Gaza

Am I missing something here?, it seems to me that both sides are as bad as each other, one side agrees a ceasefire then the other side breaks it,often within seconds, you can't just keep lobbing rockets in to a country and not expect that that country to retaliate,my feelings are again with the innocent children what is the world coming to? it has to be accepted thatcchildren are the future of this world, it is no good feeding them with hatred against another race we all have to live together, one faction can't force it's will on another, death and destruction will carry on day after day just because pig headed people just can't sit down and work it all out once and for all, unfortunately it will not happen and the killing will carry on!!!!

Glasgow

I have been watching the Commonwealth Games on the TV,  I have been really pleasantly surprised the way the Scots have welcomed the rest of the UK to Glasgow, they can be justly proud of the support they have shown, I just wonder if this has any showing on the vote for independence, it seems that they are members of the UK the same as all of us in the joined up land that we all belong to, I just hope that the vote is to stay with the rest of us, and give that prune who has been behind this debacle a giant kick up the bum, him and his side kick, in all honesty to split would isolate Scotland, be out of Europe and worst of all be deprived of the pound, military bases would have to come back submarines would also have to come home to England, can Scotland afford to loose all of this income?, I think not the logical vote is No but logic often has no place in these things.

Ukraine

Just been looking at the pictures of the MH17, the local people hunting through the crash site, one girl put on Facebook that she was wearing eye makeup she had helped herself to from the crash site, how many more people have plundered the site?, just how sick is that?, Dutch unarmed policemen have arrived in the Ukraine but of course they can't get to the site till it is considered safe, yes OK but just what do the rebels think they are doing?, do they realise that they just might be charged with a crime against humanity in fact it is murder nothing else, they must not be allowed to hide behind "they made a mistake", that is just not good enough, I am certain that the governments of Holland and Australia will just not accept this excuse, unfortunately our standing in the World means that we seem to have no pull at all, sad that we have to rely on others in the world to deal with this problem, we will never really know just what happened in reality as the site has been totally abused and the forensics have gone with it, we shall have to see!!.

Syria

It is a great shame that the plight of the people and more specifically children in this war torn country, they are still dying, being injured, and made orphans, what is happening with the world today, so much death and destruction throughout the whole world, people dying in civilian aircraft, dying in suicide bombings , just what is the mentality of these people?, they really can't be classed as madness, it is just an evil mind no care at all about the people that they kill or maim, some have a religion! but no religion said to go and kill as many people as you can, the people who lead these believers to kill others sit in grand surroundings knowing that they are safe form destruction, others are nationalists who believe in their cause, but care little for the people who do not support them, their answer is death and destruction, we are living in a really sick world we have to hope that common sense prevails before it is to late, or is it already?.

The Comonwealth Games

I watched the opening ceremony yesterday on TV, I have to say I was rather disappointed with opening ceremony, it was not as good as I had been lead to believe, most were has been artists, and the whole thing just seemed to be a total mess, and the Scotland uniform was just a joke, blue shirts with insipid tartan kilts and shawles whoever dressed them should be thrown out on their ear, I have seen some designs in my time but this beat them all hands down.
So I wasted my time watching something that really did not entertain me at all, I just hope the closing ceremony is much better.

NHS

It  seems that my prediction on the NHS is coming true, I take no satisfaction  from it, many hospitals are suffering a cash flow problem, it came to light yesterday that if you should have a heart attack in Bedford you would not go to Bedford Hospital but taken direct to Papworth Hospital, the idea is to centralise specialisms in specific hospitals, so A&E in all honesty will only treat minor cases, this is not I believe for the benefit of the patient experience but to save money, you might say that well that's good but is it in reality??, if you are taken to a hospital some distance away from your home a main part of recovery will be missing, "family support!" is a major recovery requirement it helps no end, I can assure you that if you might find yourself in a hospital a long distance from home it can be very lonely, does not help with your recovery and is only happening to save money, patient experience is nowhere in site, young money people are involved in these savings ideas it is a pity that they do not take the patient first rather than money, you can only cut so much from services before you have nothing left, then what??.

Ukraine / Russia

I feel sick to watch the rebel troops in the Ukraine, sifting through the wreckage of MH 17, collecting everything that they could get their grubby hands on, they are foreigner's so?. Well we now have problems with the aircraft being compromised, if it is right that it was shot down (and there seems to be little doubt) where did the rocket come from??, was it Russian?, the US and the UK government are pretty sure it was then who did fire it?, where were they trained might it have been in Russia, is the launcher Russian military hardware? Most probably yes to it all, Russia should put up its hands and do everything it can for the families of the dead, one thing for sure you would have to twist a certain persons arm to the very top of his back even then he is more likely to lie rather than be honest.

Ukraine

Ukraine, someone has gone too far this time, whatever your complaint you do not shoot down civilian aircraft, there were 80 children on this flight!!!, that is just sick, what does Russia say about this it is the fault of the Ukrainian Government, I think that is just untrue, I notice on the news a rocket unit that is capable of bringing down an aircraft was quickly removed from the area back to Russia, and the flight recorder is missing, the report I heard said that it had been removed to Russia, why should that be?, could it be that someone has something to hide from the World, the Russian separatists were blatantly bragging that they had brought down a Ukrainian military aircraft, then all of a sudden quiet, says a lot to me, if it was a Russian Rocket that brought this plane down a certain person in Russia has a lot to answer for, he has interfered in the Government in the Ukraine, he has promoted violence not for the benefit of anyone other than himself first and second Russia, enough is enough time to get tough with him and Russia and let them know once and for all the World just will not accept this type of behaviour!!, I have no idea as to what we can do but we must do something for the dead in this atrocity.  

Football

Thank God the World Cup is over, it has worn me out so many matches just too much really, I used to enjoy football but I am a changed person, it makes me laugh that they call it the beautiful game, who's leg are they pulling, from the fist game to the last I saw cheating in a high degree, nasty vicious fouls total denial of the fact that the perpetrator was to blame but the Latin way of showing denial hands at the side palms facing forward the words and expression being "what me??" "no never!!" with just a little smirk behind the ref's back, I feel sorry for all the supporters World Wide who had to endure disappointment who had to see their team on the first plane home, all that cash to go and support them for what nothing, many of the players are earning what most people earn in a life time in a year if that, so why should they care, the truth is they don't they are not held to account just carry on taking vast amounts of money and no idea as to what to do with it,   

Le Tour de France

I love this bike race, but how can it be called the tour of France when it is in Yorkshire and the Eastern counties, it has amazed me just how many Bits have encompassed the Tour, the one thing that has irritated me is when the cameras go to the helicopter and show some British / English architecture they insist on using French language descriptions of the House / Church, I am interested in seeing what is dominating the English countryside but I do not want to be told in French just what I am looking at, I understand that they do this because there is a predominance of French riders in the race and the fact that it is a tour of France, so what riles me about this?, simple really if it was a British race in France they would not under any circumstances do descriptions in English, I remember not to long ago the French government removed all English words from the French dictionary, they do not like English and will only use it if really pushed, if they want to run the tour in England I would have hoped that they would have respected the English language as they expect us to respect theirs when in their country.

NHS

Looking at my emails this morning there is one warning me that the NHS is about to implode, the idea being put forward is to centralise services, so if you have a heart problem you will not go to your local hospital but to a specialist hospital in your area, you might be lucky if this hospital happens to be in your city, but if not you will have no choice but to travel, these specialist hospitals will cut back income for your local hospital, if there is no income they will have to close, is this what we expect of our health service?, the problem is that many of these decisions are being taken by younger people who do not have the slightest idea as to just how difficult travelling to distant hospitals is for elderly patients, and they do not it seems to take this into account. you can only wring so much savings out of the NHS and now it is at the point where all savings have been made without cutting services but if the government carries on that will be the next step, I have just spent some time in hospital and it was very noticeable the shortage of nurses on the wards, and with a shift of 12 and 1/2 hours it is not surprising that mistakes can and do happen, don't let the government not the opposition tell you that they care they don't, they are just cutting the budget to the bare minimum, you should be aware of this before you vote in the general election next year.

News

 Several things hit me today, it seems that papers alleging that there was a group of paedophiles in Parliament during the 70's, the home secretary at the time was sent the papers that the allegations were contained, the home secretary passed these papers on to his department officials to assess the allegations, nothing was ever done and of course the papers have vanished, that is a real surprise, so where do we go from here?, knowing civil servants and because lack of evidence, the people named in these allegations have got away with it, the sick thing for me is that these people if guilty have been able to carry on abuse of children all because of the incompetence of home office officials, the government should hold an inquiry into who actually assessed the papers and just what did he do with them after his decision, were they destroyed and if so why!!!, these questions have to be answered.