Bonuses at the MOD I think the authorities who run things need to learn a simple truth. Times have changed. In Thatcher’s day a bonus was a good and clever thing which said everyone should be open to reward for extra effort. Now we have been busted by the bankers and deceived by our MPs. […]
Drugs and the Elderly I agree that too many drugs are given to older people. As we get older various infirmities and malfunctions occur. This is part of the ageing process. Sometimes drugs are available which will make a real difference to the quality of life, but few are free of side effects. These have […]
Armistice Day My father survived WWI, but my uncle was killed on the Somme. I have some of his letters home, written in pencil from the trenches. Their innocence and courage is humbling but their vision of hope tears the heart, even today, as I hold the fragile yellowed paper and witness, through the eyes of […]
COPY OF ARTICLE ON GUARDIAN ONLINE You might find this interesting Queen should call snap election over MPs’ expenses, campaigner says. Malcolm Blair-Robinson has written to three party leaders plus the palace warning next week’s state opening of parliament may be unconstitutional Constitutional campaigner Malcolm Blair-Robinson has written to each of the three party leaders […]
Nuclear Power Stations Many people are worried about nuclear power stations. Having lived for twenty years until 1990 in sight of one when they were in their heyday, I am relaxed about NPower. Our problem is that through ducking this issue for too long we are now out of time and at risk of the lights […]
Expenses What on earth is going on? First we have Sir Thomas Legg. Then we have Sir Christopher Kelly.Now we have Sir Ian Kennedy who is alleged to be saying that he won’t implement Kelly’s recommendations because he does not have to. What kind of farce is this? Have they still not got the message […]
Printing Money So the Bank of England has decided to go for a further, but cautious, £25bn of quantitative easing, to help the struggling economy. This was probably the right decision if you embark on this printing money road in the first place. The worry is that the cash is not filtering into the real […]
Afghanistan. Another sad report of bright and valuable young lives lost. Oh their poor families! I do so wish, as the whole country does, that this could end. From the very beginning I feared that the response to 9/11 was wrong and that the West, led by the ghastly Bush administration, was walking into an Al […]
Defining Justice Sara Payne has, following the horrific murder of her little girl, been a courageous and energetic campaigner for victim support. He work has brought real improvements. In defining justice itself we need always to remember that victims cannot be part of that process or the critical line between justice and vengeance starts to […]