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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2010
So now we have a howling gale about to hit Spain and Portugal, it is still snowing in Scotland and I am told the long range forecast says we are going to get more snow in March. Can these climate change wallas be serious? I tell you we are heading for the next ice age [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2010
I watched an interesting programme on TV last night (that in itself is something of a statement given the normal complete absence of anything to watch if you are over 40, despite the fact that people over that age represent the majority of those living in the UK - unless of course you are a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2010
According to the Sunday Times yesterday, and I quote, ‘Equality and human rights law may make it illegal for schools to force girls to wear skirts - because uniforms discriminate against transsexuals’. You think I am making this up, don’t you? But it is true. Official guidance warns schools that ‘insisting girls wear skirts may [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2010
Those who know me well would say that I do not do bureaucracy well. Like most people I struggle to cope with it and bemoan its spreading tentacles. Over the years there have been many calls for some reduction and various so called Govt initiatives to roll back bureaucracy - needless to say to no [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2010
Wee Wild West suggests I may have had a change of heart about bank bonuses, given that I previously supported Obama’s (WWW’s favourite President) attempt to curb such bonuses. The answer is not really. I am as against unmerited bonuses as anybody else - and particularly the outrageous level paid by Goldman Sachs - and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2010
Urban Eric has passed to me the following treatise on taxation and wealth creation which I think should be shared with you all:
The British tax system explained in layman’s terms…
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100.
If they paid their bill the way we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2010
Have you noticed how the language is constantly downgraded, or in media speak things are ‘bigged up’? Some of us can remember when to qualify as a superstar you had to be one of the six top earning Hollywood stars or a massive rock star. These days I am constantly surprised by the ‘celebrities’ and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2010
Not that I particularly wish Toyota ill, but it is pretty amusing in a way. First of all the science on which the whole global warming edifice is built (and the Al Gore gravy train) starts to crack and melt, due to a combination of bad science, poor research and deliberate manipulation of the facts. Then [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2010
It now emerges that the three Labour MPs to be charged with fraud for fiddling their expenses may claim parliamentary privilege under an ancient ruling to escape prosecution. Don’t you just love these elected custodians of our liberty? Doesn’t it bring a warm glow to your heart? And as if that is not enough now [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
Well we did not get the sunshine promised us today but I did manage to get out in the garden and start to get ready for spring. There is still a huge amount to do and it is a question of trying to work out what to do first. I have now trimmed the wisteria [...]