Eastern Europe

Am I mistaken or has the little man been involved in another problem in Moscow, how can it be that a known dissident is murdered on the street, can be killed allegedly  by his own people as the little man insists, who ever it was they made sure he was dead no hope of recovery to embarrass the killers or killer, why should he die, what ever could be the reason, well he was about to lead a demonstration against the government, his complaint is that one man should not hold the power that the president of Russia does, he was about to bring this into the worlds press, so it seems to me that his own people would not be at all likely to kill him so who else is in the picture, if you take logic in to account who would be unhappy about this demonstration? well only one actual person, and possibly the high command in Russia, they would have the motive and the people who would carry out instructions to the letter, I am sure that one person made this decision, after all no one is allowed to speak against him, no freedom of speech no right at all in a what is only a dictatorship, one person rule!, one person decision, I will do as I want the rest of you be dammed!!, watch out the West!!.    

Disability

I have spent some time sorting and buying a mobility scooter that can be taken onto trains, I found one and was very pleased, I, once a month go to Manchester so I contacted East Coast Trains who I usually book passenger assistance from, I use their trains to Leeds then Trans Pennine Express to Manchester, it is no problem with East Coast my scooter is acceptable, but to travel on Trans Pennine Express you have to have a permit, they do not charge for it but you have to apply for it, unusually not on line,  you have to fill in a hard copy so you have to wait for it to arrive then fill the form in and send it back, again I was quite shocked to find out that they decide if they will allow you to travel, so here I am waiting for this form but it is of no help at this moment in time as I was to travel on Thursday this week but I can only travel on TPE Trains  if I dismantle the scooter and load it onto the  train as luggage, I did point out that I was disabled  that was why I need assistance, the scooter is needed this week  because of my ability to walk any distance has deteriorated but no good, no permit no travel, so good to be a disabled veteran.

Ukraine

It seems that the cease fire is in some cases up in the air, why is it that the rebels are not respecting the agreed rules of war, why is it that Russian tanks have been seen pouring into the Ukraine? would that be because a certain person has not as yet stopped pushing the west to see how far he can go??, if this is your assumption I believe you have it in one, why is it that Russian aircraft are testing the UK air space security?, why are Russian war ships using the English Channel rather than the Atlantic to get to their home base?, again a test of the Navy just to see how far they can push us before we respond and more importantly how quickly it happens, over the years once again we have reduced our armed forces, we are at risk, this at the moment is far more dangerous than IS in the middle east, the west is asleep, if we do not wake up soon we will sleep walk into conflict that will engulf the world all because we are not taking the Russian menace seriously!!, wake up and watch ask the MP's just what is happening and more importantly do they support increasing our military we managed last time but we would be run over if it should happen again.

The Ukraine

The Ukraine, peace talks what a joke, I see that people I the know say that the Russian Precedent could have stopped the fighting just like that but no they are still at it, the heavy tanks and personnel carriers were proudly flying the Russian Flag, not the rebel forces, how can the world sit and watch a sovereign country be attacked and split up by another without any help from the west, the Ukraine wanted to join the EU but Russia has decided that it does  not want an EU country wanting to belong to NATO, one man again with an axe to grind with the USA and all the west, knows he is destroying his country, financially they are going to the wall but that matters not he just has to be the big man in  the world, the only hope is that the Russia people vote him out but can that happen?, is he a president or a dictator? I know what I believe, but that is for you to decide.  

Middle East

So now we have 21 Christians dead by being beheaded, this is becoming a really nasty situation, this time it has to be a mistake by IS as all it has done is attract attack from Egypt, this is a government who are totally against the Muslim Brotherhood but even so they did not want to be associated with the west, but these deaths and the foul killing of the pilot that they captured has meant that  the Egyptian people who were against any sort of action by Egypt against IS, but now all that has now changed so 21 murderous  actions has drawn a retribution that we do not know what as yet, but for sure it will be nasty, when the pilot was murdered they immediately executed two convicted terrorists no threats just action, Egypt has stated that they will get even with the killers what ever it takes, if I was involved I would be worried very worried, Egypt is not a country to mess with so best of luck IS.  

Ukraine

Will the cease fire last that is the question, Russia tanks are moving forward not retreating as they should, they are still trying to grab land, some seem to think that Russia is pressing for an all out war!  he seems to want to try and impose his rule on the world, will it happen your guess is as good as mine, but I really hope to God that it does not happen, but history often repeats itself, a little man with big ideas, look back at the world wars both started by idiots who thought they could rule the world, I would have thought Germany and France having had bitter experience of little men would not have been involved in talks of peace, the poor president of the Ukraine could hardly look at the little man and he in return could not either, he has had to agree to things that are really unacceptable for his country but that matters not he has had to accept, the frightening word for me in all this is the word appeasement I seem to remember some one else waving a bit of paper about saying peace in our time only to see a world war break out soon after!, could this be the same thing all over again??. 

Benefit

David Cameron is looking at the possibility of stopping benefit for obese people who do not try to slim down, just how would you work this?, there is a problem with obesity in this country but it could be related to a very poor diet, we don't seem to promote cooking much anymore schools don't seem to want it, meaning that some girls leave school with no real idea as to how to prepare a meal, you only have to stand in Iceland or Farm Fresh and just see how much frozen food is purchased, all quick but most of all cheap, their  children become obese at a very early age, so what is the government up to, they have cut benefit to a minimum, meaning that many people are at their wits end as to how to survive, when you look at life today in this country, if you are unfortunate to not have a job you are derided as a waste of time, you are not one of these wonderful hard working people that the government keeps on about, you are a waste of the states money, no matter how hard you try you have no chance, benefit will be cut again this year, the elderly are in-between the devil and the deep blue sea, if they should go into care home they will loose all the money that they have prudently saved only to find that it has all gone, I heard a local councillor state that the council had NO responsibility for the elderly. and all council residential homes have closed so there is no public service for them at all, when you are young you think why bother but remember you will in no time at all be elderly then what??.

If the government  needs to raise money they should stop these accountants who spend their days concocting false accounts to enable  the  client to pay as little tax as possible, it is all well and good hitting people on benefit but when you allow some people who earn more money than some people will ever see, do not pay their way they are salting their money in offshore bank accounts and any other way that they can, these people are in my mind first in line make them pay the tax that we all have to pay, not a minimal amount because they have so much money they can employ an accountant to ensure this happens. 

The NHS

I have spoken many times about whistleblowing and the fact that the NHS treats its staff as criminals when they have the nerve to tell the world about awful treatment some patients receive while in the care of the NHS, yes it is an excellent service, but it has to be transparent, staff should not have to worry about pointing out problems they encounter while looking after patients, if the service is not up to standard the staff have the right to say so not for it to be buried and hidden from the public, as a patient we need to know what the treatment will be like when we are ill, if it is not up to standard we should know, that then gives us the patient information we need to know before we are admitted, it is too late when we are in there, but if staff are frightened to say anything we are all at risk, this is a management problem, dealt with by non clinical people who do not seem to be bothered by patient safety more the problem might reflect on the hospitals credibility, the required numbers are needed to show their competence it seems that patient safety/ treatment and experience are irrelevant to these people, they want to protect their jobs whatever the cost, the NHS has to protect the staff that have the nerve to report problems in service and no adverse comments or action taken against the staff member, this is how it is supposed to be but is not happening, it has to change and change now before we have another hospital who has multiple avoidable deaths. I have contacted my MP about this have you??.

Football

It must be about the sickest contract  that the FA have entered into for televising the Premier League, the princely sum of £5 billion for three years, it works out that SKY and BT are paying £10 million for each game that they show, that is just sick, don't tell me that this is not excessive it is, it is a disgrace to see so much money sloshing about in football, I heard today that it is acceptable for a footballer to earn £300,000 per week, you what!!!!, no man or women is worth that amount of money to play football, often two games a week what a hard job! yes they have to train but that still does not justify stupid mosey, the supporters have to take some of the blame though they pay silly prices to watch a team of their choice then they have travel costs to add in, excuse me aren't we in a recession? some people desperate for food having to go too food banks others paying out hundreds of pounds a week to watch a football match I don't know where they get the money from, as well they travel into Europe for cup matches so just where does the money come from?, where ever it is it is a waste as it just supports these money mad footballers, I have to wonder just how much tax they pay on this vast amount of money I bet there is a way where you pay next to nothing, the other thing in this debacle is the Agent who of course wants a massive cut of the deal, £5 billion would go a very long way to support so many people in this country who are in dire need and who are at their wits end, footballers should bow their heads in shame, it must be hard to live on an income of over £1 million a MONTH not a year that's £12 million plus, I despair!!!!

The NHS

The NHS again in the news, the Kings Fund has said that the collation government have totally messed up the NHS, the white paper presented to parliament at the beginning of the first term of the government is to blame for many of its ills, I have always said that this paper was the biggest mistake that any government had ever tried changing the way the NHS performs, there was no real need for the paper, yes the services needed to be reviewed and the management needed to be looked at, but to butcher the service was the height of stupidity by people who had no idea as to what it was all about, all the targets that were imposed were not likely to be realised, and were of no benefit to the patient, I remember seeing a consultant surgeon who after deciding to admit me had to sit and fill in forms for 35 mins 5 copies, one here, one there, this is a highly qualified man his time should be spent operating or looking after his patients not filling in stupid forms that are sent to different managers who just can't live without these forms, what a waste of time effort and money!!

The Ukrane

So Russia is not supplying the rebels in the Ukraine, just who's leg is Russia trying to pull, they are having talks with the EU (France & Germany), which I have just seen have failed, the Russians I believe are very happy to provide heavy weapons to the rebel army who are it seems solely Russian speaking people, but the sovereign state government of the Ukraine the Russians say are not to be allowed heavy weapons from the US, can the west keep backing down to Russia, it is time to give the Ukraine the weapons they need, there is no legal reason for Russia to inflict its rule on the Ukrainian people, the government is an elected one so are the legal law and order in the Ukraine, the rebels have set up their own police, and boarder crossings with their own flag, all of it illegal in world law, Russia is setting the world on a possible conflict East Verses West, we do not need another world war, it does not surprise me though I seem to many little men have often brought their countries to their knees not in the least bothering about human life, the conflict in the Ukraine is really in essence no difference to the conflict in the Middle East, one group inflicting their will on a people who have not the slightest choice in the outcome, they have to suffer death and destruction all because of a little man trying to tell the world he is a big hard man!!!.

The Health Service

For once I have read some good news but as always there are dissenters, the health service have decided to set up a trial with 10 GP surgeries around the country, all they need to do is to ensure immigrants have a European health card before treatment is given, and the details of these people be added to a data base so that the NHS can charge the country of origin can be sent the bill for any treatment they receive while in the UK, at the moment the service looses at least £400 million a year maybe far more because they do not recover the cost of treatment that these patients receive, we as a country pay other countries around £175 million a year to other EU countries for UK patients needing care, they pay us in return £17.5 million very much lob sided, to me that is a really good idea but as always there has to be someone who tries to shoot this down, a certain doctor says that this makes GP's a grass reporting their possible refusal of health services, he complains that they do not have the money to use on such a possible registrar, well I have some news for him, you just might have more money to look after patients if you weeded out these heath tourists at the very beginning ensuring we can get the money back from the country who is responsible for their care we as a country can't keep paying for everyone who decides that we are a soft touch, we have to snap down on this loss of cash now and I am afraid that GP's will have to grin and bear it!!!!.     

Middle East

So Jordon has retaliated and done it very quickly, I am not sure  that hanging two people is the right response but it is not surprising as IS had killed the Jordanian Pilot in such a horrific way, this tit for tat murder of people just has to stop at some point you can be sure though if you get rid of IS you will just get some form of replacement, it might take a while but it will all happen again, The wold is full of people who have a grudge against everyone, no matter what you do they will always come to the fore front, the problem for society is when a number of these people get together in a group and they obtain money, to be able to get arms is it seems simple, but to become a terrorist group you often need the support knowingly or not of a government especially if you want to use heavy weapons, you only need a cause that the rogue government can accept and off you go, you only have to look at the Ukraine!!, who is supplying the rebels with heavy weapons, you would have to be a fool not to realise that Russia sits right next door and the rebel terrorists separatists are of Russian persuasion, so in my mind it is Russia doing the dirty deed, the President of Russia  of course denies this of course but it is him, what is the intention of Russia in all of this?, it is to destabilise the Ukraine and to stop them Joining NATO, this is not by diplomatic peaceful way but by outright terrorism, so it is not just terrorist groups playing death and destruction to peaceful people but terrorist nations as well, so just how do you stop that??. 
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Snow

I live in the East of England, yesterday evening we had some snow I do mean some snow, but it causes havoc, schools not sure if they will open warnings of dangerous road surfaces, I went out in my car at 9.30 my street covered in snow as was my car, I was worried that I would be late for a 10am appointment at my doctors, on leaving my street it started to clear and coming to the T junction the road was clear not one bit of snow anywhere, that was the same the whole way of my journey, so I ended up a quarter of an hour early, on my way home it was just the same, so all the worry about the weather I had listened too was a waste of time, I feel that it is about time we did not react every time snow falls the amount we get is negligible it is fairly easy to drive you just have to make adjustments to your driving, simple really go slower no hard braking just take care and all is well, but for some reason we just cant do it for some reason!!.   

Electon

Why is it that we have to have all this crap day after day, non stop bull, it just drives you mad, they find it totally impossible to actually answer a question, you see them being interviewed they dance about like a puppet on strings never ever considering to give an honest reply, why do we accept all the fibs??, actually they are often a lot more than fibs, I saw the PM tonight saying that all children's allocated money for education would be protected but and it is a big but it will not rise with inflation, so what are the children getting educationally in reality not a thing, young people saying that when papers are handed out there are never enough to go round so they have to share, where is the sense in that?, the comment also was that A3 paper was like gold dust. so in reality another load of bull.
Certain party's are trying their best to destroy the NHS, using it as a football in the election game, the NHS is a serious need to the population, but that matters not to the spin merchants, why should they worry they have private health care sod every one else, I hate to wish my life away but hurry up May and lets get back to some sort of normality!!