Old Gaffer

It has been said surgeons are overpaid. This is ludicrous, in the light of the earnings in the entertainment industry, the sporting industry, spec builders and entrepreneurs. Today stress is greater generally than 20 years ago. Never more so, it seems, than in the medical sphere, with spurious targets, a public more prone to self… Continue reading 23.11.07, The Maligned DHSS Medical Staff

I started to write about our political scene before I heard of the loss of personal information of half our population. The loss didn’t surprise me as I have been preaching that Government, from top to bottom, is computer illiterate, vulnerable to the computer technocrats, and thinks big is beautiful, when in fact in computing… Continue reading 22.11.07, A Number of Political Comments

Some will think this arrant nonsense, but it is my rubbish, based upon my own experience, not someone else’s regurgitated. I have been blessed, and it is a blessing, with a very vivid visual imagination. From childhood I have never seen the pages or the script of a book, when reading I have been at… Continue reading 29.11.07, Comments on War, Death, and Terrorism

During last week, as part of the Festival Of Remembrance, Jeremy Paxman presented a fabulous programme on WW1 and Wilfred Owen and his poetry. Brought up by my father who, while being a conscientious objector in 1914, in WW1 he nonetheless served as a stretcher bearer and in consequence was wounded twice and gassed, I… Continue reading 19.11.07. An Indictment of War

For a long time I have been preaching that Councils can provide a better service to the Electorate than centralised control. Having worked as a consultant engineer, in contracting, for the Admiralty, for a Housing Executive, and also in Local Government and the Northern Ireland Civil Service, in a mid range capacity with large designs,… Continue reading Councils and Central Government

Low Emission Zones (LEZ) – the latest hidden taxation and congestion solution, except it is promoted as something more worthy.. Do you know that in another ruse to save the World politicians have put pollution limits on vehicles? Do you know how it applies to your car? I certainly don’t for mine, yet councils round… Continue reading 13.11.07, Low Emission Zones, Junk Mail

Some serious statements don’t make sense to me. Like, why when we were once a nation of manufacturers and builders, we now have to recruit skilled migrants, yet having a high level of our own unemployed, and so many people on welfare? Is it the unions or the government to blame? From statements and articles… Continue reading 11.11.07,Let’s Stop and think.

It was Enoch Powell who railed in the 50s about the problems of a divided society would have, when the large number of Afro-Caribbean immigrants was allowed into England, for cheap labour. A couple of days ago I read in the press that, surprise, surprise, there are 2000 suspected subversive activists in Britain, with terrorist… Continue reading 09.11.07. A Divided Society

Not only are the peoples of Britain and America disillusioned with their leaders, but there is anarchy and upheaval throughout the world. By drawing comparisons between, say 1930 and today, some strong levels of change become obvious, in for example, general honesty, respect, compassion, speed of communication, insularity of commerce, education, prospects for the individual,… Continue reading 08.11.07, Pessimism and Self Control

Yesterday I considered sending no more Comments to the Blog, indeed closing it, because I felt I was repeatedly covering old ground, as one does at my age. For example, there was a piece on BBC TV News offering the fact that young people, selected for a questionnaire, considered they were at least 5% better… Continue reading Author’s Note