Is it just me….
or were you not surprised by the recent headlines of three labour former cabinet ministers were suspended from the party on allegations that they would influence policy for cash?
Let us be honest here, these are politican’s and while like all rules, their will be an honest few who break the rule, but by enlarge politician’s have proven themselves to be self serving, corrupt and bleeding useless at serving the general public, unless it serves them.
I am sure you will all know somebody who can tell you a tale of where they know a local politician, maybe even just a local councillor, who has used their influence to have something done.
This might be not allowing a particular type of business to apply for change of use on some business premises, it might be not allowing a neighbour planning permission for an extension or it could be that the road down that particular cul-de-sac seems to have grit applied to it in severe weather.
We all know this goes on, and it is no surprise therefore that former cabinet ministers have also had their hand in the till, so to speak.
When it comes to the inquiry, it will be a whitewash, no severe punishment will be dealt out as a warning to others why not, because they are ALL AT IT!
Or is it just me?
is it me…
a close member of my family told me a horror story of events involving SKY and it is so incredulous I had to have a rant!
The person concerned lives in an apartment block, which Sky sent direct mail to informing them that they could have Sky+ and HD. Sky was called, payment for deposit or installation or whatever swiftly taken and direct debit set up over the phone, job done in 15 minutes max.
When the engineer called to fit Sky HD, he immediately announced that the apartments on “this floor” cannot get Sky+ due to the cabling within the building but you could still take advantage of HD. If they were not happy you had 28 days to cancel and a refund would be given.
Now after about 24 hours, the person concerned decided it was not worth all the money for just HD if no Sky+ features so rang Sky to cancel. Now to cut a very very long story short, about 8 phone calls, 2 e-mails and 1 letter later, Sky acknowledged the contract was to be terminated, but doe to their inability to act quickly, 2 direct debit payments had been taken depsite the set top box having been boxed up since the day after it was installed awaiting collection!
Now this you are not going to believe.
When Sky confirmed that the refund was due, the operator who was very pleasant does not have the authority to action the refund, only request it. Authorisation takes up to 2 days and payment by cheque only, takes a further 21 days!!
Now as we speak, the cheque for the refund has still to be received and when it is, it needs to be taken to the bank and await clear funds, thus at its best it is maybe 8 to 12 weeks from cancellation to receiving a refund.
How can it be that Sky can take money off you by phone within 15 minutes, or in my case I order a Film within seconds, yet they are unable or is it unwilling to act responsibly in refunding monies? Do I detect a specific desire to withhold payments to customers who are entitled?
What would Sky think if all its millions of customers acted this way towards them and saidm “you know what, you can wait a further 21 days before I will pay you and you can have it by cheque!”
Or is ti just me?
Is it me…
Or is the Political system as we know it about to come to an end?
I mean, the 4 MPs who are likely to be charged under the Theft Act for their false claims in the Expenses Scandal. Now these 4 individuals are saying that because they are MPs they should not be charged due them being “covered” with Parliamentary Privileges. Now we all know these prick’s have thought that they were better than us mere mortals which they serve and pay their greedy wages.
So, they think they are above the law? I say we put it to a public vote and see how they fare, no, well how about we give them an option. If found guilty they can choose from serving time on prison or they can be publicly flogged!
Do you think they are above the law, do they deserve to be treated differently to the rest of us, or do you like me think they should be punished harder as they are supposed to lead by good example.
Or is it just me?
Is it me
Or have you become frustrated by the lack of apparent effort by the UK Government to secure the release of the Chandlers.
Now I accept that the Chandlers may not have followed all the security warnings around their planned around the world expedition. However, that does not give these Pirates the right to snatch and hold the Chandlers for ransom.
If we do not believe in paying for their release, argument understood, then why not put the SAS to some action and secure their release. What I am sure about is if they had a member of the Royal family or Government, by whatever means they would now be free from being held hostage and not worrying that everyday could be their last!
Or is it just me?
is it me…
I was upset to read in the news today, about the man who was tortured for his PIN numbers for his credit cards and then was murdered by having his throat cut. Now the Police are using Crimewatch to try and get public support for locating this person responsible.
Now I use the term person only as a reference as whoever was responsible for such a horric crime cannot have any normal human emotion or it would not have happened.
What really pisses me off, is that if and when this individual is caught, and is sentenced to life in prison as this is currently the maximum punishment available in the UK, it will cost us tax payers tens of not hundreds of thousands of pounds to protect and look after this monster for the rest of their lives.
My solution, kill the sicko and save us the trouble and the cost. These scum do not deserve any human right privileges, lets cut to the chase and either shoot, hang, electrocute or fatally inject and rid the world of the evil that exists.
However, despite the majority of the voting public in the UK supporting such an idea, the “do gooders” speak on our behalf and no politicians have the balls to put it to the public in a vote, typical!
As I talked about in an earlier rant, Prison overcrowding is being resolved by releasing scum early or not sending them in the first place, committed rape, naughty boy, have a slap on your wrist and do 100 hours public service, yeah right, that’s really going to stop them!
If I had my way, the prisons would not be over crowded as a good majority would be dead and we would save a friggin fortune in tax not looking after them. ANY person who commits first degree murder, cheerio, bye bye BANG BANG your dead!
OR is it just me?
Is it me….
I have been considering buying a replacement car and like the majority these days I have been searching for my ideal car on the web.
Now I came across this site Carsite.co.uk which on the face of it sounds a good idea, no hassle or pressure selling, reserve your car for £75, fully refunded if not happy and all cars fully inspected by the RAC. Sounds good?
They say that the cars are direct from a leasing company and as they are cutting out the middle man, other Car dealers I presume, then they can save you money.
Well I searched on the site and found a car that met with my initial criteria, it looked good value and when at a glance I compared it to my local dealer, it was a couple of hundred pounds cheaper, so better in my pocket than theirs I thought.
I was discussing this with a friend who took a closer look. They pointed out to me that yes the car was inspected by the RAC and you got a full report on any wear and tear issues and minor damage to the car, but they did not actually make the car cosmetically correct, so in fact you would be buying a "new" car which looked a little tired possibly. Also, I had not looked at the mileage and this was 50,000 on a 3 year old car, 20,000 more than average and while fully maintained by the leasing company it had done that wear and tear on its components.
So, on reflection the car at Carsite was cheaper but it had higher mileage and minor scuffs and scrapes. The car is not fully service prior to deliver, unless it needs one.
I decided to go visit a dealer of the brand I was looking ot buy and they too had a car similar in mileage but this had been either well looked after or had some corrective paintwork done. It came with 12 months warranty and was fully service prior to delivery, but it was £200 more expensive or so I thought.
After being able to have a test drive in the car, see the file on the vehicle, previous owner service history etc, I tried my luck and said “if you can knock £200 off the price I will buy today” they agreed straight away! (Maybe I should of asked for £300!)
So, do you buy a car on-line with the odd scuff and scrape without being service and high mileage, or do you go to your local dealer and get what you deserve, a new shiny new car and a good deal?
Or is it just me?
Is it me….
or have the lunatics taken over the Government?
Reports in this weekends papers say that thousands, yes thousands of offenders who have committed serious crimes including rape, conspiracy yo murder and assault have been let off with warnings!
Incredulous I know, but this is all about current prisons not having sufficient room for the number of offenders we need to incarcerate. So, we the public are put at risk by not locking up some “scum” who have committed serious crimes, and guess what, they must be laughing out loud at us lot, what commit rape, serious assault and all I get is a telling off and community service, they must be really scared by that and I am sure committing to being good members of society, NOT!
Come on, where is the Politican or party that will take this matter seriously and commit to building more prisons and locking ALL who commit serious crime up for a long time. Don’t even get me started on the death penalty, I will save that for a later rant!
I believe you commit the crime, you do the time.
Or is it just me?
is it me….
or has Alan Duncan, the Shadow Prisons Minister showed how “out of touch” politician’s are with us, the masses?
David Cameron appears to understand how strong the public feel about sentencing not been tough enough and how outraged we are to read about crimes committed by criminals who have had early release for “good behaviour” which is code for “we need the room!”
Alan Duncan said that the phrase Prison Works is just “repulsively simplistic” and thinking that locking them up is the answer is “Key Stage 1 Politics”.
Now, I am prepared to accept a debate on how we integrate offenders back in to society, I am fair and even minded to accept that if a person has served their “due time” for the crime, then we need to provide suitable alternatives for them so they do not have the 1 option of returning to crime.
All that said, the crucial part to gain the confidence of the public is that offenders will be punished and serve an adequate time in prison. As i have ranted before on this subject, if we are short of space in prison then we need to build more prisons. One idea is to use the labour force that is currently incarcerated and teach them the skills while building future prison buildings.
It is time that politicians starting listening to the majority and not to the small minority of liberal “do gooders” who would rather invite the criminal around for a cuppa and a chat, in their belief that they can be rehabilitated.
Or is it just me?
is it me…
Or are we completely losing touch with reality when it comes to the game of cricket? I mean, Andrew Strauss has not had a great run of form recently, but likewise it has not been rubbish either. So, when AS decided he needed a rest before getting ready for the battle of the Ashes, the media start to have a go!
Sorry, the Captain of the team is thinking ahead for the big matches we demand we win, and we want to have a pop! Come on, if you want to have a go at English cricket, turn you bazooka’s on the Selectors for sheer incompetence or the woeful batting display yet again of Kevin Pietersen or Alistair Cook.
The Selectors have nominated Cook to be the likely stand-in for Strauss has they say he needs the experience. Whatever happened to gaining experience in the County league’s? If we need an experienced captain, who has shown bottle and fight, we need to be selecting Collingwood and not Cook.
Bleeding selectors I am sure they must all be secret Aussie’s!
or is it just me?
Is it me….
has the last few days supply of Grit or Rock Salt is about to be used, I have been listening on the radio to the heated debates on whether or not we should have had more supplies stockpiled and as the Government has now taken over the responsibility for allocation of future supplies, what is going to happen.
The Government recommendation to local councils is to keep only 6 days supply in hand. Now thankfully most council’s kept more than this, but the argument is how much should we hold.
Now my rant is not about whether we should have 12 days or 120 days, no, my rant is on the argument by politicians that this weather is so severe it is a once in 30 years ocurrance and we should not be preparing for such low risks.
Now my problem with this is that successive Governments have invested Billions of pounds in secret underground facilities for key ministers and the important and no doubt “pretty” people to safeguard them in case of a Thermal Nuclear Attack.
Now I have not been down to Ladbrokes to check the odds, but I suspect you could get 1000/1 on an attack this year. SO my rant is, the so called bleeding politicians will argue that we should not complain about the salt stock levels as it is a 1 in 30 chance of it happening, but they invest Billions on something that has never happened other than 2 atomic weapons discharged in 1945 and they expect us to accept they are right!!!
Or is it just me?