now it's not wot you call rocket science!

oh dear oh dear oh dear! Apparently Northampton Patriot ( and by association the EDL ) are being victimised By Hope not Hate, and by implication myself and Anjona ( although Anjona gets a mention by name......can't have been gobby enough!). Denying them freedom of speech again, how awful! FREEDOM of speech requires FREEDOM of reply. We have the freedom to speak against you, to leaflet and campaign against you, to oppose you in anyway we can that precludes violence, and we will use every power within the law to defeat you......simples

an another one from 'mad ramblings'

Marianne Faithful FOREVER X !

Re-dicovered stuff...

I rediscovered something I wrote many years ago regarding 'social inclusion'(I use the inverted comma's intentionally). It is a document entitled 'Mad Ramblings of a Menopausal Mother', I was writing down these frustrations many years ago and many of them are still the same....

'Social Inclusion, under Major it was 'the classless society', but sorry this is not what we mean. We did not mean a society where 'cass' (however you define it) didn't matter, just one where it was ignored, similarly with social inclusion, only if you agree to play by the rules, if not we will punish you.... it is not our problem, it you who cannot fit in, not us with our impossible rules.'

Happy Shiny People Again

I keep forgetting the world really is full of happy shiny people and that it doesn't actually take much, on a day to day basis, to help people be happier and shinier..... the wonderful community that is the United Kingdom, for those of us that are proud to be part of this small collection of islands, to be tolerant, inclusive, opposed to injustice and unfairness, to be, as a community prepared to fight tyranny to the depths of our souls, regardless of prejudice.

To those bigotted individuals who claim to be patriots, who claim to be 'British' or 'English', there is no such race, and no such Nation. We are the United Kingdom, we are celtic. we are pict, we are roman, we are saxon, we are viking, we are irish, we are norman, we are welsh, we are scandinavian, we are scots, we are dutch, we are asian, we are chinese, we are afro carribean, we are african, we are jewish, we are catholic, we are protestant, we are methodist, we are quakers, we are hindu, we are buhdist, we are calvinist, we are muslim, we are jehovahs witnesses, but above all we are the Borg! Resistance is Futile!

there is a big scary lion out there

What is going on? well actually we all know what going on, the poor will be crushed, the NHS will be destroyed, as will public services! one is beginning to wonder what the Tories, and now the Lib dems consider to be 'front line' services, obviously not the police, obviously not the health service, obviously not education, social care, obviously not local government services ( pest control, benefits services) services for the disabled, the benefits agency, community initiatives.....so what is left, obviously the Civil Service in Whitehall are vitally important.....of course we could move them out of London, no great shakes given that we have the ability to communicate via the internet etc, and the real estate is worth how much? Would be interesting to send a few estate agents in.......

Never thought I would...........

I never thought I would feel slightly ashamed at having once been a member of the Liberal Party, but I am now. So we gained no ID Cards, big whoop, most of us already carry more than one form of ID and most people don't lie about who they are. We have also gained higher VAT, although Darling may have been going to raise VAT, I would humbly suggest it wouldn't have been to 20%. And yet again the rise in VAT will affect the poorer members of society more than the well off, because VAT on fuel affects the price of EVERYTHING. It is amazing how many people I talk to cannot grasp this concept.

And now, these insane plans for the NHS, GP's managing huge budgets, NEWS FLASH, these people are Doctors, they are not accountants, they are trained to look after and treat ill people, to save lives, not to add up accounts. People do not enter any area of the medical and caring proffessions to do sums, they do it because they care.

Onwards and ever Upwards

Well hello people. Sorry I'm late, but a lot has been going on...... Firstly I am pretty amazed that my last few posts have been ignored (or at least not reported to) by 'The Powers That Be', but maybe that is because they would have to admit that I was right all along! BUT I would also like to say a BIG BIG thank you, because you powers have achieved something you never intended. We now have a united, fighting battle machine that will, despite you, achieve wonderful things come next May and put you to shame. The things you did not take into consideration are the things that make us strong. We love OUR party, to us it is not just a job and certainly NOT about the money, we love and respect each other, and what is more we communicate this to OUR electorate and our friends. I am so proud that people voted Labour here because of US! So many have said 'I voted Labour because of you, (by you I mean US) but who and where was your candidate? The illustrious leader of our Borough Labour Group no longer lives in the County, let alone the Ward he is meant to represent. I would humbly suggest that the Regional Party should concern themselves more with this dishonesty than picking on, and bullying, long standing activists who actually do work long and hard for the Labour Party, rather than those who are only in it for the money and position. The people of Northampton (and the rest of the Country) deserve far far better, and if you are not ashamed, then myself and my colleagues will have to be ashamed for you. And apologise!