On the Bookshelf

At the moment folks having a great time reading, A View from the Foothills, The Diaries of Chris Mullin ( paperback ), they really take you in to the heart that was the political monster that was New Labour. What makes it interesting is that Mr Mullin is self aware, by his own ambition and how that can be the reverse of his political principals, how much he is a fan of Tony Blair, but considered from the left of the Party. Also for those interested in political history it is interesting to see how Labour MPs dealt with the Iraq War, how unreality of the House of Commons was not matched by the protests outside. On whole if your travelling in public transport and this blog does you can read the Diaries with a smile on your face, and thank God you didn’t vote for New Labour, even in 1997, could never quite understand why Labour and the UK become obsessed by Blair, to this blog he was always a small c Conservative but in Labour clothes, how that it left wing is beyond this blog. Well as the new Labour Leader has stated, the Party is now beyond New Labour, is beyond Old! Tony Blair must be glad he is in Israel.

Greeks Protests over Austerity

Guardian: Has a picture article on the protests in Greece over the Austerity measures that the Greek Government have been forced to introduce to get money out of the EU. The political elites in Athens have to tell the TRUTH to the Greek people, if Greece does not want the pain of austerity it has get out of the Euro, the Euro is killing Greece. The Greek and Irish Government should return to their original currencies, default on the their Sovereign Debt and start afresh. The misery to get Euro to work for Athens and Dublin is to much of a price to keep the political elites happy, the politicians are looking to towards a lifeboat of job with the EU, while the people suffer, well the EU should be told to take running jump over a cliff, time to finish the Euro and return common sense to the markets, throwing good money after bad debt is a big mistake. Time for peaceful protest folks, PEACEFUL or the riot police are right to break up violet crowds, this is about preserving Democracy folks.

David Laws OUT of House = 7 Days!

Telegraph: Reports that former Liberal Democrat Cabinet Minister David Laws will be suspended from the House of Commons for seven days and made to make an apology to the House for breaching the expenses rules. Folks this is a slap on the wrist, a light slap at that, if it was you or me folks and this was welfare we would be up in Court, it would even mean prison time. But in the House of Commons if you fiddle your expenses you get thrown out for seven days, big punishment, both David Cameron and Nick Clegg have stated that they want Laws back in the Cabinet, this would be a big mistake, perhaps in a few yeas but not NOW, and not next year, this mild slap will not go down well with the voter.

Misrata Airport = Libyan Front

BBC News: Reports that Rebels in Misrata have taken over the Misrata Airport from Gaddafi Security Forces. This is some good news out of the Libyan Front, the rebels can now bring in reinforcements by sea and air. As noted a few days ago the Gaddafi Forces had destroyed the petrol supply of Misrata, with the help of NATO the rebels can now make sure that Misrata has enough supplies to keep on the fight. The interesting question that has been noted by journalists is Where is Colonel Gaddafi ?, is the old mad dog really grieving for his lost family members or has he been injured or killed in the NATO bombing. The lack of him on the news could be the regime deciding who should take over if he is dead. Lets hope NATO had a lucky shot, with Gaddafi gone this War could be over in days.