On a number of occasions I have recently been wittering on about the fact that the government and local authorities assume, inaccurately, that more people have access to the Internet than is really the case. They are now doing it about information concerning Swine Flu. Certainly the information on the Internet is interesting, sensible and… Continue reading Appalling commonsense in Westminster
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Too many cowboys
I get the impression that because we have so many people at the top of government, which includes Mandelson, constantly at the PM’s shoulder, that there is confusion among the civil servants as to whose orders they are to obey, and as I suspect the orders are coming as a result of panic, thick and… Continue reading Too many cowboys
Information and vocabulary
I started my IT skills with the BBC computer, and have been advancing slowly but steadily ever since. With time the amount of information available has become so extraordinarily vast and complex, that it is only those who surf the Net regularly who can find things easily. Due to my immobility, and the fact that… Continue reading Information and vocabulary
Stimulating vistas within the mind
There is a dichotomy in government outpourings. Soon they are bringing out a White Paper on the prognosticated, future cost of the elderly to the national budget., suggesting they will live to be a hundred years old. Concurrently they are spending millions on advertising the effects of obesity, and other reasons for staying healthy, which… Continue reading Stimulating vistas within the mind
The era of bad taste
It seems that anything goes in this battle of the parties, fighting an ephemeral election, before it has been called, when the public have never been so apathetic and so terribly incensed at politics. The politicians seem to forget that decorum is the one thing that the public seeks in its representatives, and when it… Continue reading The era of bad taste
Loophole in Ministers statement.
Andrew Marr, questioned Ed Miliband, Minister for Global Warning, about the future on television, this Sunday morning, and asked about all the effects which would contribute to global warming in the future, and what was being done about them. In the question Marr included both transportation and the flying in of food from abroad. The… Continue reading Loophole in Ministers statement.
The Legals and Advertising
When I was young the local pecking order started with the clergy, next came the doctor, then the solicitor if we were lucky enough to have one. Local, national and international politics were on the backburner because we were all suffering a stultifying apathy after the First World War. So you’ll forgive me if I… Continue reading The Legals and Advertising
Some pertinent questions, perhaps.
There is a bank run by people certain of their own invincibility, who buy up other banks run by similar nutters, making crazy gambles, dishing out bonuses and incredible pensions, and when the balloon goes up, our government hands them vast sums of our money, which they hoard, for a rainy day, instead of helping… Continue reading Some pertinent questions, perhaps.
The need foran unbiased regulator
I have previously written about the fact that the credit crunch has spawned a large number of advisers and businesses allegedly aimed at helping those in financial difficulty. At the time I praised the work of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), remarking that it was time that the government increased its funding as I assumed… Continue reading The need foran unbiased regulator
Reticence
There are two things that are required to make a blog successful, one is that it is essential that what you write has a bearing on reality, is interesting, and succinct. The second is never to write for the sake of writing. In other words, reticence. This was brought to mind by a serious accident… Continue reading Reticence