Would banning the open display of knives for sale in shops prevent knife crime in the UK!?!
If England's first Children's Commissioner is worried that additional stop-and-searches could antagonize the young, when will unelected officials fret that speed cameras might antagonize drivers!?!
"Another aggravating feature is, what arrogance. The arrogance exemplified by your hand gestures [ V-signs] to the camera as you sped past it." - Judge Barbara Mensah
Showing posts with label Political cowardice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political cowardice. Show all posts
Monday, May 26, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Education standards
Will education standards improve simply by raising pay levels or by sacking useless teachers and replacing them!?!
"20% of pupils go from primary to secondary not fully functional in literacy and numeracy" - Ofsted chief Christine Gilbert.
Schools should be able to determine their own pay rates for teachers. Private companies do!
The only way to identify when state education standards are genuinely improving will be when the number of pupils attending private schools shows a steady decline over time!
"20% of pupils go from primary to secondary not fully functional in literacy and numeracy" - Ofsted chief Christine Gilbert.
Schools should be able to determine their own pay rates for teachers. Private companies do!
The only way to identify when state education standards are genuinely improving will be when the number of pupils attending private schools shows a steady decline over time!
Making work pay?
How many new jobs would be created if incapacity benefits were reduced to the national minimum wage?
"Of the minority who said they would like a job, about a third of men and one in six women said they would need at least £300 a week after tax to make it worthwhile coming off benefits and going in to work."
Employers of unskilled labour are being priced out of the labour market as they cannot compete with the benefits available to unskilled labour!
"Of the minority who said they would like a job, about a third of men and one in six women said they would need at least £300 a week after tax to make it worthwhile coming off benefits and going in to work."
Employers of unskilled labour are being priced out of the labour market as they cannot compete with the benefits available to unskilled labour!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Great leaders on adversity
"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." - Winston Churchill.
"I have nothing to offer but taxes, taxes, taxes and taxes." - Gordon Brown perhaps!
PS When will Gordon Brown let the people decide if he's the best person to "steer the economy through difficult times"!?!
"I have nothing to offer but taxes, taxes, taxes and taxes." - Gordon Brown perhaps!
PS When will Gordon Brown let the people decide if he's the best person to "steer the economy through difficult times"!?!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Ethnic tensions
Will the Department for Communities ever suggest that the best way to reduce local tensions caused by "rising migration and diversity" would be to reduce immigration!?!
"It calls on local officials to plan against tensions by:
Properly understanding who is living in the local area
Working with a wider range of people to better monitor local trends
Making better use of local intelligence, including warning signs from community workers
Learning how to counter rumours of scaremongering which lead to violent clashes "
"It calls on local officials to plan against tensions by:
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Student rags to riches?
Would fewer graduates consider a career in the City if they could leave University with fewer debts!?!
"I do think it is rather unattractive that so many young people, when contemplating careers, look at the compensation packages available in the City and think that these dominate almost any other type of career." - Mervin King speaking to the Treasury Select Committee.
"Graduates leaving university [in 2005] had average debts of £13,252." - BBC News Online.
"I do think it is rather unattractive that so many young people, when contemplating careers, look at the compensation packages available in the City and think that these dominate almost any other type of career." - Mervin King speaking to the Treasury Select Committee.
"Graduates leaving university [in 2005] had average debts of £13,252." - BBC News Online.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
BBC's Don't Have Your Say?
Why has the BBC avoided a "Have your say" on the fortieth anniversay of Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech!?!
You can have your say on "Prescott's Bulimia confession", "today's social evils", "Zimbabwe" or "compensation for low earners" instead!
You can have your say on "Prescott's Bulimia confession", "today's social evils", "Zimbabwe" or "compensation for low earners" instead!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Polish Magistrates
How many Polish magistrates are currently working in the UK?
"[Operation Black Vote] has held a seminar aimed at encouraging more magistrates in Wales from ethnic minorities."
"[Operation Black Vote] has held a seminar aimed at encouraging more magistrates in Wales from ethnic minorities."
Sunday, April 06, 2008
The Great Flame of London?
How much are the 'celebrities' being paid to carry the Olympic torch through London?
"I always said my taking part in the procession doesn't mean I condone China in any way." - Konnie Huq.
"I always said my taking part in the procession doesn't mean I condone China in any way." - Konnie Huq.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Government's finger on the pulse?
Government is in touch - Home Secretary, Sunday, March 30th, 2008.
Immigration is good for you - Gordon Brown, Tuesday, 1st April 2008.
2012 Olympics Games are good for you - Tessa Jowell, Thursday, 3rd April 2008.
"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed." - Adolf Hitler.
Immigration is good for you - Gordon Brown, Tuesday, 1st April 2008.
2012 Olympics Games are good for you - Tessa Jowell, Thursday, 3rd April 2008.
"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed." - Adolf Hitler.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Educating white working class boys.
What's more important, playing politics with white working class boys or educating them?
"One delegate [at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers] said liberal-minded people had stopped highlighting white boys' problems [of underchievement] for fear of lending weight to the arguments of right wing politicians."
"One delegate [at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers] said liberal-minded people had stopped highlighting white boys' problems [of underchievement] for fear of lending weight to the arguments of right wing politicians."
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
2008 Budget checker
How many times will Alistair Darling mention the following in today's Budget!?!
Prudence.
Northern Rock.
Climate change.
Hard working families.
No return to boom and bust.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Tory tax cuts
Will George Osborne, shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, ever call for income tax cuts to "revive the economy" rather than cuts in corporation tax?
Businesses cannot to vote at General Elections! By contrast, the Liberal Democrats are offering the electorate a 4p cut in income tax!
Businesses cannot to vote at General Elections! By contrast, the Liberal Democrats are offering the electorate a 4p cut in income tax!
Friday, February 15, 2008
Surrender on terror
"The government rejects any suggestion that Britain is a soft touch for terrorists." - Cabinet Office spokesman
Five students win terror appeal.
"The convictions of five young Muslim men jailed over extremist literature have been quashed by the Appeal Court. "
Five students win terror appeal.
"The convictions of five young Muslim men jailed over extremist literature have been quashed by the Appeal Court. "
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Looking back in anger?
If £486m of Manchester City Council funding is not spent according to the wishes of one phone call, six letters and twenty-one emails following a month long 'consultation', will mancunians be right to have ignored it!?!
More English and less Scottish!
[English] Council tax 'set to rise by 4%' [in 2008].
[Scottish] Local authorities 'to freeze tax' [in 2008].
The English are paying even more for even less!
[Scottish] Local authorities 'to freeze tax' [in 2008].
The English are paying even more for even less!
Thursday, February 07, 2008
His Disgrace the Archbishop of Canterbury
When will Rowan Williams leave the UK and flee to a Christian country!?!
"The Archbishop of Canterbury [believes] that some Sharia law in the UK seems "unavoidable" "
PS How can Gordon Brown condemn Sharia law when Scottish law is also different to the law in England & Wales!?!
PPS What changes have been made by the Government to 'Stamp duty' as a sop to Sharia law!?!
PPS Muslims should have to choose between "the stark alternatives of cultural loyalty or state loyalty", everyone else does! No one is forced to live in the UK and the borders are porous!
PPPS "Nobody in their right mind would want to see in this country the kind of inhumanity that's sometimes been associated with the practice of the law in some Islamic states; the extreme punishments, the attitudes to women as well." Would the Archbishop be allowed to decide which elements of Sharia law are acceptable in the UK!?!
"The Archbishop of Canterbury [believes] that some Sharia law in the UK seems "unavoidable" "
PS How can Gordon Brown condemn Sharia law when Scottish law is also different to the law in England & Wales!?!
PPS What changes have been made by the Government to 'Stamp duty' as a sop to Sharia law!?!
PPS Muslims should have to choose between "the stark alternatives of cultural loyalty or state loyalty", everyone else does! No one is forced to live in the UK and the borders are porous!
PPPS "Nobody in their right mind would want to see in this country the kind of inhumanity that's sometimes been associated with the practice of the law in some Islamic states; the extreme punishments, the attitudes to women as well." Would the Archbishop be allowed to decide which elements of Sharia law are acceptable in the UK!?!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
School vacancies
If parental choice is highlighting poorly performing schools in urban areas due to the large number of surplus places available, when will those schools be shut or staff sacked!?!
With 792,000 surplus school places in England (and Wales?), is it still appropriate to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school as Gordon Brown has threatened promised!?!
With 792,000 surplus school places in England (and Wales?), is it still appropriate to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school as Gordon Brown has
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