tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93736922024-03-18T06:03:31.715+00:00Not Proud Of Britain (But Would Like To Be)Beware the fury of a patient man. - John DrydenSnafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-81082061901465592952010-12-30T16:15:00.001+00:002010-12-30T16:15:54.471+00:00Let them drink Guinness!I hope Southern Ireland are helping their northern cousins during this water crisis!<br /><br />It's only fair given the £7 billion loan we've given them!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-88413293804054925912010-12-12T21:42:00.001+00:002010-12-12T21:42:01.964+00:00May day terror?How ironic that Teresa May, the Home Secretary, is considering banning "controversial" pastor Terry Jones on the very same day that there is a suicide attack in Stockholm!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-44655495887589739322010-12-07T16:07:00.001+00:002010-12-07T16:07:18.892+00:00Assange arrest!"We don't care what charges you arrest Assange on, just don't cable the details to Hillary Clinton"...Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-65878235460455258752010-11-29T13:37:00.001+00:002010-11-29T13:37:08.122+00:00Public sector job cuts cut!Is it good news that fewer public sector jobs are going to be cut than originally forecast?<br /><br />It's bad news IMHO!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-31155620313316466572010-11-25T18:06:00.001+00:002010-11-25T18:06:52.741+00:00Howard FlightWhy are no MPs supporting Howard Flight's comments?Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-55235006437630421982010-11-22T16:14:00.001+00:002010-11-22T16:14:52.383+00:00The IRA, an apology?Will the IRA apologise for trying to unite Northern Ireland with Eire, a country verging on bankruptcy!?!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-5569427846733066252010-11-18T08:50:00.001+00:002010-11-18T08:50:19.926+00:00Defence leaksAre reports produced by "junior" employees at the MoD likely to be more reliable than those "cleansed" by senior employees!?!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-62112458512579027252010-11-02T08:09:00.001+00:002010-11-02T08:09:38.695+00:00Entente Cordiale part deuxIs today's defence treaty between France and Britain the next major step towards creating a European military bloc?Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-8645546369761876052010-10-29T10:16:00.001+01:002010-10-29T10:16:51.675+01:00Child Benefit PenaltiesWill the penalty for higher rate taxpayers not declaring that their partners vary depending upon the number of children they have!?!<br /><br />When will the administrative costs of managing the child benefit cut equal the initial savings!?!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-20945534360741882972010-10-28T16:47:00.001+01:002010-10-28T16:47:44.233+01:00Housing perks and benefits!Why has the cap on housing benefits been set at £400 per week when that's almost as much as the average worker earns?<br /><br />Would 82,000 vacant properties in London reduce average rents or increase them!?!<br /><br />From my perspective, no one on benefits should be able to afford to live in one of the world's most expensive cities by relying on benefits!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-10888887784900930172010-10-24T18:03:00.001+01:002010-10-24T18:03:10.655+01:00Foreign AidWhen will the coalition perform a U-turn and reduce the amount of foreign aid given each year?<br /><br />If they do insist on giving away so much, could they at least specify that the aid must be used to purchase grids and services from the UK?Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-59320157306731690602010-10-24T18:00:00.001+01:002010-10-24T18:00:08.495+01:00Back on track!A new Android app means I can now post on the move and no longer have to wait for my PC to boot before I can post!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-82027088805246708342010-06-16T12:22:00.000+01:002010-06-16T12:35:20.131+01:00National Minimum WageShould the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10327101.stm">national minimum wage be scrapped</a> given that nearly 1m young people are unemploymed?<br /><br />Are unemployment figures still relevant even given that 1 in 4 people are not working rather than merely unemployed!?!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-54401916539171133762010-06-14T16:30:00.000+01:002010-06-14T16:37:11.851+01:00Spending CutsGeorge Osborne recently asked the public where the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10261136.stm">spending axe should fall</a>...<br /><br />It's simple, Wales & Scotland. English taxpayers should stop subsidising the perks available to Welsh or Scottish voters but are denied to them such as free NHS prescriptions for all, free hospital parking and lower tuition fees.<br /><br />Besides, Welsh and Scottish voters overwhelmingly supported the destruction of the British economy by voting Labour en-masse so they should overwhelming pay the bill!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-66643609291680173692010-06-14T16:26:00.000+01:002010-06-14T16:29:28.140+01:00Play money?Just how big was "playwright" Alan Bennett's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10311495.stm">wallet if it contained £1,500</a> just before it was stolen!?!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-50284744474111307852010-04-06T21:44:00.002+01:002010-04-06T21:56:32.881+01:00The General Election - A tale of two lame horses and a donkeyHow can anyone get excited by a General election that offers the UK electorate so little choice when it needs so much!?!<br /><br />Whilst Labour deserve to be in the political wilderness for at least a generation given their lamentable record in office, the Tories aren't worthy of being in power either!<br /><br />What a choice given a skewed electoral system, A-list candidates and marginal constituencies!<br /><br />And as for the Liberal Democrats, well....Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-37655132419592792662010-01-21T13:37:00.002+00:002010-01-21T13:45:09.426+00:00Gordon strikes again!Why isn't the <a href="http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/world/politics/budget-2009-chancellor-warned-against-cuts-in-overseas-aid-$1288554.htm">£6.6bn overseas aid budget</a> being cut to make up any shortfalls in <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6996280.ece">counter-terrorism programmes in Pakistan</a>?<br /><br />PS Whose policies have directly caused the devaluation in Sterling in the first place!?!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-36082035520837268882010-01-19T13:33:00.002+00:002010-01-19T13:36:19.034+00:00Still not NICE!Has the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8467346.stm">ever approved a treatment</a> rejected by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC)?<br /><br />"<em>The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has ruled that Tocilizumab was too costly for NHS patients south of the border. However, the body's Scottish equivalent has recommended patients in Scotland be treated with the drug. </em>"Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-50718259359890018582010-01-18T17:23:00.004+00:002010-01-18T17:27:12.520+00:00Whether or weather not!If the newly installed Met Office "<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8171591.stm">supercomputer</a>" is unable to predict severe weather, how reliable are it's climate change forecasts!?!<br /><br />"<em>The computer is about the size of two football pitches and can make about 750 trillion calculations a second - equivalent to 100,000 PCs. </em>"Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-47234081406661997902010-01-18T17:04:00.002+00:002010-01-18T17:07:38.376+00:00Labour's social mobilityIf Labour really wants to help 130,000 of the "<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8464710.stm">brightest</a>" young people from poorer families, it should promise to create new Grammar schools in the poorest parts of the UK.<br /><br />Unfortunately, political dogma trumps common sense across the political spectrum...Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-89841089786622811762009-12-27T22:45:00.002+00:002009-12-27T22:49:20.384+00:00Muslim plane bomb suspectWhy is the BBC unable to say that the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8431470.stm">Nigerian Christmas day plane bomb suspect</a> is Muslim?<br /><br />He was not trying to murder 300 innocent people because he was Nigerian or male!Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-48363071883900836932009-12-16T21:47:00.003+00:002009-12-16T21:49:24.781+00:00Payments CouncilWhat does the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8414341.stm">Payments Council do the rest of the time</a>!?!<br /><br />Perhaps the biggest decision it has ever made and it procrastinates.... "<em>Cheques will be phased out by October 2018, but only if adequate alternatives are developed</em>"Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-85610139540835387002009-12-14T16:55:00.002+00:002009-12-14T16:56:53.636+00:00Ben Fogle & BurglarsShould Ben Fogle be <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6810567/Television-presenter-Ben-Fogle-chases-gang-of-burglars-off-his-property-then-tells-Twitter.html">grateful he didn't manage to catch four burglars</a> he disturbed at his home today!?!<br /><br />"<em><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6956044.ece">Homeowner Munir Hussain jailed for 30 months for fighting off burglars</a></em>"Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-23623132375818307712009-12-14T08:24:00.004+00:002009-12-14T08:27:55.105+00:00Brown v Berlusconi<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cbmAzccbOG8/SyX2w85EFwI/AAAAAAAAAPU/S0wojmhuz8Q/s1600-h/gordon-brown-helmet_275304s.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415005447822513922" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cbmAzccbOG8/SyX2w85EFwI/AAAAAAAAAPU/S0wojmhuz8Q/s200/gordon-brown-helmet_275304s.jpg" /></a>Following the unprovoked attack on the popular <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8411198.stm">Silvio Berlusconi</a>, Gordon Brown prepares to meet members of the public in London....<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9373692.post-47931919107946533482009-12-09T21:54:00.002+00:002009-12-09T22:01:32.237+00:00Budgets, Boilers and Bingo!Why didn't the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, copy Ireland's <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8402551.stm">tough budget proposals</a> to get <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8402769.stm">our country's finances back in order</a> as quickly as possible!?!<br /><br />I'm almost tempted to vote Labour at the next General Election to watch him and Gordon squirm as most of their tax raising proposals only become effective in 2011!<br /><br />PS How much is the overseas aid budget being cut by?<br />PPS How much is the EU budget being cut by?<br />PPPS When will Scottish & Welsh University students start paying the as much as their English cousins!?!<br />PPPPS When will tax credits be scrapped?Snafuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.com0