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THE
BITCH ARCHIVES
THE BLACKPOOL
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3/05/08 to date
Bring On The Clown - I Want My Britain Back!
Well Darlings,
The message the public has given to Gordon Brown could not be
any clearer: "Go! Take your government with you and go now -
we have had enough!"
In little more than ten months, Gordon has taken the Labour
Party all the way back to visit its darkest days of the
sixties. However, even worse than in those Dark Ages, should
these council election results be played out today in a
General Election, with just 24% of the vote going to Labour,
so bad are they it might only be the first past the post
system adopted here that would keep them as the main
opposition party in parliament.
If ever there was a man who needed to be handed a loaded
revolver, Gordon Brown is the one. He is a politician with a
death wish, followed closely by a party made up mostly of
gutless lemmings - those who will not stand up and be counted
for their principles, many of whom now may soon be destined
for oblivion. Even knowing how bad it was going for the
government, Gordon continued to punish the traditional Labour
voter, refusing to listen to either them or those whom Tony
Blair once fought for and won over - the people of Middle
England. Since coming to power, bit by bit he has been slowly
chipping away at his support, until last Thursday when in the
Council Elections it all came tumbling down.
A man not elected by the people but running the country needed
to be good in order to survive. Plainly Gordon Brown has not
matched up to the task. From the General Election that he
chickened-out of to the referendum on the re-titled European
Constitution where he welched on a promise to the electorate,
the man has been unable to show any kind of strong leadership
or conviction. He dithers, and strangely more often than not
comes up with the wrong solution to a problem - usually one
that will alienate people. It has become his forte. The Labour
government today can be likened to a ship loose in a storm,
with no one with the knowledge of how to steer it at the helm.
Thursday, it found the rocks.
Even as those rocks came into sight, with his whole party
screaming at him, the man could do nothing more than what he
knows how to do best - he further penalised the poorest
members of society. In his time as Chancellor of the Exchequer
the rich - poor divide grew to unprecedented levels. Once
unthinkable levels. And far from removing children from
poverty he increased their number alarmingly.
After a few tough years under the Tories, following the
linking of the pound to the European monetary system which did
not work and we suffered badly for attempting it, Gordon Brown
inherited one of the healthiest economies to be found by an
incoming Chancellor, but what did he do with it? He sold our
gold reserves for a quarter of their worth, he raided the
pension funds so that today some £10 billion is missing, he
allowed a "free for all" in the money market, and he raised
taxes to the highest levels on record, mostly by stealth. The
"healthy" economy created by him was simply an illusion.
Supported by the taxpayer who he enticed to live on credit, it
was eroding away almost on a daily basis until today the
country is deeper in debt than any other modern European
country. Everyone knew it could never last, the day to pay the
bill would inevitably arrive, but nobody wanted to think about
it - living on cheap credit was so much fun!
Following all his appalling mishandling and dithering
associated with the collapse of Northern Rock, the recent 10p
tax rate fiasco was the last straw. All Gordon's fiddling with
the figures, even after saying he would not do so, could not
save those Labour councillors. Everyone knows there are still
millions of our poorest people worse off because of this
government. It may not be this government's priority to look
after our genuinely poorest members of society, but it has
always been that of its people. It is what make us British.
Irrespective of race, creed, or colour, when up against it the
people of this country will fight for fair play. It is a trait
that has precedence over any political allegiance. And may it
always be so.
The news, even as we headed off to vote, that those too poor
to run a modern car were to be further penalised probably made
no difference. The people of Britain had already woken up to
realise just how much they had lost in recent years, and what
that was now costing them: the climate encouraged by this
government in which good ideas, like CCTV to watch out for
terrorists and criminals, are now being allowed to be abused
by local authorities to gather revenue from the likes of
toddlers dropping bits of sausage rolls in the streets
(immediately eaten by pigeons), and the unfortunate motorists
forced to stop for a pedestrian or oncoming traffic, only to
find an almost unchallengeable fine in the post a week later.
A General Election today would give the Conservatives a
landslide majority in parliament and I believe, unless Gordon
Brown should resign or be removed from his position, might
just possibly see Labour become the third and insignificant
party. However there is not a General Election today. It is
now more than ever likely be the full two years away, and so
it may be unfortunate that David Cameron has peaked so early.
I was rather hoping the results of the next election were not
so readily predictable. That might easily have promoted one of
the parties to come up with an undoubtedly vote-winning, and
probably election-winning, policy: a promise to repeal and
remove all those impositions, and encroachments on our
freedoms, that we now suffer directly as a result of this
Labour government.
When a country gives one of its hard-working young citizens a
criminal record, thereby possibly affecting that person's
whole future, simply because he didn't or couldn't secure the
lid properly on the forced on him wheelie bin provided for his
trash, then we have gone too far into being an authoritarian
state. An incredible 44,000 people have already been
persecuted for similar "offences". Tell me that is not simply
revenue gathering! It matters not that unnoticed by you
someone else may have opened your bin, or put something in it
that should not be there, if you do not pay the exorbitant
penalty - unaffordable by many - within the specified time, or
if you choose to appeal, it could cost you untold amounts of
money and a criminal record. This is not the Great Britain I
once knew - the Britain before this government. I want my
Britain back!
Labour politicians today try to crow about the full employment
they have created, but at what cost has it been achieved? Too
many people today are employed in part-time and worthless
McJobs for mere pittances, the minimum wage, only to be taxed
at a ridiculous level on their earnings. This whole stupid
idea of the government taking so much of our earned money, as
much as it can possibly squeeze out of us, and for us to then
have to apply to a load of bureaucrats for some of it back as
benefits or tax credits, is in my mind totally wrong. What a
person works hard for and earns, after being taxed on it to a
fair and affordable amount, they should be entitled to keep.
That is the Great Britain I once knew - a fair one based on
those able to afford the most, paying the most - and I want my
Britain back!
Before I go I have to congratulate Boris Johnson for winning
the election and becoming the first Conservative London Mayor.
As a gay person I appreciate that Ken Livingstone has been a
great supporter of gay people, and for that I thank him, but
of late he has been seen to be working too closely with the
government - one that once grew to hate and disown him.
Recently adopting and pushing through government-led policies
with which many could not agree, a lot of his supporters felt
betrayed. And defending the Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi,
who supports wife-beating and executing homosexuals, did him
no favours in a metropolis that is learning to survive on
equality and toleration of minorities.
Ken became London's
Mayor despite the Labour government, and he has lost his job
because of the Labour government. He is basically a good man
who simply lost his way. Boris has yet to prove himself, and
we should all allow him the chance. Undoubtedly a little
eccentric, a waffler and often a buffoon, a lot has been
unfairly attributed to him of which he is not guilty.
Minorities, especially the gay community, have little to fear
from him. He has promised to continue funding Pride, and he
supports all aspects of equality.
On recently being
asked by a reporter: "Have you had sex with a man?" Boris
replied: "Not yet."
Now there is a man
with a sense of humour to be enjoyed! Let us hope he is up to
the job and can soon get London, a little bit of Britain, back
into some sense of fairness and sanity. I fear though we may
need to forgive him for many gaffs on the way. He is
frequently guilty of making them, but usually apologises.
When the audience
become restless, it is always a good time to bring on the
clown!
"The Bitch!"
3/05/08.
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Bring On The Clown - I Want My Britain Back!
Well Darlings,
The message the public has given to Gordon Brown could not be
any clearer: "Go! Take your government with you and go now -
we have had enough!"
In little more than ten months, Gordon has taken the Labour
Party all the way back to visit its darkest days of the
sixties. However, even worse than in those Dark Ages, should
these council election results be played out today in a
General Election, with just 24% of the vote going to Labour,
so bad are they it might only be the first past the post
system adopted here that would keep them as the main
opposition party in parliament.
If ever there was a man who needed to be handed a loaded
revolver, Gordon Brown is the one. He is a politician with a
death wish, followed closely by a party made up mostly of
gutless lemmings - those who will not stand up and be counted
for their principles, many of whom now may soon be destined
for oblivion. Even knowing how bad it was going for the
government, Gordon continued to punish the traditional Labour
voter, refusing to listen to either them or those whom Tony
Blair once fought for and won over - the people of Middle
England. Since coming to power, bit by bit he has been slowly
chipping away at his support, until last Thursday when in the
Council Elections it all came tumbling down.
A man not elected by the people but running the country needed
to be good in order to survive. Plainly Gordon Brown has not
matched up to the task. From the General Election that he
chickened-out of to the referendum on the re-titled European
Constitution where he welched on a promise to the electorate,
the man has been unable to show any kind of strong leadership
or conviction. He dithers, and strangely more often than not
comes up with the wrong solution to a problem - usually one
that will alienate people. It has become his forte. The Labour
government today can be likened to a ship loose in a storm,
with no one with the knowledge of how to steer it at the helm.
Thursday, it found the rocks.
Even as those rocks came into sight, with his whole party
screaming at him, the man could do nothing more than what he
knows how to do best - he further penalised the poorest
members of society. In his time as Chancellor of the Exchequer
the rich - poor divide grew to unprecedented levels. Once
unthinkable levels. And far from removing children from
poverty he increased their number alarmingly.
After a few tough years under the Tories, following the
linking of the pound to the European monetary system which did
not work and we suffered badly for attempting it, Gordon Brown
inherited one of the healthiest economies to be found by an
incoming Chancellor, but what did he do with it? He sold our
gold reserves for a quarter of their worth, he raided the
pension funds so that today some £10 billion is missing, he
allowed a "free for all" in the money market, and he raised
taxes to the highest levels on record, mostly by stealth. The
"healthy" economy created by him was simply an illusion.
Supported by the taxpayer who he enticed to live on credit, it
was eroding away almost on a daily basis until today the
country is deeper in debt than any other modern European
country. Everyone knew it could never last, the day to pay the
bill would inevitably arrive, but nobody wanted to think about
it - living on cheap credit was so much fun!
Following all his appalling mishandling and dithering
associated with the collapse of Northern Rock, the recent 10p
tax rate fiasco was the last straw. All Gordon's fiddling with
the figures, even after saying he would not do so, could not
save those Labour councillors. Everyone knows there are still
millions of our poorest people worse off because of this
government. It may not be this government's priority to look
after our genuinely poorest members of society, but it has
always been that of its people. It is what make us British.
Irrespective of race, creed, or colour, when up against it the
people of this country will fight for fair play. It is a trait
that has precedence over any political allegiance. And may it
always be so.
The news, even as we headed off to vote, that those too poor
to run a modern car were to be further penalised probably made
no difference. The people of Britain had already woken up to
realise just how much they had lost in recent years, and what
that was now costing them: the climate encouraged by this
government in which good ideas, like CCTV to watch out for
terrorists and criminals, are now being allowed to be abused
by local authorities to gather revenue from the likes of
toddlers dropping bits of sausage rolls in the streets
(immediately eaten by pigeons), and the unfortunate motorists
forced to stop for a pedestrian or oncoming traffic, only to
find an almost unchallengeable fine in the post a week later.
A General Election today would give the Conservatives a
landslide majority in parliament and I believe, unless Gordon
Brown should resign or be removed from his position, might
just possibly see Labour become the third and insignificant
party. However there is not a General Election today. It now
more than ever is likely be the full two years away, and
therefore it may be unfortunate that David Cameron has peaked
so early. I was rather hoping the results of the next election
were not so readily predictable. That might easily have
promoted one of the parties to come up with an undoubtedly
vote-winning, and probably election-winning, policy: a promise
to repeal and remove all those impositions, and encroachments
on our freedoms, that we now suffer directly as a result of
this Labour government.
When a country gives one of its hard-working young citizens a
criminal record, thereby possibly affecting that person's
whole future, simply because he didn't or couldn't secure the
lid properly on the forced on him wheelie bin provided for his
trash, then we have gone too far into being an authoritarian
state. An incredible 44,000 people have already been
persecuted for similar "offences". Tell me that is not simply
revenue gathering! It matters not that unnoticed by you
someone else may have opened your bin, or put something in it
that should not be there, if you do not pay the exorbitant
penalty - unaffordable by many - within the specified time, or
if you choose to appeal, it could cost you untold amounts of
money and a criminal record. This is not the Great Britain I
once knew - the Britain before this government. I want my
Britain back!
Labour politicians today try to crow about the full employment
they have created, but at what cost has it been achieved? Too
many people today are employed in part-time and worthless
McJobs for mere pittances, the minimum wage, only to be taxed
at a ridiculous level on their earnings. This whole stupid
idea of the government taking so much of our earned money, as
much as it can possibly squeeze out of us, and for us to then
have to apply to a load of bureaucrats for some of it back as
benefits or tax credits, is in my mind totally wrong. What a
person works hard for and earns, after being taxed on it to a
fair and affordable amount, they should be entitled to keep.
That is the Great Britain I once knew - a fair one based on
those able to afford the most, paying the most - and I want my
Britain back!
Before I go I have to congratulate Boris Johnson for winning
the election and becoming the first Conservative London Mayor.
As a gay person I appreciate that Ken Livingstone has been a
great supporter of gay people, and for that I thank him, but
of late he has been seen to be working too closely with the
government - one that once grew to hate and disown him.
Recently adopting and pushing through government-led policies
with which many could not agree, a lot of his supporters felt
betrayed. And defending the Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi,
who supports wife-beating and executing homosexuals, did him
no favours in a metropolis that is learning to survive on
equality and toleration of minorities.
Ken became London's
Mayor despite the Labour government, and he has lost his job
because of the Labour government. He is basically a good man
who simply lost his way. Boris has yet to prove himself, and
we should all allow him the chance. Undoubtedly a little
eccentric, a waffler and often a buffoon, a lot has been
unfairly attributed to him of which he is not guilty.
Minorities, especially the gay community, have little to fear
from him. He has promised to continue funding Pride, and he
supports all aspects of equality.
On recently being
asked by a reporter: "Have you had sex with a man?" Boris
replied: "Not yet."
Now there is a man
with a sense of humour to be enjoyed! Let us hope he is up to
the job and can soon get London, a little bit of Britain, back
into some sense of fairness and sanity. I fear though we may
need to forgive him for many gaffs on the way. He is
frequently guilty of making them, but usually apologises.
When the audience
become restless, it is always a good time to bring on the
clown!
"The Bitch!"
3/05/08.
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