Thursday, 17 December 2009
The broom closet
Nicked from Guido Fawkes
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
If only....
http://www.brownleavescountryhotel.co.uk/
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
So that is it, then?
Therefore, although I was going to hold my nose and vote Tory this time, there can only be one way to vote now, UKIP. If it means another 5 years of New Labour, so be it! Actually, they will be lucky to last a year before the revolution comes.
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Thomas the Tank Engine
As we get our TV service via Virgin Media cable, I went to the TV on Demand service. While flipping through the choices, I noticed a whole series of Thomas the Tank Engine episodes. I used to love my parents reading the Rev Audrey's stories about railway engines to me at bedtime, and our kids loved us to read the same stories to them.
I decided to watch one of the episodes and there he was, my favourite tank engine. It was about a childrens' firework party. The script said that the children loved climbing onto Thomas and he loved to stand and watch the children playing! Crikey, I thought to myself. I hope he has been CRB checked!!
See Thomas here :-)
Sunday, 20 September 2009
Read this, Gordon, you moron
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
We could do with a few more Mayors like this
Progress / Key decisions since taking office
· Appointed a mixed Cabinet of committed Councillors
· Cut Mayor's salary from around £73,000 to £30,000 per year
· Axed Mayor's chauffeur driven car (approximately £6,000)
· Stopped future funding for gay pride event (£3,000)
· Stopped council newspaper Doncaster News
· Directed that two children's social worker posts be reinstated at Doncaster Royal Infirmary to specifically assist children in hospital and to help detect abuse
· Axed membership of Local Government Association and Local Government Information Unit (approximately £80,000)
· Where possible, stopped funding for translation services and instead encourage people to learn English
· Cut twinning ties with five towns saving approximately £4,000+
· Written to the Electoral Commission to cut the number of Councillors from 63 to 21 which could save upwards of £1,000,000
Future priorities
· Lower Council Tax by cutting extortionate levels of bureaucracy and other waste
· End malpractice and mismanagement in the council
· Hold a referendum on the Mayoral governance of Doncaster
· Reduce the number of councillors from 63 to 21
· Conduct a review of the A638 Quality Bus Corridor and the traffic mayhem around the Dome
· Scrap politically correct non-jobs and encourage the former employees to seek meaningful employment
· Encourage every school to opt out of local authority control – money should go directly to schools to raise deteriorating educational standards
· Ensure police concentrate resources on catching criminals
· Introduce zero tolerance of anti-social behaviour and impose penalties for such everyday practices as using foul language in public and spitting in the street
· Halt the architectural vandalism of Doncaster and protect the town’s heritage
Election countdown
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Will the idiots in the HoC never learn

What on earth persuaded anyone to put Gorbals Mick up for a peerage, and why didn't the Queen just say "No"? I believe she has some options in the matter when such a request is made.