David Cameron's 'Big Society' exists at last!

It has become clear to me now what David Cameron was actually talking about when he revealed his vision for a 'Big Society.  At the time, to be honest, I thought it was a hallucinogenic mopping up operation aimed at Socialists and Left-leaners that had lost their way with Labour.

How wrong I was.

It has been reported several times lately in various newspapers that the number of families presenting at their doctors with symptoms of malnutrition because they are putting their children first, admirably, with their limited resources is steadily increasing.  Also of note is the almost exponential increase in food banks springing up for which demand is so great that a referal from a professional is required these days.  Women supply the vast majority of the volunteer labour required to run these food banks.

This is not a pretty picture but to give credit (?) where it is due David Cameron has increased the number of women in work, brought about a surge in volunteering and created a community feeling.  All-be-it one of hatred for him which I assume was not the desired effect. However, if he will insist upon stirring up communities that he clearly has no understanding of the law of unintended consequences will naturally be applied.

Although Labour are in a bit of a pickle at the moment and do not have a single policy or position worthy of seripus discussion this will change.  Make no mistake about that!

I believe that even with the opposition as it stands today, if there was a General Election tomorrow the Conservatives could not win it.

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NOT working for the Yankee Dollar

Gold was for centuries, if not millenia, the reserve of choice for royal and national treasuries alike. Large vaults underneath central banks brimming with the stuff.  That was until the last century when an agreement was made to do away with the gold standard.  This is when the American doller became the global reserve currency of choice.

This status as global reserve currency is propping up the American economy at the moment and has been for years.  America the nation has become quite used to spending far more than it could gain from income.  This essentially did not matter because of the reserve currency status.  This advantage has been pushed a little far though and the times they are a changing. ......

There are theories aplenty that Saddam Hussain and self styled Colonel Gaddaffi were toppled principally for rejecting the dollar as their choice of reserve currency and also carrying out trade in currencies other than the dollar.  Iran has certainly said that gold will again be its reserve and that it will trade in a mixture of its own and its trading partners currencies.  Not only is this very unpopular with US politicians but even more so with their global banking names that will also slowly lose their dominance if this idea spreads.

Yesterday the Russian central bank followed the lead of others in announcing that they too would be joining the trend away from the dollar as sole trading currency.  Across Asia, Africa South America, the Middle East and now Russia there is a slow but growing trend away from the greenback both as a trading and as a reserve currency. Why as a reserve currency? As the dollar devalues why hold onto it is the simplest answer.

America is not at the edge of a precipice as much as some commentators suggest, or rather they are, but it is in no-one's interest to see them go over.  They have the same choices with regard to raising extra revenue and cutting spending as the rest of the west.

Just for a change there is some good news for the UK.  We are financially outside of the troubled Euro and not tied to the dollar.  As one of the few western nations that the rest of the world has financial respect for Sterling is seen as one of the stable currencies so when you read about central banks diversifying away from the dollar into a basket of Currencies, ours is usually in there.  This is a gentle and long term positive for the economy of the whole UK.

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UK Growth at -0.2%. Good!

Am I the only one that can see the upside of this?

In previous years our people have spent more than their incomings by creating debt. More debt stacked upon more debt and this has causes real problems for families.  So, people have been forced to cut their spending back to what they can afford.  This is much better for the people as individuals but leaves economists and doomsayer politicians with horrendous headlines for the mainstream media to pump out.

Tax revenues will be down but so will imports so the balance of trade will be better.  Keep paying down debt and living within your means if you can.  Vegetable peelings have more integrity and regard for national welfare than our pompous politicians.

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Policing the Olympics

Policing tge Olympics is a large responsibility that must be done well.  Of that there is no doubt.  It strikes me that the world has changed somewhat for the worse when the police require rather more than a truncheon and whistle.

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UNITE and Ed Milliband - The rift

UNITE the trades union is the largest financial backer of the Labour party. I think that the rift that is developing between the trades union leader and Ed Milliband as leader of the Labour party is interesting and bears a little scrutiny.

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Luke Bozier's defection from Labour party to Conservative party

Luke Bozier's defection from the Labour party to the Conservative party seems to have ruffled a few feathers.  The clip contains some of my early thoughts on the matter.

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Honour killing UK

Honour killing is completely acceptable within some families as the information given by the officer in the clip shows.

I am not the slightest bit surprised that this insane practice occurs.  Neither am I surprised by the numbers reported recent in the press.

What does get my goat is the intransigent refusal of the government to bear down nothing less than the full weight of the law in every case.  Are the lives of these women worth less in the eyes of parliamentarians?

Until this nation insists that it's codes of decency and it's laws are followed once again by all members of the community we must expect these murders to continue, if not increase, in line with the demographic of the section of the population which commits them.

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Can the Gavin Hookey case be reopened and receive a £30M investigation please?

This is my reaction to hearing the news of the conviction of Stephen Lawrence's killers.  I  am very  pleased that murderers have been brought to justice,  but though there are similarities in that Gavin was killed  in a vile unprovoked racist attack and  his case has been closed, the  obvious difference lies in the fact that Gavin was a white man.  Just like in all those grooming cases where no one in official positions wants to know if the victim is white and the perpetrators not.  Can the white section of the community in Oldham now look forward to immense interest and unlimited resources pouring in?  I  rather doubt it.  The parents of Charlene Downes and others should not raise there hopes either.

Institutional racism is alive and well.  You can get away with anything it would seem if the victim is white!

The Duke of Westminster, David Cameron and the Archbishop of Canterbury amongst others

The Duke of Westminster has announced that he is going to donate a country estate as a care home for returning wounded soldiers.  This is the greatest act of benevolence that I am aware of in my lifetime and certainly the type of act that I thought had been consigned to the history books.  On this occasion I am delighted to be wrong and commend the Good Duke accordingly.

David Cameron of course doe snot deserve any type of commendation for the revelation that, as many thought, the Conservative party sells gongs.  This ‘revelation’ does nothing for his claims that 2012 will be Britains year because we are all going to “go for it” together.  Apart from taking action on public services and social issues, which does seem rather vague, he offered no details as to how we might achieve this together.

The Archbishop of Canterbury seems to be trying to keep his name in the newspapers with this piece encouraging us all not to lose faith in the nations young people because of the riots.  This piece contains no news what-so-ever and does appear to be his grace publicity seeking.

A prisoner sentenced to thirty years because of his part in a terrorist plot to use his position with British Airways to help him blow up an airliner in flight has complained that he is not being allowed to use the Skype system to make overseas calls from prison.  The sad thing is that the authorities are listening to him and his complaint has been referred to some official body.  He should have been laughed at and his complaint filed in the dustbin where it belonged.

In direct contradiction to each other these two reports claim firstly that immigration will reduce drastically and subsequently that immigration is an open door to foreign students who must be allowed to remain here.  You must make your own mind up of course but I shall remain staunchly cynical.

John Ryde–In Memorium

The passing of John Ryde will leave a hole in many lives.  Since hearing of his passing we have recounted many occasions on which John’s presence lit up the occasion and his delivery of both speeches and comments will be missed at Nationalist gatherings far and wide.  The picture above shows John as many will, quite rightly, remember him.  A well presented gentleman with a sunny disposition who was always a welcome addition to any room that he chose to walk into.

John’s activism will be much missed in Nationalist circles and much further afield than his East Midlands homeland.  Many candidates had their campaign leaflets touched up by the hands of John Ryde and much the better for it they were too.  Over the last thirty years John has held several positions within different Nationalist parties and stood for election on many occasions.  Indeed at the time of his death John was still serving the public as a member of the Newbold Verdon Parish Council.

I offer my condolences to John’s family and broad circle of friends, a fraction of whom I have the distinct pleasure of knowing.