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Who will rid us of these hopeless “independent” bodies?
Politicians of all parties have this century been in a hurry to shed responsibilities for anything difficult. There has been a rush to create more arms length bodies from government and to transfer more powers and money to the many quangos we already had. The politicians thought that this would...Read More »
Cleaning up the litter
This morning I joined volunteers in Swallowfield to help pick up litter. I had soon filled a large rubbish bag with old drink cans, food wrappings, crisp packets and other debris.
Thanks to all those who turned out to help. The place looked a lot tidier as we piled up the...Read More »
Winning elections
Conservative briefers are saying the party needs to be united to win the election. I have good news for them. Parties with plenty of internal rows and disagreements always win, as the two main parties who usually win always have MPs who disagree with the leadership. Today’s Labour party is...Read More »
The Bank gets it wrong again
The Bank of England forecast inflation at 2% when it was going on to hit 11%. So clearly it does not understand inflation and has little ability to forecast it accurately as it is required to do. It tells us the inflation was caused by the Ukraine war and energy...Read More »
Wokingham Borough digs a bigger hole over California Crossroads
The Lib Dem Councillors got the Borough to send out a “News release” to tell us what we already know, that the Crossroads are badly disrupted by roadworks they have imposed. The “news” they say is that the work is “on track”. Does that mean it will finish on time?...Read More »