The London Marathon is the ideal example of what human nature is really about. It should be absorbed by everyone, but especially politicians, teaching professionals, life advisers and anyone with an ‘ology’ at the end of their profession. Not only is it a vast spectacle, run through the most beautiful city in the world, by […]
Author: westerly21
The Value Of Wealth!
Today, sees the publication of the annual Sunday Times Rich List. As its name suggests, it is a league table of the richest people in the UK. According to news reports, it seems those listed this year, have seen their fortunes decline over the past 12 months. Those fortunes have suffered heavily through falling property […]
Driving Into More Debt!
The much awaited – and feared – budget was announced in Parliament today by the Chancellor. It contained very few surprises and confirmed what we already know – we are heavily overstretched and it will take years to pay back what we have borrowed as a country. One piece of news that did make the […]
Tesco…..Time For Change!
Supermarket giant, Tesco, has just announced a record profit of £3.13bn. It is the largest profit ever to be recorded by a British retailer. Of course, their PR reps are working overtime to play down how it was achieved but to me it can only be explained my one thing – overcharging! From now on, […]
Child Poverty – Is It Greed or Need?
Various charities have been lobbying for more funds to be made available in this week’s budget, to tackle child poverty in the UK. What confuses me about the subject, is that there does not seem to be a true definition of what child poverty really is. I fail to remember ever seeing pot-bellied, semi-naked children, […]
Communicating The Truth!
The best analysis of our present government has been made by a veteran civil servant who has said: "They have a strategy group and a communications group, but the truth is that the Government has no strategy and they do not communicate to each other, let alone to the general public." Let’s hope someone can […]
Facing The Music At The Pirate Bay!
The conclusion of the much anticipated Pirate Bay trial in Sweden yesterday, saw the owners of the company jailed for a year and penalised further, by having to pay a massive amount in compensation to record companies. The whole question of having the right to exchange information on the internet has heated up again. The […]
PM In ‘Cleaning’ Mode!
The funniest quote of the day must come from the Prime Minister, who was holding a special meeting of his cabinet in Glasgow (why Glasgow and how much did that cost?) He said: “I think the most important thing we do is reassure people everything is being done to clean up politics in our country” […]
Smile – You Must Be A Terrorist!
If it was not so ridiculous, it would be risible. Austrian tourists, Klaus Matzka and his son Loris came to visit London – as millions of tourists do every year. The country depends heavily on welcoming visitors and we are blessed with some of the most interesting architecture in the world. Klaus, a 69 year […]
Hillsborough 20 Years On
Today, is the 20th anniversary of the terrible disaster at Hillsborough stadium. Ninety six football fans were killed, just six minutes after the start of an FA cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Their deaths were caused by the panic that ensued after the terraces became overcrowded. An exit gate had foolishly been opened, […]