Archive for October, 2008
My Pictures – Reality Bites…
October 12th, 2008 | 
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I have web site where I post my photographs. I started it off some time ago with a collection of pictures called “The Months” which are pictures taken from my daily bike rides besides and on the flood plain of the River Brue in Somerset. Although not my original intention, having loads of pictures, I bundled them up into slide shows of 15 pictures a time for each month.
This meant that my initial 12 month posting amounted to 180 separate images many of which, same place each day, would tend to be a bit repetitive although the light and tides do change things. A couple of days back, I decided to add the latest two months – Aug08 and Sept08 along with nine other slide shows on various subjects…
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Nationalising the Banks
All of a sudden, “The Solution” is being seen as nationalising all the Banks in what is often referred to as a “Nordic Solution” so called after events in Scandinavia during the early 1990s. The situation then was that the banks had borrowed so much that if everyone had demanded repayment on the same day, their banking system would have collapsed.
The Governments of the three Countries most affected nationalised their banks, fired almost all of those in charge of them and then re-capitalised them. Although their currencies inevitably were devalued and new and far stricter banking regulations were bought in, their economies recovered in about 3 years. It is this example that is attracting attention but, is it right?
Corrosive Reactions, a Danger to British Values
In a sense though on a different topic, the following is related to my previous blog concerning the dangers to British society of the “politically correct culture” of New Labour which has and is continuing to generate a lot of frustration and anger among people. The problem with this as seems clear to me, it spills over into every direction and not always correctly so.
This story concerns the only survivor from the terrorists who took over the Iranian Embassy in 1980 which siege was quite spectacularly ended by the SAS.
The Serious Fall Out from Political Correctness
On Tuesday the Telegraph ran an article named “Colour Blind Policing” in which frankly, following the decision to investigate complaints made by the BPA – Black Police Association, could be interpreted as both bigoted and racialist in its approach, it was not a bright move by the DT.
As someone who reads the DT on-line each day and find as much fun and information from the people who write comments in on articles, I was shocked by the response. Even regular contributors who normally, whether you agree with their views or not, write well reasoned comments were for the most part bordering on getting a free lifetime membership of the KKK because of their views.
The Economic Crisis and Tea Time in Paris
So our “Dear Leader” Gordon Brown shuffled off to Paris to discuss the economic crisis with Sarkozy, Merkel and Belisconi in a meeting at which nothing was decided – par for the course for the EU. I totally agree that the EU is an undemocratic bit of pooh loved only by the mentally challenged and those on the “EU Gravy Train” already, the UK should get out of it immediately.
However and in a sense over this meeting in Paris, one should be fair, what could they do and indeed apart from saying in effect; “This is important, so are we and together we will do important things, if we can think of them.” What else could they say ?
The Return of Peter Mandelson
Matthew d’Ancona who is the Editor of the Spectator, is not one of my favourite journalists, he’s a bit wishy washy to say the least. In the Telegraph today he wrote an article called “Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown unite to save New Labour”
Although not an inspiring writer to me, often things you read can make you think or look at things differently and in this case not just this article but all the media “froth” about the return of Mandelson, set me thinking…
Story of a Labour Web Troll
I have written before about the media operation set up by New Labour in the 90’s to instantly respond to any negative articles appearing in the right wing press, it was called Excalibur and was highly successful in exasperating the death throes of the Major Government.
They have recently decided to revive it to focus on the “blogsphere” in the run up to the 2010 General Election, the following is an example of how this works from the Daily Telegraph, it involves the use of a “Troll” who is someone who hovers around the “discussion boards” ready to swoop in with negative input.
Jacqui Smith Does Silly Cow…Rather too Well
One of the ‘big stories’ from yesterday was the resignation of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair. In his public announcement, Blair made it clear that he had resigned because he didn’t have the confidence of the London Mayor, Boris Johnson.
Later on in the day, Jacqui Smith the Home Secretary on the BBC Question Time programme criticised Boris Johnson for making a “political decision” about Blair and not understanding the correct procedures concerning his (Blair’s), appointment and the circumstances under which he could be removed from office. I had previously thought that she might have something going for her as a politician but clearly, she is just another silly Labour cow.
Has Anybody Seen This Albatross ?
Gordon Brown has become the Steve Fossett of British Politics – Missing ! I wonder if we can get him declared Dead so that we can get a General Election called ?
Do I complain ? Well not really because all he will do is blame the whole financial crisis on “American Sub Prime Lending” – nothing to do with anything he did for sure, plus he will tell us that he is getting on with the job, taking the tough decisions whilst leaning heavily on his experience of getting all of us in this pooh, to get himself out of it.
A Crisis That Leads to New Directions ?
However this Global Financial Crisis turns out, there may well be a very big silver lining to it all. This particular crisis has a rather different profile to those there have been before and it might well be possible that we may be looking a major change in the way we run our economies.
Our current and I suspect about to be, our past model has been based upon conspicuous consumption and planned obsolescence where model ‘A’ is upgraded to model ‘A Mk II’ and the difference between the two is marginal but, the new model is required to keep the production lines running.