Why we shouldn't build on the Green Zone

1. Because Britain is full. Have you seen the traffic! M25, M6, M1... utter chaos!

2. Because we are already building on flood planes. What doesn't the government understand about 1. above???

3. Because very sensible politicians from a bygone era when politicians were clever and admired, decided that the Green Zone was necessary for their children's future. We can use it to feed ourselves in times of hardship (i.e. future disputes or food crisis.)

4. Why are we giving out free housing to everyone? 4 Million immigrants according to recent censor. We cannot just keep building houses. What about the cost of more GPs, more hospitals, more schools. We cannot afford it. Someone put up a no vacancy sign at the channel and admit we are too crowded and broke. Cameron WAKE UP!!

Stupid Politicians

1. Offer devolution to Scotland etc then be surprised when they want Independence. Doh!
2. Let GPs negotiate their own pay deal then are surprised when they award themselves >£200k (according to media). Double Doh!
3. Sell UK companies then discover they cut taxes in the UK! (e.g. Boots) :(
4. Wonder why there's a black hole in the economy when multinational companies avoid paying taxes (£30 bn according to media, Starbucks, Amazon, etc). Then pay Revenue service £70 million to work out what's gone wrong. Pay me, pay me!
5. Pay overseas aid to countries with a space programme (India)
6. Make university funding the same for every subject and then wonder why science and engineering courses close (the cost is higher due to labs and equipment so no longer economical)
7. Allow science and engineering courses to close and wonder why there are no science and engineering graduates.
8. Ask 50% of students to go to University and then wonder why there's an explosion in Gardening and Plumbing courses being run from Universities.
9. For 20 years persuade the public GCSEs are great, then decide they weren't after all. 20 years!!
10. Raid the Private pension pots and then wonder why there's no money in the coffers for pensions.
11. Blame the public sector for 10!
12. Open immigration to change UK demographics.
13. Wonder why the NHS and finances are out of control, see 12.
14. Build on the Green Zone when very intelligent MPs some years back decided we should preserve the Green Zone.
15. Wonder why we can't feed the public when the US drought continues, see 14.

Help me out. I'm sure the list is huge. Please tweet and forward on!! What a nightmare.

We need something other than politicians running the country. They have no sense!! Put them all on I'm a celebrity and get them out of here, PLEASE.

Government borrows £2bn - corporate tax avoidance!

Confirming my previous blog on Radio 2 they announced the government borrowed £2bn (£2000 million!) due to a shortfall in corporate taxes. So or pay freeze and reduction in pensions is to pay for large corporate organisations failing to pay their taxes! The government should pull its finger out and hammer them for the taxes - and pay off the national debt!!

Very frustrating, isn't it

Have politicians had their day?

Politicians come from backgrounds, generally, with no real work experience. They are very self serving as we know from various crisis, including the expenses fiasco. They also seem to hit us with policies that a Disney movie would be proud of. Often policies are ill thought through and followed swiftly by U-turns. The open borders policy, huge levels of immigration (to change the demographic nature of the country!), selling companies off abroad (then getting huge drops in taxes) etc etc etc. Southern Cross is a prime example of current ineptitude. Competition followed by a company milking the system for as much as possible and then leaving the tax payer to foot the bill whilst the directors etc walk away millionaires. How many times is this happening? It seems lots!

Would we be better with people with work experience running the country. They couldn't do worse. At least they would understand finances and cash flow.

MPs lie and we seem to accept it. Try typing MP lies on Google. Interesting stuff, and many, many pages. They lied about GCSEs being fit for purpose. They lie about student loans saying the new system is cheaper than the old. Hang about, basic maths. £3k versus £9k. Hmm. Which is cheaper? Does it not fill you with dread that government tells us it's the new system. Barking. In a very few instances, that may be true, but for the majority ... no chance! Basic maths. Andrew Mitchell ... enough said.

Are politicians more interested in being soap stars? How about the Nadine Dorries going on I'm a Celebrity.

They close school playing fields, they ban the sale of school playing fields, they grow the civil service, they shrink the civil service, they increase pub opening times, they decrease pub opening, they invent quangos, they shut quangos...

Scary! We need protection from politicians and their policies before it is too late.

What a tax mess, Mrs Miggens

I had a chat with the taxman who was chasing me for money I was supposed to owe from last year. I asked him whether he was chasing big organisations for the taxes that they owe. We have all heard about these from the press, assuming they are right of course. The total is in the region of £30 billion.

That's £30,000 million. Makes what I owe seem insignificant.

Apparently this has been going on for 7 years. That's £210 billion. A massive amount of money and a big dent in our national debt. Oh, I forgot - that's 1 trillion, or 1,000 billion or 1,000,000 million (Just like Prof Brian Cox).

The government is chasing the likes of us for taxes and is cutting our pensions, both in the private (remember Gordon Brown's raids) and public sectors. Why aren't the Unions using this fact to help us all? Why is the media presenting this information but not tying it to the current crisis?

The government is certainly not representing the people any more. What a shambles!

Why are our businesses being sold to foreign ownership? As soon as they are they stop paying UK taxes. Surely that should stop. No wonder there's a tax black hole.

Government is tinkering on the edges, saving £1 million from government departments. That's paltry compared to our debt and yet they ignore £30 billion. Come on MPs, get real.