Month: December 2007

Medicine and money are linked whether we like it or not, or whether we have a Health Service or not. In the 30s I don’t remember people running to see the doctor, the way they do today, but then one visit cost a twelfth of the basic weekly wage, today that would equate to £25,… Continue reading 20.12.07, Medicine and Money

Lost Pensions replaced. I lost nearly 8 years of pensions through Government rules, Four and a half for my time in the Navy, the rest through short service of a few years in Government departments, having non-contributory pensions, with no carry over system. I am therefore sympathetic, indeed enraged, when people lose pensions through no… Continue reading 18.12.07, Government Irrational Thinking

We all knew in the 30s, that we were British. There was only us here, alone, we weren’t priggish. We enjoyed what it was, and knew our place because It was the system we had, and wasn’t so bad As people might say today. Hitler came with his war, wrecked what we had before We… Continue reading An Old Man’s Ruminations

Generalities, Have you noticed that for the last 5 or 6 years there has been a new proposal of Government policy almost every day? Just think of the amount we have had since Brown took office, and how many have been rescinded or modified since. It takes civil servants to implement these statements, an increasing… Continue reading 13.12.07, I Could Be Wrong, but if i’m not?

I have no axe to grind, and being very old there is little I have to worry about for myself and mine, I do worry about EU legislation and our own government’s policies and their effect on the generations coming behind me. In the 50s I was poor, under paid, with a family to look… Continue reading 10.12.07, Is Deterioation Endemic Today?

Used Clothes Collection has recently been cited as a scam in some instances. I myself have been suspicious that the envelopes with the plastic sacks were not always from the charity stated, especially when I saw some collected in a scruffy red van, assumed to be from a large charity. Charity shops are the sufferers,… Continue reading 09.12,07. Some Thoughts, Some Alarming

EU interference and Imperial measure. Small traders were put out of business because the health and safety regulations were, and are still, based upon factory procedures not Cottage Industries. The over paid and over cosseted mandarins in the EU have a mountain of bad legislation they have produced, because it was policy in their country,… Continue reading 09.12.07. Is The EU For Real?

I was not aware of the total dictatorship by Blair until I saw two of the three programs on his management of our affairs, on BBC TV – it was frightening. What has passed can’t really be corrected in most cases, but what frightens me is that when Gordon Brown and David Cameron are quoted… Continue reading Blair and His Divine Right

I’m worried, I’m sad, that things seem so bad For the child today, with nowhere to play. They’ve taken the commons, the playing fields For cash, other ploys, which only reveals How thoughtless they are, how narrow of mind, When money means more than a mind refined. By childish pursuits, not jointly with friends, Before… Continue reading It’s Not Fair!

The worry of excess immigration. With a probable world recession staring us in the face, we cannot continue allowing immigrants to swarm in here, which they will if not stopped, the figures coming out, at last justify that prognostication. There must be pre-vetting and skill assessment, and a sure knowledge of the needs and positions… Continue reading 03.12.07. Close Our Borders, and Give Respect.