DO APPARENT FREEBIES CREATE ABUSE OF THE SYSTEM?

In using the term 'apparent freebies', what is really meant is having services for which we are not charged when supplied/enacted. The NHS will always come to mind as a glowing example of something that is financed from direct taxation, tax on petrol/diesel, cigarettes, plus numerous smoke and mirror methods. Naturally therefore we, the public, foot the bill.

Today I found out some information during a visit to my treatment center for venesection; this entails having an armful of blood removed to keep my blood iron at an acceptable level, caused by the condition Haemochromatosis. Should my iron count increase excessively, it could, for example, store itself in my liver. If unchecked it would cause cancerous tumours. The information to which I referred, is that many patients have to be reminded frequently to have their three monthly blood test for checking purposes. How can these people disregard something that is vital to their future health?



SUCH FLIPPANCY I'M SURE, COMES FROM A CULTURE BASED ON THE WORD FREE.

THIS YEAR'S GALL ALSO COMES IN BROWN.

How on earth can the Prime Minister make a speech so ludicrous as to try and rally the troops at the Labour Party conference? His policies remain as inane as ever and very expensive; he didn't even mention where the money would come from. The dozy audience loved every minute of the rhetoric which promised billions more of spending. The author suspects that any financial lifeline is about to be severed.

Incapability Brown spends so much time ridiculing the opposition, with regard to their lack of experience, unaware that, to the disbelief of the brighter voter, he himself has held high office without an iota of training, that is unless we consider running the Christmas club at university a good enough grounding in economics. Blair had no form either. Therefore Brown can hardly be called a safe pair of hands.

His long game is, of course, to install the possibility of all these proposals in peoples' heads, then to accuse the next Government for not taking them up.








WHAT A PATHETIC CLOWN.

IN BRITAIN THIS IS HOW WE DO IT OLD FLOWER.

It would appear that Andrew Strauss' gesture was one of sportsmanship in a recent Champions trophy match in South Africa, Sri Lanka being the opposition; there batsman, Angelo Mathews collided accidentally into England bowler, Graham Onions, in his endeavour to complete a run. Technically, the umpire was correct in giving the batsman out, however coach Andy Flower seems to be at odds with captain Strauss who called the batsman back.

I'm sure that there have been many such sporting gestures over the years, probably fewer now in the era of 'big money'. One instance occurred in the centenary test England vs. Australia, some years ago. Notts batsman, Derek Randall, having passed 150 runs, assumed that he had been stumped by Rod Marsh and was given out by the umpire only to be called back by Marsh as his wicketkeeper's pads had dislodged the bails.

The logic that must be considered here is, although I don't think for one moment that Onions intended to interrupt the batsmen's progress, had Strauss not stepped in, we could expect many more instances of this nature to occur.



HERE WE ARE WITH STRAUSS.

A SOUR TASTE.

I was interested in an item in the Sunday press, showing millions of gallons of surplus milk being dispersed on farm land in Belgium.

This is done to keep the price of milk artificially high. The action reminded me of an old edition of Question Time, possibly going back to the time of Robin Day. In this particular programme, Ted Heath was berating Robin Cook, pointing out that this was what Labour governments are partial to doing in the UK.

Isn't socialism wonderful?







WASTE NOT, WANT NOT.

AN EVERYDAY STORY OF USELESS POLITICIANS.

We have written before about the Nottingham City Council on a number of occasions. This is a dim outfit that, for example, has lost a lot of it's residents' money by investing in Icelandic Banks and turning the centre of Nottingham, during the Summer holidays, into a mammoth sand pit, therefore denying holiday resorts such as Skegness and Mablethorpe much business. These actions also soaked up funds which would have been better used on some of the City owned buildings that are in need of repair.

In addition to their limitless stupidity, they are forever on the local news (BBC naturally) promoting a projected football stadium, in case the nation is successful in securing the world cup in 2018. At least that is the front that they are using to encourage the gullible folk that might be listening. The true story is naturally totally deceitful, they want to build 4,000 homes (12,000 wheelie-bins) in the same scheme. The incredible fact is that this proposal is well outside the city boundary, in the Borough of Rushcliffe. Inevitably they are trying every underhand trick in their sleaze book to embarrass the new Tory controlled County Council, who won't hear of it.

The real reason is to deflect from the disgraceful decision to charge an annual parking fee for city workers. This levy, as explained previously, is to subsidise the loss-making tram system. It would be difficult to create a more anti-Nottingham environment for business. Only a bunch of backward socialists could dream of such a scheme.

Another extraordinary aspect of the proposed stadium is that no cost has been mentioned.



HOW VERY NEW LABOUR.

A WEEK OF TWO HALVES.

As with most games, the participants have the opportunity to face both ways.

We commence with the occasion of arch sleazeball, Jack 'the last' Straw, pardoning Michael Shields for an offence, reportedly from some years ago in Bulgaria. The writer obviously hasn't a clue as to whether or not Mr. Shields is guilty. The fact remains however, that neither does our Justice Secretary, Jack Straw. Over recent years, Mr. Straw has totally ignored the pleas of support on behalf of the accused; that is until it transpires that Michael Shields' father had let it be known that he is prepared to stand against Jack Straw in the next General Election. Such threats are almost bound to polarise the mind, particularly when it comes to retaining the cushy number of being an MP. Let us not forget that this slimey character has his hands on our jurisdiction at the very highest level.

The second half kicked off by recalling probably one of of the worst decisions ever in our recent history, the fate of Alan Turing. For any reader who is unfamiliar with the name, Alan Turing, through his breaking of the German Enigma Code, became one of the twentieth century's pre-eminent mathematicians. His timing, however, was bad and he reportedly committed suicide; this was due to his homosexuality, which had precluded him from secretive work, as the cold war meant that the Soviet Block was looking for this kind of opportunity. A number of defectors to the East were of diverse sexuality. I'm sure it has been suggested that the CIA wouldn't share information with us on that basis.

The Prime Minister may have used the apology to the Turing family as a side show, but the fact that Alan Turing has had his name cleared should make us all feel less guilty.







IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE FOURTH PLINTH IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE SHOULD HAVE A STATUE OF HIM PLACED UPON IT. WHY NOT?

I USED TO BE A ROVER.

Having spent sixteen million pounds of our money reporting on the MG Rover debacle, how surprised are we that the Government puts the blame totally at the door of the group who ran the business following the withdrawal of BMW?

A little reminiscing will help us recall the situation leading up to the 2001 General Election, when so much of the nation was basking in the lies of Blair and his cohorts. BMW were happy to offload the Longbridge plant for a token £10.00. Venture capitalist, Jon Moulton, was prominent with his offer to take on MG only; he was right to recognize that the mark is world renowned. The government, however, was not in the mood for logic when there was an election in the offing. So they elected a group of losers to run the outfit, partially at our expense, to get them beyond the imminent polling day. This arrangement continued, along with further cash injections until 2005, surprise, surprise! another General Election. MG Rover was now in it's eleventh hour. The Government, never slow to throw more of our hard earned cash at it, subsidised it even further to get it over the finishing line. Having won the election, it was able to cast the lame outfit to the dogs.

The same government, via the weasel words of Felix Mandelson, is now condemning the very people it put in place to help them mislead the simple public.




LOOK INTO THE MIRROR AND BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF.

DIM BULBS AND DIMMER MINISTERS.

As we disappear into an artificially created twilight, thanks to long life bulbs, let us consider the complete scene of endless items upon which we rely daily as routine aids, or, as the expression goes 24/7. We have no need to list these, as many of them are at our finger tips.

Let us now consider the future, applying some joined-up thinking. By approximately 2015, we shall become starved of electricity, as our power stations pass their use-by date. Wind turbines will never fill more than a minimal gap, even with the thousands that are proposed. During periods of low pressure, don't expect to be watching your favourite soap, filling your car with petrol/diesel or be checking out at the supermarket.

Be aware that the Government is doing absolutely nothing to rectify this. It is, in fact, leaving the problem for the next administration, so that they can point an accusatory finger at them for not going green.

What we have to do, when we are freezing in the long sub-zero winter days due to global cooling, is to sue the current Government as individuals, not the state, following the violation of our human rights.



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