Today the Daily mail has a story about form Tory MP Lord Tebbit acting like a drunken chav. In what could be called the ultimate expression of Thatchers society of me Lord Tebbit objected to noise a Chinese new year parade was making. He objected by grabbing a drum being used in the parade and then kicked the rear of the dragon taking part in the parade. Unknown to Lord Tebbit he was actually kicking the backside of a child. Lord Tebbit Later apologised to the Owner of the Chinese restaurant that organises the Chinese new year parade.
I expect to see this sort of behaviour on TV shows like booze Britain. But for any to be acting like this is surely unacceptable and should be condemned by all, maybe I'm expecting to much from someone who didn't believe in society. This after all is no different from the me me me attitude of today's chavs and presumably he will be treated the same and arrested for assault on the child/dragon.
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Wednesday 24 February 2010
Just another politician
After the humiliating defeat in court of the BNPs racist policy of only allowing indigenous people in. Nick Griffin said "we recognise legal reality, so we have done it and now, for one thing, they can't call us racist any more."
Hey I just found a pound coin on the floor you can’t call me poor anymore. Will anyone actually fall for this? Just because they were forced to change one blatantly and overtly racist policy does not suddenly turn them into non racists just like me finding a pound coin doesn’t make me rich. Perhaps if they had done this willingly and started to get rid of there other policies it might be believable.
Of course the really silly thing is that as a self proclaimed Anglo Saxon Nick Griffin is not indigenous to Briton either and technically could not have joined the BNP. Infact the only people who can are of welsh decent and some of Cornish decent anyone who claims to be an Anglo Saxon is not indigenous. Isn't time to admit that Nick Griffin is just another politician who is a bit more dishonest than most and who is using Racism and bigotry to fuel his ambition and desires.
Hey I just found a pound coin on the floor you can’t call me poor anymore. Will anyone actually fall for this? Just because they were forced to change one blatantly and overtly racist policy does not suddenly turn them into non racists just like me finding a pound coin doesn’t make me rich. Perhaps if they had done this willingly and started to get rid of there other policies it might be believable.
Of course the really silly thing is that as a self proclaimed Anglo Saxon Nick Griffin is not indigenous to Briton either and technically could not have joined the BNP. Infact the only people who can are of welsh decent and some of Cornish decent anyone who claims to be an Anglo Saxon is not indigenous. Isn't time to admit that Nick Griffin is just another politician who is a bit more dishonest than most and who is using Racism and bigotry to fuel his ambition and desires.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
NHS wasted £4 million on treatments that don’t work.
Today MPs are calling for NHS funding for 2 homeopathic hospitals be stopped. The NHS spends £4million supporting these hospitals whose treatments have failed to show any benefit in clinical trial after clinical trial. The Government should not allow homeopathic “treatments” to be sold let alone support them until it is proven that they work, something which has so far proved impossible. If homeopathy is correct the NHS should only spend £10 on these hospitals as it would be more effective than £4million
• Samuel Hahnemann, a German, is crediting with inventing homeopathic medicine in 1796
• Remedies are prepared by repeated dilution of an active ingredient. The most dilute preparations are meant to be the most potent
• Doses are measured on the centesimal or “C scale”, whereby a substance is diluted by a factor of 100 at each stage. Typical strength is 30C — diluted by a factor of 10 followed by 60 zeros
• Poisons, including arsenic and deadly nightshade, are used as remedies but in such dilute form that even a large dose would be harmless
• The European homeopathy industry is valued at £1.5 billion
• Samuel Hahnemann, a German, is crediting with inventing homeopathic medicine in 1796
• Remedies are prepared by repeated dilution of an active ingredient. The most dilute preparations are meant to be the most potent
• Doses are measured on the centesimal or “C scale”, whereby a substance is diluted by a factor of 100 at each stage. Typical strength is 30C — diluted by a factor of 10 followed by 60 zeros
• Poisons, including arsenic and deadly nightshade, are used as remedies but in such dilute form that even a large dose would be harmless
• The European homeopathy industry is valued at £1.5 billion
Monday 22 February 2010
How would people be able to justify there crimes without religion
Former leader Radovan Karadzic has said the Serb cause in the Bosnian war was "just and holy" as he began his defence at his genocide trial at The Hague.
I do have to wonder that without religion how much harder would it be for people to justify there crimes that were performed for political not religious reasons.
I do have to wonder that without religion how much harder would it be for people to justify there crimes that were performed for political not religious reasons.
Thursday 11 February 2010
A very British response
Various news sources have reported today that the new body being setup to scrutinise MPs expenses will cost 6 times as much to setup as what is being claimed back from MPs who broke expenses rules. The new government department will cost about £6.6 Million to setup, most of this money being spent on accommodation and new IT systems. The new body called The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has replaced the Commons Fees Office. If this new body is being setup to replace another, why does it simply not use the offices and equipment that is being used by the current department?
Whilst there is a need to spend on recruitment and small, amount on some new IT equipment. There is no need to purchase offices for the new department when it can simply occupy the offices of the old depart. This is ultimately a very British political response. Spend a lot of money to achieve very little except to make it look like the Government is trying to fix the problem. After all, it is politically better to appear to be fixing a problem than to actually do so but get no publicity. Image after all is everything results nothing.
The politicians who have the most to loss from the expenses report are Labour Mps Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor and Tory Peer Lord Hanningfield all of who will be charged under the Theft Act. All four have denied any charges.
Whilst there is a need to spend on recruitment and small, amount on some new IT equipment. There is no need to purchase offices for the new department when it can simply occupy the offices of the old depart. This is ultimately a very British political response. Spend a lot of money to achieve very little except to make it look like the Government is trying to fix the problem. After all, it is politically better to appear to be fixing a problem than to actually do so but get no publicity. Image after all is everything results nothing.
The politicians who have the most to loss from the expenses report are Labour Mps Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor and Tory Peer Lord Hanningfield all of who will be charged under the Theft Act. All four have denied any charges.
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