Author: Richard

Time for a public discussion regarding tax and public services. Basically it is a no brainer. Especially tax increases for those earning most and stopping tax avoidance.

At the same time there seems to be a growth in public servants earning huge salaries. I think I am correct that some counties have more than 100 people earning over 100000, how?why? I am sure there are inefficiencies that can be addressed, (e.g. MP expenses), but the basic fact is that tax cuts directly impinge on public services. Everyone is aware of the short falls in funding in police, health and education systems. The arts and services like museums pay back investment. is Britain broken? It certainly seems like it. 14 years of Tories have smashed public services. Private airports are the busiest in Europe, super yachts are proliferating. Public services benefit everyone.

I am of course refering to the government. Sunak says that stopping small boats is THE major concern facing the country. No you imbecile – it is the cost of living; climate change; heating costs; housing costs; decline of public services; a society where Bronson Batersby can die of starvation; strikes; a government aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza; and a general lack of honesty in public life. The list of what is more important than 25000 poor souls risking their lives to claim asylum (75% successfully) is endless. Personally I would include this weekends football results as being of greater importance.

Sunak claims that the numbers are down and includes this an achievement, as he does inflation figures (which rose last month!). What we need is honest debate rather than political rhetoric. People are actually concerned regarding migration per se, rather than the possibly 10000 failed asylum claims. This needs an honest conversation rather than slogan weilding ignorance. There are over 7 million people on the NHS waiting list. This needs an increase in doctors and nurses, we need more police and teachers and social workers, at least 100000 social care workers. These are concerns that a sensible government would face up to and deal with.

When a politician states that their policy is the “will of the people” we know that they have lost the argument.

So the goverment say that the situation has nothing to do with the situation in Gaza as it is a few thousand miles away. With such ignorance andf stupidity it is no wonder that the UK is in such a dire state. Starmer too backed the UK military action, when will he realise that the nation is NOT controlled by the Daily Mail? Public opinion polls show that most citizens in this country are appalled by the suffering inflicted by the Israeli Government. Our politicans put profit before lives at every opportunity.

Sometimes it is good to post before I absorb the wisdom of my fellow posties. So here goes. The USA and UK have launched an attack on Houthis positions in Yemen. At a glance this would seem reasonable – Houthis have launched attacks on shipping. However the reaction seems to be rather aimed at the wank fest populist supporters in each country. Surely a diplomatic solution could be found – but of course not as the numbskulls in government are fully supporting Israel regardless of genocidal tendancies by Netanyahu.

It would seem that diplomacy is not allowed in the testosterone filled chambers of our lobotmised leaders. Any action that fails to reign in the horror unleashed by the Isreali government is likely to be inflammatory. Maybe this is what the industrial/military complex needs at a time of economic stagnation. I am with South Africa in bringing their case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.

I have not had a decent rant for a while! So here goes.

First off – WTF are the govt. doing spending £1.75m to do a questionnaire of 175000 people about royalty. Presumably this is part of their culture war bollocks. We can be sure itwill not pose sensible questions like “Why does Charley need so many houses and castles”? “Should the Windsors pay tax”? “Why does the British Public pay over £100m for royal security”? Can we ask how many people know how much the Windsors get from offshore wind farms? Further – will the questionnaire co-ordinators release details of the demographics of the sample. Why 170000 people when it is common knowledge amongst pollsters that 10000 is a more than large enough sample.

Secondly – Brexit. It is now widely accepted that Brexithas been a monumental cockup based on lies and misinformation. Can ALL politicians now accept this and stop the lies about new trade deals done with USA states, etc. Can we have an audit of the costs (financial and social) and a political party which is committed to ameoliarating the horrendous costs.

Thirdly – world politics. Enough of the fear about being anti-semitic. Condemn the bombing of Gaza and the Israeli backed terror on the West Bank. Apparantly we are now fighting the Yemen! Where was this discussed in Parliament? Backing Israel at present is just going to polarise international diplomacy and create unnecessary divides.

Fourthly – met.office issues more rain warnings whilst Greenpeace (Unearthed) announces that studies show 4204 flood defence systems to be in a poor state of repair due to spending cuts. More needs to be made about the horrific cuts to services across the UK in all areas of life. Tax cuts for the rich mean service cuts for the rest of us. The government is keeping quiet about the PPE scandal and it has taken Carol Volderman to expose the corruption. They do nothing about tax evasion and fraud regarding government contracts, leave their own expense system open to massive exploitation, whilst making a song and dance about benefit fraud. Fraud is wrong at all levels but pandering to the numbskulls who read the trash papers (Mail, Express, Sun, Telegraph, in particular), is evil.

Fifthly the press. Press reform is urgently needed. Prince Harry has arguably done more to bring about press reform than anyone! The lies perpetually foisted on the public by these papers should addressed by legislation.

Lastly, for now, morality. We have come to accept that the Conservative Party if full of dirty little misogynistic, racist toads – but when James Cleverly extols the use of date rape drugs to pacify his wife, without censure by the party, leadership or press, we can see just how much damage has been done to this country.