Amazing. Can no one else see the irony of this?. We are sending a task force of 10 ships to Gibraltar over Spain's recent issue over sovereignty. Has anyone else realised the task force has SIX SUPPORT VESSELS? Wow, that will scare the Spanish.
What are we threatening spain with, delivering or removing cargo. Scares the s***t out of me.
Tuesday 13 August 2013
Tax dodgers
The government recently posted the names of 20 tax dodgers, but only one arrest in a year. I'm a little confused why they highlight these folk who are costing the nation millions, but not mentioning the other tax dodgers;
Starbucks
Amazon
Some (all?) UK water companies
etc.
After all - we are led to believe corporate tax avoidance is costing billions. is it that the government is to friendly with big business and is too afraid to denounce them?
Starbucks
Amazon
Some (all?) UK water companies
etc.
After all - we are led to believe corporate tax avoidance is costing billions. is it that the government is to friendly with big business and is too afraid to denounce them?
Saturday 3 August 2013
Zero pay contracts
I though there was a minimum wage in this country and yet time and again I hear about zero wage contracts. Surely these folk could sue their employers as otherwise having a minimum wage is a mockery. oddly enough, the palace and MPs are the first folk who would be sued. how on earth have we got into the ludicrous position of expecting people to work for FREE, sometimes for a year or more. Come on folks. Get real.
Mr Angry
OK, I admit it. I don't get it. Why do people in the UK think only in terms of Labour, Tory, other etc? Why can't folks see how pathetically useless all politicians are?
I have some friends that are died-in-the-wool labour supporters. They vote labour because their parents did. They consider themselves working class, although they live in leafy suburbia. They love discussing politics, but their response to every debate that doesn't go their way is - don't believe everything you read in the Daily Mail. That phrase crops up time and time again like some well worn record. They have no counter argument, no facts of their own. Simply, don't believe the evil rag.
What they don't know, and probably wouldn't believe, is I have voted labour, twice. I don't fit their mould as I don't say, don't believe the Mail as my mantra. Because of that - I am not on their wavelength or intelligence level. I get my facts from the radio, the news and blogs. I have even written to MPs and the Council for Freedom of Information data. It infuriates me, therefore, when I am told, don't believe the Mail. Is that some magical phrase that puts the country to rights? Does it make them feel good about themselves? Is it a Mason's phrase to get you into some inner circle? I don't know.
All I know is the country is in a shambles due to politicians behaving like movie stars. I know that my wage is taxed into non-existence to pay for unemployed, migrants, sickness benefits, GPs earning a rare fortune, water CEOs earning a million a year, council chief executives creaming it in, etc etc. With council tax, water rates, fuel on duty, parking fees and every other hidden tax, I am taxed at around 50%. So, too, are you!!
Where are the 50% of non-voters and what is their view? What will it take to wake up a large percentage of people who have given up on politics? Let's vote in non-politicians. People who have worked and have experience of life. Politicians are completely hopeless and out of touch. Captains of Industry perhaps. May be then we will see a change in this country for the better.
I have some friends that are died-in-the-wool labour supporters. They vote labour because their parents did. They consider themselves working class, although they live in leafy suburbia. They love discussing politics, but their response to every debate that doesn't go their way is - don't believe everything you read in the Daily Mail. That phrase crops up time and time again like some well worn record. They have no counter argument, no facts of their own. Simply, don't believe the evil rag.
What they don't know, and probably wouldn't believe, is I have voted labour, twice. I don't fit their mould as I don't say, don't believe the Mail as my mantra. Because of that - I am not on their wavelength or intelligence level. I get my facts from the radio, the news and blogs. I have even written to MPs and the Council for Freedom of Information data. It infuriates me, therefore, when I am told, don't believe the Mail. Is that some magical phrase that puts the country to rights? Does it make them feel good about themselves? Is it a Mason's phrase to get you into some inner circle? I don't know.
All I know is the country is in a shambles due to politicians behaving like movie stars. I know that my wage is taxed into non-existence to pay for unemployed, migrants, sickness benefits, GPs earning a rare fortune, water CEOs earning a million a year, council chief executives creaming it in, etc etc. With council tax, water rates, fuel on duty, parking fees and every other hidden tax, I am taxed at around 50%. So, too, are you!!
Where are the 50% of non-voters and what is their view? What will it take to wake up a large percentage of people who have given up on politics? Let's vote in non-politicians. People who have worked and have experience of life. Politicians are completely hopeless and out of touch. Captains of Industry perhaps. May be then we will see a change in this country for the better.
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