A grossly unskilled Gordon Brown and his bungling team

As a result of the self induced Credit Crunch, the Banks and the disgraced Bankers are utterly reluctant to lend any money, thus freezing commerce, which relies on short term and long term loans. A sadly belated and retroactive response to prudence.

In an attempt to unfreeze the lending system, both the US and UK Governments have thrown money at the Banks as if they were throwing confetti rather than taxpayers money. In return, the Banks have NOT unfrozen the lending market in the certain knowledge that the irresponsible Governments will throw more money at them—and so the farce continues.

In a further farcical move, the above two Governments, US and UK, have vociferously attacked the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her Finance Minister, Peer Steinbrück, for NOT dishing out more money to the Banks; in fact for being prudent and careful with the taxpayers finances. On 10 December 2008 in an interview with Newsweek, Peer Steinbrück controversially attacked the British Keynesian approach to economic policy in its rush to stimulate the demand side with a pitiful VAT reduction—and another sorry attempt by Gordon to spin himself into the limelight. That’s what comes of marrying a Public Relations merchant and relying on her empty spin tactics.

Instead, the US and UK politicians are more worried about their political careers than they are in responsible prudent management of the debt and their economy. The result for the US is $10,000,000,000 in the red and for Britain the public debt is a massive one trillion pounds (£1,000,000,000). This puts the British children’s children into debt for the next fifty years or more.

The correct response to the Credit Crunch is to let the lending market readjust and reposition themselves in the light of tighter lending rules—and that will take time. No more money for the irresponsible Banks, who are still handing out bonuses to themselves and all and sundry. The next five years are going to be tight and tough, and the huge artificial lending party where everybody was encouraged to spend, spend, spend……IS OVER.

Here is the crux of the matter. It’s the time factor that the politicians can’t tolerate, can’t live with—because it diminishes their voter base. So the fix has to be instant; has to be now—has to be seen to satisfy the voter. That simply isn’t possible, and the contradiction is driving the politicians on both sides of the Atlantic into a frenzy of handouts and other useless activity in the hope they can throw sand into the faces of the voters. If the voters see the politicians frantically doing something, anything, maybe they won’t blame them. FAT CHANCE!

So much for the reputation of Britain’s ‘best prudent’ Chancellor of the Exchequer of recent years, Gordon Brown, and his fragile spin eminence. There is NO chance the voters will re-elect a failed Labour administration in 2010, run by the grossly inept Gordon Brown and his bungling team.

The only thing green about Peter Mandelson

is the slime on his face

Mandelson normally only pays obeisance to himself, but

Leila Deen has committed her life to campaigning, this time round for Plane Stupid. It was her green custard that Peter Mandelson is wearing on his face—all in a protest against Heathrow’s planned third runway. Leila Deen, originally from Brighton, has been a lefty activist for various different campaigns since being politicised at Leeds University, where she read politics and development studies.

Al-Qaeda founder attacks Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri as distorters of Islam

Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, who goes by the nom de guerre of Dr Fadl, helped bin Laden create al-Qaeda and then led an Islamist insurgency in Egypt in the 1990s. In a book written from his Egyptian prison cell, he asks, “What good is it if you destroy one of your enemy’s buildings (9/11), and he destroys one of your countries (Afghanistan, Iraq)? What good is it if you kill one of his people, and he kills a thousand of yours? That, in short, is my evaluation of 9/11.” 

He is equally scathing about Muslims migrants who move to the West and then become terrorists. “If they gave you permission to enter their homes and live with them, and if they gave you security for yourself and your money, and if they gave you the opportunity to work or study, or they granted you political asylum,” writes Dr Fadl, then it is “not honourable” to “betray them, through killing and destruction in the name of Jihad”. 

Unless you're a suicide bomber and simply have  become psychotic, un-Islamic, and kill-happy—thus nothing to do with religion but simply filled with hatred.

Are those fanatic Muslims in Britain listening? Those Jihadists in the Mosques preaching murder and the takeover of Britain——listen to one of your own—take heed! No firdaws Paradise is waiting for you—and certainly NO houris virgin consorts!

Britain Brought to its Knees by 4 inches of SNOW

Wimpish Britain!

Credit to the Daily Mail for the cartoon and the Telegraph.co.uk for large parts of the article (see link).

Other countries have looked on with a mixture of puzzlement and glee as a small snow fall brought ‘Great’ Britain to its knees—largely due to the authorities pandering to their stupid Health and safety fears over accidents and lawsuits. What kind of message does it send to the kids? It fuels a 'sick note culture' and soft permissive society. Over-cautious, Politically Correct and bureaucratic Britain broadcasts its DECLINE as Ministers condone the closing of schools, the halting of all London bus transport and encourage people to stay at home when a little snow falls. 

It is clear that not only is the ‘Home Office not fit for purpose’ as Dr John Reid pointed out in May 2006, but in my opinion, the whole of British Government is not fit for purpose and should be franchised out, to say Denmark.

Countries which regularly experience more inclement weather than the UK found it hard to believe that a few inches of snow could ground flights, halt trains, close schools and keep buses off the streets of London.  "The nation that beat back the Blitz couldn't, it seems, cope with four inches of snow," reported the International Herald Tribune, noting that the worst storm to hit London in nearly 20 years had raised the "vexing question of why a predicted snowfall caught authorities so off-guard." Canada's Globe and Mail ran a picture on its front page of a cyclist pedalling past a row of red phone boxes covered in snow. "Britain blindsided by record snowfall," said the headline, above an article which explained how the snowfall had brought London to "an uncharacteristic halt." The Toronto daily quoted a fuming British commuter who was trying to make his way to work in the capital. "It's absolutely diabolical. It's like we're a Third World country," the man said.

On the other side of the world, the New Zealand Herald announced: "Snow brings London to a standstill," adding that although there were ample warnings of the bad weather, transport officials "failed to keep a semblance of normalcy in the city" when snow fell on Sunday and Monday. In Australia, The Age of Melbourne ran the headline "Freeze Britannia – blizzards bring London to a halt", with a photograph of Big Ben frosted with snow and ice. The paper's London correspondent reported that there was "widespread anger that, despite five days of severe weather warnings, London has been paralysed by the snow while other European cities deal with it as a matter of course." Continental Europe, which has experienced some of its heaviest winter snowfalls for years, was also aghast at how Britain was practically shut down by the weather. "The image of a country paralysed with snow has harmed the reputation of ‘Great’ Britain, underlined by a quarter of the country's employees not being able to go to work," wrote the French business newspaper Les Echos. The Italian daily La Stampa printed a picture of commuters forlornly tramping along a snow-covered bridge across the Thames and reported that disruption to airports had caused "misery" for tens of thousands of travellers. "All the European channels were showing images of London at a complete standstill, which was not a very positive image for the UK," David Frost, director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce, told the BBC's Today programme.

Foreign expatriates living in the UK, especially those of Nordic origin, were particularly scathing towards Britain's inability to deal with the blanket of snow. Describing herself as a "born and bred Viking", Swedish journalist Stina Backer, who also lives in London, asked how so little snow could cause so much chaos. "After listening to colleagues compare their commuter journeys like battle-scarred veterans, all I could think was, 'It's only water'." Backer, who has lived in Britain for eight years, wrote in The Independent. "As a Swede practised in these matters, I brought a change of clothes to work and planned my journey with military precision. And that is where we differ, us Scandinavians and you Brits: preparation and perseverance. We’re not WIMPS!"

Sky joins BBC in banning Gaza appeal

Hamas is a Sunni terrorist organisation, and the Arabs in Gaza voted them in, thus approving of their terrorism. So why would anybody in the West want to help Hamas restore order, never mind feed them? Why would you want to help them rebuild any housing or tunnels?

The advertisement, by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), asks for donations for Palestinian Arabs left without homes, food, water or medicine after 22-days of retribution by the Israel Defence Forces after Hamas’ incessant but pointless rocket firing. I compare it to having someone spit at you. You ask them to stop—yet they keep spitting at you. It may not hurt you, but it’s not pleasant. You warn them what you’ll do if they don’t—they respond by more spitting. Finally, you punch them in the nose, hard. They stop. Now bystanders appeal on behalf of this lout for a supply of a hanky to stench the blood. My reaction is to tell them to sod off!

I consider Hamas and those poor civilians as one and the same. Dump Hamas, and I would be only to happy to have DEC give them help—not otherwise.

This ‘charitable’ appeal has Tony Benn and George Galloway standing outside the BBC demonstrating against their spot on decision not to help Hamas, and in my view, the ‘charities’ have got into bed with the Trotskyites like Benn and Galloway, to help Arab terrorism aimed at the Western ‘infidel.’ How screwy can this world get? Hamas chose to pursue war with Israel rather than the welfare of its Arab people—now it's prepared to accepts ‘charity’ from those ‘infidels’ it wants to destroy. Let the Arabs help their own—why is DEC involved. Could it be for straight forward lefwing political reasons?

I’m glad Sky and the BBC have told DEC to sod off! Sixty MPs have signed an early day motion, 11,000 BBC Trotskyites viewers have lodged complaints and hundreds of Trotskyites protesters have picketed BBC offices to protest against the corporation's stance—amongst them, Tony Benn, George Galloway, and other Trots with illegal Arab immigrants. Even that useless Druid, Rowan Williams, has joined the afray. My reaction is—they can sod off!

I have been fully aware that Britain was overstuffed with Rip-off merchants out to screw the customer for as much as they could, but it’s really sank home when I bought a number of items from eBay, items priced at £x and then find the same item on other websites at £3x or even more in the shops.

I’ve just bought a reverse osmosis water system for a total cost of £65, yet the very same item is advertised on various websites for up to £350 with phrases like, ‘money back guarantee,’ and ‘You can easily pay £400 plus,’ ‘Special Limited Offer Now On,’ while another website insisted that ‘The Next 10 orders can get one for the unbeatable price of ONLY £197,’ for the same one I paid £65 for on eBay. More nonsense such as, ‘No Hidden Extras,’ ‘Get One Now - Don’t be too late!’

This rant isn’t an ad for eBay, but an illustration of the price differentials—and of Companies ripping-off customers for the same item. Remember the new car price rip-off scandal of a few years ago when prices for cars were thousands of pounds cheaper on the continent for the same model? Recently, FOOD prices rose more quickly in Britain than in similar economies across the globe. TESCO had a bad Christmas as a result of that greed game. A published study puts the food inflation rate at 9.5 per cent in June. That is almost 65 per cent higher than in France, where the figure is 5.77 per cent, and a third higher than Germany’s 7.12 per cent.Local Council Tax, water, petrol, gas and electricity prices also rose ahead of other nations. Even the DVLC thinks it’s a Blue Chip Company—at least its pricing suggests this. There is a sense of rampant greed being the only game in town. Look at the APR% on store Credit Cards! Some run into 38% or more. A loan shark outfit that set up in a shop near me, offers loans at 97% APR and sucks in the gullible. Many global brands treat the UK as a ‘Treasure Island’, charging more for goods here than identical items sold in Europe and elsewhere. Companies make British customers pay huge mark-ups on gadgets, designer clothes and other products, simply because they can, and the British are infamous for not complaining. Restaurant wine is exorbitant and so are the meals, Garage bills a complete rip-off, Solicitors overcharge, Estate Agents charge what they feel like, High Street opticians rip you off, sandwiches are overpriced, etc.

What eBay has done for me, is to infuse the shopping experience with competition and economy. Bye bye Oxford St, M&S, Waitrose, Next, Nike, and others like you.

Mind you, the UK Government leads the way with the highest petrol tax in Europe. It promotes alcohol sales to gather in tax on this dangerous commodity, ending up with a country full of lager louts, in conjunction with the added tax on death-dealing tobacco. All explained by twisted arguments and excuses on why it does this to its population. Speed cameras ripping off motorists, congestion charges gathering more tax, the highest train fares in Europe and a host of other stealth taxes. Government of both ilk’s are the leaders in ripping off Britain’s population—so the companies are simply following the Government’s lead.

Shame on ye! Is this why we elect these self-serving politicians? So Bankers only followed the government when they thought they were printing money with the Sub-prime scandal. So much for Adam Smith’s laissez affair and the Cato Institute rot.

Laissez affair— the theory or system of government that upholds the autonomous character of the economic order, believing that government should intervene as little as possible in the direction of economic affairs.

Britain Follows America into Obesity and Evolves into???

US and German sex industry calls for state aid due to Credit Crunch

Like the Car Industry—US and German sex shop owners and erotic film makers, badly hit by the economic crisis, are pushing for state bailout money. The poor taxpayer shafted by the Bankers, is now being buggered by the prime shafters themselves. The bloody cheek of it! The porn industry wants to be bailed out by the taxpayer—and the lefty liberal governments are thinking about it.

There’s no stopping the idiocy—and with Obama as President—it’s more likely to he’ll give them the money. The US liberals and the European liberals are running the show for the next four years—HELP!

Ukraine Russia Gas Dispute — The Facts

Map of European natural gas pipelines. Credits: BBC, Petroleum Economist.

Putin ordered Russian hikes for the price of gas in 2005/6, but not in 2006/7 when Russia’s stooge Yanukovich was Ukraine’s Prime Minister. Now when Tymoshenko is PM, cash-strapped Gazprom wants the Ukraine to pay market levels for gas, $450 per thousand cubic meters (mcm), basically to punish Ukraine for electing a Nationalist Government under Yushchenko and Tymoshenko and for demanding that the Russian Navy leave Crimea by 2017 as per signed agreement.

Ukraine returned the favour and hiked the TRANSIT cost of Russian gas going through the Ukrainian pipelines heading for Europe. Russia pays only $1.6/mcm/100 km for transit, or less than half the average European rate while Slovakia charges upwards of $4/Mcm/100 km for transit through its gas pipelines and only pays $270/mcm for its gas. Russia thus demands the European rate for its gas from Ukraine—while paying half the European rate for transit of its gas through Ukraine, and when it doesn’t get its way it cuts off supplies to Europe. Well, two can play at the hike game. Learning the lesson of Russia’s behaviour, the Ukraine has stockpiled 6 months of gas supply reserve for its own use in underground caverns.

Russia refuses to pay the increased TRANSIT cost and turned off gas using as a lame excuse the unverifiable accusation that the Ukraine was stealing Europe's Russian gas supplies through Ukraine—the Russian media is blasting the latter story throughout the world.

In reality, Russia is hoping to push the benefits of an under the Baltic NORDSTREAM gas pipeline bypassing Belarus in the north and then later a SOUTHSTREAM gas pipeline under the Back Sea bypassing the Ukraine in the south direct to the EU at an enormous cost.

Russia wants the EU to pay a large chunk of the cost of both the pipelines and this cynical ‘gas turn off stunt’ is the current pressure play in action to force the EU into seeing the sense of paying a large portion for both the unnecessary pipelines.

Lesson for the EU is to find another reliable supplier and bypass Russia NOT waste money on NORDSTREAM or SOUTHSTREAM gas pipelines which benefits only Russia. Use the money saved, to build pipelines bypassing Russia.

This was in 2005 and nothing has changed

Look What The Cat Next Door Dragged In

The soft, corrupt and selfish French politicians causing Charles Martel to turn in his grave

I think French politicians have finally specialised in cretinism and completely lost their way when it comes to preserving French culture. With all the Arabs they’ve taken in, they now want others to suffer the same fate, while waffling about crappy international laws and United Nations High Commission for Refugees directives. That’s what happens when you learn politics in a Salon.

Mr Pinte, if you feel so sorry for these illegal economic migrants in Calais, you put them up in your own house. Britain has had enough of free loaders. As for Poles and other East Europeans—they are Europeans not Arabs or Muslim shit. You’re a catholic Mr Pinte; how many Catholic churches are there in Saudi Arabia—and how many Mosques are there in France?

Take a lesson from history:-

Arabs invaded Egypt destroying the Copts, the ancient inhabitants of Egypt

Arabs invaded Syria and destroyed the Aramean Chaldeans civilisation

Arabs invaded Iraq and brought about the destruction of Jazira (Mesopotamia)

Arabs invaded Palastina and Lebanon destroying the Jews and Greeks who lived there before them

Arabs invaded Libya and destroyed the original Berber inhabitants

Arab invasion of Tunisia destroyed the Berber people who lived there before them

Arab invasion of Algeria destroyed the Berber and Kabylia people of the area

Arab invasion of Morocco destroyed the Berber people of the area

And now with the help of the French, an Arab invasion of Europe intent on more destruction and hoping to impose their crappy hybrid Islam on a people who detest it.

Degenerate France—In January 2009, unmarried shag happy Moroccan-born French Justice Minister shamelessly gave birth with not a thought as to the morality of her act. In July 2008 Nicolas Sarkozy tried to set up an alternative to the EU with 16 countries round the Med arbitrarily including the 27 EU members—allowing more Arabs into the EU and effectively expanding the EU to 43—whether the people of Europe liked it or not.

Now we have this soppy pseudo right leaning UMP lunatic, Etienne Pinte, telling Britain to open her frontiers to a bunch of free loaders wanting to get free British Council housing and live off of Social Security. These grotty immigrants are in Calais because the French now let any old shit into their country with not a thought for the consequences—resulting in 1,726 cars again being fire bombed this Christmas, in an annual ritual the French have lost control over. So much for Sarkozy’s promise to stop the rioting.

The best thing these wet French politicians could do is make a better effort of minding their own business, instead of advising others how to wreck theirs. Monsieur Etienne Pinte—sod off!

SICK HAMAS PRONOUNCEMENTS

Just before the ground offensive began, Hamas issued a statement promising that Palestinian children would be picking over the ruins of Israeli tanks and the body parts of Israeli soldiers. Hamas Spokesman

A spokesman for Hamas's armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, said Israeli troops faced certain death or capture. "The Zionist enemy must know his battle in Gaza is a losing one," spokesman Abu Ubaida said.

Hamas spokesman “claimed” that the militant group had killed "a number" of Israeli soldiers entering the territory. A spurious claim, said Israel. Where is the evidence?

"They have come to where we wanted and they will soon receive our gifts," said a Hamas commander near the frontline.

Mahmoud Zahar, hiding at a secret location made a televised threat that Islamic fanatics would take revenge for Israel's Gaza assault by murdering Jewish children across the world. (now there’s a brave militant for you—typical Muslim thinking). This same “leader” cowering in a cellar, claimed victory for Hamas, saying it had succeeded in "destroying Israel's sense of security" with its rocket attacks. (anybody got a room for this lunatic in their loony bin?)

Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani: "The Zionists faced the powerful resistance of the zealous Palestinians ... the Zionists should know that Gaza will become their graveyard."

Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan: "We have prepared the statement of victory. Gaza will not be a picnic. Gaza will be a graveyard."

"Your incursion into Gaza will not be a walk in the park and Gaza will become your cemetery," Ismail Radwan, a Hamas spokesman said.

13/1/09

After two weeks of being pounded by the Israeli IDF and cowering in a cellar, senior Hamas leader, Ismail Haniya, said the group was "approaching victory." What planet does he live on?

Hamas strategy based on nothing but false loud-mouthed bravado.

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the simple aim of the ground push was to protect southern Israel from Hamas rocket attacks. “We restrained ourselves for a long time but now is the time to do what needs to be done to stop the continuous rocket attacks on our civillians.”

No Gaza incursion would have occurred without the incessant and pointless rocket firings from Gaza by Hamas.

Hamas and their supporters brought this on themselves—so stop moaning.

Muslim grot on the streets of London

Loony lefties and Muslim fascists Protesters march to Trafalgar Square to demonstrate against the recent attacks on Gaza. Why are lefties supporting fascists?

Where were the lefty anti war protesters when Hamas was firing rockets at Israeli Civilians?

London’s Trafalgar Square turned into a mass of black, white, red and green as lefty British and Fascist Muslim demonstrators made paradoxical common cause against Israel’s police action in Gaza. Crap singer Annie Lennox, confused comedian Alexei Sayle, decrepit Tony Benn and the bizarre George Galloway, always eager to support his Palestinian Arab wife, were led by failed Mayoral candidate Ken Livingston on a march against……….well….a march against almost everything and nearly anything, using any old lefty excuse.

Some 30 leftwing and fanatical Islamic organisations, including the British Muslim Initiative, the Stop the War Coalition and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign caused a minor nuisance for the benefit of the media.

Anybody out there got any Muhammad cartoons? How on earth did the European Left get into bed with fanatical Muslim Fascists? Now there’s a puzzle!

Go to it, Israel, kick more Arab shit!

Unmarried shag happy Moroccan-born French Justice Minister

Miss Rachida Dati, 43, gave birth while refusing to name the baby’s father.

This is the grot North African immigrant morality France has installed as its Minister of Justice under Nicolas Sarkozy. Miss Dati, who left school at 16, is a close friend of Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife, Cecilia.

Thus France sinks further into the morass of foreign influence under its own inaction. The French left is full of self destructive waffle—and the French right has elected a Hungarian immigrant who is enamoured with glamour girls and the Middle East as its President. Pauvre France!

Bungling Gordon Brown and his ‘spend our way out of recession’ disaster theory

Gordon Brown is inviting people to spend their hard earned money to help him and his pathetic government get out of this recession, hoping the people will be stupid enough to get into more debt so he can prance around on the world stage claiming his remedy is working.

Thanks to Gordon, this country is sinking into horrendous debt, which will be a millstone round the necks of future generations for a long time to come.

The silly 2½% VAT cut is the most ludicrous idea yet, prompting the German Finance Minister to make fun of the stunt, saying to Newsweek, “Are you really going to buy a DVD player because it now costs £39.10 instead of £39.90?” There is NO sense of propriety or prudence in this shambles of a Labour government.

Gordon even brought that fart Peter Mandelson back to bolster his team—reminding people how much spin and corruption permeates his government. Roll on the next election.

A Thought for Christmas

I Give You My Heart for Solstice--Xmas

Mi Corazon

In Sympathy With the People of Mumbai

Operation success-

A National Security Guard commando shows the victory sign from a window of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on Saturday, moments after the siege of the hotel ended.

We Must Reject Islam Whenever We Can!
It is a nasty filthy pseudo religion with no respect for life.
The World must force Muslims to deal with their terrorists if they want respect from the World community. Muslims---Clean your House Up!

From an online post by an Indian Muslim, saying that the only way to avoid Islam being condemned, “is for the Muslims in India to police their own? All too often, it’s an ‘open secret’ in our communities as to which elements among us support such things, and unless we clamp down on our own extremists, I think it’s awfully hard to cry foul when the backlash begins.”

Yet whilst the Koran contains such outrageous invocations as below, to the faithful, I can’t see any accommodation with Islam, nor any change in their approach to others.

From the Koran:

“Make war upon such of those to whom the Scriptures have been given as believe not in God, or in the last day, and who forbid not that which God and His Apostle have forbidden, and who profess not the profession of the truth, until they pay tribute out of hand, and they be humbled.” Sura 9:29

From the Koran:

“Say to the infidels: If they desist from their unbelief, what is now past shall be forgiven them, but if they return to it, they have already before them the doom of the ancients! Fight then against them till strife be at an end, and the religion be all of it God’s. If they desist, verily God beholdeth what they do:” - Sura 8:39-40

Gordon Brown Encouraging a Spending Madness to Get Out of Deflation????

A disgusting cynical ploy by Darling and Brown is going to add £180 billion of debt to the UK economy by trying to con people, who are already over consuming, to spend more money—they don’t have. Has Brown or Darling ever heard of the word—savings? That’s what people should be doing in a recession—not worrying about deflation or saving this Labour government’s arse.

“You can’t spend your way out of a recession,” was something James Callaghan, a previous Labour Prime Minister seemed to have taken to heart, and it was even a mantra Brown used to put out in his sane days—under Blair. Now suddenly the ex-Trotskyite Chancellor Darling, and the dim-witted spinner, Gordon Brown, are pushing for the population’s approval by seemingly giving away money—hoping no one will notice that this incontinent spending spree will have to be paid for later on with a whopping big tax hike.

The US Government officially owes $10 trillion (real figure is $53 trillion) in public debt and still seems to be spending as if there were no tomorrow. Who is going to pay for it? Iceland has gone bankrupt—and the US is going the same way. Fiscally canny China owns a huge chunk of the US Government debt and so do the Arabs. They will want paying.

Now this fiscally irresponsible UK Government is hiking up UK public debt to fantasy levels—while someone is going to have to pay for this irresponsible behaviour. Officially, the UK debt is £536.5 billion—but unofficially it is £1,847.5 billion when the PFI, public sector pensions, and all the other debts are added. Guess who is going to pick up the bill—yep, the taxpaying population. As a Scot, Gordon Brown is the worst example of fiscal probity that it is possible to come across—and he is giving the Scots a bad name. Roll on the next General Election.

African Aid

A comment overheard from an African Aid Worker.
Question:- “When will Africa learn to live without ‘Aid’?”
Answer:- When Africa learns to live without corruption—and pigs learn to fly.