I was so very sad to learn of his sudden passing Monday. I only know him in passing and that just recently. When talking to him, his passion for country, community and politics was obvious, and he will be greatly missed by all.
Brown – Irrelevant 25 August, 2009
Our Prime Minister is quickly turning from an irrelevance to an embarrassment. To listen to the Israeli diplomats having to remind their Prime Minister that he has to meet Brown, after all Briton still has a seat on the Security Council.
The Israeli media coverage in Israel centered purely on his meeting with Senator Mitchall, only mentioning Brown as an after-thought to talk about Browns pathetic indecision and dithering over Libya.
BTW Mr Brown, sorry to disappoint you, as I know you had been practising that “condemnation” in the mirror for some time, but your “anger” was patently false, and looked so too.
PALS 5 August, 2009
PALS – stands for Patient advice and liaison service, however it is anythings but. It never returns calls, no one is ever in the office, and on the occasion if you know where they are hiding and smoke them out, they only serve to cover up staff malpractice.
It’s no wander that the legal bill for the NHS has sky rocketed in recent years. People like me don’t sue, putting ourselves and our family through hell, for a few pounds, it’s for that recognition and apology.
When will the NHS learn and wake out, stop this gross cover-up, and start serving us, and not be so SELF-serving.
Apology 3 August, 2009
If they are so hot on abolagies will Fatah apolgies and withdraw The thesis of 1982 doctoral dissertation of Mahmoud Abbas, a co-founder of Fatah and one of the leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization who earned his Ph.D. in history at the Oriental College in Moscow, was “The Secret Connection between the Nazis and the Leaders of the Zionist Movement” who currently is Palestinian President!
Labour heaping tax payers money (i.e our money) into thier own pockets 13 July, 2009
If I could see through the haze of his political bias against the Conservatives, I would congratulate Michael Crick on exposing how Labour and the Ld’s our shoveling Tax payers money in a large scale to fund their party. It was the one issue as a Councillor I vehemently disagreed with my Local party, and was the only ONE I voted against, the 1000% increase in Councillor’s pay.
At a time remember where council Tax was going up by 12% typically, to the mirth and derision of the Labour whip and most of his colleges. They had and have no shame in picking our pockets.
My primary concern was and is, the nature of people i would attract to elected office, mainly the party hacks, who hold onto their seats at all costs. at the expense of independent people who can’t get selected, and are less attracted to staying more than one term, IF they do make it. These are the people who make local politics real and keep it in touch with reality. Unfortunately as it’s less sensationalist Crick is not interested in it.
In all one again Team Cameron come out with much credit for how they have reformed the party, even if the BBC can’t bring themselves to say it. It’s not headline grabbing issue, it’s too involved, but probably the story of the decade (after the level of Council Tax) for Local Government!
Michael Jackson RIP? 26 June, 2009
There is a Jewish saying “Don’t be pleased about the fall of your enemy”, let alone someone who did not harm to me or anyone I know. Yet non the less am I the only one ever so slightly irked by the reaction to this rather fallible man.
Yes, he may not have been convicted of any crime, and yes he had a hard life, that does not excuse the wrongs he irrefutably committed. Furthermore what does it say about society that ultimate icon is this?
Vote vote vote!!!!!!!!!! 4 June, 2009
Most people I speak to are tempted either not to vote at all, or some to vote for the BNP. I know I don’t need to ask you not to vote for them, but if you were mineded to abstain, or to vote for a minor party, you will indirectly be helping them. The only thing that can stop the BNP now in the North West are high turnout. So I urge you don’t forget to go and VOTE Conservative, yourself and to remind all your family, friends and neighbours. After all, we owe it to our for-bearers, who fought both the Nazi’s, and before that for our right to vote at all.
Don’t lets take our eyes off the ball, there are important issues at stake in Europe, not least the promised referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which only the CONSERVATIVES can and will deliver!
The death nail to ambition 28 May, 2009
Today I feel signalled the death nail for ordinary people to get into Parliament, from now on it will be just as before, those paid for by the union barons, and the independently wealthy.
If we were ever in doubt who holds the real power in this country, as it was in the days of Lord beaverbrook, so it is today, in the hands of a select few unaccountable union barons.
A further clue to Labour in opposition 26 May, 2009
There once was a day (not so long ago) that I was used to hearing the Conservative spokesman coming on the nightly news rebutting/refuting whatever proposal the Labour government had just come up with. often with some merit. More often than not, the rebuttal was rather frivolous, just fulfilling their role of the peoples loyal opposing. I.e. opposition, for opposition sake.
O how the tables have turned, when David Cameron, still leader of the official opposing (for the moment anyway) comes up with dramatic and tough and fundamental reforms to government not seen in decades by the Conservative party The best Labours Justice Secretary Jack Straw can say is “it’s not new” and the LD’s it’s not radical enough.
Well I have something to say to you Mr Straw, you’ve had 12 years for reform, you have not only let us down by squandering your chance, but destroyed a great nation. And to the LD’s I say, concentrate on your council’s that are the highest taxing and the most illiberal, O and about reforming Party financing, what about the criminal you accepted £2,500,000 of stolen money from and have refused to pay back?
In defence of Hazel 15 May, 2009
Much has been said over the last week about MP’s abusing the their expenses. I have however reserved judgment on my local MP Hazel Blears, until the full details became/were made public.
Sadly, though being physically tiny, but tall in character, it has become abundantly clear that she has been squeezed between the daily telegraph acting as judge jury and executioner, and number 10 seeking to settle scores with its own side.
Why do I say this you may ask, after all not only am I not a Labour supporter, nor have I or would I vote for her. Just having watched her over the last few years, being a principled and a moral MP, and I had full faith before the full details became apparent, that nothing improper would come out about Hazel. It may not have been wise what she did, but it was not improper, and certainly not illegal. Lets see Gordon pay back his £6000 cleaning bill. It’s a mark of the women that she was of the first willing to pay it back when others kept their hands firmly in their own pockets.
Hazel Blears may be a socialist, and I do hold that against her, but she is a decent, hard working, honest and upstanding public servant who deserves our support.
Just like we get the representatives we vote for, if we hound out good people like her, the next generation of politicians could be far worse. We already have a democratic deficit, let as not make it worse. By all means we must right wrongs, and weed out the corrupt, but lets mend what is still one of the worlds best systems, not break it.
