OAP

Regarding yesterdays blog, I saw a certain minister on TV this morning back tracking, he stated that he had no intention to take away bus passes or winter fuel allowance from the elderly, he said that he was misquoted that seems to be a normal occurrence when politicians open their mouths before engaging their brain, or has it anything to do with the local elections this week, just me being a bit of a cynic, but my experience as a local  city councillor made me that way, 4 years of Bull S***  taught me many lessons, mainly one of not believing a word that was said to me, I have to say it helped me no end, word soon got round that I was one not to be messed with, but I have to say I was so glad to get off, it was a roundabout that I was not happy on and one that made me feel physically sick on occasions having to watch the stupidity of many of my colleagues, I would recommend to anyone to go to a council meeting and just see what your local councillor gets up to, watch the two main party's sitting opposite each other and you can be sure that whoever proposes a motion the other side will vote against it, you can all but see the chief whip pull a handle and up go his members hands, some that I knew sat in the chamber and never said a word like rabbits in a cars headlights, one thing for sure you can't trust a politicians but be aware that many of his statements to you are provided by the councils officers so hat does that say to you?.

Old Age

It is great to see our leaders asking us to give what little money we get, we as OAP's have no way of adding to our income, some of us are not able to work anymore, illness hits many, old age is not a great place to be, things get unmanageable, difficult to walk, heart conditions and of course diabetes, cancer seems to be prevalent in the elderly, so where does our leaders think we can manage to give back our laughingly called benefits, I have said before and I will say again we have paid in for 50 years tax and national insurance, so where is the benefit?, there isn't one, we only get what we consider a right, if you are fairly young I can assure you, you will not like to be attacked by whoever your government might be at the time you reach old age, I agree if you are a millionaire possible you do not need it, but to ask the elderly as a whole will be a national disgrace, I see that the Liberals suggest that there is a means test a shame on them, may I respectfully suggest that there are many other places that savings can be made and many of us know just where that is, if we had a more proactive attack on the people who are fraudulently taking money from the government we know it is going on so why is it the government doesn't ??, it is time that we are left alone in our twilight years we do not need the stress, I certainly don't.

Syria

Now what?, the government has used chemical weapon's against the fighters, I have to say that there are now so many groups trying to take control I am beginning to loose faith with them, I am all for the indigenous population having democracy, the problem is that so many different groups have joined in but not for freedom, many of these groups, would if they can, take control, will oppress the population even more than they are now, the Muslim brotherhood  are there as they seem to be all over the middle East, but that does not justify the use of chemical weapon's, Obama has said that the use of the weapon's would be a step over the red line, whatever that means, but the US has said that they will not be sending soldiers into the fray, so how do you stop this mayhem, it has to be remembered that Syria was a friend of the West, they would not tolerate terrorists using Syria as a base, so where are we now, well according to the news we will do nothing, just as usual we and the West will no doubt sit on there hands and say this is a difficult situation "whatever shall we do?" wait and see it might go away, the other nasty thing is that several of the mercenaries are of British origin and at some point will return to the UK, they will for me be very dangerous people, we could stop them re entering the UK and tell them that they are not wanted here, you can bet your life they will be let back in and no doubt claim benefit!, what a joke that would be!!!.  

Disability Living Allowance

I am now fully aware of the stupidity of the DWP, answering appeals 20 days before they are actually requested, saying that it will take up to 11 weeks but managed 2 days, this is for someone who suffers from severe ADHD with autistic tendency's, was accepted for benefit for the past two years now not a chance in hell according to the DWP, so what is this all about?, I understood that no one who was in need would not be affected, but that is just not the case, it seems that some pompous prat at the end of a phone is there solely to ensure that you do not get the benefit you need, I have to ask are they on a commission?, do they get a cut in what they save the government?, I have to take issue with the government, this is not an issue of ensuring people do not get more benefit than a working person, the refusal of benefit in this case has nothing to do with how much more than a working person gets as this person happens to be a schoolchild!!!!.

Sharia Law

It is a disgrace that the last labour government failed to act to stop centre's being set up throughout the country, for a start it is illegal, the law of the UK is the only law that is relevant in this country, there is no room for religious law, it is acceptable that a religion applies certain rules by which the members are expected  to conform to, but in this country it can't be implemented as a law, so is it not time that the government tells these councils to stop holding sharia law cases they are not valid, and I was not aware that marriages that are performed under sharia law are not recognised in this country so women can't go for a divorce to the civil courts, I have to ask are benefit claimant's claiming as married or a both partners as single?.

According to the BBC program last night, women wanting a divorce under sharia law have to pay a fee about £400 the male does not pay anything, that seems to me to be an illegal act for one, then we have the fact that the women have no right to half of the assets of the marriage, so we have a law being implemented in this country that is in its  self illegal, so is it not time for the government to take action to close these councils down, but I forgot this is a religious law and we have to accept it or be deemed to be racist, the government which ever colour are frightened to death of these people so no doubt they will carry on making illegal judgments with impunity as no one dares to rock the boat..    

NHS

2000 nurses have been polled regarding staffing on their wards, all of them said that the ward was grossly understaffed, now then if this is the case why is it that the government will not agree to a minimum staffing for wards in hospitals, seems a bit silly to play about with patient lives, why should we be put at risk?,  if nurses say it is not acceptable "it is not Acceptable",  so many people that I speak to are frightened to death to be admitted to their local hospital, that is not acceptable situation, we are people not cattle mind you some people think that cattle get a better deal than they do by going to their hospital,  many ideas have been thrown about but have not worked as they should, i.e. choose and book and 18 weeks, just have not worked, so what of the future?, it is going to be a bit bleak, the appointments system is a real joke and I would very much like to know what research has been done into the patients who do not attend, there has to be a reason be it good or bad, working this out would save a considerable amount of money, but I have never seen any answer to this problem  I would really like to know.

Syria

Well the funeral is now all over so I will get back to my rant about Syria, Children to me are the most important things in the World, so for a country to progress it has to nurture its children educate them and surround them with love, so why is it that in Syria children are abused killed out of hand with no more thought than chucking a fag end in the gutter, some have had to see their mother and sisters raped and killed and have had to watch their Dads murdered in the street, where is the justice in all this?, why should the children be put through this mayhem?, it is a sad series of events that has  gotten us here so we need a series of events to rectify this unacceptable situation and we need them now, many countries could help so why don't they?, it is for the Arab Nations to sort this mess out not the West and they need to do it now.