This government aren’t “listening” they’re running scared, they have not realised that during their time out of office the internet and the proliferation of sites open to all, means that their policies can and will be questioned pretty quickly and unpopular policies will just as quickly get a bashing along with the proposer.

Tories can’t get their heads round the fact that their word is not treated with the regard and awe that they expect from the common herd.

Basically trust in politicians is pretty low and presently trust and belief in the present rag-bag virtually non-existent.

Even worse they were only there due to a funeral for a lad killed in Afghanistan, hardly a gang of squaddies out on the lash.

I hated them before this last round of ‘news’ about how bent they are.
Between 1993 and 2003 (when I sold it) I ran an engineering business in London, now I’m running my own business again–albeit on a much smaller scale.
Guess how useful the banks were on either occasion..??

Does chocolate teapot cover it, or worse than that?

Jimmy Carr is morally wrong for trying to pay as little tax as possible, well he is simply doing what everyone else tries to do, if there is a problem, close the loophole that allows him to legally do it……

What is morally wrong is MP’s getting a pension when they lose their seat, no waiting till they are 60-65, they get it straight away i believe, that Cameron is Morally wrong!!

Amazed at the arrogance and hypocrisy of Camercon in his comments ref Jimmy Carr, certainly tax evaders have few friends particularly at this time, but consider that Camercon’s personal fortune is largely due to his own father’s off shore banking, accounting, tax evasion.

Good old Tory double standards at work obviously OK for the “right” people to avoid paying tax, but can’t have the plebs getting away with it.

The pension situation for MPs is ridiculous, I remember one MP (can’t remember his name) entered Parliament shortly before the election, then lost at the election and apparently qualified for the severance package and full pension entitlement even if he never becomes an MP again.

silver fox.
I recon when it boils down to “The Lefts and the Rights” there is no difference in either. Have you noticed, that there are a lot of Barristers, and Millionairs on both sides?.
How can they even begin to realise just what they do affects us mere mortals,
I wonder if they were to be paid the average National wage, just how many would give up being an M.P.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

Probably very true, certainly choice of politicians usually boils down to which level of hypocrisy you can live with, for me I believe all politicians need a very careful eye, it’s just that I find Tories in the main to be more dishonest and hypocritical than most others.

Sad really to think that the “honourable gentlemen” are probably rated lower for honesty, than a foot in the door double glazing salesman.

I don’t read papers. I usually just go on BBC news website, it’s very biased towards the left, but then I’m only I’m only looking up simple news facts so it doesn’t make much difference to me.

Surprisingly there are many who feel the BBC has an establishment right wing list, on that basis I would reckon they are fairly even handed.

Of course Tories don’t like the truth when it doesn’t agree with their warped, twisted, discriminatory ideology.

You could probably hazard a guess that I am not and never will be a fawning Tory.

Quite unbelievable really the way that people buy homes close to an airfield, then get disturbed by aircraft noise.

This problem is not just applicable to aircraft, locally a small “select” estate was built with “rural” aspect and surroundings, the new owners hadn’t been long in residence before they tried to close down a local pig farm, strangely they didn’t enjoy the smells and sounds of their “rural” retreat.

Never occurred to these people, that for one, no locals had even thought of building or buying the properties on that estate, surprise, surprise you want to live in a rural location, it in turn has it’s own sights, smells and sounds.

I just paid £1 for a bag of “Finest” Jersey Royal new potatoes from the supermarket. Complete waste of money. Despite steaming them, rather than boiling, they still had little flavour or character – no different than the new potatoes sold loosely for a lot less money.

We all know it’s because the farmers don’t now use sea weed as a fertliser and so the spuds have lost their unique flavour. I remember when the new season Jerseys were a real treat, that lasted for no more than a couple of weeks. Now it seems you can buy them for half the year.

So why are they still a premium variety? Because we’re dumb and brainwashed into thinking they are special in some way.

Yours

A Grumpy (getting) Old Man

Really, really sorry to mention this :diablo: but we have been eating locally grown freshly dug new potatoes for about a month now, please take my word for it but the taste is still magic, by contrast Jersey Royals have the taste and impact of old socks. 😀