On the Brink of FAILURE?

Daily Mail: Reports on the view from on High at the EU that Spain, Portugal and Greece could fall as democracies due to their debt. The one thing this blog can guarantee is that Spain, Portugal and Greece will not be take over by Coups, if the EU really think this is an outcome they are very out of it, this scare story is just a spin to get money to bailout the EU countries who cant say NO to the welfare state, the UK should tell Spain, Portugal and Greece to take a running jump in to the Med, cut your welfare state, allow private business to grow, the State cant be the major employer of people, that leads to Cuba or the late USSR, thus time for EU countries to grow up, the EU has to get off the idea that the welfare state is the end result of policy, it has to get off its backside and work.

Cameron on Bloody Sunday - 1972

The Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a statement to the House of Commons on the results of the Saville Inquiry, the Prime Minister stated the following on the deaths on Bloody Sunday by the hands of UK Soldiers, " But the conclusions of this report are absolutely clear. There is no doubt. There is nothing equivocal. There are no ambiguities. What happened on Bloody Sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable. It was wrong ". This blog has to accept the that the actions of British Soldiers on Bloody Sunday fell below the great standard of UK Forces. As to the consequences of this report that is in the hands of the lawyers, but it was thirty eight years ago, and an Inquiry is not a formal trial, it can be postulated that it would take years, what if and its a big IF the Trial came to a different verdict, as to what the result should be, that will take some time to digest the report. Not ducking a opinion but an opinion should be based on a full understanding of the events and the circumstances, thus will have to read a few articles on the subject.

Deaths in Afghanistan and the UK

MOD: Reports that two British Soldiers were killed today in Afghanistan, the soldiers were from the " 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS), serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali " also a Soldier wounded in Afghanistan died today from his wounds in the UK, the Soldier was a " Royal Marine from 40 Commando Royal Marines ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 298 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 264 in combat operations and 34 due to illness, accidents and other incidents. Thus so far in June of 2010 the UK has lost 9 Soldiers, in 2009 it lost four soldiers, in 2008 the UK lost 13 soldiers, in 2007 the UK lost 4 soldiers, in 2006 it was 3.