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.