Is it me….
The Daily Mail today carried the sad news that the UK is now ranked 25th in the world with regards to the quality of life offered.
Now I have to say I was shocked by the headline, you know, really, 24 other places offer a better life than the UK? Really?
Well, upon reading the article, I discover Czech Republic and Andorra are ahead of the UK! And to rub salt in to the wound, France is number 1 for the 5th year running! BLOODY HELL, we save the frigging French in 2 World Wars and this is the deal, we are 24 place below them in the league of quality of life, man, life sucks!
So, once again a survey tells us what a great job (not) successive Governments have done in breaking this once great Country of ours!
Or is it just me?
Is it just me….
or are we about to hear all the old rubbish spurted out by the 3 major political parties on the run to the general election?
Now I know I am on my favourite subject, well at least one of them, but the fact is this…we only have 1 true day of democracy every 5 years when it is General Election time. Why do I say this, well, history will show that despite all the promises made at the time of running for Election, the successful party will do whatever they decide once in power.
There are countless examples of no action and is it any wonder that the UK has a turnout of less than 40%, its a bloody disgrace and the leaders of the 3 parties should hang their heads in shame if that is the best they can do.
Now, this is what I would offer and deliver if I had the financial backing to run for Government.
- Promise the voters that they would have a say on major topics on an on-going basis by the use of national referendum.
- Topics to be decided by this method would be:
- Capital Punishment
- Euro or not
- increased investment in Pensions, National Health and Education
- Involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq
What I hear you say, a Political Party is going to ask “us” what we would like to be the direction of the Government, and act on the findings of the majority? Yeah, I know it’s my dream, but that is how it should be, not what we currently have, 3 sets of complete Muppet’s.
The expenses scandal showed exactly what they are in politics for THEMSELVES and nobody else.
Or is it just me?
is it just me…
or has the Government come up with another “bash the motorist” plan to raise funds for another daft idea?
As I understand it, currently since 2007 a £15 surcharge has been added to the fine of all people convicted of a crime, to raise money for the cost of support services which aid the victims of crime.
Now the big contention around motorist is that the majority of fines imposed are victimless “crimes” such as speeding offences and driving while using your mobile phone etc.
Therefore this is clearly a quick way for the Government to increase the size of the pot?
Well I have news for the Government. If you actually had sufficient Police resource in the first instance, you could make an additional £1M A DAY by just catching the bloody idiots who still drive around with a mobile phone to their ear and are sticking 2 fingers up at Authority.
But as always we can rely on the blithering idiots who are MP’s of all parties to take the easy route to raising funds and that is to tax, tax and further more tax on the those unfortunate motorists who get caught speeding at 34mph in a 30 zone!
They must really feel good about themselves those MP’s!
Or is it just me?
Is it just me…..
or have we yet again got the very small minority telling the vast majority that the world is a “bad place” for even possibly thinking about carrying out such a hideous act?
I am not aware of the facts around the case of Akmal Shaikh and being honest, the Chinese do not have the best record on human rights. However, my rant is not on the specifics of Mr Shaikh’s case but on the general position of whether or not the penalty for being convicted of trafficking drugs should be the death penalty?
For me the answer is simple. Severe punishment works!
In Countries where tough punishment is still handed out, crime numbers are significantly lower than liberal Countries such as the UK. If any Government had the “balls” to toughen up on crime, they would gain massive respect from the masses, but unfortunately unless you are a fringe group you have no voice and the majority are disregarded, only the minorities have any say…
Or is it just me?
Is it just me…
or have the politician’s yet again show us their true colours? When the whole of the public see them as greedy scounderels who are looking to maximise “their” own financial position, all they can say is “we are working within the rules”!
Sorry, but the vast majority have shown one too many times that they are in the “politics game” for what they can get out of it. Greedy buggers looking to bleed the hard working general public dry. Is there a politican who we feel is fit to hold the honour of representing the people?
Or is it just me?
is it just me….
or has Haringey Council committed a crime under the “Corporate Manslaughter” Act?
Surely, in light of the previous cock-ups at this council over the Victoria Climbie case, if elected or appointed representatives of the Council have failed in their responsibility to carry out with due care the roles assigned to them, and that includes looking after your citizens, then they should be held accountable and charged.
Lets face it, if a company director had previously had a customer killed while visiting the business premises, and this was found to be due to neglect in health and safety procedures, if this person got off with a serious ticking off, they surely would not if it happened a second time.
Or is it just me?
is it just me…
or is the Motor Industry living in cuckoo land? SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) are asking the Government for financial support to boost the sales of new cars.
The FACT is that for the past 5 years at least, the 2.3 million new cars registered in the UK have been “laundered” in to the market through heavy discounting to dealers, short-term hire companies and even though the back door to Used Car Supermakets.
The FACT is the market is not 2.3m cars but probably a natural 1.5 to 1.8m cars. Manufacturers accept this is so and reduce the build volume and number of dealers, of which the vast majority are making no money.
If car prices need to go up due to lower volumes, so be it. But stop trying to blame the problem on someone else, and stand up and accept your current distribution model and volume expectation is not fir for purpose.
Or is it just me?
Is it just me….
or is there absolutely NO sympathy for the cold hearted “wheelers and dealers” who “bet” on the prospects of a companies share price going down, anf they caught a massive and costly cold!
I have speculated for some time that these people have been responsible for driving the market price down, regardless of the impact it has on others, whether it jobs, loss if investment and pensions, all for their individual greed.
What’s more, how did they get caught out on Porsche buying in to VW? even I knew that they had been increasing the share holding, what did they think they were going to do about it?
It is about time the UK Government followed the US and made this activity illegal.
If it was not for the fact that us normal everyday citizens of this great country will end up picking up the cost of this error at the end of the day, it would be funny!
Or is it just me?
Is it just me… or has the Eurovision Song Contest turned into a Political farce?
let’s be honest, Eurovision was never a “serious song” contest, it always had its wacky and even silly songs in its ability to entertain but the voting would always be a more reflective view on the quality of the song, albeit sometimes the entertainment view could be significant.
Anyway, that said, the blatant voting between the Eastern Block and Scandanavian Countries has made this “light entertainment” program a complete joke. I say we should withdraw our significant funding of this “politics show” and see how they feel when they have to dig deeper in their pockets to pay for it.
Or is it just me?
IS it just me…
or is there now a complete lack of respect shown by fellow drivers on the road? Today alone, i have seen numerous drivers making under-taking moves on the motorway, in fact, I would say I was the odd one out for not so!
Also, the number of drivers who double park, do illegal u-turns, and STILL talk on their mobile phones, it’s becoming a war on the roads!
So, where are the Police while all this illegal action is going on…oh, yes. they are busy doing paper work, or giving talks to school children about why not to take drugs? get real!
Or is it just me?