Very Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are getting lots of PR at the moment. Not sure if it’s good PR though?!

They are proving just how liberal they are. Hughes latest revelations about his bisexual activities will add to the current Lib Dem hotpot which already consists of Oaten’s rent boy antics and Kennedy’s drinking activities.

Perhaps the Lib Dems are actually playing a clever game with us? Maybe it’s the first part of their political domination plan. You know - catch the gay and bisexual voters at the election.

And what’s next in the grand plan? Perhaps they’ll go for pensioners. Will Campbell suddenly 'come out'?!

No sex offenders in our schools

Ruth Kelly has now tightened up the rules on sex offenders working in schools (see here).

Why did it take so long (and with much distress to parents) to arrive at such a common sense policy???

Awnty was also surprised to read this morning that Ruth Kelly is a parent...

So much for Animal Rights

Oxford was busy at the weekend (after eventually finding a parking space). The city was choc-a-block with Police. What was going on? Oh it’s those animal rights protesters again – fighting to save the fluffy inmates at the Oxford University animal labs.

Awnty noticed a gory gash on the nose of a policeman’s horse.

“How did that happen?” asks Awnty.

“It was one of the animal protesters - he hit my horse with a wooden baton. They want to stop cruelty to animals - obviously just not all animals” replies the policeman.

“Bastards!” replies Awnty.

Fictitious NHS waiting lists - Part 2

Here's the evidence. Just ask any doctor at the John Radcliffe!

£Millions wasted on Asylum Centre

The asylum centre was going to be built in Bicester (Oxfordshire) and cost £30m (see here). However the government changed its mind and abandoned the plans but still paid builders GSL UK Ltd £12 million anyway. GSL did quite well there!

This is another example of the Labour government plundering the voter’s money.

Why didn’t the Lib Dem Chief Minger ask questions about this at Prime Ministers Question Time? He might have come out looking better (not battered).

Judge Ruth Kelly?

Unbelievably Education Secretary Ruth Kelly approved a male registered sex offender to get a teaching job.

Her excuse was that she thought the evidence that the offender had accessed child porn websites was ‘inconclusive’. Surely this wasn’t her decision to make? He was already on the sex offender list. (Awnty has inconclusive evidence that she is fit for her job).

Surely with these types of issues a child’s safety should be our first priority. If there was even a whiff of a problem with him, he should not be approved to work as a teacher.

Would you leave your kids with him?

Where is Tony Blair’s ‘respect’?

Tony Blair is in the news with his ‘Respect’ agenda. Perhaps before trying to remove the splinter in other people’s eyes he should remove the plank from his own?

Maybe Mr. Blair should show more respect to his MPs...
...not constantly bully them into being his puppets.

Maybe Mr. Blair should show more respect to pensioners...
...ensure that they get an actual raise on pensions at the next Budget.

Maybe Mr. Blair should show more respect towards the UN and its procedures...
...not go to war when you feel like it (or when the U.S. tells him to).

We could probably go on all day!

Thai murder scapegoats?

The murder of Katherine Horton on the island of Koh Samui was a terrible crime. But recent news of the quick arrests of two local fishermen could sound a tad dubious. Where they really her murderers?

Koh Samui relies on the tourist for income. Keeping that fact in mind you wouldn’t want to rock the boat with the prospect of a killer roaming the area. Perhaps just perhaps the Thai police are giving good PR whilst secretly still frantically looking for the real culprit?

Goodbye Charlie ‘Brown’ Kennedy

The Liberal Democrats (LDs) were dying to follow the Conservatives lead on finding a new leader. Is it the Labour Party’s turn next? Let’s hope so...

Who will take the helm at the UK’s 3rd largest political party now? Does a charming, likable, charismatic Liberal Democrat actually exist??

Whoever ends up getting the job will have to go shopping for some decent body armour – in the LDs you never know who might stab you in the back when you’re not looking. OK Kennedy hadn’t been performing well recently, but the move by some of his party members of capitalising on his alcoholism to help drive him out of the leadership post was cruel. Even Winston Churchill reportedly had alcoholic tendencies!

Seeing the true colours of some LD members will undoubtedly help David Cameron get more hits on his website libdems4cameron.com.

Is Charles Kennedy an AA member?

It’s the 4th emergency service for those who like more than a drink or two (join up here). His political career seems beyond breakdown cover now though.

Perhaps Kennedy is trying to use his drink problem to divert the media attention away from his bigger issue – his Lib Dem leadership fiasco. He probably got the idea from Jo Moore (it’s a good time to ‘bury’ bad news).

Liberal Democrat members are now on the lookout for a new leader. Someone who is young, charismatic, fresh faced, rides a bicycle into work, an eco warrior. Of course they could just join the Conservatives!

Fictitious NHS waiting lists

Patricia Hewitt bleats on about how great the NHS is and how waiting lists have dropped under a Labour government. But we all know the real reason the stats show waiting times are falling...

Thousands of UK citizens that were waiting for an operation have had their appointments cancelled due to NHS ‘reprioritisation’ or ‘cost-cutting’ procedures.

This is real scandal – when a man faithfully pays his NI all his working life. Then in his retirement he needs an operation on a painful hernia. A few days before his operation date he gets a letter from some bigwig at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford saying his case has been re-assessed and appointment cancelled. Bastards!

The NHS will never be fully privatised – just think of the potential corporate manslaughter cases through neglect…

Visa – your flexible sexy friend?

OK that was a bad pun. But not as appalling as the news that some immigration workers at the Home Office might be granting visas to foreigners in exchange for a bit of rompy pompy. Whilst reports suggest that some members of staff are not bothering to carrying out security checks it seems that other more ‘enthusiastic’ employees are taking their work home with them!

Ultimately whether its sex or money – these ‘favours’ and bribes undoubtedly happen in many forms, and probably in most levels of government!