2011......can't wait, can you?

I get so inspired by Dave; he has told me (and you) that 2011 is going to be tough, but don't worry we will be better off because all of their cuts and taxes will improve our finances and we will be jolly and happy in time of the next election where obviously we will all vote for ConDem again.

Unless, of course, you have to make use of the NHS, once so wonderful now swamped (apparently) by flu victims, thanks to the ConDem folks not spending £600, 000 on the advertising campaign reminding people of their responsibilities of infecting people....

As an aside, I would love some comments on what the lady next to Andrew is saying.......

Unless of course you get the train to work and will be paying an additional 12.7% on your travel. This means that 20% of your salary is spent getting to work.....

No problem, use the car...... Sorry that would mean paying record prices for fuel due to the VAT rise, brought in by the ConDems.

Still, better to be a poor commuter than surrounded by fuming scousers.......

CONGRATULATIONS.....

to the England Cricket Team on retaining the Ashes

to Roy Hodgsons Liverpool for losing another game and Mr Hodgson subsequently blaming the fans..... well maybe he might have a point...

to Sepp Blatter for giving us hope that if we played fair and upfront we would get the 2018 Football World Cup.

maybe this should have been the envelope Mr Blatter opened......

to Vince Cable and the other so called Liberals who sold out for "fame", "fortune" and "financial reward" for creating a society like this.  Maybe this is Camerons "Big Society"

to George "Gideon" Osborne for screwing up the nations economy.  When he becomes the first of Camerons casualties maybe he could be Adolf in the next adaptation

to Gillian Duffy for getting her moment of fame when Gordon Brown (remember those good old days of Brown and Darling - you will all be telling your grandchildren about what this country used to be like) called her a bigotted woman......  well Gillian, hope you are proud of the outcome

to Mr Tumble for making me smile and thinking what an excellent job he does

AND FINALLY.........

to Dave and Nick......for making us all understand how low human beings can go.  Dave, we knew what you were all about, feather the nests of your cronies, cutting public services, cutting the education budget, cancelling new school buildings schemes, cutting, yes cutting NHS jobs cause you make it so difficult for the budgeteers to balance their books.... you did freeze council tax in some areas, but hello, the budget to those coucils were still cut so they will have to take the hit "internally", probably having to cut a few more jobs..... Nick, you made promises in your manifesto, you made promises in the TV debate, you made promises on the doorstep.  You broke them all.  Your answer to that was this is now a coalition agreement and not a Liberal Manifesto.  Basically you sold out for your bit of fame..... SHAME ON YOU FOR PUTTING US ALL IN THIS POSITION. SHAME ON YOU.....

THE CABLE GUY

VINCE OR JIM?

Which one of these "guys" would you rather be Business Secretary?

Well Vince, Nick Clegg thinks you have said the wrong thing in telling the "Telegraph" that you could single handedly overthrow the coalition!  That is an understatement.... probably the one of the year.  Why did you do it?  You spoke to two young women, who said that they were members of the Lib Dem party.  You told them your innermost thoughts about the state, yes state of the way this Country is being Governed.  You had never met them before.  You were a fool.  An old fool who was probably flattered that these two bothered to even talk to you after all the u-turns you have made.  In fact, these two women were probably the only ones willing to talk to you.....

Have a happy retirement.....

Dear Ed

.......... to get voted into Downing Street at the next election all you have to do is tell the truth.  Dont promise what you cant deliver and most importantly take Nick Cleggs keys off him.  He has abused his position as leader of the Liberal party so ground him.  Send him back to Sheffield - give him a map cause he probably wont visit during this parliament - and let him struggle like the rest of us.

LOYALTY

Loyalty is a long lost word in the English Language. 

David Cameron - same old Tory, same old values so not surprised

Nick Clegg - conned the British people into thinking he was a good man, a loyal man, a trustworthy man

Mike Ashley - no loyalty shown to the man who enabled his company (Newcastle Football Club) to get back to the top flight in football.  He then sacked him (Chris Hughton)

and finally....... the cause of my angst this evening..... Carlos Tevez.  Go and visit my other blog http://www.booteesandblankets.blogspot.com/ and see how I feel. 

Maybe you, the reader, writer and inputter might like to take time out and think about the people who you could add to this list......  feel free to leave a comment, maybe a name or three or four....   over and out.

BE PROUD....

KP MAKES US PROUD TO BE ENGLISH TODAY

JUDAS MAKES US ALL FEEL ASHAMED THAT WE VOTED LIB DEM IN THE LAST ELECTION

Welcome to Thatcher’s Britain (Mk.2)

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, so I know that she looks a lot younger and she has changed her facial features, and her hair is shorter; oh and she has changed her name to David and she dresses as a man, but trust me Margaret Thatcher is back as the UK’s Prime Minister.

The UK’s transport system is going to pot, riots are breaking out in London….. with more to come. The weather is causing chaos so another Winter of Discontent is on the way.

Margaret’s answer to all of our woes is of course to make sure he and his friends in the banking world are OK; as Lord Young said “we’ve never had so good”.

So with mass redundancies in the public sector, creaking railways, an under funded NHS, rioting students and bike sales rising due to job-seekers commuting we can all rest easy because the bankers will be getting their huge bonuses to keep the Porsche garages busy.

Margaret’s first reign completely wiped out an industry and a swathe of Northern communities died, so what’s going to happen 30 years later in her second term? The mines have gone, most other industry has gone, replaced by Public Sector call centres and government departments that moved out of London.

Just maybe those people who thought Margaret had changed will soon see that she only ever looks after her own……….

Welcome to ED.....

I think the Country should now be welcoming Ed Miliband, with open arms, as leader of the Labour Party.

He beat his brother David by such a small margin it was difficult to seperate them. 

The party will now veer off to the left, not too far I think, but far away from the sleeze and szmooze of New Labour - which is now well and truly dead and buried. 

The Tory's and their little followers (Clegg, Cable, Alexander etc.) will no doubt be pleased they can scare the country with story's of strikes and union involvement etc.  Maybe Ed and hopefully David Miliband will be able to bring a halt to the destruction and "death" this country faces under the ConDem's.

NOTE:     I kept the picture firmly in the centre of the page.

Billy, sorry Nick, Liar......

ATHIEST NICK MEETS THE POPE.....  should we all be surprised that the man, 5 months ago, who told us everything he stood for, we got all excited, voted for him and his party, and wham...... he changed his mind when he sniffed victory, he liked the smell of power and success.

Last year he told everyone he was an ATHIEST. He is now meeting the head of the catholic church!!!  This same head who likened ATHIESTS to NAZIS!!!! 

This all gets better.....  Today Nick, Mrs Nick and the little Nicks will hope to have a private meeting with the Pope......

I love people who stand for their principles and stick to them.....

I'm coming to get you......

It appears that David Milliband is feared by David Cameron, so New Labour still has some sway in Middle Britain.... But, it also appears that David and Ed Milliband's relationship as brothers is being tested by the Labour Leadership race.

Either way, these brothers could be Britain's saving grace to a 5-year term of the ConDem 'twins'. As the NHS is torn apart, as manufacturing suffers, as the October spending review looms we need Labour to help us in our hour of need. Strange isn't it that 70 years on the many are relying on the few again to save Britain.....

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Camerons on the birth of a beautiful baby girl, Florence. Fortunately for her she will never have to want for anything in her life, unlike thousands of newborn babies who will be born into "poverty" in Britain, and who are now worse off under the ConDem boys than they were under Gordon Brown and Labour.

Is it me, or do politicians suddenly become more appealing when they talk of their children......

Crispin Blunt MP

Crispin Blunt MP, Prisons Minister, has told his wife he is leaving her because he is gay.  He has two children.

Mr Blunt has decided it is time to tell the truth.  I feel very sorry for his wife and children, not because he is gay but because he obviously didnt just wake up a week ago and decide he wanted a gay life instead of a life with his wife.  His wife must now be thinking her life with him was false and a lie.

Why would anyone pretend to be something they are not - my answer to that question would be that he did not think he would gain so much in life, being a gay man with a partner (David Laws... esque), instead of being a married man with a couple of children.

                                         Here is another Tory fraud.  Add him to the list.

NHS DIRECT........

.......... sorry, there is no one to answer your call, we are re directing your call to an Indian Call Centre, when you are finally answered, if you understand the operator, please put your credit card details into the phone before we can stop your child choking to death.....

This is what will happen if that wonderful service NHS DIRECT is scrapped and replaced by a more "efficient" (less doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals on hand to help) and "cheaper" (re direct all our calls to India where you will be ok if your ailment is on a script in front of the call centre operative) service.

FROM THIS.........

TO THIS.........

This will take jobs away from operators and healthcare professionals who have provided a valuable service to the public since 1999, eleven years ago....  why must we now start going backwards in our approach to life.  Having this service must stop people running to their GP with suspected problems that they able to sort out by talking to someone on the phone. 

Andrew Lansley, what are you going to scrap next.  Maybe free prescriptions for children, only one trip to the doctors per month - or maybe before you get to visit your GP you have to put your credit card into a slot in his or her door to gain access and if you can't afford it you end up at some hovel, queuing for hours.....

for those who cannot pay......

for those who can pay......

will this eventually mean the difference between life and death?

One day, one decision that the Tory's and Nick make, could have a profound effect on someone's life.

That someone COULD be YOU.....

Today

David Cameron (aka - DC, Dave, The Prime Minister, Eton Boy) has said that his greying hair is something to be proud of.  He says it makes him more distinguished, probably more statesmanlike...... like,

John Major

Hitler

Stalin

Ferguson

Dave, I think I'd dye my hair if I were you....

Yesterday

So for most of yesterday, on the radio on the tv during a speech, Nick tried to convince us all that he was still a Liberal.....  Come on Nick, you need to do better than that.

..... today I mostly be ..... supporting Labour

......today I mostly be.... supporting the Tory's 

today, I mostly be the real me...... a chameleon

This is a fictional character that appears in comic books.......  need I say any more.....

FREAKY SUNDAY

Well, where do I start.

At the beginning.  Ian spent most of the day at his Model Railway club, sorting out some issues prior to an exhibition they are attending over the Bank Holiday weekend.

He arrived back around three, then mowed the lawn - we have had so much rain in this past week, maybe I think someone is crying upstairs (in heaven, beyond the sky's, whatever is up there).  Crying because of the mess this country is in.  Maybe some old Labour Party activist from decades ago, maybe the founders of the NHS, maybe the people who put great into Great Britain, who knows.  The lawn was cut and all was well with the world (except that I stood on an upturned plug and have a bruise the size of a jam jar lid - well a 50p piece maybe).

We had our Sunday lunch....... then........

..... we started talking about the state of the country.  What George Orwell thought was going to happen and the irony in the books he wrote. 

Maybe we all live in a big bubble and outside of that bubble live the Government of the day.  Looking at us all, pointing, laughing, passing comment, feeding us what we need to know and hiding what we dont need to know..... are you with me, 1984 and Animal Farm.

As long as anyone can remember, whatever age, propaganda has existed.  For the older people, the Second World War, for us 60's baby's the troubles in Northern Ireland.

Margared Thatcher "banned" the voice of Gerry Adams from the news.  We were allowed to see the dialogue in the form of words running along the bottom of the screen.  This did nothing at all in enabling some form of peace process to start.  This was just to make Maggie feel better.  I was brought up being told that the IRA were bad bad bad, they were the Catholic side and they were bad.  They did all the bombings and blew everyone up.  We were not told about the Protestant Unionsist Communities.  We were not told about their attrocities.

Now the Government are trying to gag the BBC cause they are scared that the good old BBC will tell us the truth and expose their lies.  My daughter (15) asked me why the political parties say one thing prior to the election then do the opposite after the election.  Were they allowed to do this? But that is telling lies......

Cut the BBC TV License fee...... Cut freedom for us all.

... and finally

..... and just to prove that im not a miserable sod all of the time......

..... coat hooks in my house

..... a little note i carry around with me all the time.....

..... the sign outside my home.....

and finally......... wake up,

...... David Cameron - November 2011, surveying what it left of the British car industry.

WE ARE BREAKING......

......Britain is breaking, at breaking point and no amount of sticky tape, paper clips and super glue can hold it together.

Welcome to broken Britain.......

..... we will give you money for drugs, just sign here

...... children having children, no incentive not to.  too many benefits, no responsibility

.....welcome to the respect we call David Camerons Britain.

Please come and spend some money in Britain.....

So we now know that the money saved from giving our young children some nutritious milk every day they are at nursery is going to boost British Tourism..... Or is it? I get confused; apparently Maggie was right, milk is no good for you so lets save the money.

Of course whilst we're at it lets also stop building nice playgrounds for the kids to play in in the time they would be drinking the milk that is really bad for them (sorry does not do them any good).

But hang on, doesn't the Big Society encourage communities to get together and do things for the local people? Agh no, confused again. The Big Society is all about us putting our hands in our pockets to pay for things that would have been paid for with our taxes, which of course will be reduced because more people are out of work because of Government cuts.

Gosh, isn't life complicated.......

Now some of you may think I am not a fan of the ConDemn coalition, but really I think they are doing a brilliant job.... of making people realise that actually Labour didn't have it all wrong, and all those people who voted for the ConDems made a huge mistake. Unless of course you are someone who does not have to rely on a job, or welfare to help you live your life....

As always, the Cartoons are from the cartoon omment at http://www.guardian.co.uk/

MEET ANNE MILTON MP (Conservative)

This is Anne Milton MP (Guildford).  On 3 August she wrote a letter saying she thought that milk for pre school children should be withdrawn.  This costs the government £50m a year, rising to £59m a year in 2011/12.

At first glance and thought, £50m a year on milk - this is such a waste of money when we are trying to tighten the country's belt.  However, the government could go round the metophoric country and pick out all these sorts of things that are deemed a "waste of money" and pull to plug on all of them.  But where would we all be then?  Where would the moral be in the country? What would our "great" nation look like in the eyes of others?  She said that the poorer children from the poorer families would get a voucher to ensure that they did not lose out on this calcium/vitamins even though she also stated that there was no benefit to the health of the children having this milk each day.  No benefit Anne - then don't give out the vouchers - a waste of money.....

We could save money on MP's expenses.  Oh yes, that little chestnut expenses has reared its very ugly head again...  How much money must MP's spend on lunches, dinners?  and we are pitting this against a little bottle of milk.

Anne Milton, MP for Guildford.  In Guildford 1 in 5 people are obese and nearly 1 in 6 people binge drink because they are so fed up and their overall moral is down.  Anne says she is concerned over this.....

Come on Anne, stop trying to get Brownie points with your boss.  Even Dave says this is a bad idea and the milk will stay.  He says you are doing a good job and he backs you as a Minister. 

Anne, a pint of milk a day cuts down the risk of a heart attack or a stroke.  You worked in the NHS for 25 years and your husband is a Doctor..... get a grip and stop playing party politics.

Dave and Ed - another Tony and Gord?

As expected David and Ed Milliband are the front runners in the race to be the new Labour Party leader. The Guardian says that whilst David is out front currently, Ed is actually the favourite. Reading Alistair Campbell's diaries it all seems to be a re-run of the "battle" between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 1994.

Lets hope that sense prevails and the bitterness that wrankled for so long previously is not repeated. I must admit I have no real knowledge of either brother, but I do know that they need to start work on defeating the current ConDem coalition.

I see that Peter Mandelson is still trying to hang in as a figure in the Labour Party, although this time he appears to have commented on the doubts surrounding the legality of stopping the £80m loan to Sheffield Forgemasters. It would appear that the ConDem Coalition may have misled parliament about the Treasury Support for the loan being non-existent. Having seen papers in the Treasury, Peter M says the Loan was considered value for money and was signed off. Apparently then the rumours that another Sheffield engineering firm and a Tory donor had influenced the poor decision could have some merit......

Just another sign that Nick really needs to start thinking for the people he represents... hang on isn't that the same as Rory from the String Marketing Board?

DAVE AND NICK.....

.........are not the only Dave and Nick double act.  In fact, if you are getting a little fed up with the current Dave and Nick, then look here.  Maybe we (all us like minded people) can come up with an alternative to our Prime Minister and his loyal servant, sorry, his deputy.

Dave and Nick - the fishermen.........

Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason.......

David Dimbleby and Nick Griffin.........