Tax Credit

What the hell is going on??, clever government I don't think, they tried to get the bill through the House of  Lords really by the back door, so the chancellor got just what he deserved a slap in the face, so what is the answer?, blame the upper house for their faults seems to be their only answer,  but I have to ask how can you cut to save £4 billion and no one suffer, the least well off would be likely to loose £1200 per year, how does the government suppose that these people will manage to survive, I keep hearing from the conservatives how they look after Hard Working people, so does that mean that people on lower wages do not work hard??, we are beginning to get very close to many services having to be cut beyond belief, yes we have to live within our income but we cant cut just for the sake of cutting, it is annoying that a senior government minister does not think before he acts, the treasury officers might think that this is a good idea, hit the poor once again but its not, many on tax credits are the lowest paid hard working people and savings should be looked for elsewhere.

Comando

It makes me sick to think that a soldier has been convicted of murder and has life imprisonment, this was a man who was in a life threatening situation, saw friends killed, body parts of his mates hanging from trees, what sort of mind would you be in??, would  you be kind and understanding to the enemy?, or would you go after them with blood in your eyes, having probably never seen the enemy and the fact that you just might die at any moment you react irrationally, there is no way you can be blamed for you actions in the middle of enemy attack, his job was to protect his men, so he shot a Taliban fighter who was in fact all but dead, that does not mean that killing is acceptable but the circumstances have to be understood and some help to him to recover, so what does the navy do why of course charge him with murder, the panel who convicted him were never told that manslaughter was a possibility just Murder, the soldier admitted that he did shoot the man so what chance had he?, to make things worse for him he was given an inadequate defence lawyer, how can this be justice, he has served the time he would have received for manslaughter so shouldn't the military get off their high horse and give this soldier at least some respect, he in the past had done more than hi share of fighting in the middle east, in times of acute stress soldiers react in often unexpected ways, when your mates are killed in front of you how do the people of this country think what might happen?, retribution comes to mind knowing what they will do to you if caught you will not react in a positive way, I believe that rage comes into the mind and this is your chance to rid you of one of your enemies so we have to understand the circumstances of this and release this man into his family to hope that he manages to return to a normal life, but how difficult will that be????    

Syria

It is amazing that the little man of Russia has entertained the dictator Assad of Syria in Moscow, just what evil plan is he hatching now, you can be sure that it will wind up the West, the Russians are behaving just as they did in the Ukraine go in to some one else's country for one reason only that is     to keep Assad in power, and kill anyone who opposes him, Assad is really safe now he has Russian help and will do everything to kill of the free Syrian army, who are after all fighting for democracy, a word very little heard of in Syria and even less in Russia, the little man seems to be taking great delight in watching the West Squirm and knows no one will do a thing about it, how can a world leader behave in such a way but there he is king of the roost.

So more and more people will leave Syria, the world will not cope with the rush, the Greek Islands are over run with refugees they are busting at the seams, who is going to feed, house, educate, give them medical care, the answer as sad as it is it just can't be done, the weather is again changing for the worse, snow and heavy rain, ideal for illness, out in the open cold, hungry no where to go, I bet the people traffickers don't tell them that when they extort money from them, a bad situation only to get worse!!!!.

Syria

It is so sad to see so many people moving across Europe, well only a little way across as governments have closed their boarders, it is all well and good saying we have to do something about it but how can we be expected to do what in reality??, we can only offer tents clothing and food but how can we take more people into this country as it is?, we have many people out of work, good working people now from the steel industry, and many more, and all of a sudden everyone seems to have forgotten the housing problem we have in the UK, we do not have anywhere enough available homes for the people we have now let alon having thousands more, just look at our schools, many are becoming totally overwhelmed, the NHS is at breaking point, but we still have people jumping up and down saying bring more in, then there is the church trying to bludgeon the government to accept more, I would support them if they were going to financially look after these people, provide accommodation, but of course Bishops who signed up to this would not accept any refugees in their Bishops Palace's, so maybe it would be better if they kept their mouths shut, we are not the only people in this wide world, what about, Russia, Australia, Canada the USA? lots of land can't they take some, but the problem has to be sorted at source, the people smugglers are the problem but they work with impunity isn't it possible for governments to sort this out?, if not why not, the winter is on its way snow is falling and these people are in the open no food or water, can I ask where is the Red Cross, Oxfam and all the others who beg money from us to help the people of the world, we have always supported hardship and donated millions so it is time to spend some of it, if we can't take them at least we can send aid, it has to be remembered the children are always to ones to suffer.

 

Iraq

Well finally it has come out about the collusion between Blair and Bush, from of all places Hillary Clintons emails obtained by freedom of information, just how anyone let out these damming emails is beyond me, Colin Powel was checking out Blair for some time and  showed that he had every intention of going to war with Iraq, weapons of mass destruction was just bull Sh**, no more no less, this cost the armed services hundreds of lives for what to boost two ego's it seems, that  must make the surviving families feel so good I don't think!!, I am disgusted that our leaders could behave in such a manner then do everything to cover it up, and still say it did not happen!!, still I suppose that the PM should have the right to tell us untruths after all how many of us have the intelligence to understand what is happening in the world, we are considered to stupid to be able to make an informed decision, after all we have not been educated at public school. I just hope that all the government ministers involved in this are taken to task but of course they will find that excuse and escape retribution, I believe that these two are at least guilty of war crimes by going to war without any just cause!!, but I wont hold my breath.         

Syria

Now we have more people leaving the middle east, thousands of them, countries closing their boarders because they just can't deal with the massive throng, where will they all go??, Germany has shut its doors as they are overwhelmed, but it was partly if not totally the actions of the German government because they said that they would offer refugee status to all Syrian people who arrived in Germany, now the lady has had to change her mind very quickly as her popularity started to fall, Germans now realise just what a mess they have caused in Europe, worst of all is that Turkey who we need to help is demanding to be allowed to join the European Community, they have Germany over a barrel, demanding 3 billion Euros as their price for them to assist, but how can we possibly allow such a country to join in Europe, they have no human rights at all, the people are oppressed and live a life of never knowing if they might be arrested and imprisoned with no trial, one suggestion is that they Turks be allowed to travel throughout Europe on a freedom of travel ID card, we would not be involved in this but how much of a risk is this to us?, and what if they are admitted to Europe?, then we would have an additional 25 million or more people who could legally move to the UK, still we have a lot of silly people about who would be up in arms if we were to block this  crowing about human rights, and saying that house holders in the UK should offer accommodation to a family, that has failed completely in Germany, the people have reached the end of their tether and a rebelling against the government. Has anyone noticed just how many single men are moving? having left their wife's and children behind in a war torn country, if you have a family it is your job to protect them not clear off saying you will have them follow you later on, are they mad?, no one wants them so just how would you send for yor family? when you have nowhere to live and support them, some how Europe has to stop this flow and to cut off the people who offer to get these people into Europe for a price it is said that they make £1.5 million a week in this trade, you have to cut the source at the beginning, but I fear it is far to late now!!!!.

The NHS

I see once again that a whistle-blower of the NHS finds that his old trust he was employed by have released his name to try and belittle his statements, how can that possibly be, how can a trust be allowed to vilify this man because he saw fit to speak up about patient safety in his hospital, so two of his colleagues were prescribing cancer treatments that were not needed at all, this could have put the patients at risk, I would have thought it did put them at risk, but why should the trust care, not to worry them till of course something goes wrong then its every one else's fault, so how is it that they know but do nothing? then take exception to a doctor who actually cares about patients safety, it seems that the trust boards have no respect for patient safety, the government has to step in and stop this mockery of patient care and safety, I have written to my MP about this and I hope some of you will to, be worried about patient safety it is top of my list.