Opinions
Well ……..a victory for Ed Miliband’s “hard working families”!!! They spoke yesterday, not politicians, and said loudly and clearly just what they wanted: more of the same; this Country had not put up with five years of enormous difficulty and sacrifice to throw it all up at the last. “We have not come this far to fail now” echoed yesterday through Polling Stations across the Land.
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“Dear chief secretary, I’m afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck! Liam Byrne …… Read More
Dear Ed
A few themes have developed over the past few days and I have listened to people from all walks of life in various parts of the Country, to the point that I feel compelled to write to you and ask for your views on a few issues. If you become Prime Minister, how do you answer these points?
Read moreI am penning these verbal jewels (I appreciate that is a matter of opinion!) from my balcony on board the Seabourn Odyssey Read More
As you turn these pages, think, did you see a bright yellow daffodil today? Have you seen a lamb in the fields, croci (typing “crocuses” is just fraught with problems!) or buds on the trees?
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“Set Business Free”
I fear that educationalists, environmentalists, trades unionists, politicians and (dare I say it!?) some journalists just don’t get it; they think it grows on trees! The penny hasn’t dropped: without the money that business makes, without the profits that flow from businesses, large and small, there would be no tax, no employment, no public sector.
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