Scum!!!!!

Yesterday, at the Tory party conference, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, a man who in his younger days  was photographed with a dominatrix and an amount of white powder and also made £40000 profit on a taxpayer funded house, and the Minister for the Department of Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, who has wasted £600m in taxpayers money on his Universal Credit benefit system which has now been reset to zero, and lied on his CV about attending the University of Perugia, he didn't, he went to Perugia language school,  stood up and made the same speech.

It was as follows:

" conference, people of the shires, ladies of the Womens Institute, red faced denizens of the golf and country clubs, friends from the Countryside Alliance. I have found new ways of kicking the poor and vulnerable, I bring you new ways in which we can treat the working poor as the scum I know everyone in this hall believes them to be. We, the Tory party, have developed new policies that will strip people of their dignity and stigmatise and demonise the working class. Something I know that everyone, here at conference, delights in doing.

The conference attendees brayed and cheered like grinning goons, relishing the thought of poor children being plunged into poverty. Prime Minister David Cameron crossed his legs and covered his groin with his hands in an effort to hide his erection.

The speech continued:

" Conference, if the British electorate are as stupid as we think they are and they continue to believe this never ending stream of warm diarrhea and lies we spoon feed them, about cutting the deficit (currently £50bn off target) and 'how we are all in it together', and that all the ills of this country are down to the Labour party and the poor, and we get re-elected, we will introduce new policies that will punish the scum poor even more and drive them to the point of desperation where suicide will hopefully be their only choice while making the wealthier, that's you and me conference, even wealthier, and then conference,.... our job will be done...... All the poor will be dead! All dead! All dead conference!!!!!....... Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

Conference gives a standing ovation while Prime Minister David Cameron ejaculates in his pants.

Reader, I give you the nasty Tories. red in tooth and claw. 

Forgetting things.

If the leader of the Labour party, Ed Miliband, doesn't care about the economy, because he forgot it in his Labour party conference speech, does that mean that Prime Minister David Cameron doesn't care about his 8yr old daughter because he forgot about her and left her in a pub. Just saying.

This is the end. the end my friend. Is it though?

Last Friday I watched a beautiful shimmering butterfly try to break free of it rotting pupa and flutter towards the warm welcoming sun only to be crushed by the jackbooted  middle class and their never ending quest to protect their own self interests to the detriment of  progressiveness. It was a sad, dispiriting affair and nearly brought me to tears. The last time politics has affected me in that manner was when Ted Heath's Conservatives defeated the Labour party of Harold Wilson in 1970. I was eleven at the time.

The grassroots campaigners, on both sides, can hold their heads up with pride. They were part of a campaign full of passion that restored many people's faith in politics and engaged  people who had been apathetic and disinterested in politics for years. Particularly inspirational was the involvement of 16yr old and 17yr old voters who not only engaged wholeheartedly with the process but were knowledgeable and articulate. Surely the voting age for General Elections must be reduced to 16 after the positive example demonstrated by the young voters of Scotland ( no taxation without representation?).

It is, and was, a different story for the so-called campaign leaders. They failed everyone abysmally. I have already been critical of both Yes and No campaigns but I am afraid I will be again because they all need to be held accountable. Alec Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon and other nationalist grandees were evasive, fact light and relied to heavily on portraying the No campaign as a bunch of Westminster elites whose ancestors had probably had direct involvement in The Glencoe massacre and The Highland Clearances. Add in to that the currency debacle and the lack of any cogent economic plan that didn't involve tying itself to the Bank of England, therefore abdicating all responsibility for interests rates, mortgage rates and lending, and you have a recipe for disaster when trying to convert the rural rich and the comfortable middle classes of the shires and islands.

It was obvious that support for independence lay mainly in the disadvantaged urban poor, the working class, and the idealistic young. This demographic were already converted. The task of the Yes campaign was to present an argument that would persuade the middle classes that independence was a good thing and that independence would not bring socialist hordes invading their comfortable homes, throwing them onto a rickety cart and dragging them off to the guillotine. The problem was, they were preaching to a congregation that was looking for any excuse to vote no. Hence the reason why a watertight economic plan was so important. It wasn't, it was a disaster, so the excuse was provided. That mistake must be laid at the feet of Alec Salmond, and ultimately, he accepted responsibility for it by resigning.

The No campaigner leaders were horribly incompetent. From the sleepwalking Prime Minister who was scared rigid of even setting foot in the country because he realised how toxic he and his party is. I may be wrong but I would not be surprised if The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, was manacled, bound and held in a cellar for the last month of the campaign because even a picture of him, in the press, could produce a 10 point swing towards the Yes campaign and Alistair Darling demonstrated as much charisma and dynamism as a dishcloth. In a way, considering the pathetic leadership of Cameron and his ilk it is amazing we got the result we did.The only man who came out with his character enhanced was ex- Prime Minster Gordon Brown whose barnstorming speech on the eve of the vote seemed to stem the oncoming tide of the Yes vote, which was threatening to engulf the No campaign.

Other negative aspects of the campaign involved  the ever present 'shouty' cybernats, and I include the hecklers and egg throwers in that group, who worked on the principle of, if someone said anything they disagreed with they called them a traitor or just shouted and screamed at them to drown out any counter argument or, even more shamefully, they attempted to physically intimidate people in a manner that would not have looked out of place in Putin's Russia. In fact Alec Salmond's 'Putinesque' control of the civil service, academics and business had a totalitarian whiff of authoritarianism to it that felt extremely uncomfortable to many democrats. Also the Unionist led rioting in Georges Square, Glasgow was disappointing and sad to see as intimidation and harassment was not only the preserve of the Yes campaign. Both sides must accept a degree of responsibility for allowing fascist election techniques to creep in, taint and infect the process. SNP leader, Jim Sillers didn't do himself any favours by threatening businesses with a 'day of reckoning' if they continued to voice their support for the No vote

.The 'celebs'on both sides were particularly annoying but special mention must be made of the 'celebs' who signed the letter in favour of the No campaign. A group that included Dan Snow, the son-in-law of the richest man in Britain, and others whose tax arrangements could not be called patriotic. I mean, if you really care what some vacuous 'celeb' thinks and you allow it to colour your thinking on the future of your country then you really are a bloody idiot. Not particularly appetising was the courting, by the Yes campaign, of writers, actors, comics and musicians who perhaps saw an opportunity to increase their revenue streams by adopting a compliant unchallenging and nationalistic stance whilst wrapping themselves in the Saltire for the purposes of marketing.

Thursday was a sad day for hope and a good day for middle and upper class self interest, but I have a silver lining for the Yes voters. Within ten years another independence referendum will be held and within the next ten years your country will be independent. So cheer up. Your day is coming. It's not the end.

'The Vow'
As they panicked, the leaders of the pro-unionist parties, Cameron, Miliband and that Clegg fellow made an 11th hour vow that if a No vote prevailed they would devolve more powers to the Scottish parliament. Subsequently Cameron has attempted to renege on the deal by attaching conditions to the vow which involve stopping Scottish MP's voting on issues that only affect England. This is a disgusting example of political opportunism that is no more than an attempt by those two 21st century snake oil salesmen, Cameron and Osborne, to carve out an English fiefdom for themselves that they will no doubt run from a cave complex built underneath the South Downs. One thing is certain from the aftermath of last weeks referendum and that is that the Tory party do not give a toss what the Scots, the Welsh or even the Northern Irish think now. They know that all three countries are lost to them politically so their aim is to control the UK from London and the South East because it is the only area of the UK that doesn't consider the Tories to be evil, self serving and toxic. They are just a couple of evil malodorous clowns. You think politicians cannot sink any lower and then...........

Minimum Wage.
Labour leader, Ed Miliband,  promises to raise the minimum wage and  howls of complaint immediately and predictably rise up from the business community. He has promised to increase it to £8.00 per hour (wow) by 2019. As I have previously said, any business who pays the minimum wage is saying to their employees "if I could pay you less and get away with it I would". Business owners complain that increasing the minimum wage is bad for business and may lead to job losses. Bollox, utter bollox.
Increasing the minimum wage will reduce the welfare bill because at the moment poor wages are bolstered by the recipients having to claim Working Tax Credits, Housing Benefit and Child Tax Credits in order to afford the cost of living. These benefits subsidise businesses who instead of paying a living wage are allowed to abdicate their responsibility towards their employees, leaving the tax payer to pick up the slack in the form of said benefits while businesses pocket the difference making some of them and their shareholders very wealthy.
Miliband is right. He should increase the minimum wage thus making businesses and corporations responsible for improving living conditions and not the tax payer. Some business people claim they cannot afford to pay the minimum wage. More bollox. If they cannot afford it they are obviously crap at business. Look at the cars parked in any Head Office car park, especially those closest to the entrance, you'll see some mighty fine top of the range models. It's not that they can't pay it, it's simply that they do not want to pay it. They'd rather spend it on expense accounts, nice cars, and shareholder premiums.

“If a man aspires to a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.” 
― Leo Tolstoy

Scottish Referendum Repercussions?

Irrespective of the result of the Scottish independence referendum on Thursday, what cannot be denied, is that on Friday Scotland will be a deeply divided nation where almost half the population will have to accept an irreversible result that will impact on themselves, their children and future generations.

The main concern must be the level of enmity and hostility that has been ever present during the campaigning. When a grandee of the Yes campaign threatens ‘a day of reckoning’ for the companies that intimated that they were in favour of a No vote and then followed that threat with another threat to nationalise certain businesses because they failed to support the Yes campaign, you realise Scotland may be faced with a heady brew of recriminations, blame, grievance and anger,that will not be easily placated and could be deeply damaging,socially.

Add into the brew the possible resentment, felt by the rest of the United Kingdom, towards a victorious Yes campaign who have treated the rest of the UK with a mixture of arrogance, indifference, disregard and disrespect and you look ahead towards a very stormy horizon.

The Yes campaigns attitude towards a currency union has been arrogant and disdainful. They have ‘told’ the remaining people of the UK that they ‘will have’ a currency union, whether people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland like it or not. The Yes campaigns disdain and condescension for the thoughts and feelings of the rest of the UK seems to imply that whatever they ask for, if they do gain independence, they expect to get. That attitude may have implications that may create difficulties during the transitional period and beyond, if independence is gained, and a frosty intransigent relationship between Westminster and Holyrood, even if Scotland remains in the Union.
  

No voters may possibly find it easier to reconcile themselves to a Yes vote and the transition to independence may be smoother, although you feel the crowing and triumphalism from certain sections of the Yes campaign may be very difficult to swallow. Many No voters have intentionally not disclosed their voting intentions to avoid reproach, or worst, from the nationalists (which may have a large impact on the vote that the polls have missed), so will not have to suffer with any direct crowing from the Yes voters. The main problem, if Independence is achieved, will be the negotiations between the UK government and the Scottish government, considering the UK government will be extremely sensitive to the views of a UK electorate who may have formed a very negative view of Scotland during the independence campaign, considering the level of disrespect they have had to endure, and will not be particularly receptive to an approach where they feel Scotland is being indulged to the detriment of the remainder of the United Kingdom. The currency union is an obvious example, where UK politicians have stated quite clearly that no union will be entered into, so if they should then accede to Scottish demands, they will lose face very quickly and be subjected to the wrath of many within the UK. If the Tories wanted to lose the forthcoming 2015 General Election, a sure way of achieving that would be to grant a newly independent Scotland a currency union where UK taxpayers become guarantors for the debts of a foreign nation who have just told them to F**k O**, especially when those same politicians, during the independence campaign, dismissed the possibility of a currency union out of hand.

However, the most concern must be the repercussions of a No vote for Scottish society. The cybernats and the extreme end of the yes voting spectrum will not take defeat well. Even now, as previously stated, many No voters refuse to disclose their voting intentions because of the hostility and antagonism they fear from volatile Yes voters, so they must be even more concerned about the reactions of a jilted Yes campaign who will find it hard to contain their resentment for anybody, who they consider, may have destroyed their dreams of an independent Scotland and freed them from the yoke of percieved Tory oppression.

Whether the Nationalists can suppress the bitterness of defeat and are able to put reconciliation before revenge is unknown and, considering the level of acrimony already present, doubtful.

It could be very ugly.

Dogs Home.

The Manchester Dogs Home was set ablaze, killing over 50 dogs, by a scumbag arsonist who, considering the evident anger, I suggest he/she ensures the smoke detectors are working wherever he/she lives.

This incredibly sad, yet, considering the amount of donations subsequently made ( £1.2m and still rising), uplifting story, has been tainted by the self centred whiners who complain about people donating money to animal charities when there are children’s charities who would appreciate the money. These are the same self-absorbed people who whine about a little old lady leaving money to the local cats’ home, yet they happily go on a foreign holiday three times a year and shell out 20 grand on a 4X4. Oh and give nothing to charity at all!

Animal charities receive no state funding; they rely on the kindness of strangers. In one of the richest countries in the world we shouldn't have to subsidise cancer treatment for children or care for the elderly. That is the job of the government. That’s why we pay our taxes.

If you find someone giving a fiver to a dog or cat charity objectionable, tough, it’s their money and they can do what they want with it. Last time I looked we were still living in a democracy not a fascist state.

If you've got a problem with the level of care given to children suffering from cancer, don’t blame a little old lady donating a couple of quid to The Donkey Sanctuary, blame politicians who are happy to see their pay rise by £11,000 a year ( £66000,00 extra per annum) but yet are unable to properly fund cancer care.

If you really care, why don’t you contact your local MP, or campaign on the subject, or you could, of course, put your hand in your pocket and give some money!

Just stop whinging like a bunch of self-interested fat greedy tossers. It’s our money and we’ll spend it as we please.

P.S. I give money to children’s charities as well. Knobheads.

“The two most selfish acts are to give life and take life.” (Anon)

The Scottish Independence Referendum: Confusion, Frustration and Disappointment.

The Scottish independence referendum has turned into a farce. The lack of empirical information, the claims and counter claims, most unsubstantiated, and the constant mudslinging (and egg slinging) has seen the politicking and campaigning descend into something akin to a scouse wedding where the bride’s family are lifelong Liverpool supporters and the bridegrooms family are all Evertonians, ( if you’re confused, look it up).

I was, at first, quite keen for the Scots to throw off the shackles of the Tories and chart their own destiny until I was confronted with the constant whining of The First Minster of Scotland, Alec Salmond, who’s campaigning tactics seem to be a mixture of a Little Scotlander calling the No campaigners liars, no matter what they say, blaming England for every slight Scotland has ever received over the last 1000 years, bullying journalists, and shouting down anyone who has the temerity to have a point of view contrary to his own. It has been commented on that there are very few No posters and signs up. I think this may have something to do with a fear of having a brick put through your window, due to the level of enmity being generated by a Yes campaign lead by Salmond.

The one thing missing from the discussion is any cogent or coherent, easily accessible facts that would give anybody any idea what independence will mean to Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, how long a complete separation will take and how much it will cost.

I am amazed that no one has produced a document clearly explaining the steps to be taken towards independence and the costs of setting up separate government and non-governmental institutions, what happens with the BBC, and of course the economic implications involved.

So with less than two weeks to go, nobody knows what currency Scotland will use, what happens to the armed forces, (there are currently six Scottish battalions with the British army. Are the soldiers in these battalions re-branded as mercenaries as they will be fighting for a foreign army?). What is the fate of the nuclear deterrent currently housed at Faslane? What happens to the oil in the North Sea (surely the UK are entitled to some level of recompense considering it was UK taxes that was invested into the industry)? What happens to the navy ships currently under construction in Scottish shipyards and the jobs tied up in that industry? How will the Civil Service be divided up, likewise the BBC (I hope they get the cultural grotesque Clarkson and his intellectually arrested co-hosts on Top Gear, I really do)? What are the governmental and civil implications as departments like Work and Pensions, The Inland Revenue and the Health department will be fragmented? Who bears the cost for setting up a Scottish DVLA (Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency) and a Scottish Passport Agency? Where does the expertise come from to set up a new nation state, who provides it, and who pays for it? What will be the border restrictions? Will Scottish people, currently living in Britain and who were not given a vote in the referendum, have to take on dual nationality? The questions are many and varied and if there were just a few answers outstanding, that would be understandable. But there are no answers being offered up by either the Yes campaign or the No campaign. It is utter confusion.

The currency question has turned into a farce. The No campaign have said no union will be available, whereas the Yes campaign say there will be. Not a very grown up discourse is it. That is the extent of the information made available to the voters. Except, of course, Salmond’s ridiculous threat that if Scotland is not allowed a currency union with the rest of the UK, it will default on their share of the national debt. How pathetic is that? What a way to start as a newly independent nation. Salmond treats Westminster like a bunch of recalcitrant and obstreperous politicians who, once independence has been gained, will suddenly be sprinkled with commonsense fairy dust and comply with all his wishes. The people of Britain have a right to be consulted over any currency union if Scotland does become independent. We should not have to underwrite the debts of an independent sovereign state without having a say. After all, who would be happy if someone moved into the house next door, knocked on your door, and told you that they had taken out a large mortgage on the house and that you were the guarantor of the loan if they defaulted.

The No campaigns dissemination of information has been poor. It has been accused of being relentlessly negative, but that is understandable as their whole campaign is built around the message that independence would be a bad move for Scotland. But, at times, the No campaigns level of arrogance has been in direct proportion to their level of humility, and that attitude has not served them well, hence the closing polls. What the No campaign should have done is present a comprehensive manifesto of what independence will involve for Scotland and the UK, including costs, timelines and the implications involved to both Scotland and the rest of the UK. Instead their approach seems to be built around a generalised threat that if Scotland goes independent they will all be doomed. What they should have done is emphasised that if Scotland votes to remain in the Union things will still change with the introduction of new powers with Devo Max, greater tax raising powers and more direct control given over to the Scottish parliament. Instead they seem to be promoting, arrogantly, the status quo, as if Scotland will be happy with nothing changing. Looking at the polls, any fool can see that change is exactly what Scotland wants. It is whether it can be delivered better, either, inside or outside the Union that is being voted upon.

The No campaign has been shrouded in a mist of arrogance and complacency that should have been blown away months ago. This is demonstrated by Prime Minster David Cameron’s virtual detachment from the process, as if he either arrogantly accepts an easy victory or he is scared to open his mouth because he is aware that Alec Salmond will immediately leap on anything Cameron says, pointing out he is a privileged out of touch toff who has never had a proper job. Cameron is well aware that the Tories are hated in Scotland ( as well as many parts of the rest of the UK) and that the Tory brand is a toxic brand in Scotland, due to the legacy of Thatcher, a woman who presided over the destruction of communities and jobs in Scotland without an ounce of empathy. Cameron is well aware he has nothing positive to add to the conversation, which frankly is an indictment of the dysfunctional nature of British politics generally. To have a Tory Prime Minister, who is frightened to engage with large swathes of the electorate he presides over, demonstrates how Londoncentric the Tories are. Although his main fear must be the very strong chance that he will go down in history as the British Prime Minister who lost the Union.

The Yes campaigners are no better, with a distinct lack of information, but I suspect that may be because they realise that independence will bring many problems initially and if they enlightened the voters, it may scare the bejesus out of them. I think the Yes campaigners are hoping that the spirit of Braveheart and the chance of given the Sassenachs Tories a good kicking will get them over the line. They appear to be working on a short-term policy of sentiment rather than sense. With the closeness of the polls, those tactics seem to be working, although the news last weekend that the Yes vote may have moved ahead, may turn out to be counter-productive, as it may activate and energise the No vote, particularly those who considered not voting because they thought a No win was a foregone conclusion. The Yes vote may have shown its hand two weeks to early.

The Scottish Nationalist Party has not yet presented a single major policy that will help people in low income brackets and Salmond’s involvement in the deeply unpleasant and tawdry Donald Trump affair, where the Scottish Police Force seemed to be used as a private corporate militia against Scottish citizens is very unsettling. When you also consider that the only major policy the SNP has confirmed is a reduction in Corporation tax, it gives you an idea that SNP policy is not that much different from the current UK coalition government. The interests of corporations and the wealthy seemed to be at the top of Salmonds agenda as they are at the top of the UK Governments agenda. I do not think that Salmond is as keen to create a socialist nirvana in Scotland as many people in Scotland may hope and some may say that if Scotland does gain independence then surely there is no longer a need for a Scottish nationalist party. Alec Salmond himself is not particularly well liked in Scotland and has many critics who accuse him of being arrogant with a whiff of the would-be dictator about him. I think that if independence is secured, there may be many who would be happy to see the demise of Salmond and the Scottish National Party.

Personally I can’t wait for it to be over. I’m bored and fed up with it. I’m tired of being pestered by ‘celebs’ using the referendum as just a way of protecting their revenue streams or bolstering their image. The Yes campaign seem to wheel out a never ending supply of old 80’s rockers and why the No campaign would think people in Scotland would be swayed by a letter signed by millionaire and multi millionaire ‘celebs and B-list television presenters, really does beggar belief. Why would anybody, thinking of voting Yes, give a damn what television presenter Dan Snow thinks, especially as he is also the son-in-law of the Duke of Westminster, one of the richest men in Britain, and the son of another television presenter, Peter Snow (nice to see nepotism is alive and well in the television industry). A fine example of a privately educated toff and establishment member patronising the ‘plebs. I mean, how out of touch can you be? Or, on a similar theme, another musician, Mick Jagger, who could not name Britain as his main home because of tax avoidance arrangements, deems himself important enough to  preach to the unwashed masses. Why the No campaign considered a posh bloke patronising the Scots or an ageing rocker doing likewise, would be a winning tactic, I do not know.

It is also interesting how it is difficult to name any Scottish celebrity that has come out in favour of remaining in the Union. I get the distinct feeling that to do so would kill a career in an instant. And that is a salient point. It is not the mechanics of setting up an independent nation that may prove damaging to a new Scotland, any difficulties that present themselves can and will be eventually overcome. It is what effect the result may have on the people living in Scotland, considering the level of antagonism and hostility, direct or via the internet and the media, which seems to have been ever present between the two sides. It will serve nobody in Scotland any purpose if it returns to a 21^st  Century equivalent of the clan feuds, with conspiracy theories abounding, that if things are not going well, or the Yes campaign lose, it’s because of the dark hand of the English Sassenachs, forever hovering in the background.

I think that any vote placed in two weeks time will be based on a mixture of hope, heart and gut instinct rather than any fact based rationale and personally I do not blame them because they have been desperately let down by the political classes who have hedged, evaded, prevaricated and dissembled the truth into oblivion.

Considering the constitutional, political and civil upheaval a yes vote will create, I find it impossible to see how the target of March 2016 will be met.

I just hope that if the Scots do vote for independence, the price of shortbread and Highland Toffee doesn't soar due to the imposition of tariffs applied to exports from countries outside the European Union.

Impostor ?

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, holds a weekly radio phone-in. On last week’s he was interrogated by a 9 yr old boy about the governments free school meals policy that has just been implemented. Due to the boys’ intricate grasp of the facts and his articulation, it has been suggested that it may have been an impostor posing as a 9 yr old boy.

Having listened to the call, it is obvious he is a fake and he is just saying things brighter people tell him to say.

As for the 9 yr old,......... who knows?

(Courtesy of Ghostwiper)

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Returning Jihadi’s.

Message to the people who are calling for the passports of returning British Jihads to be removed. I think you believe that British nationals having their passports removed are also stripped of their nationality and therefore made stateless, treated like outlaws, left to wander the world.

It doesn't. All it means is that they are unable to travel abroad. In fact it achieves the exact opposite of what I think you believe will, and wish, to happen. They have to stay in Britain. We get to keep them.

Now it’s been explained I doubt you’re quite as keen or happy. That’s your fault for being stupid morons.

Royal baby.

It’s great news about the forthcoming birth of another royal baby. Now the media and press can drop all those depressing news items about Russia’s aggressive expansionism into Ukraine or the continuing plight of the Palestinians or all those nasty beheadings and massacres’s committed by Islamic State, and fill the airwaves and newsprint with fawning articles about the forthcoming happy event, that are only of any real interest to people in the Home Counties or to the county set. Super.

“Freedom’s just another word for having nothing to lose”

( Kris Krisstofferson)

The Week In Bits No 6.

Swiveled Eye Loon Sees The Future.
Menber of Parliament,Douglas Carswell, once a swiveled eyed  member of the Tory party has now jumped ship and joined UKIP ( United Kingdom Independence Party), the home of the swivel eyed loon, probably because he saw his parliamentary seat of Clacton disappearing down the swanee.
Carswell is often mentioned as an anti sleaze campaigner.

Expenses claimed by Carswell.

• £655 for a love seat.
• £21000 for flat in London.
• £32000 in expenses for a house in Essex.
• £1250 a month for rent for the house in Essex.
• £2280 in Council Tax for the house in Essex.
• £1605 for two sofas.
• £1483 for a bed, mattress and chairs. 
• £700 for bedding and other household items.
• £453 for a fridge freezer.
• £400 for a washing machine.
• £99 for a garden strimmer and bin.
• £377 for radio, iron, vacuum cleaner, telephone and television.
• £429 for four days gardening.
• 74p for a washing line (  fromTesco).

He's obviously very serious about MP's expenses.

Furthermore, as the current London Mayor, Boris Johnson, is keen to get back into parliament, perhaps he will stand as the Tory candidate for Clacton in the forthcoming by-election.

Idiot!
Prime Minister David Cameron addresses Parliament with his proposed anti terrorist laws to deal with jihadists returning from Syria before being told by former Attorney General that they will breach UK Law.

Tabloid Heartbreak.
Tabloid hearts were broken when the facts about the removal of Ashya King, by his parents, from a Southampton hospital, because they felt he was not receiving cancer treatment that could save his life, destroyed any possibility of blazing headlines such as "Crazy Jehovah Witness parents kidnap son and take him away to die".
The Press and the Police obviously thought (or probably hoped) they had a couple of religious crazies on their hands and were rubbing their hands with glee at the forthcoming lurid headlines and stories.

Sadly for them, it appears the only rational people involved in this sad tale are Ashya's parents.

The Slaughter Starts Again!



The Tories recommence the butchering of one of Britain's iconic and loved indigenous species.

The Slaughter Starts Again!

The japs recommence the butcher and slaughter of hundreds of dolphins on the island of Taiji, Japan. They are herded into a cove, kept imprisoned for days, before being dragged up on to a beach where a metal pole is driven into their spine and they are left to suffocate and die in extreme distress and agony. The people that perpetrate, and those that condone this brutal barbarity, are sub human scum. It is the same type of inhuman treatment that was meted out by the japs, upon POW,’s during World War II.

The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree, does it.

Land Grab.
Israel steals more land from the Palestinians and the world turns away again.

Oh ! The Humanity.
Some overly precious 'celebs' send smutty images of themselves to an anonymous file warehouse, god knows where, and then get very cross when their files are hacked, before demanding that the entire world drops everything and worries about them.

Ooo! Matron.
Half of women are unable to find their vagina and 65% are unable to say the word. I think I should have read the article. I may have misrepresented the facts.