Wednesday 28 April 2010
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Thursday 22 April 2010
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Sunday 18 April 2010
There is no housing crisis, only a population crisis
Isn't it great when you find a comment that is better than the original article, here's one from this article which i thought you might like.
http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/content/93-there-no-housing-crisis-only-population-crisis.html
Lorraine
Why is it, when there is talk of immigration, we are compared to the USA, the country is huge, we are just a small island, it just does not make sense, it's like comparing us to Russia or China.
In England and Wales there maybe 700,000 empty homes, they have been going up like rabbit hutches, I bet you will find that the magority of these homes are new builds, which I assume have been built for the immigrants.
Last year rates where paid on all unoccupied industrial properties, a lot of people started to demolish the properties rather than be faced with the heafty rate bills, without the ability of making profit, this was highlighted on many programmes, that's why a lot of building work was stopped, because as soon as the roof was put on, the rates then became due on the properties, which halted a lot of building work.
The reason that out of town retail parks are thriving, is due to the rateable value of these properties, a lot of them are classed as warehouses, which means less rates and of course free parking facilities unlike towns.
The rateable value of shops in town are over priced, and with internet shopping it's even more difficult for town shops to compete. Problems should stimulate the human mind, but in which way.
Means testing on your lifestyle, even though you paid into the system, you may not be entitled to medical care.
More fines imposed on parking, seperating your rubbish, deadlines for payments, fines for filling in forms wrong.
Grants made available for anyone that can conclude that CO2 emissions, cause global warming.
We can't afford the rates on a car showroom, so we will turn the forecourt into a hand car wash business, that's forward thinking.
Will the time come, when we have all these empty properties and stalls on the forecourts selling our wares, that's quite an interesting prospect, it's definitely forward thinking, that we will make more money going backwards.
Thanks Lorraine a thoroughly good read.
http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/content/93-there-no-housing-crisis-only-population-crisis.html
Lorraine
Why is it, when there is talk of immigration, we are compared to the USA, the country is huge, we are just a small island, it just does not make sense, it's like comparing us to Russia or China.
In England and Wales there maybe 700,000 empty homes, they have been going up like rabbit hutches, I bet you will find that the magority of these homes are new builds, which I assume have been built for the immigrants.
Last year rates where paid on all unoccupied industrial properties, a lot of people started to demolish the properties rather than be faced with the heafty rate bills, without the ability of making profit, this was highlighted on many programmes, that's why a lot of building work was stopped, because as soon as the roof was put on, the rates then became due on the properties, which halted a lot of building work.
The reason that out of town retail parks are thriving, is due to the rateable value of these properties, a lot of them are classed as warehouses, which means less rates and of course free parking facilities unlike towns.
The rateable value of shops in town are over priced, and with internet shopping it's even more difficult for town shops to compete. Problems should stimulate the human mind, but in which way.
Means testing on your lifestyle, even though you paid into the system, you may not be entitled to medical care.
More fines imposed on parking, seperating your rubbish, deadlines for payments, fines for filling in forms wrong.
Grants made available for anyone that can conclude that CO2 emissions, cause global warming.
We can't afford the rates on a car showroom, so we will turn the forecourt into a hand car wash business, that's forward thinking.
Will the time come, when we have all these empty properties and stalls on the forecourts selling our wares, that's quite an interesting prospect, it's definitely forward thinking, that we will make more money going backwards.
Thanks Lorraine a thoroughly good read.
An Apology
Everyone seems to be apologising for the wrongs forced upon others by EMPIRE.
I thought I'd add my own apology, it's to the British people. I'm sorry I didn't wake up earlier, I'm sorry I did not vote in the last too General Elections, I'm sorry that I've let this government take this country to the brink of disaster, I'm sorry for allowing our children to be used as pawns in the game of Politics, I'm sorry for allowing greedy utility companies to get fat from extortionate prices, I'm sorry for all the PC laws being invented daily, I'm sorry for the fear people feel because they don't feel safe, I'm sorry for the compensation culture, I'm sorry for the mess our incompetent bankers have made of our finances, and I'm sorry that Lynda Waltho is going to lose her Parliamentary seat to me.
Because BNP are the only party to have what is needed to bring this country back from the brink, all the above apologies will be made good if BNP gain power, no more apologising VOTE BNP.
I thought I'd add my own apology, it's to the British people. I'm sorry I didn't wake up earlier, I'm sorry I did not vote in the last too General Elections, I'm sorry that I've let this government take this country to the brink of disaster, I'm sorry for allowing our children to be used as pawns in the game of Politics, I'm sorry for allowing greedy utility companies to get fat from extortionate prices, I'm sorry for all the PC laws being invented daily, I'm sorry for the fear people feel because they don't feel safe, I'm sorry for the compensation culture, I'm sorry for the mess our incompetent bankers have made of our finances, and I'm sorry that Lynda Waltho is going to lose her Parliamentary seat to me.
Because BNP are the only party to have what is needed to bring this country back from the brink, all the above apologies will be made good if BNP gain power, no more apologising VOTE BNP.
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Monday 12 April 2010
Wednesday 7 April 2010
The Censorship of Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was a British children's writer known as both Enid Blyton and Mary Pollock. She was one of the most successful children's storytellers of the twentieth century.
"Blyton bans"
It was frequently reported (in the 1950s and also from the 1980s onwards) that various children's libraries removed some of Blyton's works from the shelves. The history of such "Blyton bans" is confused. Some librarians certainly at times felt that Blyton's restricted use of language, a conscious product of her teaching background, militated against appreciation of more literary qualities.
The books are very much of their time, particularly the titles published in the 1950s. They present the UK's class system — that is to say, "rough" versus "decent". Many of Blyton's children's books similarly reflected negative stereotypes regarding gender, race, and class.
The most startling incidence of this type of material to a modern audience might be the use of a phrase like "black as a nigger with soot" appearing in Five Go off to Camp. At the time, "Negro" was the standard formal term and "nigger" a relatively common colloquialism. This is one of the most obvious targets for alteration in modern reprints, along with the replacement of golliwogs with teddy bears or goblins. Some of these responses by publishers to contemporary attitudes on racial stereotypes has itself drawn criticism from those adults who view it as tampering with an important piece of the history of children's literature.
Similarly, some have suggested the depictions of boys and girls in her books was sexist. For example, a 2005 Guardian article suggested that the Famous Five depicts a power struggle between Julian, Dick and George, with the female characters either acting like boys or being heavily put-upon. Although the issues are more subjective than with some of the racial issues, it has been suggested that a new edition of the book will "address" these issues through alterations, which has led to the expression of nostalgia for the books and their lack of political correctness. In the Secret Seven books, the girls are deliberately excluded from tasks such as investigating the villains' hideouts — in Go Ahead, Secret Seven, it is directly stated "'Certainly not,' said Peter, sounding very grown-up all of a sudden. 'This is a man's job, exploring that coal-hole'". In the Famous Five this is less often the case, but in Five on a Hike Together, Julian gives similar orders to George: "You may look like a boy and behave like a boy, but you're a girl all the same. And like it or not, girls have got to be taken care of."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton
"Blyton bans"
It was frequently reported (in the 1950s and also from the 1980s onwards) that various children's libraries removed some of Blyton's works from the shelves. The history of such "Blyton bans" is confused. Some librarians certainly at times felt that Blyton's restricted use of language, a conscious product of her teaching background, militated against appreciation of more literary qualities.
The books are very much of their time, particularly the titles published in the 1950s. They present the UK's class system — that is to say, "rough" versus "decent". Many of Blyton's children's books similarly reflected negative stereotypes regarding gender, race, and class.
The most startling incidence of this type of material to a modern audience might be the use of a phrase like "black as a nigger with soot" appearing in Five Go off to Camp. At the time, "Negro" was the standard formal term and "nigger" a relatively common colloquialism. This is one of the most obvious targets for alteration in modern reprints, along with the replacement of golliwogs with teddy bears or goblins. Some of these responses by publishers to contemporary attitudes on racial stereotypes has itself drawn criticism from those adults who view it as tampering with an important piece of the history of children's literature.
Similarly, some have suggested the depictions of boys and girls in her books was sexist. For example, a 2005 Guardian article suggested that the Famous Five depicts a power struggle between Julian, Dick and George, with the female characters either acting like boys or being heavily put-upon. Although the issues are more subjective than with some of the racial issues, it has been suggested that a new edition of the book will "address" these issues through alterations, which has led to the expression of nostalgia for the books and their lack of political correctness. In the Secret Seven books, the girls are deliberately excluded from tasks such as investigating the villains' hideouts — in Go Ahead, Secret Seven, it is directly stated "'Certainly not,' said Peter, sounding very grown-up all of a sudden. 'This is a man's job, exploring that coal-hole'". In the Famous Five this is less often the case, but in Five on a Hike Together, Julian gives similar orders to George: "You may look like a boy and behave like a boy, but you're a girl all the same. And like it or not, girls have got to be taken care of."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton
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