Last night, I was trying to comprehend the size of a trillion. I was having trouble imagining the sheer scale of the $1 trillion package agreed by the G20 leaders at the London summit. It seems I am not alone, as today’s media have spent the day trying to explain the amount in ways we […]
Author: westerly21
Beyond The Summit!
Well, the G20 summit has finally ended. It has been hailed as a success, with our own Prime Minister saying the measures agreed on, would shorten the recession and save jobs. I have only read the details briefly, but I am still trying to get my head around how many zeros follow the 1 in […]
UK Reaches The Summit!
In case you had not heard, London is now the capital of the world – well only for another day! We have the honour – and expense – of hosting the G20 summit of world leaders. To call it a ‘summit’ sounds very impressive; it is really just an excuse for the ‘club’ to meet […]
A Travelling Dilemma!
I am not really sure what I am allowed to call them anymore, due to my brain failing to keep pace with political correctness. In my earlier years, they were known variously as ‘Gypsies’, ‘travellers’, ‘pikies’ and ‘Romanies’, but I am, of course, talking about the people who choose to live in caravans and travel […]
MPs Get A Rise (Not From Pay-Per-View)
News comes today, that MPs have been awarded a pay rise of 2.33 percent from April 1st. The annual salary of a member will now increase from £63,291 to £64,766 before they even begin to use their expense allowance, of up to £180,000 per year. Seems they will be able to to afford to […]
Home Secretary Fiddling – Again!
As red faces go, it must have been almost on fire! Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, has been forced to pay back money claimed on her expenses. Her husband had been watching pay-per-view adult films on a cable TV subscription, paid as part of her controversial second home allowance. Ms.Smith has already been in the spotlight […]
Guilty Joke!
Q. "What do you call a Pakistani cloakroom attendant?" A. "Me hat, me coat." Did the above joke make you chuckle or did it offend you? If you chuckled are you feeling you are racist or are you just amused by jokes that are a simple play on words? If you happen to originate from […]
The Seal Club!
This week saw the start of Canada’s annual commercial seal hunt. It is a disgusting spectacle where up to 280,000 young harp seals are killed for their fur, meat and oil, which is sought for being rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. While the majority of the innocent young are shot, there are still a […]
Facebook Terrorists!
The news this week, that the government want to monitor all the details of one-to-one activity on social networking sites like Facebook, must have come as a major relief to prospective terrorists in the UK. They will now feel safe in the knowledge, that while the security services are drooling over pics of nubile mini-skirted […]
Stop Borrowing You Fiscal Fools!
The Governor of The Bank of England, Mervin King, has publicly stated what anyone with a brain bigger than an ant, has known all along – you cannot spend your way out of trouble! After distributing £20bn of borrowed money on a so-called stimulus package last year, the government have failed to ‘kick start’ a […]