This must have been one of the most low profile budgets ever.
Hardly anyone is up in arms at the fact that every pensioner in the UK who has a pension over £10800 will be worse off. Eh? What? Chance would be a fine thing.
The fact that the likes of Osborne has absolutely no concept about what constitutes a lot of money, has meant the lowest pension earners have escaped under the radar. For now. Get ready. Greed has no bounds, no limits and no morals.
I reckon he's hoping that those pensioners who are affected, will be dead before the next election, should they actually remember why they vote in the first place and forget their snob tendencies.
Or does nobody give a toss anymore. Have the Tories finally used boredom and ineptitude so often that it has nullified any protestations?
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SeasideMan
- http://seasideman.com/
- 2012-03-22 @ 12:31:16
I think your last point is correct. Most people are now so apathetic about politics that they forget how much it can affect them.
For many people, all 3 of the major parties are now impossible to vote for because of past lying, deception or ineptitude.
So, the Tories will probably win the next General Election, but with an even lower turnout than last time. And if Scotland leave the UK, the Tories will rule England, Wales and NI forever.-
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The_Walrus
Pro - http://www.doctor-dark.co.uk
- 2012-03-22 @ 12:39:47
I fear you are right. I shall go and live in Greece.
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mick-m
- http://mick-m.blog.co.uk/
- 2012-03-22 @ 12:58:37
I quite fancy Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, as far away from this crap as possible. Civilisation and order is sending me nuts.
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Wahyusamputra
- 2012-03-22 @ 13:58:48
One of the brighter commentators pointed out before Cameron assumed power that the new government would be forced into actions that 'would make the Tories unelectable for a generation,' and that appears inevitable, a silver lining and likely scenario.
The regular pronouncements by the Mullahs that nuclear weapons are hateful to God, like many of their statements, an underlining of the obvious, is never going to get any air time in the US, I fear. Even the blogosphere avoids it. Too confrontational, I suppose; not very bright to call a liar a fellow who's announced he has the right to kill you at his discretion.
The Russians have achieved their centuries old dream of a warm water port, escaping from the network of missile bases the US had built around them, (all aimed at 'rogue states' like Iran, ca va sans dire.) A number of their warships were docked at the Syrian port of Tartous, somewhat north of Lebanon, together with the Iranian ships that recently sailed through the Suez Canal.
Recently discovered, though it has been headline stuff for some time, but only in Arabic and Russian language spaces, is that large numbers of Russian troops were on board the warships, and that these have been landed in Syria. 'Military advisors,' of course, the Russians have got the hang of properly 'kulturny' language by now, but leaving McCain and his ilk very far behind the curve. They'll have to make do with Kofi Annan.
Add that to South Stream, leaving Nabucco nowhere, and a massively anchored rear end with their Chinese allies, and it's looking pretty good for them.-
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mick-m
- http://mick-m.blog.co.uk/
- 2012-03-22 @ 14:31:58
What a strange post. It starts off okay, adhering albeit loosely to the gist of the post, then degenerates into a rambling anti-half the world tirade.
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Wahyusamputra
- 2012-03-22 @ 14:52:20
Yes, you're right.
What happens in the rest of the world does affect you, whether you realize it or not. Walking eagle wants to imitate everything done in the US; the favorable position Russia has built up will have a strong effect on that.
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paulinemom
- 2012-03-22 @ 15:03:29
Your comment is somewhat 'diverse' if I may say so....You have the idea we are all agreed on but then you digress to other issues...which may or may not be relevant.
Your comment is a response to world issues rather than those we are 'locally' discussing.
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Wahyusamputra
- 2012-03-22 @ 17:29:40
Correct. And as a long time participant at Eel Pie Island, hallo to Middlesex.
On a recent trip to the United States, Barack Obama took David Cameron to a Native Indian American gathering.
He spoke for almost an hour on his plans for a Carbon Trading Tax for the UK, America and Europe.
At the conclusion of his speech, the crowd presented him with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name –
Walking Eagle.
A very chuffed David Cameron then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds.
A news reporter later asked the traditional Chief of the Indians how they came to select the new name given to the P.M.
He explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of shit it can no longer fly.
This is the gentleman who has so far, as far as my gleanings from the other side of the Atlantic have been able to gather, who has so far privatized the NHS, the prisons, even the police, in an effort to do everything possible to imitate the USA. I freely confess I am not one of his fans.
My point was that the inhabitants of the 'Islands of the Blessed' as the British Isles were known in the ancient world, can not escape the effect of events in the outside world. That is more especially so in the case of a ruler (Walking Eagle) who is openly trying to make the country a carbon copy of all the failed systems plaguing the USA.
Since the main policy drive of the USA is the anti-Iran initiative, slavishly imitated by Walking Eagle, and the aim is repeat in that country what was achieved in Libya, the complete destruction of a country that gave all its citizens free healthcare, free education, free study abroad, something westerners can only dream of, it seems reasonable to mention some of the Iranian statements, such as that nuclear weapons are hateful to God, that will never be allowed to see the light of day by Walking Eagle or his US model, and also to highlight some of the political realities of Syria, perhaps a target even before Iran. (At least I didn't raise the role of the Bank for International Settlements, or its tentacles the IMF and World Bank.)
As the trees say in the Lord of the Rings, anything worth saying is worth saying at extreme length.
Boring I may be, but brief I ain't.
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jenray
- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2012-03-22 @ 18:55:04
it would have been better to put these comments up as separate posts because they do contain some good points, especially the part about the Mullahs and nuclear weapons which I've pointed out several times but is clearly ignored by the West...maybe you will consider posting a separate post at some point...
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Wahyusamputra
- 2012-03-22 @ 21:13:28
Probably a sound idea, but I have no idea how to do it. Tell me how I turn the long reply above into a separate post, and I'll get it done in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
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jenray
- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2012-03-22 @ 23:15:41
underneath the group avatar you will see 'revolutionnotontv', click on the title and it will take you to the home page where you will see 'Post in group blog'...click on it, and you should already have copied your comment then paste it into the box, and, if you wish to do so, adapt it to a proper post rather than clearly a partial answer to Mick's post...add your title and tag (no more than five words) then click on Save and that should be it...
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brokendownangel
Pro - 2012-03-22 @ 14:57:26
He certainly snuck it into the budget. Being old never was much fun and now there is no money for it to be any fun at all. People do need to become involved. Here they tried to remove the medical card for pensioners and the grey brigade protested and won back the cards. People need to get off their arses and do something x
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paulinemom
- 2012-03-22 @ 15:04:50
I am to busy today...but tomorrow need to check out the implications for pensioners.
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paulinemom
- 2012-03-22 @ 15:05:57
I have a load on plate this afternoon....but I need to check out something I heard about pensions and cut off dates
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- 2012-03-22 @ 16:19:59
And where are these jobs for us older people who have been told they now need to work until they are 66? No way can we stretch the so called JSA benefit to last (us) the next ten years without some hope of a job sometime soon.
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jenray
- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2012-03-22 @ 18:59:12
I really hope apathy doesn't reign at the next election and people may be surprised by we pensioners who can get off our butts and vote out people we don't want in...and, if the 250 medics keep their promise to stand in the marginal seats of both Tories and Lib/Dems at the next election in order to save the NHS, we may well have a surprise in store for the Tories...Clegg, I should imagine, will have resigned himself to losing his seat, but then he won't mind, he's well heeled enough not to give a toss as are all of the Cabinet...
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oldjimbob
- 2012-03-23 @ 10:56:49
I'd like to vote for Alex Salmond and the Scottish Nationalists at the next election. He's got plenty of credibility.
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huttriver
- http://kiwiriverman.blogspot.com
- 2012-03-28 @ 09:50:28
They reduced our pensions by $20 a week last time in the 1990's, but they won't put the age up to 67 yrs like a lot of countries. Our National Super/pension is universal.
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