Tag Archives: Minsterial incompetence

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 [...]
Posted in Banking, Civil Disobedience, Daniel Hannan, European Parliament, European Union, Eurozone, Lisbon Treaty, Ministerial incompetence, Nigel Farage, Taxpayers' Money, UKIP | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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, [...]
Posted in Climate Change, Corruption, Ministerial incompetence, Political Stupidity, Taxation, Waste | Also tagged , , , | 4 Comments

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 [...]
Posted in Broken Britain, Economy, Ministerial incompetence, Nanny State, New Labour, Taxpayers' Money, Waste | Also tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

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 [...]
Posted in BBC, Banking, Gordon Brown, Ministerial incompetence, New Labour, Political Stupidity, Quangoes, Taxpayers' Money, Uncategorized, Waste | Also tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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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Bankruptcy, the Euro, and us

By scrubber | Published: March 26, 2011
Let me start with a couple of quotations from an article in the Daily Telegraph of March 24th, 2011: “Portugal has defaulted on its national debt five times since 1800, Greece five times, Spain no less than seven times (and 13 times in all since 1500). By contrast, Anglo-Saxon countries rarely, if ever, default. In this country, [...]
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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 [...]
Posted in Corruption, Daniel Hannan, European Union, Lisbon Treaty, Ministerial incompetence, Taxpayers' Money | Also tagged , , | 3 Comments

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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Richard Littlejohn’s Economics ABC

By scrubber | Published: January 11, 2011
Richard Littlejohn is always good for a laugh, and has a knack of being able to offend or upset people from all sectors of the political spectrum; it’s what he does. Today’s entry in the Daily Mail is a classic, and should be compulsory reading for all of us, especially Alan Johnson. I’ve noticed a concerted [...]
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