How to remove incompetent MPs?
What would it be like if the dissatisfied public were able to sue their MPs for breach of contract? Though MPs take office without signing any legal documents, they are entering into an oral contract. Whatever they say, the promises they make, should constitute that oral contract. Aren’t they supposed to swear on the Bible [...]
Torturing potential terrorists?
Torture. when, if ever, is it acceptable? Since Mr. Binyam Mohamed’s return to the UK from Guantanamo Bay, public sympathy has been in his favour. This has prompted many politicians to speak out on the issue. The latest, of course, is Mr. Craig Murray, who claims that the UK use of information derived from torture [...]
Will work-week opt-out help or hurt?
What will the working week opt-out mean for the UK? There was considerable debate when the EU limited the weekly work time to 48 hours. However, several member states have opted-out of this directive. First of all, it seems rather strange that the EU even allowed the opt-out. It means that not all of their [...]
Still talking about 50p tax
The chancellor’s budget is still being debated. And the biggest talk is the 50p tax on the wealthy. How is the budget going to affect you?
Well, personally, it won’t affect me yet. And I doubt if in this next year it will affect me much. Why? Because I’m one of those 2 million unemployed at [...]
What’s so bad about ID cards?
There is lots of criticism for David Cameron and his party regarding their plans to restore the economy. The Labour party accuse him of wanting to cut public spending, while the Liberal Democrats say he is “bottling” tough decisions. People, the government and the public, do not like to hear about “thrift”. The idea that [...]
No satisfactory answers to MPs expenses
We are in a recession. The government has rolled out the new budget, saying that we will be in debt for quite a well. In order to offset those debts, they needed to cut spending. This includes Parliamentary spending. Due to the furor over the MP second home allowance scheme, Gordon Brown has decided that [...]
More benefits cheats
I can understand UK pensioners retiring elsewhere and still get their pensions. But why do expats need heating allowance if they are not living in the UK? That allowance should be used to pay for gas or electricity use in the UK, not elsewhere in the world. What other benefits are being dished out to [...]
Identifying Britons
Everyone has to have their fair share of criticism. Mr. Nick Griffin seems to have a one-track mind when it comes to his defense of native Britons, so I’m sure he gets quite a bit of criticism. His latest race policy is somewhat comical.
Now, I agree to some extent on what he believes. America is [...]
Is equal opportunity really equal?
Back to my previous points. There can never be complete equality. It is a utopian state that is impossible to achieve, as much as we all would like to idealise this world. People are constantly suing somebody because they feel their rights have been infringed upon. The case becomes one of those civil rights issues. [...]
Compromised investigation leads to failure
OK, Derek Quick goofed, so he resigned. But Jacqui Smith defended him and said that a police raid was going to happen anyway, so his actions, though bad, did not compromise police investigations. However, all twelve of the men who were arrested on suspicion of terrorism have already been cleared? What went wrong? Did the [...]
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