All this fuss over Jeremy Forrest and Megan Stammers running away to France?
Yes it was wrong and technically illegal "Child Abduction" - Megan is only 15, but she was willing.
He's now going to be a criminal and lose his job and career. Did they have Sex? If so he's also a child abuser.
However we read stories about under age sex daily, kids of 13/14 having babies and is the Father ever convicted? - no. Look at the Rochdale Sex Grooming issue - did Social Services and the police protect the girls? - no.
It seems to me that on this age we seem to accept that under age sex is really nothing to be bothered about, no harm done. Actually it is CHILD ABUSE! Unless the law protects these children where are we going to end up.
Under age sex ruins lives, 14 yr olds don't want kids - (well actually they do because then they get a "Benefits Meal ticket to a home and income).
Its all wrong isn't it?
Sunday 30 September 2012
Sunday 23 September 2012
Christians Bigots
The couple refusing to allow a gay couple to stay in their B&B to me have the right to refuse anyone to stay in their home.
Wouldn't you want the right to refuse anyone into your home?
Susan and Mike Wilkinson refused to allow two gay men share a bedroom in their B&B. Whilst I would not refuse this if I ran a B&B I would want the undisputed right to refuse anyone into my home with no reason necessary.
Cannot Pubs bar anyone?
Remember Morecambe and Wise famously shared a bed. Were they Gay? I don't think so. In previous times it was natural to share a bed if there was only one. Nowadays they'd be disallowed as it would be perceived as unsavoury TV.
How absurd.
Wouldn't you want the right to refuse anyone into your home?
Susan and Mike Wilkinson refused to allow two gay men share a bedroom in their B&B. Whilst I would not refuse this if I ran a B&B I would want the undisputed right to refuse anyone into my home with no reason necessary.
Cannot Pubs bar anyone?
Remember Morecambe and Wise famously shared a bed. Were they Gay? I don't think so. In previous times it was natural to share a bed if there was only one. Nowadays they'd be disallowed as it would be perceived as unsavoury TV.
How absurd.
Thursday 20 September 2012
Tesco Evolving
As a shopper and Tesco shareholder I'm pleased to see Tesco evolving. The days of the superstore are numbered
With the rise in fuel prices and when your Tesco is 20miles away it makes sense to shop online. It would cost £6 in diesel for the trip - much less than that for a delivery and no hassle/time shopping in the store.
As we all have smart phones/iPads/Computers you can shop anywhere anytime.
Why wander around a store looking.
Good old Tesco - keep it up - keep prices down..
PS - why are some things in store and not on-line?
With the rise in fuel prices and when your Tesco is 20miles away it makes sense to shop online. It would cost £6 in diesel for the trip - much less than that for a delivery and no hassle/time shopping in the store.
As we all have smart phones/iPads/Computers you can shop anywhere anytime.
Why wander around a store looking.
Good old Tesco - keep it up - keep prices down..
PS - why are some things in store and not on-line?
Tuesday 18 September 2012
Everybody IN Pensions
So at last everybody is to be IN a Pension. You will have to Opt out if you don't want to be in.
Good idea. The pensions crisis has largely been forgotten in the Economic Crisis but its not gone away and in fact could be both the cause and the solution to both.
What is good - the theory is every one is in a Pension and contributing while they work is actually paying the pension of those retiring. Unfortunately recently its worked the other way - too many retiring and not enough paying in.
Largely the Government's fault. Remember Gordon Brown's raid on Pensions? If the money was in the Funds then they could invest it in business and thus create the jobs and growth we need. But no GB wanted to spend it - now its gone.
To put it right the Government need to address the issues that pension funds are ripping us off (after all they're the same financial folk who run the Banks). They are purely in it to make money, loads of money. The Government needs to ensure money in a pension is fairly invested - minimal and fair charges. If you change jobs you should be able to take your pension with you and not lose out.
Good idea. The pensions crisis has largely been forgotten in the Economic Crisis but its not gone away and in fact could be both the cause and the solution to both.
What is good - the theory is every one is in a Pension and contributing while they work is actually paying the pension of those retiring. Unfortunately recently its worked the other way - too many retiring and not enough paying in.
Largely the Government's fault. Remember Gordon Brown's raid on Pensions? If the money was in the Funds then they could invest it in business and thus create the jobs and growth we need. But no GB wanted to spend it - now its gone.
To put it right the Government need to address the issues that pension funds are ripping us off (after all they're the same financial folk who run the Banks). They are purely in it to make money, loads of money. The Government needs to ensure money in a pension is fairly invested - minimal and fair charges. If you change jobs you should be able to take your pension with you and not lose out.
Thursday 6 September 2012
Planning rules to be relaxed
So HMG think that by relaxing planning laws they'll stimulate building - I think not.
What is wrong is that folk either have no money or daren't buy a house and then it goes DOWN in value.
When I bought my first house in the '80s it was £7500 and cost roughly 3 times my salary. Now even though my salary has risen ten times since then I can't afford today's average hose on 3 times my income and that's where its crazy.
People borrowed well over what they could afford and the Banks/Building Societies were daft enough to lend them because they both thought prices would keep rising. Roughly they have, if you look over the long term - and I mean 10-20 years. It was the fast buck syndrome that did it - buy and sell to make money. WRONG you should buy a house as a long term investment after 25 years its yours!
Will relaxed planning laws help people start buying again - no. In Sutton on Sea there is an estate of new houses being built, well I say being, actually they stopped building 4 years ago. They HAVE planning permission for 200 but no buyers so have stopped. There are 20 houses built and NOT sold. EMPTY 4 years. What a crying shame.
What DC/GO need to do is either make House realistically priced so folk can afford them again or stimulate the economy so our wages go up to match the prices. Let people borrow again to buy starter homes then you get the chain moving, make the Banks/Building Societies lend money. Or make Councils spend their rainy-day money on houses to rent for the Homeless etc. There's an idea "Council Houses". Now who got rid of all those?
What is wrong is that folk either have no money or daren't buy a house and then it goes DOWN in value.
When I bought my first house in the '80s it was £7500 and cost roughly 3 times my salary. Now even though my salary has risen ten times since then I can't afford today's average hose on 3 times my income and that's where its crazy.
People borrowed well over what they could afford and the Banks/Building Societies were daft enough to lend them because they both thought prices would keep rising. Roughly they have, if you look over the long term - and I mean 10-20 years. It was the fast buck syndrome that did it - buy and sell to make money. WRONG you should buy a house as a long term investment after 25 years its yours!
Will relaxed planning laws help people start buying again - no. In Sutton on Sea there is an estate of new houses being built, well I say being, actually they stopped building 4 years ago. They HAVE planning permission for 200 but no buyers so have stopped. There are 20 houses built and NOT sold. EMPTY 4 years. What a crying shame.
What DC/GO need to do is either make House realistically priced so folk can afford them again or stimulate the economy so our wages go up to match the prices. Let people borrow again to buy starter homes then you get the chain moving, make the Banks/Building Societies lend money. Or make Councils spend their rainy-day money on houses to rent for the Homeless etc. There's an idea "Council Houses". Now who got rid of all those?
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