Bassingbourne55

I think it is on work computers, yes. The should be working, but it’s still a ridiculous and unfair judgement on what they can and can’t see.

Frontline local authority workers mostly work hard and conscientiously, it’s their overpaid and unaccountable senior managers that play the system. Local authorities are overdue for a few hard-hitting…[Read more]

A heroic act. But did he reckon he was likely to die alongside his mates anyway and so in the limited time available he made the split second decision? Was this a ‘well, there’s nothing to lose by giving this a try’ situation? However, he deserves the commendation for bravery and lateral thinking.

If ‘chav’ is banned, then surely words like ‘toff’ or ‘yokel’, which are equally insulting, should also be banned.

Why send men to work shifts in squalid and dangerous conditions underground when a combination of renewable energy resources and increased energy efficiency could meet most of our needs. A Severn barrage alone could provide 7% of all our electricity, another one across Morecambe Bay probably a similar amount. The planned major offshore windfarms…[Read more]

Arthur Scargill was right every word it was his style that was wrong We shouldnt have gone on strike then and we certainly shouldnt have gone back

Scargill was a megalomaniac crypto-communist. He declared himself life-president of the NUM. There was something a bit Mugabesque about him.

Margaret Thatcher had an ally in the destruction of our coal industry, remember…..
called Arthur Scargill. He certainly won’t get a state funeral, except perhaps in North Korea.

The rest of the world plays as nations – France, India, Germany, Ireland, USA etc.

We should play international sports as Great Britain, or UK if including Northern Ireland.

Perhaps there should be regional sports to, so that England and Scotland can compete against Provence, Uta Pradesh, Bavaria, Leinster or Texas!

I’m open minded about people’s sexuality or their desire to have ‘gender reassignment’. I’m not against gay marriages. But where children are involved, they inevitably become part of a social experiment. I hope the baby grows up happily. If the parents are loving and normal in all other respects of their daily life apart from the obvious…[Read more]

I think I’m talking about something vaguely mid-way between the technical and anectdotal definitions of ‘recession’.

If people waste less food, then, in turn, they’ll buy less in the first place and that will only add to the gathering pace of the recession. I thought Brown knew a bit about economics!!!

The laws of the land take precedence over the rules of any organisation. Muslims can live by sharia law in this country as long as what they do is not in conflict with national laws. The same applies to other religions, clubs etc.

Footballers get red cards for committing fouls but they haven’t broken the law. Orthodox Jews choose to do nothing…[Read more]

Another thing I’ve noticed for some time is that the older generation – I suppose I mean the elderly – 70+, have a tendency to stop and chat to people a lot more than my generation or below. It’s not just that they are older, they did this when they were younger too. My parents, in-laws and grandparents would strike up conversations in the…[Read more]

It all seems to be going pear-shaped at an alarming rate. I might be wrong but the housing market has collapsed, unemployment is beginning to rise, basic living costs are going up.

Britain has replaced manufacturing with leisure and entertainment and ‘debt’ was becoming the new ‘wealth’ for many people. But we’re partying up to the eleventh…[Read more]

I think the west does care about black Africa – think of all the solidarity that led to the eventual fall of the apartheid regime in Sout Africa. Look at live aid and the work of other big aid charities all over Africa. Even if this has failed, the effort has been considerable.

Zimbabwe is difficult because its problems are internal and it…[Read more]

If these people weren’t so evil and dangerous, they’d be funny. Even the names sound funny!

What’s a kiler?

Would they allow someone in a KKK outfit to work in Sainsbury’s?

I was driving to work a few weeks ago and there was an accident or some other medical emergency at a bus stop. There were a lot of police present, indicating it might have been a crime scene too. The bus shelter had blankets up to screen whatever had happenned.

Screening the scene of an accident is a good idea if it doesn’t interfere with the…[Read more]

The BNP is just an extremist political organisation, in the same way a the Socialist Workers Party, the Muslim Brotherhood, Sinn Feinn or the Green Party. They all have their thuggish tendencies and promote offensive policies (except the Greens who promote ridiculous policies instead) but the majority of members of these organisations are ‘nice,…[Read more]

With the way the economy and the financial markets are going, how safe is the money in our bank accounts even if it is secure against fraud?