Category Archives: Ministerial incompetence

The fourth Reich?

By scrubber | Published: November 16, 2011
The Daily Mail, in classic “Hun-baiting” fashion has had a pop at the Germans today. Entitled “Europe speaks German now!“, it centres on comments made by one Volker Kauder who is one of Angela Merkel’s closest allies. He is, in fact, the parliamentary leader of Merkel’s CDU party and he made the comments in a [...]
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EU Referendum vote…

By scrubber | Published: October 28, 2011
I have a lot to say about this, none of it positive to Cameron and his acolytes, but as can be seen from the paucity of posts lately, no time to write it down. However, I can let Mr Farage say some of it for me: Wikio Wikio
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The Brussels Bunglers have no Plan B

By scrubber | Published: June 29, 2011
As the tragedy of Greek debt continues, the EU leaders, as can be seen in the following video, openly admit that there is no Plan B. Their only option, the only one they have considered and will consider, is another bail-out. This despite the fact that the previous one didn’t work (and nor will this [...]
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IPCC caught out again

By scrubber | Published: June 19, 2011
The current furore surrounding the IPCC’s latest report on the potential of renewable energy has been extensively covered in the MSM and on the blogosphere. The interesting part is the almost universally uncritical reporting in the MSM, and the virtually total opposite on the blogosphere. The reason for the latter is simple: As James Delingpole observes, [...]
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10 more reasons Socialism can’t and will never work.

By scrubber | Published: June 3, 2011
William John Henry Boetcker. Who? Born in Hamburg in 1873, he migrated to America as a young adult, becoming a Presbyterian minister soon after his arrival. Wikipedia says that he “is perhaps best remembered for his authorship of a pamphlet entitled The Ten Cannots. Originally published in 1916…”. Personally, I would argue that most people, certainly outside [...]
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Socialism encapsulated

By scrubber | Published: May 26, 2011
Here is a picture (thanks to Old Holborn for posting it) which shows clearly why Socialism doesn’t, and will never, work. As Margaret Thatcher once said: “The trouble with Socialists is that eventually they run out of other people’s money”. Click the picture to enlarge it, which is well worth doing, but try not to be [...]
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Fire Sale!

By scrubber | Published: April 4, 2011
Ok, quiz time… What is the missing word, and when was the following written? “The ****** government in Britain is imposing budget cuts in the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) that will result in hundreds of job losses and compromise public safety. The Audit Commission, the unelected body used by the central government to impose market-based discipline [...]
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So, that’ll be a no then…

By scrubber | Published: March 30, 2011
In the unlikely event that any of you thought our dear old friend Jonah Snot-Gobbler was the only politician capable of totally obfuscating a non-answer to a simple question, here is proof positive that he wasn’t. Rejoice in watching Dave “cast-iron” Cameron totally failing to answer the somewhat important question (from Bill Cash MP) of [...]
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Ireland reaches for the KY again

By scrubber | Published: March 17, 2011
The first of two hat-tips to Daniel Hannan today. This is for his excellent article on the way Ireland continues to be treated by the EU. That is, with contempt, arrogance and disdain. He speculates that Fianna Fáil will return to its nationalist roots, but prefaces that with the following: “Fianna Fáil is not easy to pin [...]
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BBC’s biased reporting of Global Warming

By scrubber | Published: January 17, 2011
Here’s the intro: watch it, then the follow-up to add to your knowledge of our climate (on the follow-up, you can scroll on in the first over the intro for, say, 3 mins)… And while you’re at it, ponder on whether or not we are being played like fish by those amongst us with a [...]
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