Win ONE for the Gipper = Lady Thatcher

Daily Mail: Reports that Lady T is determined to attend the unveiling of a statue on Monday to her late friend the great US President, Ronald Reagan. This blog will always be fan of Reagan and Thatcher, they showed leadership when the elite would have allowed the Soviet Union to still be around, the joint leadership of Reagan and Thatcher during the Cold War allowed that War to come to an end without a shot being fired, they took on the Unions and broke them, thus the economic boom of the 1980s. Ah to have such leaders again, that was a decade to be around folks, those were the glory days if you’re a conservative.

Tony Blair vs. The Prince of Wales

Guardian: Reports on the latest from the Alastair Campbell Diaries, in an exclusive the Guardian states the following on the political war between the Tony Blair and the heir to the throne, Blair thought that HRH “ stepped over the constitutional boundaries historically respected by the royal family, according to Alastair Campbell. ”. One can argue from foxhunting to GM foods that the Prince of Wales was right, HRH was for foxhunting and against GM foods, while Blair was opposed to foxhunting and for GM foods. This was not the first time Blair was wrong, from Afghanistan, Iraq etc, to Libya, also it should be noted that after Tony Blair left office he thought it had been a mistake to ban foxhunting, and supported the usual UK line, banned it but didn’t prosecute anyone because its still going on, very PR, so new Labour. Read of the Day.

EU Bailouts and the 2010 UK Election

Telegraph: Reports on the release of documents that show that after the 2010 General Election the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne asked the outgoing Labour Chancellor of Exchequer Alistair Darling not to sing the UK up to any EU bailouts, this was requested was rejected. This shows the arrogance of Labour under Gordon Brown folks, the Labour government has been rejected and it was a political dodo, and what does Mr Darling do, leave behind a political time bomb for the Coalition Government. If a Government knows its going out of office it should not tie the hands of the incoming Government when its out of office the next day. Lets hope the House of Commons has a select committee to investigate this incident, see if any past understandings were broken by Mr Darling, was it form in the past after an election for the Government to sign such an important agreement without the consent of the incoming Government. This shows the tribal and arrogance of Labour folks, that why the UK is broke today.

Always Mr President!

Daily Mail: The respected reporter Mark Halperin has got in to trouble States side for using undiplomatically words to describe the Obama economic plan. Well folks what ever your opinions of the Obama record as President you have to remember he is POTUS. This blog has called him the wises fool, this is of course is from the insult thrown at King James 1 of England. Thus it is critical of the policy not the man, on the other hand the elite press have to careful, its mild insult on policy folks, not the man. If the main stream media start to say that you cant be critical of Obama at all they lose big time, if you don’t keep the feet of politicians to the fire they start to believe their own press, that was a flaw of Tony Blair. If the US economy is in the toilet next year, Obama will be called the worse thing in politics, its Carter Mark 2. So the elite media get a life, its was a mistake, if you try to protect Obama from all critical opinion you will have a right wing Republican in the Oval.

In Praise of Justified

Guardian: Excellent article on the great US series Justified. The characters are complex, its part cop show, part family soap opera from hell. It has the great Timothy Olyphant as US Marshal Raylan Givens, a hero or anti hero depending on the episode, as his boss says, a great lawman but a lousy Marshal. His hot and Ex Wife, that’s a woman you would help to do what she wants!! That Marshal Givens is d-m lucky SOB. Then there is Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder, must admit had not seen his work before, but will watch him in the future, he has such calm charisma, even if he is on the wrong side of the law most of the time, and can be well nasty, but has something makes you watch. The writers have to find a way for Boyd Crowder to join the US Marshals and become the partner of Raylan, that would really drive Givens up the wall. More years to come from Justified please!

Who WON Today ? = Strike Day

Telegraph: Reports that 10 Downing Street is essence declaring victory over the Unions, the effect of the strike was very limited. Thus in the first round folks the Coalition Government won, but also Ed Miliband, he can move to ditch that “ Red ” Ed label. The losers in this round were the Unions, this was not 1926, the 70s or the 80s, the public can see the riots in Greece over a Government that does not deal with the public finances, thus on the whole it can be argued that they support the Coalition. Government 1 - 0 Unions.

Ed Miliband = A Disgrace over Strikes

BBC News: Reports that Mary Bousted a leader of one of the Teaching Unions on strike today has called the position of Ed Miliband on the strikes a disgrace, the Labour leader has stated the strike is wrong. Thus far a good day for Ed Miliband, he has attacked the Unions, but what is interesting is WHY, it can be postulated that the Labour leadership has taken soundings with the public and found that teachers and civil servants whining about having to pay more for their pension and work longer does not get much sympathy from private sector workers. As an ex supply teacher this blog has no sympathy for teachers, of what this blog has seen they create unruly students, who cant read, write or do maths, the modern teaching theory is opposed to any strict control of students in the class, thus modern teaching is more riot control in the class room, and being a social care worker, the teachers should be ashamed of their actions, they should offer to give up their pensions, they have done more damage to students than the 11 plus. Stop whining and grow up Teachers, the teaching profession is a calling, stop throwing the students under the bus so you can retire early and get that extra pint.