in September 2007.
Here is the best quote from the article, it did make me laugh;
A Met Office spokesman said Mr Hirst’s total pay had jumped because a “performance related bonus” from 2007/8 was paid in 2008/9. There was no underlying increase in salary, she said.
She said: "John Hirst’s salary reflected the need to bring in, and appropriately reward, skills to meet the significant opportunities and challenges in our weather and climate business.
Performance related bonus, so he was brought in to get the weather completely wrong then, or have i got the wrong end of the stick.
I know predicting the weather can be difficult, but to get it completely wrong over the last 2 - 3 years doesn't give me much confidence in John Hirst's abilities.
There are arguments that this is due to people in the met Office being part of the climate change conspiracy, where there computers are being manipulated to show or predict climbing temperatures to show global warming.
What ever the reason the people at the met office are getting the forecasts very wrong. In my opinion new blood should be brought in, and they must be allowed to do the job without being pressured by any side of the climate change argument.
I have just looked at the met office's website and i found the following;
"The Met Office provides a service which is second to none in helping the UK understand and make the most of the weather in this country and overseas."
Derek Twigg, Under Secretary of State for Defence
'A service second to none'. Not lately they haven't.
Another quote;
The Met Office’s Public Weather Service (PWS) provides the weather forecasts that the UK depends upon. It funds and is responsible for gathering observations of the current weather, developing and operating the computer model that predicts future weather, and the analysis of observations and model output to create our weather forecasts.
Yes we depend on the forecasts being right, or as near as possible, but you haven't been doing that well lately have you.
You fund and gather weather observations for computer model output to create weather forecasts, well i don't think the computers are working correctly, because i think your computers are adding 1 + 1 and coming out with an answer 4,573,458,215.3.
You can read for yourself the ' How valuable is the met office' web page here. Have a look and see what you think.
In a previous blog entry the met office predicted that 2010 will be 'more likely than not' the world's warmest year on record.
Well let us see what happens this year.
Sunday, 3 January 2010
'Outrage over controversial Islamic group's plan to march through Wootton Bassett'
That is the headline from this article in the telegraph
Now i will try and stay calm while writing this.
Wootton Basset is a town whose people are doing what everyone in the country would do, by paying our respects to our honoured dead.
I'm sure everyone would agree that they would be doing exactly what the people of Wootton Basset are doing, by lining the streets and pay their respects to our fallen, if they came through their town.
If this islamic group do march through Wootton Basset they would, in my opinion, be at the very least disrespecting our honoured dead, and the thought of that makes me, and probably the whole country, very upset.
It shouldn't matter if you are for or against the war, those lads and lasses are our brothers, sisters, fathers, sons and daughters. It doesn't matter if you aren't related to anyone out there, they are still our brothers and sisters fighting for their country.
This march cannot be allowed to go ahead, not just because of all the hurt it may cause, but because the far right would most probably turn up as well, and then you will have what will become a dangerous situation. I would not want that to happen in Wootton Basset
The community of Wootton Basset has shown great patriotism that the whole country feels for our lads and lasses, and i would hate for anything to happen there if this group do march there.
The march by this islamic group must not be allowed to go ahead.
Now i will try and stay calm while writing this.
Wootton Basset is a town whose people are doing what everyone in the country would do, by paying our respects to our honoured dead.
I'm sure everyone would agree that they would be doing exactly what the people of Wootton Basset are doing, by lining the streets and pay their respects to our fallen, if they came through their town.
If this islamic group do march through Wootton Basset they would, in my opinion, be at the very least disrespecting our honoured dead, and the thought of that makes me, and probably the whole country, very upset.
It shouldn't matter if you are for or against the war, those lads and lasses are our brothers, sisters, fathers, sons and daughters. It doesn't matter if you aren't related to anyone out there, they are still our brothers and sisters fighting for their country.
This march cannot be allowed to go ahead, not just because of all the hurt it may cause, but because the far right would most probably turn up as well, and then you will have what will become a dangerous situation. I would not want that to happen in Wootton Basset
The community of Wootton Basset has shown great patriotism that the whole country feels for our lads and lasses, and i would hate for anything to happen there if this group do march there.
The march by this islamic group must not be allowed to go ahead.
Is This a Major Shock? 3
Update to my previous Blogs. Is This a Major Shock? & Is This a Major Shock? 2
Public sector pay races ahead in recession
That is the headline to this article in the Times today.
So public sector worker pay races ahead of the private sector, shock, horror.
Now if the pay rises were for nurses, the police or any front line service i wouldn't be that bothered, but i bet it isn't.
Here is a quote from the article
Since Labour came to power in 1997, the number of public sector workers has increased by 914,000 to more than 6m, just over a fifth of the workforce.
What i would like to know is, of the 914,000 public sector jobs how many were front line workers like nurses and police?
Not many i would think, most of them would be the quangos and non jobs. If the 914,000 jobs were the police, nurses and other front line jobs i wouldn't of minded.
Another quote from the article;
This has come despite a decline in productivity. According to the ONS, public sector productivity fell by 3.4% in the 10 years from 1997 — compared with a rise of 28% in the private sector over the same period.
“It is ridiculous that pay and perks have risen when public sector productivity has fallen. This gravy train now has to come to an end,” said Graeme Leach, chief economist and director of policy at the Institute of Directors.
This is a great example of why government, local and national, should be under the same rules as private business. How can they get away with having 914,000 more workers and have productivity fall. If that happened in a private business the owners would have to make staff redundant, but not if you work for the public sector.
Another quote from the article;
One of the starkest gaps between the public and private sector is in pension provision.
Most civil servants receive employer pension contributions worth 19.4% of their salary paid into their final salary pension scheme each year. This is more than three times the average of 6% paid by private sector firms into their employees’ less generous defined-contribution schemes last year.
Why is it so different to the private sector, they get paid more by the tax payer, they get better perks than the tax payer, they get better pensions than the tax payer.
Who pays for all of their pay, perks and pension, yes us the tax payer, but what gets me is, they can retire earlier than the rest of us. Some of them can retire at 56 while the rest of us tax payers have to work till we are 65 and in some cases beyond that.
How in the hell is all this going to be paid for. The country doesn't have any more money. The country is so much in debt that each person in this country owes in the region of £25,000 each.
The whole system has to change.
Public sector pay races ahead in recession
That is the headline to this article in the Times today.
So public sector worker pay races ahead of the private sector, shock, horror.
Now if the pay rises were for nurses, the police or any front line service i wouldn't be that bothered, but i bet it isn't.
Here is a quote from the article
Since Labour came to power in 1997, the number of public sector workers has increased by 914,000 to more than 6m, just over a fifth of the workforce.
What i would like to know is, of the 914,000 public sector jobs how many were front line workers like nurses and police?
Not many i would think, most of them would be the quangos and non jobs. If the 914,000 jobs were the police, nurses and other front line jobs i wouldn't of minded.
Another quote from the article;
This has come despite a decline in productivity. According to the ONS, public sector productivity fell by 3.4% in the 10 years from 1997 — compared with a rise of 28% in the private sector over the same period.
“It is ridiculous that pay and perks have risen when public sector productivity has fallen. This gravy train now has to come to an end,” said Graeme Leach, chief economist and director of policy at the Institute of Directors.
This is a great example of why government, local and national, should be under the same rules as private business. How can they get away with having 914,000 more workers and have productivity fall. If that happened in a private business the owners would have to make staff redundant, but not if you work for the public sector.
Another quote from the article;
One of the starkest gaps between the public and private sector is in pension provision.
Most civil servants receive employer pension contributions worth 19.4% of their salary paid into their final salary pension scheme each year. This is more than three times the average of 6% paid by private sector firms into their employees’ less generous defined-contribution schemes last year.
Why is it so different to the private sector, they get paid more by the tax payer, they get better perks than the tax payer, they get better pensions than the tax payer.
Who pays for all of their pay, perks and pension, yes us the tax payer, but what gets me is, they can retire earlier than the rest of us. Some of them can retire at 56 while the rest of us tax payers have to work till we are 65 and in some cases beyond that.
How in the hell is all this going to be paid for. The country doesn't have any more money. The country is so much in debt that each person in this country owes in the region of £25,000 each.
The whole system has to change.
Friday, 1 January 2010
Is This a Major Shock? 2
Update on the previous blog
One in three mandarins has a £1m pension... and retires years earlier than private sector staff
This is the headline to this article.
I am working my arse off to keep a roof over my families head and to put food on the table, and trying to save as much as i can for my family's future.
I am saving pennies for my family's future, but i am paying, as well as all the other taxpayers, for certain people to lavish in luxury.
The article only covers a fraction a what the taxpayers have to cover. All government employees, local and national, will be paid a pension funded by the you and me.
If the next government, whoever it might be, must change this, and many others, if they want to start gaining the public trust ever again.
One in three mandarins has a £1m pension... and retires years earlier than private sector staff
This is the headline to this article.
I am working my arse off to keep a roof over my families head and to put food on the table, and trying to save as much as i can for my family's future.
I am saving pennies for my family's future, but i am paying, as well as all the other taxpayers, for certain people to lavish in luxury.
The article only covers a fraction a what the taxpayers have to cover. All government employees, local and national, will be paid a pension funded by the you and me.
I can only wish for a pension of 1 or 2% of what some of these people are on.
If the next government, whoever it might be, must change this, and many others, if they want to start gaining the public trust ever again.
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Oh, the Nostalgia!
That is the opening for, in my opinion, a great article.
Have a read, and then tell me what you would do to have a leader, like Margaret Thatcher, who put Britain first.
The Thatcher years: no time for soundbites when we felt the handbag of history on our shoulders.
You may not of agreed with her policies, but you have to agree she had the strength of will to put Britain first, no matter what the opposition.
Remember she battled the whole of the EU to get a rebate for Britain, and got it. Only for Blair to give it back for nothing.
Have a read, and then tell me what you would do to have a leader, like Margaret Thatcher, who put Britain first.
The Thatcher years: no time for soundbites when we felt the handbag of history on our shoulders.
You may not of agreed with her policies, but you have to agree she had the strength of will to put Britain first, no matter what the opposition.
Remember she battled the whole of the EU to get a rebate for Britain, and got it. Only for Blair to give it back for nothing.
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Is This a Major Shock?
Below is a the headline to this article from the Telegraph
Rising public sector pay cost £11bn in taxes
Britons would have been spared £11bn in taxes had public sector pay rises been kept in line with the private sector over the past two years, according to a think-tank.
I'm not shocked by this.
We all knew that the public sector was being paid more than the private sector, but finding out that they have cost us £11 Billion is unforgivable.
How many quangos are there that doesn't do much else apart than being a talking shop, and issuing useless and stupid new rules and regulations.
I would love to know the truth how much money has been wasted throughout the last 10 years on computer systems that don't work, bonuses for workers who save money on buying equipment that isn't up to the job (yes MOD i am talking about you)
Bonuses for workers who put their 'lives on the line' (yes that's right the immigration officials See This Blog).
The government, local and national, should be under the same rules as private business. They should be legal requirements to show the public, whose money it actually is, that the money isn't being wasted.
If someone in government does waste millions or billions on a computer system that doesn't work, for example, then the people responsible should be fired.
Rising public sector pay cost £11bn in taxes
Britons would have been spared £11bn in taxes had public sector pay rises been kept in line with the private sector over the past two years, according to a think-tank.
I'm not shocked by this.
We all knew that the public sector was being paid more than the private sector, but finding out that they have cost us £11 Billion is unforgivable.
How many quangos are there that doesn't do much else apart than being a talking shop, and issuing useless and stupid new rules and regulations.
I would love to know the truth how much money has been wasted throughout the last 10 years on computer systems that don't work, bonuses for workers who save money on buying equipment that isn't up to the job (yes MOD i am talking about you)
Bonuses for workers who put their 'lives on the line' (yes that's right the immigration officials See This Blog).
The government, local and national, should be under the same rules as private business. They should be legal requirements to show the public, whose money it actually is, that the money isn't being wasted.
If someone in government does waste millions or billions on a computer system that doesn't work, for example, then the people responsible should be fired.
That's what normally happens in private business, but if that happens in government you get promoted and get a huge bonus.
How much of the tax payers money has helped some MPs become rich through house sales, where they buy them cheap, do the house up at the tax payers expense, and then sell at a profit. How many MPs have done that.
Will this all change next year?
Will the public sector pay get frozen next year?
Will we see a reduction in the amount of public sector employees?
Or will it be a token gesture and the status quo will carry on?
That is just what is wasted by the UK Government.
I would hate to know how much is wasted in the EU?
How much of the tax payers money has helped some MPs become rich through house sales, where they buy them cheap, do the house up at the tax payers expense, and then sell at a profit. How many MPs have done that.
Will this all change next year?
Will the public sector pay get frozen next year?
Will we see a reduction in the amount of public sector employees?
Or will it be a token gesture and the status quo will carry on?
That is just what is wasted by the UK Government.
I would hate to know how much is wasted in the EU?
Have a Look and See What you Think
I have just found this and it has made me think.
Why have i become so negative, have i been brainwashed by the media?
With everything going on in the UK and the world you can be forgiven to be negative.
I've been guilty of it in the past, but not every youth is there to cause trouble.
Why have i become so negative, have i been brainwashed by the media?
With everything going on in the UK and the world you can be forgiven to be negative.
I've been guilty of it in the past, but not every youth is there to cause trouble.
Why has this Bridge Cost £1.6 Million?
I have just read this article in the pioneer and i am wondering why it has cost £1.6 million.
I have no problem with the bridge being built, but why has it cost so much?
The Maesdu bridge is costing from £1.5 million to £2.3 million, but Maesdu bridge is being demolished and rebuilt for use by cars, buses and lorries as well as pedestrians and cyclist.
Was it built to budget?
If it was built to budget, who approved the budget for the bridge?
Is the £1.6 Million part of a bigger scheme that included the bridge?
Call me a simpleton if you like, but i can't see how a bridge like that can cost £1.6 Million.
I have no problem with the bridge being built, but why has it cost so much?
The Maesdu bridge is costing from £1.5 million to £2.3 million, but Maesdu bridge is being demolished and rebuilt for use by cars, buses and lorries as well as pedestrians and cyclist.
Was it built to budget?
If it was built to budget, who approved the budget for the bridge?
Is the £1.6 Million part of a bigger scheme that included the bridge?
Call me a simpleton if you like, but i can't see how a bridge like that can cost £1.6 Million.
Monday, 28 December 2009
Council Snoopers
I have just been reading this article about how councils have the authority to go into our PRIVATE homes without police presence or a warrant.
Here is a quote from the article;
The average local authority has 47 employees authorised to enter private homes, although some councils have hundreds of such inspectors.
The Home Office recently admitted that 1,043 different laws permit state inspectors to enter people’s homes and premises.
Although many of the laws are necessary to ensure public order and safety, there are growing concerns that proper vetting and supervision may not be in place for those authorised to enter private homes.
Why do you need 1,043 different laws just to enter someones home. What happened to the legal way of if there was suspicion of certain activities, criminal or otherwise, you go to a court and get a warrant?
The old way was for the police, or other organisations, go in front of a judge and asked for a warrant to search a premises. The judge would ask what evidence there was, the police told them and the judge would either sign the warrant or dismiss it due to lack of evidence.
Now it looks like a council worker can just enter our homes for practically any reason.
For all that's holy, that just isn't right.
As the old saying goes 'A man's home is his castle'.
I'd like to see a council officer try to step into my home without a policeman and a warrant.
This information comes from a report by 'Big Brother Watch' .
I had a read of the report and i was wondering how many council workers have the' authority' to enter (or at least try) our homes in the Conwy county.
Below is the answer;
Clackmannanshire Council 39
Colchester Borough Council 8
Coleraine Borough Council 25
Conwy County Borough Council 361
Cookstown 16
Corby Borough Council 21
Coventry City Council Denied -cost
Craigavon Council 7
Now i am wondering, why does Conwy county council need 361 officers, when the average is 47, who have the 'authority' to enter our homes with out a warrant, when other councils have so many less?
The laws were introduced under the anti terrorist law, but councils have been using it for ridiculous reasons, like checking if parents lied to get their child in a good school and checking if we are recycling properly.
Now if i ever saw an abuse of power this is it. It has to stop before this COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY falls into a pit that we will never get out of.
In previous blogs i wrote about this country becoming like the old Soviet block Stasi controlled states. Well i have changed my opinion. We are living, right now, in a stasi controlled state.
We have to change this before it is too late.
Here is a quote from the article;
The average local authority has 47 employees authorised to enter private homes, although some councils have hundreds of such inspectors.
The Home Office recently admitted that 1,043 different laws permit state inspectors to enter people’s homes and premises.
Although many of the laws are necessary to ensure public order and safety, there are growing concerns that proper vetting and supervision may not be in place for those authorised to enter private homes.
Why do you need 1,043 different laws just to enter someones home. What happened to the legal way of if there was suspicion of certain activities, criminal or otherwise, you go to a court and get a warrant?
The old way was for the police, or other organisations, go in front of a judge and asked for a warrant to search a premises. The judge would ask what evidence there was, the police told them and the judge would either sign the warrant or dismiss it due to lack of evidence.
Now it looks like a council worker can just enter our homes for practically any reason.
For all that's holy, that just isn't right.
As the old saying goes 'A man's home is his castle'.
I'd like to see a council officer try to step into my home without a policeman and a warrant.
This information comes from a report by 'Big Brother Watch' .
I had a read of the report and i was wondering how many council workers have the' authority' to enter (or at least try) our homes in the Conwy county.
Below is the answer;
Clackmannanshire Council 39
Colchester Borough Council 8
Coleraine Borough Council 25
Conwy County Borough Council 361
Cookstown 16
Corby Borough Council 21
Coventry City Council Denied -cost
Craigavon Council 7
Now i am wondering, why does Conwy county council need 361 officers, when the average is 47, who have the 'authority' to enter our homes with out a warrant, when other councils have so many less?
The laws were introduced under the anti terrorist law, but councils have been using it for ridiculous reasons, like checking if parents lied to get their child in a good school and checking if we are recycling properly.
Now if i ever saw an abuse of power this is it. It has to stop before this COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY falls into a pit that we will never get out of.
In previous blogs i wrote about this country becoming like the old Soviet block Stasi controlled states. Well i have changed my opinion. We are living, right now, in a stasi controlled state.
We have to change this before it is too late.
Thursday, 24 December 2009
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
Well all presents are now wrapped and in bags ready to take to the in laws for Christmas.
As with tradition, all the men will be chatting away, wearing our new jumpers or cardigans (maybe even socks) our wives or parents have bought us, letting the women get Christmas dinner ready, and before you ask we have offered to help in the past but we all get told to go away.
Then we have our Christmas dinner and all the men go and watch tv, but all fall asleep after thirty minutes.
Does that ring any bells for anyone else?
As with tradition, all the men will be chatting away, wearing our new jumpers or cardigans (maybe even socks) our wives or parents have bought us, letting the women get Christmas dinner ready, and before you ask we have offered to help in the past but we all get told to go away.
Then we have our Christmas dinner and all the men go and watch tv, but all fall asleep after thirty minutes.
Does that ring any bells for anyone else?
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Interesting Quote From Copenhagan
Here is a quote from Mr Lumumba Di-aping, after the agreement at the conference was announced;
The quote is taken from this article in the Mail;
Mr Lumumba Di-aping, chairman of the G77 group, which represents 130 of the world's poorest nations, said the non-binding agreement would mean the deaths of millions because of the effects of global warming such as floods and droughts.
Mr Di-aping, a Sudanese diplomat, described the deal as 'devoid of any sense of responsibility or morality'.
'It is a solution based on the same values that funnelled six million people in Europe into furnaces,' he said.
I have a question;
Isn't Dafur in Sudan?
The quote is taken from this article in the Mail;
Mr Lumumba Di-aping, chairman of the G77 group, which represents 130 of the world's poorest nations, said the non-binding agreement would mean the deaths of millions because of the effects of global warming such as floods and droughts.
Mr Di-aping, a Sudanese diplomat, described the deal as 'devoid of any sense of responsibility or morality'.
'It is a solution based on the same values that funnelled six million people in Europe into furnaces,' he said.
I have a question;
Isn't Dafur in Sudan?
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