Category Archives: Current Affairs

Slippery slope to internet censorship?

Internet users in the United Kingdom could face restrictions on what they can see on their computer screens.

Customers of four of the country’s biggest internet service providers (ISPs), British Telecom, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin Media, will soon have access to adult-themed  websites blocked by default, and be asked to whether they want to “opt in” to see them.

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Why I still hate party conferences

If many of you have noticed, it’s currently political party conference season again…

These annual get-togethers were traditionally a chance for party members to gain access to their leading lights and to discuss potential ideas for policies to put to the public in future elections.

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City donates to the Conservatives: what’s new?

The Guardian newspaper has claimed a so-called scoop about how the financial institutions of the City of London are gaining a stranglehold on present government policy.

To back their claims, they point to a survey by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in that top City firms contributed just over half (51 per cent) of  Conservative party funding.

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The Labour Party: in denial, as usual

Labour’s big idea to help university students:

“We’ll cut tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000 a year”: Ed Miliband, Sunday Mirror.

Oh dear. This is from the party which imposed these fees (in England) in the first place.

I’ve posted many things about the current state of the Labour party. They have been in complete denial over what is happening on key issues from crime to the economy. And, of course, the party’s biggest war criminal continues to lecture others on how to make peace when he has been hell bent on starting wars across the world, causing death and destruction on a humongous scale.

Things are really bad now, but anything Labour can think up can only make it worse. It would be rather better for all concerned if they just stayed silent.

The Euro is dying…. get over it

Let’s face it. Greece will probably default on its massive public debt.

So will Rep. Of Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, etc, etc, etc. A real  domino effect….

It now seems inevitable that the Euro currency, repeatedly hit by strife in the financial markets throughout this economic crisis, will probably be given it’s last rites, according to some business commentators.

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