Life Today

Just look at all the madness going on today!!, Egypt in total turmoil, the Muslim Brotherhood thought they had gained control and would be able to turn Egypt in to a Muslim state, the President proclaimed that his word was all but law, now it is not surprising that a very large proportion of the population were not about to accept Muslim rule, especially women they are the people that were about to be oppressed, they would not be allowed out on the street unless covered from head to foot, not allowed to work or be allowed to drive, and for many belong to a man and to do as he says or else, the army seem not to want to be under this Muslim law and it seems wants to see a democracy some thing that the Muslim Brotherhood just cant cope with, I hope that there are proper elections and that democracy prevails or a far larger blood bath is on the horizon.    

Lee Rigby

I noticed that today  5 prison officers have been suspended, why ?, well they must be members of a crash team that has to go in and subdue violent prisoners, in this process if you resist it is very likely you will get hurt so it is logical that you don't resist, so the prisoner who went off on one is one of the killers of Lee Rigby, he is in Bellmarsh prison, held with some very nasty people, I would have thought that for his own safety he would be in solitary and in all honesty when convicted he should again be in solitary, I would think that there just might be many prisoners who would love to get him on his own, he is very lucky we are such a weak country regarding people such as him, he is fed and watered has accommodation and no doubt certain privileges regarding his religion, it has to be remembered that this man with another butchered a British Soldier on the Streets of London, he is now bleating bout the treatment he is receiving in prison, he should take care to remember himself that he is not exactly a well thought of person, many people in this country would wish him harm and at the least to be locked up to rot even that would be too good for  him, I would say to him shut your mouth you have committed an horrendous crime so take your punishment and keep quiet, we are not in the least interested in your injury's or anything he might say after all you are alive!! unlike Lee Rigby.!!.

Benefit

So here we go once again, the benefit cap comes into effect today, we now see people on the street who are all for the cap, but I am sorry to say they are so ill informed that their view is a non starter, OK so a very few people manage to get more money than they are entitled to but if proper rules were put in place this might just stop the fiddles, many caught playing the system happen to be of a non British nationality, many seem to see us as a very soft touch and as far as the government goes we are, I include Labour in this they thought they were being clever by allowing mass immigration, it is now I am sad to say  haunting us today, some people need to realise that benefit is now a total disgrace people are expected to take menial jobs that run over school finishing times meaning that if the family want to eat the parent has to work at least 4 hours so a very young child is likely to be left alone with no one to look after them, still why should the government worry you can always take the parent to court on the count of child abuse, the parents answer well I was forced to go out to work when the Job Centre knew that this was the position, so not guilty, the benefit office Guilty, the reality of the world today needs to be understood if this benefit restructuring is going to work safely, the present rules are putting people at risk especially children, so before you say cap benefits just remember you might be leaving a child with out food accommodation and warmth would you wish this on your children????.

LEE RIGBY

I have to say I was very pleased to see that the funeral of this soldier was not disrupted by any one, which came as a big surprise to me knowing just what is going on in this country today.

We are now being told that we have 500,000 foreign nationals who are possibly illegal immigrants, stateless people who are not able to leave the UK even if they wanted to, this mess it seems will take 37to 40 years to sort this out, I would think that the list is getting bigger after each flight lands in the UK, the Daily Mail has shown that thousands of immigrants are living in sheds  who is it who allows these people to live in this squalor, no WC, heating or hot/cold running water, at a cost of between £460 to £720 + to live in a shed, so who is making vast amounts of money why past immigrants some it seems are from the Muslim community I though that they were supposed to look after each other not so in Hounslow or many districts in London, and to make it a laugh we cant do anything about it, the local council has their hands tied behind their backs it has to be asked Why??, I fell that this has to be stopped and stopped now but do not hold your breath!!!!!.

NHS

I am not so sure that the new CCG's are a good thing for the Hospitals in the country, the dashboards that are being set for hospitals brings back the need to meet targets, when will any one learn that health care can't be target led, I watched the 18 week plan all but fall apart, when I have to go for an appointment no one mentions 18 weeks, and then of course choose and book I don't think so another failure, so  it is no good setting targets, the only target that matters is that the patient receives the best treatment possible, and the level of care while in hospital is the best that can be given, this taking specialities in to centralised hospitals is I believe a bit of a fools errand, when you are ill one thing is at the front of your mind that is you will be admitted to your local hospital and receive the treatment needed for recovery and the main help to recovery is the fact the your close relatives can visit you on a regular basis and by that I mean daily, a friend of mine had to have radio therapy for cancer of the throat not at the local hospital as you might think but at another hospital 45/50 miles away, for 20 days 90/100 miles a day travelling on one of the worst  roads in Cambridgeshire, that is not conducive to best patient care, it is no good jumping all over the staff in hospital we need to allow them to care after all that is what we all want do we not?????.

Terrorists in the UK

How is it that we give all and sundry asylum in this country irrespective of guilty court cases in their country, we allow them all sorts of human rights that they should not be given, most have committed terrorists acts, but this matters not, they must be given every human right available whatever the cost, the lawyers rubbing their hands with glee plenty of tax payers money, they can keep it going for years as we well know, loosing an appeal in this country not to worry we are off to Europe who of course overturn the British courts decision, it has to be time to turn this around, we need to stop this human rights junket that the lawyers are on, also any person arriving who has not got the correct papers or have fake papers should be returned back to the country of departure there and then, non of this stupidity about letting them in temporally telling them that they have to report to the police weekly, then shock of shocks they vanish into the black economy, this has to be sorted out now, we have the chance lets get it sorted reinforce the customs men provide more resources to enable them to deal with the problem, and finally, any person claiming the right to live here/asylum there should be a one off payment for the lawyers to claim, enough of this clap trap that they need vast amount of time to provide a case well you will have to do it on the cheap, we as a country can't afford these payments, and if some one wants to come to this country should be sponsored this is the way of the world many other countries have this requirement before you can travel to that country to work. I m sure this will come up again in the future.    

Royal Mail

We in Peterborough have had no mail delivered over the past two days, now I do have some sympathy with the postmen, they have to work like mad men, looking at the present system of delivery, so to start with lets look at the beginning, take the bikes off the postmen on the grounds of health and safety then give two of them a little van and a trolley to assist the postmen not having to carry the mail, now for a start the trolleys kept having a wheel or wheels falling of, great so what happens next, the postmen walk and carry the bags not one but two so where are health and safety at this point, nothing done so we have many postmen who will without a doubt have leg, hip and acute back pain, so you have to say that having a bike that carries the bag/bags so no stress on the body but here we have a management that seem to have no idea as to how to manage anything, this is no doubt the reason that they managed to get to this point i.e. a walk out, the union are of no help the conveners found it  impossible to deal with the problem, so they have had to call a convener from their head office, what these union people need to do is to get the members back to work as soon as possible, it has to be remembered that there are a few companies out there  who would given half a chance steal a lot of the work the Royal Mail does now, so get back to work before it is to late !.

NHS

Just what do we expect from the NHS, I believe we just want a service that looks after you when an in patient, that the doctors treating you accept  your questioning about your condition and to be part of the decision making regarding your condition, to be told just what to expect with regard to recuperation from any surgery, to be open and upfront about the whole treatment for your condition.
When attending out patients the same applies, you need to be told just what the diagnosis of your condition is, what the prognosis is and just what level of treatment you are to undergo. It is not difficult for this to happen, as a patient but you have to ask and ask till you are told do not just walk away without the information you need to deal with the treatment that is to follow, you should as well use the Internet to see what there is about your condition and to see any if there are any support networks to support you on your path way to good health, so remember it is your health no one else's so make sure you are fully informed.

mix

I have to say I am very pleased that the government are about to put a brake on people who appear in the GP / Hospitals will have to pay for the services that are provided, I would say that this is a great idea but it does not go far enough, if you are not from the EU they should only be allowed to receive emergency treatment, it is not acceptable for them to obtain any other services, I have noticed that many Indian families bring their elderly parents / aunties / cousins over to the UK saying that they are hear for a holiday, once hear they obtain medical treatment for free, in one case I know of the mother was brought over for a holiday, she is now a resident of the UK as she never returned to India, the family are now in receipt of DLA including full mobility how can this be? what right has this lady actually got in this country she has arrived hear not gone home and receives all sorts of benefits, I despair, I also saw a lady who is here on a holiday she is elderly and staying with family members, this morning I saw the lady having a blood test in the care centre, if I know about two just how much abuse of our health service is happening?, it is time to stop this free to everyone in the World service we cant afford it, we have to let other countries know that we are not a soft touch and if citizen's of their country obtain health services in the UK they will be asked to reimburse the hospital concerned, after all the hospital cant get payment for the service these people have used so have to take the loss no wonder the NHS is sinking.

  

Government & Pensions

Now we have it, people like my wife and myself both have a tax allowance, I use all of mine my wife uses about one third, so each year for the past seven years we have had to pay extra because we are not allowed to transfer the left over tax relief that my wife has not used, so the Tory party are going to try and introduce the ability to transfer any left over tax allowance to your wife, husband or partner, great!, but the Liberals will not support it, and labour will oppose it, how very kind of these two parties to think this way and once again the pensioners of this country still are insulted by our elected MP's, they are going to be awarded a pay rise of 15% making their basic income some £75,000 plus expenses and then the income of any extra directorships they might obtain, may I respectfully remind them that the population of the UK is now becoming elderly, so do you in the liberals and labour realise that you just might not get a pay rise as you just might not have a job, but of course you will not have to go to the job centre as the pension you will receive will be far in excess of the standard pension that we have worked for 50 years for, may I suggest that you all get of the pensioners backs and start to be a bit respectful to the elderly you just might learn something.