I believe in local government. Decisions on the bins, bowls or building houses should not be made in Westminster. To make this work local people have to watch what is going on and VOTE. If we don’t vote ‘they’ may give in to temptation.
The temptation is to accept the bribes and handouts. Continue reading Party Point – March 2013
‘Daddy it’s not fair’ comes the cry. ‘No it’s not, but life isn’t always fair’ is the reply. As parents, managers or any person making a decision, we should all try to be fair. To achieve fairness:
How does the sale of Continue reading Party Point – February 2013
Christmas is a time for giving and helping the less fortunate. That is true for the majority of the population, but not so for our multimillionaire Chancellor of the Exchequer. He is attacking those on benefits. His description of people ‘who leave home every morning to go to work while the neighbours are still in bed’ is designed to fuel antagonism between those in work and the ‘scroungers’. Those in work are encouraged to begrudge Continue reading Party Point – December 2012
The EU has a wonderful system of voting. A country holds a referendum on a recent treaty and people vote ‘yes, I agree with the EU’. This result is acceptable and the EU gravy train rolls on. If people vote ‘no, I disagree with the EU’ then this result is unacceptable and they have misunderstood the proposal. The original vote is ignored and another referendum is held. When eventually the referendum produces a ‘yes’ vote, the EU gravy train rolls on.
Ignoring the public and its voting is Continue reading Party Point – November 2012
Dear Lord Coe, (or Seb, when I cheered you on),
May I congratulate you on organising a very successful Olympic Games. I approached the bid, let alone the Games, from a critical but supportive view. For example: why were we not putting the £9billion into the Games in Malawi? Maybe we did spend too much on the opening ceremony and maybe we should have used the public sector for security. These are all petty, minor bits compared with the ‘huge success’. My only remaining area of doubt is in reference to the legacy.
There may be Continue reading Party Point – October 2012
A week is a long time in politics. A week in genetics is a lifetime. In the last week there have been three events that could produce a massive change in the GM story.
Up until now we have been told that only a very small amount of DNA was used to pass on the genes to the next generation. So much so that the unused DNA was known as ‘Junk DNA’. Genetic Modification of plants and animals has been Continue reading Party Point – September 2012
House of Lords reform has been festering for over a hundred years. The answer from the ConDem government is to elect several hundred politicians for a term of 15 years. If this is the answer then the question must be wrong.
Nick Clegg is proposing that the second chamber must Continue reading Party Point – August 2012
The Tories, New Labour, Liberal Democrats, the EU and the National Farmers Union all believe in the ‘market’. In the dairy industry the market has produced the following mess:
We don’t allow children to drink alcohol – for very good reasons. We don’t allow children to smoke – for very good reasons. There is another substance which is just as dangerous. It is not taxed and there are no health warnings. Our children eat and drink it at lethal levels.
The culprit is fructose. Fructose occurs in Continue reading Party Point – June 2012
Ryedale has no elections in May 2012. There is no great wave of public disappointment; in fact there is probably a collective sigh of relief. I have been canvassing in Harrogate.
The reactions on the doorstep are concerning. There is a massive opposition to all politicians. “You are all Continue reading Party Point – May 2012