I watched an interesting documentary on the telly recently.
It followed the lives of a number of women whose partners were activists for the British National Party.
It was extraordinary that one of the ladies - very patriotic and British to the core, did not know the correct way to fly our Union flag.
I found it very sad that another lady - clearly well educated and middle class, was persuaded by her husband not to use an Afro-Caribbean midwife for the birth of her children.
I wonder what his reaction would be if he was involved in a serious road accident and the paramedics came from Jamaica?
I guess thats what make Britain Great - that folks of all different colours, religion and political persuassions can all muddle along together.
Thursday 28 January 2010
Wednesday 27 January 2010
No Parking! - No Problem!
Car drivers in Bedford are in for a treat. No more need to pay to use the public car parks.
Dumping your car where you please is no longer just a perk for the legit invalid blue sticker badge holder (or one you buy on eBay!)
The upholders of the Queens law and other local officials are turning a blind eye to parking offenders.
On most streets - especially those with double yellow lines, cars are parked covering most of the pavement.
Who needs pavements? - nobody walks these days anyway.
Gone are the days when a traffic warden was permanently camped outside my old shop waiting to pounce with a parking ticket as soon as I drove up.
Well done Chief Constable for modern thinking - I trust we are also now just giving our local crooks a clip round the ear?
Dumping your car where you please is no longer just a perk for the legit invalid blue sticker badge holder (or one you buy on eBay!)
The upholders of the Queens law and other local officials are turning a blind eye to parking offenders.
On most streets - especially those with double yellow lines, cars are parked covering most of the pavement.
Who needs pavements? - nobody walks these days anyway.
Gone are the days when a traffic warden was permanently camped outside my old shop waiting to pounce with a parking ticket as soon as I drove up.
Well done Chief Constable for modern thinking - I trust we are also now just giving our local crooks a clip round the ear?
Football - its a wind-up!
With the English football team targetting to emulate the great Bobby Moores 1966 team in South Africa this summer - the domestic scene looks bleak.
As we learn today that Crystal Palace is yet another club in the hands of Administrators, the High Court in London have shortly to deal with winding up orders served on Portsmouth, Cardiff, Accrington Stanley (who are they?) Redditch, Chester and Darlington to name but a few.
Who's to blame for the financial collapse in our national game?
The buck must stop with the Club's board - in most cases living in a dream world way beyond their means - paying ludicrous wages to young kids hoping success on the field will follow.
Listening to the demands of the fans who believe that the club can spend their way of of trouble or buy success.
Until recently, money from the top of the football pyramid would flow down through the leagues in transfer fees as the big clubs bought players from within the UK. That rarely happens now. The top clubs with money to burn invariably spend on imported or proven players. Thus we have a few fabulously wealthy clubs and the majority up to their necks in debt to the banks.
What's to be done?
1] FIFA and the other world bodies must consider wage caps and restrictions on imported players.
2] Clubs finances have to be transparent and the Football authorities have to control the sale of our league clubs to overseas speculators. Manchester United - arguably the most famous club on the planet is now hundreds of millions of pounds in debt since the Glazer family got their paws on it.
3] Directors of clubs entering admistration must not be allowed to own or control further clubs.
4] Break the SKY TV monopoly
Football league clubs could do well to follow the example of long service manager Dario Gradi's and Chairman John Bowler's club - Crewe Alexandra - the club that I have supported for over 50 years . The club has survived by developing home grown talent and selling on - Dean Ashton, Nicky Maynard and Luke Varney in recent seasons to name a few of the many.
Action is need now if we are to save our National Game.
As we learn today that Crystal Palace is yet another club in the hands of Administrators, the High Court in London have shortly to deal with winding up orders served on Portsmouth, Cardiff, Accrington Stanley (who are they?) Redditch, Chester and Darlington to name but a few.
Who's to blame for the financial collapse in our national game?
The buck must stop with the Club's board - in most cases living in a dream world way beyond their means - paying ludicrous wages to young kids hoping success on the field will follow.
Listening to the demands of the fans who believe that the club can spend their way of of trouble or buy success.
Until recently, money from the top of the football pyramid would flow down through the leagues in transfer fees as the big clubs bought players from within the UK. That rarely happens now. The top clubs with money to burn invariably spend on imported or proven players. Thus we have a few fabulously wealthy clubs and the majority up to their necks in debt to the banks.
What's to be done?
1] FIFA and the other world bodies must consider wage caps and restrictions on imported players.
2] Clubs finances have to be transparent and the Football authorities have to control the sale of our league clubs to overseas speculators. Manchester United - arguably the most famous club on the planet is now hundreds of millions of pounds in debt since the Glazer family got their paws on it.
3] Directors of clubs entering admistration must not be allowed to own or control further clubs.
4] Break the SKY TV monopoly
Football league clubs could do well to follow the example of long service manager Dario Gradi's and Chairman John Bowler's club - Crewe Alexandra - the club that I have supported for over 50 years . The club has survived by developing home grown talent and selling on - Dean Ashton, Nicky Maynard and Luke Varney in recent seasons to name a few of the many.
Action is need now if we are to save our National Game.
Dario and me
Plumbers - tapping into my bank balance
We have recently instructed four central heating companies to diagnose and quote for the repair of our home central heating system.
Guess what....we got four different answers!
And charges ranged from £30 to a whopping £65 per hour......thats more than my accountant and the bloke that services the Porsche charge!
Guess what....we got four different answers!
And charges ranged from £30 to a whopping £65 per hour......thats more than my accountant and the bloke that services the Porsche charge!
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