Silly season is upon us – sorry conference season, the time where politicians of all shades tell us how they are going to save the nation – until they get into power! Monday was “bash the benefit cadgers”; I … Continue reading
A little while ago I wrote about PFI and hospital finance; for those who don’t know what this is, I’ll explain: A local hospital is run down and needs replacing bit, instead of the NHS spending money on the … Continue reading
The appointment of Patrick McLoughlin as Transport Secretary earlier this week has opened debate yet again about expansion at Heathrow (today the government have claimed it’ll be a decision for the next government, talk about passing the buck!). Boris Johnson, … Continue reading
Watching the local news last night, I was extremely worried to see that two local hospital trusts have had administrators (the local paper called them “Financial Hit Squads”) shipped in to see how they can save money, because their budgets … Continue reading
So the train fares are going up again and people will have to dig deeper into their pockets to go and earn a salary. Pity that the common or garden worker’s salaries don’t go up by the same amount. … Continue reading
So Spain’s been bailed out again with another loan! But instead of being Spain, the country, it was Spain the family – Mr & Mrs Spain and two little Spains who had, yet again gone for another “pay-day” loan! … Continue reading
Another meeting and again no steps forward, it seems the Euro is a mystery that cannot be untangled. On one side we have the Mediterranean countries with their insurmountable debt and on the other we have the Germanic countries with … Continue reading
It’s raining now, but we have a water shortage; I know we need a lot more but why is this happening? We can blame the water companies for their neglect of their delivery system and it’s true that when we … Continue reading
By Pat Cox: 27 February 2012 I have no objections to getting youngsters out of unemployment, 25 years ago my youngest son went on to a Youth Training Scheme and earned an NVQ from it which has stood him in … Continue reading
By Pat Cox: 17 February 2011 As I sat and watched BBC Question Time last night, I could feel my blood pressure rise – unusual as I suffer from low blood pressure – but such was my annoyance that I … Continue reading