National Minimum Wage

Should the national minimum wage be scrapped given that nearly 1m young people are unemploymed?

Are unemployment figures still relevant even given that 1 in 4 people are not working rather than merely unemployed!?!

Whether or weather not!

If the newly installed Met Office "supercomputer" is unable to predict severe weather, how reliable are it's climate change forecasts!?!

"The computer is about the size of two football pitches and can make about 750 trillion calculations a second - equivalent to 100,000 PCs. "

Ben Fogle & Burglars

Should Ben Fogle be grateful he didn't manage to catch four burglars he disturbed at his home today!?!

"Homeowner Munir Hussain jailed for 30 months for fighting off burglars"

Budgets, Boilers and Bingo!

Why didn't the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, copy Ireland's tough budget proposals to get our country's finances back in order as quickly as possible!?!

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!

PS How much is the overseas aid budget being cut by?
PPS How much is the EU budget being cut by?
PPPS When will Scottish & Welsh University students start paying the as much as their English cousins!?!
PPPPS When will tax credits be scrapped?

BNP v Question Time

Am I allowed to admit that I'm looking forward to a few scraps on Question Time tomorrow night when Nick Griffin appears!?!

PS Will any members of the audience dare to applause anything he says!?!
PPS Would the Green Party oppose immigration if it was good for the environment!?!

Unite against Fascism, Communism and Islamic extremism?

Does "Unite against Fascism" ever attack Communists and Islamic extremists or do they only attack soft targets like the BNP!?!

Can we assume the Police will be arresting those responsible for breaching the peace!?!

Breeding poverty

When will the Government realise that eradicating child poverty is impossible when the poorest in society breed like rabbits!?!

Protecting workers?

Why should British businesses be blackmailed by strikers into hiring expensive local labour when cheaper, foreign labour is also available?

British workers could always accept a pay cut if they are that desperate for the work!

This smacks of a return to the worst excesseses of 1970s style trades-unionism.

Not NEET!

How many "NEETS" are already parents!?!

It's hard to imagine a group of people with fewer skills for raising children!

Absent minded?

How many of Britain's 2 million uninsured or unlicenced drivers are already absent parents!?!

"Absent parents who do not pay child support could have their passports and driving licences seized without having to be taken to court."

Police State?

• Twelve British National Party (BNP) members have been arrested on suspicion of distributing racist material in Liverpool city centre. "Merseyside Police condemns racism in all of its forms and will take prompt action to support all of our communities." - Sunday, November 23rd.
• Conservative immigration spokesman Damian Green arrested by anti-terror Police, held for nine hours and released on bail in connection with a series of leaks from the Home Office.

When will the BBC's Robert Peston disappear!?!

Snakeoil Politicians

Why are Conservatives being condemned for offering no policies to "cure" the world of it's current financial crisis when that, ironically, is the only effective cure!?!

The global crisis needs to be allowed to run it's course. Yes, it will be painful, many jobs will be lost and there will be social strife and their will be a greater redistribution of wealth than ever before. However, none of the bail-outs address the underlying cause of the present crisis, excessive spending this decade, an asset price bubble and far too many people living beyond their means.

Snakeoil politicians offering "cures" that will encourage more spending merely want to delay the inevitable period of retrenchment until their time in power ends. It's disgusting. Debts still need to be repaid one day and, sooner or later, people will need to adjust their lifestyles so they spend less than they earn.

More fuel on a fire does not extinguish it.

Brown's Britain

Just in case Gordon Brown's latest wheeze to save the economy fails, 30,000 Police are to be armed with Taser stun guns...

Poisoned Pill Politics?

If a policeman can be "forced to resign" after he was seen wearing a BNP badge when off-duty, why can't a pharmacist be sacked for refusing to help a customer!?!

Terror tourism?

Should travel restrictions be placed on people convicted of terrorism offences or sex offences?

Conservatives 2 - Labour 0?

Has a Labour Government ever led the UK out of recession!?!

Cowardly Britons

Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra

Antigua honeymoon shooting: Death penalty fears delayed UK police help.

For fat's sake!

How many "disadvantaged" parents will understand that their fat children are obese!?!

Winters of discontent?

If John Prescott is right (!) in saying that no potential Labour successor has the "right skills" to replace embattled Gordon Brown then Labour will, by definition, be out of power for at least a generation!

PS When Labour recall their record achievements since 1997, why do they never mention immigration!?!

Air screwed!

When will the services of World War 2 RAF Bomber crews be formally recognised with a campaign medal?