Occasional Ramblings

After a six month experiment where the speed cameras in the county of Oxfordshire were switched off they have today been switched back on because figures showed a big rise in road deaths in the area. Despite this there are still people who claim that t… more »

The latest political furore is about the Conservative/LibDem coalition idea to take away child benefit from people earning more than £44,000, but i fail to see what all the fuss is about. As i see it there is two points that those who are affected are… more »

The Trades Union Congress ( TUC ) is meeting this week and the main item on the agenda appears to be a call for concerted strike action against the government's financial  cutbacks. But the question has to be asked, Why? People are already going to los… more »

How often have you heard English politicians tell other countries of the UK that they should think of the UK as a whole when they are making decisions. It appears to be another matter however when it is the other way around.  It has been reported in th… more »

With the  alcohol commission set up by the Labour Party in Scotland due to publish its final report it begs the question, why have they wasted time and money on looking at alternatives to the Scottish National Party's ( SNP ) idea of minimum pricing? L… more »