The EUSSR
The vote will be intresting not on do we get yes or no but what happens to the Liberals. Talk of resignations is never good when you are only four months in as Leader. Will Huhne be reinstalling those phones? Will they wish to see the return of Cable?
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
The EU treaty?
A lot is being made at the EU Constitution Lisbon Treaty is being carefully debated and scrutinised in Parliament.
What's the point?
Both Labour and Liberals have broken their pledge of a referendum.
They cannot alter not one line, one word, one letter, one comma, one iota of this document.
Labour MPs—who have a substantial majority in the House—are under a three line whip to vote for ratification of the Treaty.
Thus simple question what is the point of this?
A lot is being made at the EU Constitution Lisbon Treaty is being carefully debated and scrutinised in Parliament.
What's the point?
Both Labour and Liberals have broken their pledge of a referendum.
They cannot alter not one line, one word, one letter, one comma, one iota of this document.
Labour MPs—who have a substantial majority in the House—are under a three line whip to vote for ratification of the Treaty.
Thus simple question what is the point of this?
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
From GUIDO FAWLKS
Gordon goes to Heathrow. Airplane crashes. Lands in India. Bombay Stock Exchange has record all time losses falling 15%. Returns to London, London Stock Exchange crashes. When he first became PM, God punished the people of England with floods, pestilence and Islamic fires of terror. Every national sporting event he visits, the home team loses. God must really hate Gordon...
Gordon goes to Heathrow. Airplane crashes. Lands in India. Bombay Stock Exchange has record all time losses falling 15%. Returns to London, London Stock Exchange crashes. When he first became PM, God punished the people of England with floods, pestilence and Islamic fires of terror. Every national sporting event he visits, the home team loses. God must really hate Gordon...
Sunday, January 06, 2008
A stop to Flats
The residents who along with me opposed the building of flats in South East Road and Pinegrove Road have one a small victory. Theproposal has been rejected for the time being. this is great news and with the supplemantry planning guidence that is being brought forward so that all new developments have a minimum of family hosuing will be good news for Sholing.
The residents who along with me opposed the building of flats in South East Road and Pinegrove Road have one a small victory. Theproposal has been rejected for the time being. this is great news and with the supplemantry planning guidence that is being brought forward so that all new developments have a minimum of family hosuing will be good news for Sholing.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Mr Abrahams impact
The pleasure that I take from the latest financial scandal to hit the Labour party is tainted with plague on all your houses associated to all politicians.
Labours first reaction is still to try and spin, unfortunality Mr Bean (he will be known as that from now on) has alienated the majority of the press with his fake election. His comments today about having to change party funding do not flow from this debacle.
The current situation is outside the law which Inspector Yates of the yard will be explaining to Mr Bean once he has been arrested. His attempt to spin the issue as if it is due the current way funding is arranged is misleading at best. Labour MP’s and the party have proactively tried to avoid declaring money given to them.
The pleasure that I take from the latest financial scandal to hit the Labour party is tainted with plague on all your houses associated to all politicians.
Labours first reaction is still to try and spin, unfortunality Mr Bean (he will be known as that from now on) has alienated the majority of the press with his fake election. His comments today about having to change party funding do not flow from this debacle.
The current situation is outside the law which Inspector Yates of the yard will be explaining to Mr Bean once he has been arrested. His attempt to spin the issue as if it is due the current way funding is arranged is misleading at best. Labour MP’s and the party have proactively tried to avoid declaring money given to them.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Will Jacqui survive?
The latest furore over the governments attempt at defending the decision not to publicise the fact that 5,000 illegal immigrants were cleared to work in security, raises the question how long she will survive. Reports say she new about this in July.
Shadow home secretary David Davis said the prime minister had promised a "different type of politics, a more open and honest dialogue" it looks like it is same old Labour, spin and lies.
The latest furore over the governments attempt at defending the decision not to publicise the fact that 5,000 illegal immigrants were cleared to work in security, raises the question how long she will survive. Reports say she new about this in July.
Shadow home secretary David Davis said the prime minister had promised a "different type of politics, a more open and honest dialogue" it looks like it is same old Labour, spin and lies.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
What today could have been?
Today could have been the start of bright new Britain after the 10years of darkness that has been and is the rule of the Labour Government. It could also have been the shortest term ever that a person has been Prime Minister something which I am sure played heavily on Gordon Brown’s mind.
On September 29th an Ipsos-Mori poll showing the Tories 13% behind, today we are five points ahead. What a turn around it has been. The government was full off swagger going into the Conservative Conference. Now it appears to lurch from one disaster to another.
This could be attributed to the policies that Conservatives revealed at the conference. But I suspect more to the reaction by the government, Browns trip to Iraq looked like electioneering and in bad taste using men and women risking there life as an election prop. Andrew Marr coming out of number 10 and announcing that there would be no election was bizarre.
The following week what I am sure had been planned as a week of announcing policy but what we got was Labour adopting conservative policy which had been dismissed as gimmicks.
The out come has been that the Liberal Democrats removed Ming and are in another leadership election.
Today could have been the start of bright new Britain after the 10years of darkness that has been and is the rule of the Labour Government. It could also have been the shortest term ever that a person has been Prime Minister something which I am sure played heavily on Gordon Brown’s mind.
On September 29th an Ipsos-Mori poll showing the Tories 13% behind, today we are five points ahead. What a turn around it has been. The government was full off swagger going into the Conservative Conference. Now it appears to lurch from one disaster to another.
This could be attributed to the policies that Conservatives revealed at the conference. But I suspect more to the reaction by the government, Browns trip to Iraq looked like electioneering and in bad taste using men and women risking there life as an election prop. Andrew Marr coming out of number 10 and announcing that there would be no election was bizarre.
The following week what I am sure had been planned as a week of announcing policy but what we got was Labour adopting conservative policy which had been dismissed as gimmicks.
The out come has been that the Liberal Democrats removed Ming and are in another leadership election.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Decentralisation of power
The time is right for England to have its own parliament. Only MPs representing constituencies in England should be allowed to legislate on English matters.
Malcolm Rifkind QC MP has proposed this today. This does not mean that is will speed the breakup of the union but rather strengthen the union. This government has allowed Scottish MP’s to vote purely on English matters this creates resentment and is fundamentally wrong and can not be justified whilst a Scottish parliament sits and makes these decisions on Scotland.
The response by Harriet Harman MP is fundamentally flawed her argument is that people want regional democracy. The people voted on this in the North East and overwhelmingly dismissed this. Power should go back to the town halls in the country we have a far too centralised power structure, this could be simply done. Business rates should stay in the area that they are raised. Regional assembles should be abolished, in South Hampshire local authorities work together exceptionally well regardless of political colour.
The time is right for England to have its own parliament. Only MPs representing constituencies in England should be allowed to legislate on English matters.
Malcolm Rifkind QC MP has proposed this today. This does not mean that is will speed the breakup of the union but rather strengthen the union. This government has allowed Scottish MP’s to vote purely on English matters this creates resentment and is fundamentally wrong and can not be justified whilst a Scottish parliament sits and makes these decisions on Scotland.
The response by Harriet Harman MP is fundamentally flawed her argument is that people want regional democracy. The people voted on this in the North East and overwhelmingly dismissed this. Power should go back to the town halls in the country we have a far too centralised power structure, this could be simply done. Business rates should stay in the area that they are raised. Regional assembles should be abolished, in South Hampshire local authorities work together exceptionally well regardless of political colour.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Burying news
This week in the bid to clear the decks before Uncle Joe begins his reign of terror as Prime Minister, Blair has put out all his contentious legislation. We have seen announcement after announcement. One on Blair’s legacies will be the amount of legislation that his governments have produced.
We have seen the Waste strategy, Nuclear Power Stations proposals, changes to the planning rules and proposals for pay as you drive. Failure to scrutinise proposed legislation quite often results in bad law. A lot of what has been proposed has many critics and a full public debate should be had.
The removal of people and politicians from the political process is what drives people away from elections and participation in the process.
This week in the bid to clear the decks before Uncle Joe begins his reign of terror as Prime Minister, Blair has put out all his contentious legislation. We have seen announcement after announcement. One on Blair’s legacies will be the amount of legislation that his governments have produced.
We have seen the Waste strategy, Nuclear Power Stations proposals, changes to the planning rules and proposals for pay as you drive. Failure to scrutinise proposed legislation quite often results in bad law. A lot of what has been proposed has many critics and a full public debate should be had.
The removal of people and politicians from the political process is what drives people away from elections and participation in the process.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Talking Rubbish
David Milliband has today announced the Government’s Waste Strategy for England 2007. The Waste Strategy confirms that as a nation we need to radically cut waste but it leaves unanswered vital questions on how to actually do this. He talks about putting chips in bins and how people will pay for the waste that they produce. Southampton would benefit from more money in dealing with waste. Southampton landfills just under 18% and this will be reduced under Conservative control. In other comparable unitary authorities across the country the figure is 65% these are predominantly in the north of England.
This announcement could give local authorities freedom to develop recycling and increase. Yet the issue is the producer of waste manufacturers and retailers need to cut packaging and waste. Around five million tonnes of annual household waste is packaging. It makes up almost one fifth of all household rubbish. Manufactures need to face the same legal and financial pressures as councils if they are seriously going to be persuaded to cut packaging. Again more hot air from a government.
This announcement could give local authorities freedom to develop recycling and increase. Yet the issue is the producer of waste manufacturers and retailers need to cut packaging and waste. Around five million tonnes of annual household waste is packaging. It makes up almost one fifth of all household rubbish. Manufactures need to face the same legal and financial pressures as councils if they are seriously going to be persuaded to cut packaging. Again more hot air from a government.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Labour Supports Academies
With Academies and trusts being discussed in Southampton, Labour has proposed further expansion of such schools. Lord Adonis, the schools minister, claimed the "all-through" approach was the way to boost standards.
Privately sponsored academies and trust schools are set to create links with state primaries like those between preparatory and secondary schools in the independent sector.
Academies remain in the state sector, but are independent of local councils and accept sponsorship from private firms or charities.
With Academies and trusts being discussed in Southampton, Labour has proposed further expansion of such schools. Lord Adonis, the schools minister, claimed the "all-through" approach was the way to boost standards.
Privately sponsored academies and trust schools are set to create links with state primaries like those between preparatory and secondary schools in the independent sector.
Academies remain in the state sector, but are independent of local councils and accept sponsorship from private firms or charities.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Full Council
We are in an interesting state as to control of Southampton. On Wednesday a new council will be elected. This will be either a Conservative or Labour administration, both have 18 Councillors. The Liberals will have the role of 'King Maker', Labour say that as they will have the mayor he will have a casting vote. Even though the Conservatives won the popular vote.
This raises various questions as they are openly making the position of mayor a political figure which has been a non political role. In previous situations the mayor has voted with the administration (Cllr Parnell a Conservative in 2003 supporting the Labour budget and in 2007 when Cllr Slade Lib Dem supported the Lib Dem administration). In each of these situations it was the office rather than the person. As we do not have an administration to vote for, a political party could bring the role of mayor into disgrace.
At present a convention exists that the mayor rotates among the three political parties but will this continue if one uses what is a non political role for political purposes?
The Liberal Democrats seem to be attempting political suicide similar to Labour in 1983. In Swaything the residents through the ballot box rejected the proposed transit site on the Monks brook site. As this is in the parliamentry seat of Sandra Gidley with a 125 majority I am sure she is looking forward to the proposed site and the ensuring loss of her parliamentary seat.
We are in an interesting state as to control of Southampton. On Wednesday a new council will be elected. This will be either a Conservative or Labour administration, both have 18 Councillors. The Liberals will have the role of 'King Maker', Labour say that as they will have the mayor he will have a casting vote. Even though the Conservatives won the popular vote.
This raises various questions as they are openly making the position of mayor a political figure which has been a non political role. In previous situations the mayor has voted with the administration (Cllr Parnell a Conservative in 2003 supporting the Labour budget and in 2007 when Cllr Slade Lib Dem supported the Lib Dem administration). In each of these situations it was the office rather than the person. As we do not have an administration to vote for, a political party could bring the role of mayor into disgrace.
At present a convention exists that the mayor rotates among the three political parties but will this continue if one uses what is a non political role for political purposes?
The Liberal Democrats seem to be attempting political suicide similar to Labour in 1983. In Swaything the residents through the ballot box rejected the proposed transit site on the Monks brook site. As this is in the parliamentry seat of Sandra Gidley with a 125 majority I am sure she is looking forward to the proposed site and the ensuring loss of her parliamentary seat.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
911
The final number of newly elected Conservative Councillors has reached 911 with the delayed result from Warwick and Breckland. The BBC had the results summary until lunch time, and replaced it with a postcode search they could just not bring themselves to printing over 900 gains for the Conservatives. I think a 50% better result than excellent.
The final number of newly elected Conservative Councillors has reached 911 with the delayed result from Warwick and Breckland. The BBC had the results summary until lunch time, and replaced it with a postcode search they could just not bring themselves to printing over 900 gains for the Conservatives. I think a 50% better result than excellent.
Friday, May 04, 2007
Southampton Elections
Well it is all over : the votes have been counted and results are in.
The Conservatives in Southampton had a fantastic result in Southampton last night in the local elections.
A brief summary is as follows: Conservatives +2 (18) 19,022 votesLabour +2 (18) 15,656 votesLib Dem -4 (12) 11,879 votes
I was returned in Sholing which obviously gave me great pleasure. The turnout was up to 37% (I am sure Mr Heath will say that was down to his waste of taxpayers ' money on planes and buses). It seams Matt Stevens was a bit wrong with his predictions, no great surprise there.
Also Alec Samuels was returned , which was great not just for the Conservatives but also Southampton as he is extremely hard working. It also gave me great pleasure that Matt Dean a good friend was elected. Also Linda Norris and Andy Wells' result in Millbrook and Jane’s in Swaything shows the Conservatives are dealing with local issues and helping local people.
Well it is all over : the votes have been counted and results are in.
The Conservatives in Southampton had a fantastic result in Southampton last night in the local elections.
A brief summary is as follows: Conservatives +2 (18) 19,022 votesLabour +2 (18) 15,656 votesLib Dem -4 (12) 11,879 votes
I was returned in Sholing which obviously gave me great pleasure. The turnout was up to 37% (I am sure Mr Heath will say that was down to his waste of taxpayers ' money on planes and buses). It seams Matt Stevens was a bit wrong with his predictions, no great surprise there.
Also Alec Samuels was returned , which was great not just for the Conservatives but also Southampton as he is extremely hard working. It also gave me great pleasure that Matt Dean a good friend was elected. Also Linda Norris and Andy Wells' result in Millbrook and Jane’s in Swaything shows the Conservatives are dealing with local issues and helping local people.
Monday, April 30, 2007
"Ten years that ruined Britain"
Max Hastings has written an overview of Tony Blair's ten years in office for today's Daily Mail. Five extracts are published below:
Education, education, education?"For all the deceits peddled by examination authorities, our children are costing more to learn less. A third of secondary school pupils have some record of truancy. Most school-leavers are tossed exam certificates without achieving real skills in literacy and numeracy, never mind knowledge. Our great universities have fallen victim to class-war football, with Gordon Brown the foremost government striker. More and more unqualified teenagers from state schools are pushed towards Oxbridge, while private school pupils are deliberately excluded. Excellence drains away. Under-funded British universities, subject to relentless government meddling, slip ever further behind their American counterparts."
Fatter and fatter government"In the workplace, the Government has promoted employee rights at the expense of a crippling impact on productivity, in which Britain slips ever further down on the global scale. Public sector workers have prospered. Indeed, thanks to nice Mr Alan Johnson (when he was Pensions Minister), they are almost the only ones left who can look forward to a decent pension. The economy is now frighteningly dependent on public sector jobs - non-productive ones, funded by the rest of us - to sustain employment."
Whiter than white? "The Blair years have been a boom time for: Ann Summers sex shops (up from 13 to 134 since 1997); free Viagra; CCTV cameras; wind farms; John Prescott; Peter Mandelson; Cherie Blair's lecture income; the prison population; Alastair Campbell; private security guards; sales of illegal drugs; binge-drinking; City salaries; Ken Livingstone; childhood obesity; and grossly incompetent management of the rail system."
Nanny state Britain"The past decade has been a woeful time for personal freedoms. Forget, for a moment, the excesses of government anti-terrorist legislation. There is something mad about any government which persecutes smokers to the point where they will shortly be banned even from private clubs, yet regards marijuana with far less hostility than cigarettes. Labour whipped many more MPs into the House of Commons to ban fox-hunting than ever turn out to debate child cruelty. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has become an enforcement arm of Blairism, intruding its meddling fingers into every corner of our lives."
Uncontrolled immigration"Some might forgive Tony Blair for the catastrophe of Iraq, but will never forgive his abject failure to control immigration. According to official figures - and these, of course, ignore the countless numbers of illegal immigrants - the population of Britain grew by 185,000 in 2005 because of immigration, a trend which means well over a million a decade. Many of the new arrivals not only do not speak our language, but actively reject our values and way of life. They want to come because Britain is famously the softest touch in the world for access, public money and housing. Nobody need agree to anything, least of all loyalty to Queen and country, before being waved through the door. Few Labour ministers care sixpence about the disastrous impact of this influx on social services, housing, race relations and the sense of British nationality."
Read the full article here.
Max Hastings has written an overview of Tony Blair's ten years in office for today's Daily Mail. Five extracts are published below:
Education, education, education?"For all the deceits peddled by examination authorities, our children are costing more to learn less. A third of secondary school pupils have some record of truancy. Most school-leavers are tossed exam certificates without achieving real skills in literacy and numeracy, never mind knowledge. Our great universities have fallen victim to class-war football, with Gordon Brown the foremost government striker. More and more unqualified teenagers from state schools are pushed towards Oxbridge, while private school pupils are deliberately excluded. Excellence drains away. Under-funded British universities, subject to relentless government meddling, slip ever further behind their American counterparts."
Fatter and fatter government"In the workplace, the Government has promoted employee rights at the expense of a crippling impact on productivity, in which Britain slips ever further down on the global scale. Public sector workers have prospered. Indeed, thanks to nice Mr Alan Johnson (when he was Pensions Minister), they are almost the only ones left who can look forward to a decent pension. The economy is now frighteningly dependent on public sector jobs - non-productive ones, funded by the rest of us - to sustain employment."
Whiter than white? "The Blair years have been a boom time for: Ann Summers sex shops (up from 13 to 134 since 1997); free Viagra; CCTV cameras; wind farms; John Prescott; Peter Mandelson; Cherie Blair's lecture income; the prison population; Alastair Campbell; private security guards; sales of illegal drugs; binge-drinking; City salaries; Ken Livingstone; childhood obesity; and grossly incompetent management of the rail system."
Nanny state Britain"The past decade has been a woeful time for personal freedoms. Forget, for a moment, the excesses of government anti-terrorist legislation. There is something mad about any government which persecutes smokers to the point where they will shortly be banned even from private clubs, yet regards marijuana with far less hostility than cigarettes. Labour whipped many more MPs into the House of Commons to ban fox-hunting than ever turn out to debate child cruelty. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has become an enforcement arm of Blairism, intruding its meddling fingers into every corner of our lives."
Uncontrolled immigration"Some might forgive Tony Blair for the catastrophe of Iraq, but will never forgive his abject failure to control immigration. According to official figures - and these, of course, ignore the countless numbers of illegal immigrants - the population of Britain grew by 185,000 in 2005 because of immigration, a trend which means well over a million a decade. Many of the new arrivals not only do not speak our language, but actively reject our values and way of life. They want to come because Britain is famously the softest touch in the world for access, public money and housing. Nobody need agree to anything, least of all loyalty to Queen and country, before being waved through the door. Few Labour ministers care sixpence about the disastrous impact of this influx on social services, housing, race relations and the sense of British nationality."
Read the full article here.
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