the labour government did not keep a close enough eye on its financial situation, it spent money like water and didn’t curb spending at all. They were locked into expensive armed forces bills in two wars that very few Brits ever wanted. They set up public spending initiatives which saw fat cats get fatter. They skimmed off the top of all deals and made themselves rich. And they left this country in a ruinous situation worse than the state we were left in after WW2. And don’t get me started on the banks and the blatantly irresponsible way they have handled things, nor the pension companies which went tlts up.
They are criminally responsible for this countries financial ruin, and although they did not cause the world recession, they left the UK very very vulnerable when it happened.
If you were dying or seriously ill and didn’t know what the outcome of your diagnosis would be….would you keep it from your loved ones?
Obviously if your disease didn’t take a fast hold over your body and you didn’t look ill on the outside it would be possible, otherwise there comes a point when you don’t need to tell anyone, it would be apparant.
My aunt had leukaemia and took three years to die. She told everyone as soon as she knew what the outcome would be, but she didn’t dwell on it. She tried to fit in all the things that she really wanted to do before she got too weak. She went on a trip to the Holy Land, something she had always wanted to do, to walk the path Jesus walked before he was crucified, etc. She set her affairs in order, said all the things she wanted to say, and she was religious, with an unshakable faith, and I think that helped towards the end.
She was a very brave woman. In the same situation, I am not sure how I would behave. I hope I would die with dignity.
They tried to justify the war by saying Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. They had been quite happy to deal with him, and have him over for tea then suddenly they wanted to get rid of him.
Oil
No more nor less… they did it to get their hands on his oil.
I imagine there will be a few Iraqi’s who were glad that Saddam was killed. But it does not mean that the future will not hold another despot and dictator for them all once the USA finally moves out and leaves them all to it. In fact, I dare say there are a couple waiting in the wings.
Ok, Ok, I’ll admit it, it was me. I would like to apologise for the unoriginality of my chat up lines, but in my defence, I was only using all the lines that had been used to me during the time I have been visiting JC.
And kenty, SusieQ, eve and cath, you will always be special to me. :D