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The Future of British Manufacturing

A Chap called Alex Singleton, in the DT posed the following question – “Is China overtaking the UK in manufacturing quality ?” This was based apparently on him visiting a UK store to buy stuff like suitcases, luggage and was confronted with a cheap version made in the UK and a more expensive version made in China, I think.

To be honest I found his approach all rather odd, he seemed to be writing about Britain and other similar Western countries having to concentrate on “designing stuff and intellectual property” which rather reminded me of being at Art School and studying Fine Art. “How will you make a living ?” To which the answer was to get a job teaching Fine Art in an Art School whilst you built a reputation as an Artist. It never seemed a credible career path so I didn’t finish the course.

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The Way it Might Be in 2009… ?

Journalists, Politicians and Pundits of various kinds will “cast the Runes” and come up with all their various predictions concerning the year stretching before us. It will be this or that…blah, blah, blah. The ones I feel sorriest for are the politicians trying their very best to strike the most appropriate pose and speak “the right words”… without leaving hostages to fortune.

Gordon Brown didn’t get the tone right and whilst I understand David Cameron’s comments about Brown and the Blitz, perhaps that wasn’t spot on either but then theirs is an ‘odd trade’ in many respects but whilst their “constant circling” like boxers in the ring is understandable, the events and potential outcomes though, may be very different from what anybody expects…

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It is January 1st Not April 1st

There is a journalist called Gerald Warner who writes for the Telegraph and today had me gasping incredulously with the “News” that the Labour Government has decided in its wisdom that it shall run an advertising campaign to get the public to nominate people for “Honours” as in New Years and Queen’s Birthday Honours.

The cynic in me detects a typical Labour over reaction to be seen to be doing the “right and fair thing” and no longer touting honours though after 11 years of doing the exact opposite in most respects, why bother now when we are shortly – 16 months and counting, going to be shot of the whole dreary crowd called the Labour Party.

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David Cameron and the EU

Whilst I would personally like to see us leave tomorrow and cheer, what is more important is the “democratic deficit” of the EU and I would not want that repeated within the UK because I am not afraid of Referendums. I see little point in having a Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, as Ireland demonstrates, the EU will ignore a NO vote and anyway by now, has likely implemented two thirds of the provisions of the original EU Constitution rejected by France and the Netherlands, that is their way.

What we need to do is negotiate a “trade only” deal with the EU and put it to the British people in a “IN or OUT” Referendum, this would not only be the democratic thing to do but would also create a working template for any other Country that might find itself in similar circumstances in the future whilst protecting the EU from disintegration. In reality, Britain’s relationship with the EU and the EU’s relationship with the UK can only improve and prosper with the UK outside of the political EU.

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New Year, New Resolutions ?

Should one make New Year Resolutions is probably a valid question because inevitably we always miss our stated goals because either we didn’t desire them sufficiently in the first place or, achieving the goal did not lie within our personal gift anyway.

A good example of the first is “I will give up smoking” because we feel that on both health and economic grounds, we should but in truth haven’t really bought into the idea, we still like smoking. In the case of the second, a career goal based upon getting promoted may also be fated to fail simply because it relies on other people and circumstances beyond our control. So perhaps we should choose our ‘resolutions’ with extreme care…

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A Problem of Leadership

The Daily Telegraph seems to have changed both its internet connection service and the way it handles readers comments, neither of which seems any kind of improvement. The consequence of which and perhaps was the underlying intention, is that it is easier to respond to the “Blogs” section than main articles. Today, two of their “bloggers”, Iain Martin writing about David Blunket and James Kirkup on the possible perils facing Nick Clegg Leader of the LibDems, in the New Year inspired some thoughts.

Both provoked me to write in and what follows is mainly based upon my seperate comments to both however and oddly when I stood back and looked at them again, they both have a common theme - Leadership.

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A Left Wing, Anti-Catholic, Anti-Jewish British Media

Some years ago Salmon Rushdie wrote the “Satanic Verses” and we were treated with the sight of stupid Muslims in Bradford and other exotic places within the UK, burning copies of a book they had never read on the grounds that it “insulted” their faith. The truth of course was that ignorant and lazy as they were, their actions were based upon what the “Media” said.

How we laughed at them… but we shouldn’t have because they frightened all the British media people.

Look at the state the UK Media is in today, lazy and pathetic beyond belief and no more able to check their sources than I as a single person with my own blog. The Pope gives a speech to the Curia in Rome and some hack decides that the “Pope has attacked Gay People” and both the BBC and the Telegraph led with that totally incorrect headline for over 24 hours and never issued a ‘correction’ or apology afterwards.

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The Dark of Winter, the Certainty of Spring

It always seemed to me even when bring up young children, that once the presents were opened, the Christmas Dinner done and despite all the stress and urgency that preceded it, Christmas was sort of “done” at that point.

Having a birthday on the 29^th December meant of course I still had something to look forward to but I must admit, New Year’s Eve is one celebration that I would cheerfully avoid. I think that there cannot be another celebration in the annual calendar whereby the balance is so finely struck between anticipation before it and the inevitable disappointment afterwards…

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

To one and all and, by whatever name you call this Feast of the Winter Solstice so cleverly hijacked by the early Christian Church, have some fun, chill out and let all your fears fade away. Although Spring and Easter are the times of positive renewal, the depths of Winter too have a role in planning and preparing for a Brighter Future.

All Best Wishes

Baldy

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A Quick Result

It is interesting to see how quickly Mr Quick has come to his senses and no doubt aided by some pretty sharp phone calls from various people. To their credit the Conservatives have not ‘milked’ the situation and frankly, best not it might have seemed like “bullying” if they did.

Of course and despite everything else, it has cast a substantial cloud over him as a replacement for the top post recently vacated by Sir Ian Blair and that being the case, it would mean that effectively Mr Quick has reached as far as he can go in terms of his Police Career.

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