tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post6263766049438019124..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: WHERE DO YOU BEGIN? A DEAR PEREGRIN LETTERMunguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-76618319114947846162015-10-12T20:24:11.438+01:002015-10-12T20:24:11.438+01:00No. I really don;t advocate riots either. The trou...No. I really don;t advocate riots either. The trouble with them is that totally innocent people get hurt. I remember when it was kicking off in London, a mate of mine who lived there was pretty frightened for his life. They were setting places on fire, pretty indiscriminately.<br /><br />Some of the people that Cameron had incarcerated weren't taking part in the rioting. It's one thing to set a store on fire, another thing to take a couple of bottles of water.<br /><br />I believe that people in positions of responsibility who break the law, like the ghastly Hanningfield should be given harsher sentences. They are the ones that are supposed to be trusted to make laws for the rest of us. Now that the recidivist has been caught stealing again, he should go to prison for years. Clearly in his case, prison did not work.<br /><br />If unions strike they will be breaking the. How will they punish that? Put people in prison.<br /><br />If we want to change things what we have to do is paralyse the City of London. It's the only thing these people care about.<br /><br />How to do that, I don't know. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-38295591510961737812015-10-11T08:39:51.053+01:002015-10-11T08:39:51.053+01:00I certainly do not advocate rioting, simply becaus...I certainly do not advocate rioting, simply because the idiots hijack these. We've seen this during the Referendum - numpties hijacking the internet on both sides and spouting abuse. In some cases this got worse with assaults and in on case at least - following a candidate around which was a bit disturbing.<br /><br />I actually agreed with rioters / looters getting hammered by the courts (although long hours of community service would have been more appropriate), but equally disgusted by the leniency shown to Hanningfield. If anything, politicians should given the treatments as other public sector areas - ie misconduct in a public office. Conviction of that offence almost always ends in a prison sentence, no matter how minor the reasons for the conviction. <br /><br />How do you fight it? Who knows. I'm not a member of a union or political party, and never will be. But I think only a general strike by all unions will force Cameron down. If public services are suddenly restricted, nothing happens.<br /><br />zogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-89406461373057336642015-10-10T21:45:34.845+01:002015-10-10T21:45:34.845+01:00We were talking recently in a group about the poss...We were talking recently in a group about the possibilities of trouble brewing over the changes.<br />.<br />We were agreed that Brits, of all nationalities tend to be docile by comparison with say, the French, who tend to take direct action. The French government, possibly mindful of what happened once before when someone said "let them eat cake",as people like Duncan Smith are forever saying, is wary of "le public".<br /><br />I can't, for example, imagine that if you said to the French you can't have a pay rise at all, but we your MPs are going to have a 10% rise; we are going to create new Senators, and some members of the Presidential family can have €30 million to do up their grace and favour 20 bedroom palace... that they would tut loudly but shrug their shoulders and say O la la , c'est la vie.<br /><br />I don't know how long you can expect the average docile Brit to put up with this. If you go on strike we'll sack you; if you are sacked you won't get any dole; when you do we will make you jump through hoops for the pittance, and if you're late by one minute because of the terrible public transport system, or because your mum just had a heart attack, then we will sanction you, not tell you about help and leave you to starve to death.<br /><br />The last time there were riots in England, Cameron instructed the judges to be as severe as possible and give maximum sentences, so that a lad who stole two bottles of water at around £1, went to prison for 6 months, while Lord Hanningfield, a serial thief who defrauded the taxpayer out of tens of thousands of pounds, got 9 days.<br /><br />It certainly taught the lower orders a thing or two about all being in it together. But that was the first year that Cameron was PM, and despite the terrible things he's done to people, there have been no more.<br /><br />Where on earth do we go from here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-47246763641855211972015-10-10T21:16:24.882+01:002015-10-10T21:16:24.882+01:00Some parts, if not all, of the public sector are a...Some parts, if not all, of the public sector are at near breaking point. This is not because of the traditional "all public sector workers are lazy bastards" ethic (although some are), but because staff numbers have been cut to the bone. However, the same, and in some cases more, output is being asked (sorry, demanded).<br /><br />Unlike the private sector, the public sector has to follow direct instructions from central Government (and by this I include the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish). At times, some policy decisions are left to the last minute, usually to ensure the votes are passed in the respective parliaments.<br /><br />The problem with the Tories,is that their way of tackling issues is to implement pay freezes and reduce staff levels. However, this has the impact of increasing workloads, since inadequately trained staff make mistakes, causing more work as others try to resolve the problems, These experience staff end up getting so stressed they either leave or sign off sick for several weeks.in turn causing further stress.<br /><br />There are dedicated and hard working people within the private sector, but they are being driven away. One example I know of is where an organisation offered a pay increase (following many years of freezes) of an amount that equates to.....<br /><br />0.4% of the average annual salary. For others it worked out less.<br /><br />The plans to strangle the unions is another issue, and I think Cameron is going to face a general strike of unheard proportions unless he backs down. When you have junior doctors making such threats, you know there is trouble ahead.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-78084043322077592922015-10-10T20:10:51.409+01:002015-10-10T20:10:51.409+01:00tris
Cameron wuz just preaching to the choir jus...tris<br /><br /><br />Cameron wuz just preaching to the choir just before they go and burn someone at the stake<br />its wot English Torys do best.<br />As for Gideon when those people booed him at the Olympics in front of the whole world<br />it wuz at that very time his heart turned to stone and he swore he get back at those disabled<br />and all the others so things are gonna get much much worse.Nikostratoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581441869560921339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-71558868331025187152015-10-10T19:52:28.443+01:002015-10-10T19:52:28.443+01:00"Please contribute to our campaign today, and..."Please contribute to our campaign today, and together we can build that Greater Britain."<br /><br />I'm ready ... willing ... and able to contribute Davy me old boy. One phone call and I'll be there along with my best mate Barratt. and .50 calibre "friends"! <br /><br />I just need one wee bit of information up front, Just how many of YOUR friends will be together in the near future when we all meet up, so to speak? I'm only asking so as I know how many of Barratt's .50 calibre friends to bring along to oor wee *ahem* meeting! LOLArbroath 1320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-47229963941950402022015-10-10T14:12:22.379+01:002015-10-10T14:12:22.379+01:00Ahhhh... That's why he said it.
Got it.
I wo...Ahhhh... That's why he said it.<br /><br />Got it.<br /><br />I wonder when he's doing his Bleak House speech...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-8599990282740198082015-10-10T13:51:38.698+01:002015-10-10T13:51:38.698+01:00"made of greater expectations."
Dickens..."made of greater expectations."<br /><br />Dickens wrote "Great Expectations". Does this mean we'll get a Dickensian Plus society? panda pawsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-10461776845854545832015-10-10T13:46:02.569+01:002015-10-10T13:46:02.569+01:00Aye. He's totally cold is Osborne.
Must be th...Aye. He's totally cold is Osborne.<br /><br />Must be the coke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-41854608687227879702015-10-10T13:23:18.406+01:002015-10-10T13:23:18.406+01:00Cameron started out with his B/S (Big Society) but...Cameron started out with his B/S (Big Society) but that has turned out to be B/S along with everything else he said.<br />Watch out for Osborne however,he really is as nasty as he appears and will make Thatcher seem like a good Samaritan in comparison should he succeed Cameron.bringitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712089398887269381noreply@blogger.com