Blog Jan 2014

I have not done a blog for ages. The problem was, I started to write and I found that I was getting too uptight and too involved when I wrote. I get the same irritation when I watch political panel shows on TV.  I always feel that they let the Rich and powerful spout off more than the ordinary folk. The ordinary punter gets cut short, while the big time politician seems to spout on for ever giving the party line and never really answering the question.

It all came to a head when Thatcher died. Normally Death is the leveller and I give the deceased the benefit of the doubt. I found in the case of Thatcher I couldn’t really do that. I looked around and saw the factories, mines and other industries that she had closed down. She gave subsidies to American businesses to run down the places and then sell off the assets. Billions were made by just a few people. She deregulated the banks which was the main reason for the latest debacle with the banks. She played politics with the Falkland’ Islands that left us with no option but to go to War with Argentina.

Worst of all she used the sons of Tory party members to infiltrate the Labour party and take it over.  Tony Blair even invited her to no 10 to show his contempt of the Labour movement.

You see I start to rant as soon as I think of the Wicked Witch of Grantham.Anyway that was my cue to back away from blogs and ignore all political news programmes.

Once again I can feel my anger coming to the fore. The Utilities of the country were illegally sold off to the private sector by the Conservatives and again Billions made by a few people. I say it was illegal because neither I nor anyone I know was given a vote on what should be done with something that belonged to the tax payer. That makes it a criminal offence. ( Taking without the owner’s consent.)Recently they sold off the Post Office.  Again without the consent of the taxpayer, in fact a large petition was sent to No 10 asking to cancel the decision but it was totally ignored.

The latest criminal activity seems to be the selloff of the Dartford Crossing because it is now showing a healthy profit and therefore ripe for the rich to pluck and make more millions. It will also give the government something to use for sweeteners just before the election.A common misconception is that we voted to go in to the European Union. We did not. We were already in the union. We had a vote if we stayed in the Union. It was made clear by Edward Heath that even if we voted to come out he would not be bound by the vote.

Ah well that’s all for now because my blood pressure is up and I need to relax.