Category: General

A day or so ago there was a piece on the TV news which implied that the Government was re-evaluating its approach to the way in which the banks were run, prior to the Crunch, and were bringing in more rules and specifications. I was always amazed that the government didn’t treat the banks as… Continue reading Constructive criticism and sniping

What is more I could even be carrying a gun. It’s all to do with the plastic that they encapsulate my food in. I’m standing there struggling, salivating, and going nowhere in trying to open the goodies. Instead of getting England’s Strongest Man to test the security of a plastic container, they should get me,… Continue reading It is essential I carry a knife

If we can’t trace where all the money that was stolen went to, let alone by whom, there is every chance that the same thing can happen again without redress, without discovery, and certainly without regulation.

I say Pleb to underline the fact that this is uneducated reasoning to understand the requirements of Members of Parliament, and basically how the system works. Have you ever thought about the process of becoming an MP, and what it entails to that individual? You would think that when they are seeking a suitable candidate… Continue reading A Pleb’s view of an MP

I am posting this letter on my website, but I do not expect they will read it, but perhaps someone who thinks it is valid might draw their attention to it. I write, not as a politician, or a political analyst, but merely someone who has spent more than 60 years as an adult in… Continue reading An open letter to the Ulster Unionist Party

It is essential when writing a blog that the level of your experience is made clear so that those reading the blog will not be fooled into thinking that you’re an expert on what you’re discussing. What I write here now would shock my nephew, who is a botanist, with alphabet soup after his name,… Continue reading Is some we are told make-believe?

After I reread the post that I wrote at three o’clock this morning I realised that not only can we not trust anything at all today, but, if one is exceptionally cynical, one can draw conclusions that are horrendous. Firstly I realised that it is pointless to act on anything this government says, firstly, because… Continue reading Trust is now a fragile concept

It seems, people are paying £2500 for a dodgy ticket, for the possibility of sitting cheek by jowl with somebody with swine flu, in a temperature of 33° C, their heads going from side to side, and they call this ‘pleasure’. It was predictable, that we would be in the mess we are when they… Continue reading It’s Cloud Cuckoo Land

Today I heard of a new initiative by the government entitled Building Britain’s Future. Earlier in the week it was reported that the government was proposing to change the way in which the National strategies in literacy and numeracy would work. Today it was also revealed that the NHS is going to be revamped with… Continue reading Yet more Better Britain plans, Part 1

I am a serious sufferer, because I consider that the period between 1933 to the summer of 1939, were halcyon days. We had come out of the austerity of World War I; as far as I remember, unemployment was no longer serious, and there seemed to be very little aggravation of any kind. The trouble… Continue reading The ‘When-I-was-a-boy’ syndrome