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Fed up with the stupidity that surrounds our daily lives? Join Chas
Kissin (P99J) as he struggles to make sense of the nonsensical - and all
from the front of his TX1...
With Parliament still in recess at the time of writing, there's not much
more than their respective annual conferences to report on this month. And
as my own holidays were late this year, I missed them! No doubt it was the
usual rhetoric of promises, later to be broken and that in the future they
will try to do better. They sound usually like my old school reports...
Tube Drivers and All..
I notice that our Mayor has come out on the side of the tube
drivers, promising arbitration and probably a new four-year no-strike
contract deal. Oh, and extra wages as well! Just where this extra money will
come from he says he isn't sure as he has also promised the public that he
will not increase fares. Jumping onto this wage bandwagon soon after
-surprise surprise - were the bus drivers, followed closely no doubt by the
fire brigade and the police force. All these extra wages and he is clueless
as to where the money will come from? Does he take us all for fools? He is
in charge of a £300 million budget from the Government, but the Government
has no money of it's own which mean it is our money as paid in taxes, either
direct or indirect. There is no bank account in the name of HMG plc. Did you
not notice last year when your council tax was sent to you, it had an
additional sum allowed for to pay for TfL. You can bet your last penny that
this is where the money will come from - %*&^ you and me! You have been
warned...
The Not-So-Grey Man
It would seem that ex-prime minister, John Major, was not so grey
after all, more hot than not!
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Politically
Incorrect
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Now I think I understand what he meant by "back to basics" and
Victorian values. Covering up piano legs, but then watching "what the
butler saw!" Perhaps having one wife, and a mistress represents the new
Touchy Feely Conservative party? If so, in today's climate the return to
power could be imminent...
You'll Like This - But Not A Lotto...
Do you, like me, do the lottery (sorry Lotto) still hoping for the big one
to come your way? With a one in fourteen million chance, the odds are pretty
long. And did you think that the National Lottery was set up for good
national causes? Are you of the assumption that National Heritage meant
Great Britain? If you answered yes, then think again. The panel that sit and
decide who gets what are independent of Camelot, but it is Camelot who
ultimately gets any flack. If you do not really care where your money is
spent and only hanker after the big one, read no further...
Below are listed some of the recipients, the amounts awarded,
and the work they do...
- National Coalition of Anti Deportation Campaigners, which blocks the
deportation of
asylum seekers £740,000
- Refugee Arrivals Project, they befriend asylum seekers £450,000
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- Asylum Welcome, they advise the said groups £250,000
- Kent Committee for Welfare of Migrants £450,000
- Help Age International, to improve the welfare of old people in
Central and S south A America £475,000
- Forest Peoples Project in Rwanda, speaks for itself £260,000
- London lesbian and gay switchboard, says it all £200.000
- Gender Trust for Transsexuals (uneasy about their sex) £34,000
- Extern Organisation; helps families of prisoners in Bulgaria £26,000
And what of the Millennium Dome, closed yet still eating away our money?
When will the monies borrowed be repaid? Maybe by the next Millennium? There
are still many who have been refused, including London's own St Dustan's for
the blind, (war veterans) and a children's hospice. There are also many
local rep companies as well as cub and scout associations, not to mention
youth clubs, who seem to have disappeared off the face of the planet. Just
who are these people who determine who gets what and just who are they
accountable to?
Chas Kissin (P99J)
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