As it happens I couldn't give a fig either way. I suppose it's only fair that people who love each other can marry regardless of sexual orientation - they'll have to change the CofE liturgy though. My question is why now ? rather than why ? [Mr Cameron wants to shed the Blue Rinsers in a way that makes it their fault]
Whatever.
None of it is going to last anyway. Not female emancipation, not gay rights, not soft criminal 'justice', not leftism... none of it.
Within a pretty short space of time paternalistic, religious fundamentalism is going to take over and drive us back to the dark ages where gays and women will be oppressed, free thought closed down, criminals mutilated. About the only thing that the progressives have managed to do is to undermine one of the most tolerant cultures and easy going religions ever to have existed.
They will look back on the periods during which Enoch Powell and Nigel Farage existed as the 'good old days'.
It's too late to stop it now.
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Friday, 17 May 2013
EU and Petrol
So the EU is batting for 'hard-working' families by digging out the petrol companies about price fixing.
Oh puh-lease.
The reason why petrol is so expensive is because it is so highly taxed by our own government something in the order of 200% of the refinery price when it's worked out. The cost of government (both EU and national) is the real scandal.
I suspect that this news item is nothing but the beginnings of the pro-EU referendum propaganda. Radio 4 were at it the other day too - telling us how generous the EU was in funding our scientific research centers. Expect much more 'good news' to come over the next few years.
Oh puh-lease.
The reason why petrol is so expensive is because it is so highly taxed by our own government something in the order of 200% of the refinery price when it's worked out. The cost of government (both EU and national) is the real scandal.
I suspect that this news item is nothing but the beginnings of the pro-EU referendum propaganda. Radio 4 were at it the other day too - telling us how generous the EU was in funding our scientific research centers. Expect much more 'good news' to come over the next few years.
Monday, 13 May 2013
Operation Yewtree
I can't help thinking that this is an investigation which has become bigger than intended. We now have the most unlikely celebrities arrested for 'historical' offences for which there probably isn't very much evidence at all. The police have really got stuck in.
One has to ask about the timing of the Savile revelations. Just as the full extent of grooming of young white girls by Asian gangs was becoming known. "Everybody is at it" seeming to be the message and thus the situation in the Midlands was downgraded in the news. Was the timing of the celebrity revelations (some 30 odd years after the events) coincidental ?
Even if they weren't coincidental there is some inconsistency here.
Is it the case that the 'racial' element does not count when it comes to offences against white people ? When the racial roles in violence, for example, are white against black (thankfully a rare thing) the offence generates outrage x10 in the Leftist media. It has an extra weighting. So why isn't the Left outraged x10 by what is obviously racially motivated crime on a huge scale (against whites) in the Midlands ?
Can you imagine the apoplexy of the Left should it have been white men grooming Asian girls ? In modern times there is no greater offence than racism (a horrible thing) - it seems only against racial minorities.
Whatever. This scandal of extensive racially motivated sexual abuse against whites seems to have been overshadowed. One might add successfully.
One has to ask about the timing of the Savile revelations. Just as the full extent of grooming of young white girls by Asian gangs was becoming known. "Everybody is at it" seeming to be the message and thus the situation in the Midlands was downgraded in the news. Was the timing of the celebrity revelations (some 30 odd years after the events) coincidental ?
Even if they weren't coincidental there is some inconsistency here.
Is it the case that the 'racial' element does not count when it comes to offences against white people ? When the racial roles in violence, for example, are white against black (thankfully a rare thing) the offence generates outrage x10 in the Leftist media. It has an extra weighting. So why isn't the Left outraged x10 by what is obviously racially motivated crime on a huge scale (against whites) in the Midlands ?
Can you imagine the apoplexy of the Left should it have been white men grooming Asian girls ? In modern times there is no greater offence than racism (a horrible thing) - it seems only against racial minorities.
Whatever. This scandal of extensive racially motivated sexual abuse against whites seems to have been overshadowed. One might add successfully.
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Cats
Scruffy
I am, at heart, a dog person. I used to loathe cats until my wife introduced me to them as pets. I always thought they looked sly and haughty. The fact is that they're quite innocent animals - ours is the gentlest ever and lets the hamster climb all over him. The reason why cats are misunderstood is because they only have one facial expression and this is because they are probably lower down the evolutionary chain than dogs. They are not very clever animals but this 'autistic' lack of social awareness is mistaken for something else entirely.
They smell less than dogs, require less attention than dogs but give as much affection back and make great pets requiring very little maintenance - I've come to regard them as the very best of friends in fact. When Scruffy leaves us - which is likely to be soon, bless 'im - we'll definitely find ourselves another.
We'll continue enjoy other people's dogs without the hassles of owning them.
Monday, 6 May 2013
Massaged crime statistics.
I spotted the following comment on Peter Hitchen's site and (if verified) it could prove to be very important. This was in answer to PH's doubts that crime had gone down since Nu Lab took office.
Peter,
regarding your comments last week ref police crime figures suddenly declined in approx 1997.
I retired from the police in 1998 working in crime statistics. I can confirm to you your instincts are correct. We were instructed to reclassify a number of crimes to make it a lesser offence. A section 18 wounding became a lesser section 20. A section 20 wounding became a lesser section 47. A section 47 became a common assault. An attempt burglary became a lesser criminal damage or even "no crimed" as accidental damage. Robbery became assault with intent to rob.
The list went on and on. I tried in vain to find out who had initiated all of this but to no avail. I was told to stop asking irrelevant questions and get on with my job! I suspect it was either the Home Office or ACPO but could never be sure. Anyway the point is yes I can verify the crime figures where I worked were definitely fiddled or downgraded or whatever you want to call it. All because governments and chief constables want to look as if they are winning the war against crime! Sick or what?
Peter,
regarding your comments last week ref police crime figures suddenly declined in approx 1997.
I retired from the police in 1998 working in crime statistics. I can confirm to you your instincts are correct. We were instructed to reclassify a number of crimes to make it a lesser offence. A section 18 wounding became a lesser section 20. A section 20 wounding became a lesser section 47. A section 47 became a common assault. An attempt burglary became a lesser criminal damage or even "no crimed" as accidental damage. Robbery became assault with intent to rob.
The list went on and on. I tried in vain to find out who had initiated all of this but to no avail. I was told to stop asking irrelevant questions and get on with my job! I suspect it was either the Home Office or ACPO but could never be sure. Anyway the point is yes I can verify the crime figures where I worked were definitely fiddled or downgraded or whatever you want to call it. All because governments and chief constables want to look as if they are winning the war against crime! Sick or what?
Saturday, 4 May 2013
Fruitcake or Eton Mess ?
"UKIP have no policies." They (more often Tory politicians or BBC journos) say.
We know. And isn't that a sad indictment on a 'democracy' in which millions of productive people find themselves unrepresented and given only a 'choice' between less EU, more EU or a lot of EU ?
What do they expect us to think of EU membership whenever they blame it for their failure to remove the likes of Abu Qatada, Abu Hamza or when prisoners are given sex changes on the NHS ? Instead they call us 'fruitcakes' when we get angry about such things and decide to do something about it.
The Tory party sold us privatisation, mass redundancy, the outsourcing of work, companies and factories all in the name of 'choice'. The word 'choice' was used over and over by John Major as the title of the Conservative mission statement.
They have failed abjectly to deliver us choice in politics.
They have failed abjectly to adapt to 'market forces' as they told ordinary working people that they must. They have failed to react to demand so Nigel Farage has stepped in to fill a gap in the market.
They have failed to do what they demanded of ordinary working people in this country.
Of politics in general. If we are to be a European satellite nation then can we really afford two governments ? Where Westminster's work has been so extensively outsourced to supra national bodies why aren't Parliamentary jobs going the same way as did miners' ?
If the EU is our future then we don't need a Tory party to exist to get us there.
If ever closer EU integration is the unavoidable future then let's do it properly. Get rid of the phoney London debating/restauranting club.
My intention for voting UKIP is not to right the Tory party but to get rid of it.
The Tories should get out of the way and stop splitting the Eurosceptic vote.
(Sorry for not responding to visitor comments - all have been read)
We know. And isn't that a sad indictment on a 'democracy' in which millions of productive people find themselves unrepresented and given only a 'choice' between less EU, more EU or a lot of EU ?
What do they expect us to think of EU membership whenever they blame it for their failure to remove the likes of Abu Qatada, Abu Hamza or when prisoners are given sex changes on the NHS ? Instead they call us 'fruitcakes' when we get angry about such things and decide to do something about it.
The Tory party sold us privatisation, mass redundancy, the outsourcing of work, companies and factories all in the name of 'choice'. The word 'choice' was used over and over by John Major as the title of the Conservative mission statement.
They have failed abjectly to deliver us choice in politics.
They have failed abjectly to adapt to 'market forces' as they told ordinary working people that they must. They have failed to react to demand so Nigel Farage has stepped in to fill a gap in the market.
They have failed to do what they demanded of ordinary working people in this country.
Of politics in general. If we are to be a European satellite nation then can we really afford two governments ? Where Westminster's work has been so extensively outsourced to supra national bodies why aren't Parliamentary jobs going the same way as did miners' ?
If the EU is our future then we don't need a Tory party to exist to get us there.
If ever closer EU integration is the unavoidable future then let's do it properly. Get rid of the phoney London debating/restauranting club.
My intention for voting UKIP is not to right the Tory party but to get rid of it.
The Tories should get out of the way and stop splitting the Eurosceptic vote.
(Sorry for not responding to visitor comments - all have been read)
Thursday, 2 May 2013
UKIP
Today was the first time I've voted other than Conservative (I abstained in 1997.) Today I voted UKIP instead.
"That will hand elections to Labour."
How else do I register my political inclinations ?
"They will bankrupt us."
Better a catastrophic ending under Labour than the never ending catastrophe that the NuCon movement offer us.
Peter Hitchens advises abstention but "... vote UKIP if you must." The problem with disengagement from elections is that it will be read by those in the political bubble as contentment - at worst apathy. A licence to do more of the same.
"That will hand elections to Labour."
How else do I register my political inclinations ?
"They will bankrupt us."
Better a catastrophic ending under Labour than the never ending catastrophe that the NuCon movement offer us.
Peter Hitchens advises abstention but "... vote UKIP if you must." The problem with disengagement from elections is that it will be read by those in the political bubble as contentment - at worst apathy. A licence to do more of the same.
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