How it should be

One of the things that really aggravates me (and most of the rest of the law abiding population of the UK) is the way in which the Human Rights act has been butchered and bastardized to work in favor of criminals: If I find a burglar in my home and he attacks me, and I [...]

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Another daft idea or another stealth tax?

This morning on the news I saw some more criticism concerning one of the governments so called systems, to deter identity fraud in the passport office. They have decided, against advice from every quarter it seems, that the best way to deal with this is to bring in compulsory interviews for everyone who applies for [...]

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Did Global Warming suck up all the money?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for a long time you must have noticed how the cost of everything seems to have taken an upward turn. A steep one. We have a financial crisis looming on almost every front with mortgage rates rising and the cost of borrowing going up with them.
So I have [...]

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The Great Recycling Rip-off

Its a great idea, recycling. Anyone can see how many people there are, and its easy to imagine how much rubbish we produce. It has to be a good idea to recycle as much of it as we can.
And then of course there is the attitude of the local councils. These are the people who [...]

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The process of Government

I noticed an interesting if not downright amusing mini-headline on the BBC News front page this morning. I didnt deign to read the article, since for me the headline “Do MPs claim too much in expenses?” simply answers itself.
In recent weeks we have seen an MP (Derek Conway), being dragged across the coals because he [...]

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