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ted by vote franco fdm wednesday june 11 2008 tuesday june 10 2008 we ve got the smokers next the drinkers whilst i have been trying to avoid the bbc as much as possible thanks to the unique way in which it is funded its presence is far too insidious to allow even me without a television total abstinence tonight on the local news program an item about the new demons of society unsurprisingly a group of which i can claim membership people who drink alcohol actually i must be extra bad because i even indulge in making wine unfortunately i have been unable to locate a link for the story but it appear there is a charity that advocates that people should only be allowed to drink on licensed premises said charity wants to see a ban on things like supermarkets selling alcohol and presumably a ban on people drinking in their homes that the bbc had managed to come up with such a story and a charity to give it credence whilst a disgraceful use of money was not particularly surprising the report followed the standard format bbc reporter tells us about the goals of the charity and some presumably random ordinary people on the street are interviewed the saddest thing i heard was one individual who said something like this i think i have the right to drink a moderate amount in my own home no the proper response is this i am a freeborn englishman and in my own house i ll do what i want to provided it doesn t involve harming others if i choose to drink alcohol in whatever quantity it is no business of any so called charity or the state or anyone else the attitude of the unfortunate interviewee demonstrates how just how low despite or perhaps because of our wonderful education system the self esteem of some individuals is here is a supposed free person at present he can choose how much alcohol to drink in his house he is now faced with a proposal which practically is unenforceable and bonkers that will undermine his freedom and his response is that he thinks he has a right to drink a moderate amount in other words he is in favour of the proposal provided he can drink a moderate amount in his house effectively he is saying i don t know how much i should be allowed to drink please come and regulate me i also don t trust anyone else so make sure the re regulated too what a sad state of affairs tags alcohol liberty rights freedom this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 2 5 license posted by vote franco fdm tuesday june 10 2008 absence without leave it s been quite some time since i ve posted and i would like to justify it with all the worthwhile things that have been taking up my time if i did that though it be saying the end justifies the means but i ve never been one to believe that i may be approaching a time when regular blogging may resume so hopefully i ll be back soon this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 2 5 license posted by vote franco fdm tuesday june 10 2008 monday february 19 2007 doctors starting to get it the times gives us a report about disillusioned doctors it certainly shows us the cracks appearing in our socialist health system and perhaps at last people such as doctors are starting to realise that taxation and socialism can t solve problems the opinions expressed read as a damning summation of the effectiveness of zanulabour s health policy more than half of respondents 56 per cent said that there had been no improvement in the nhs since 2002 only 27 per cent thought there had been 72 per cent did not believe that the extra money had been well spent while 11 per cent said that it had similar views were held on the quality of care 72 per cent said that there had been no improvement 15 per cent said that there had been 79 per cent of respondents doubted that the highest standards expected of the nhs could be sustained through taxation alone after 2008 when the huge annual increases in funding will drop off this last quote read as some sort of sick pardon the pun joke highest standards could be sustained like we have the highest standards now there is also concern about what will happen after 2008 when the rate of increased funding is due to end well of course in theory it shouldn t matter as the increase in funding hasn t prompted any improvement but in reality all those extra turkeys employed by the nhs with the funding increase will still need feeding it won t be the turkeys that go after 2008 but patient care hospital wards and beds apparently doctors still support the nhs in principle but what will it take for them to wake up and think a little what private health care provider would have such a turkey army what costs more profits to shareholders or people employed to remain off the unemployment figures remember doctors the turkey army is only possible thanks to the unique way the nhs is funded it s time to admit failure and move away from this outdated and ineffective socialist funding model let s be rid of this burden once and for all tags nhs tax socialism freedom this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 2 5 license labels freedom nhs socialism tax posted by vote franco fdm monday february 19 2007 friday february 16 2007 legal reform needed the times tells us of a garden wall dispute which after having been taken to the law and the court of appeal has cost the loser some 250 000 00p in costs the whole this is of course simply ridiculous but it demonstrates severe deficiencies with our legal and judicial systems in the first instance the dispute went to the county court which is quite probably an appropriate place for deciding such matters the problem of course arises when one side doesn t accept the verdict and wishes to appeal as the county court which is so suitable for the likes of small claims etc has it s appeal route is through the other courts of our legal system and hence this case was heard by the court of appeal the court of appeal was pretty brutal in dismissing the appeal but that could well be because it had no merit but if it had no merit then surely if the parties were both advised it should never have got there equally importantly it seems strange that the country court procedure for small and minor claims designed to be cheap and relatively quick has no corresponding appeals procedure this claim has taken five years i think justice would be best served especially in small cases such as these if there were some kind of summary procedure with a cut off that would automatically apply in principle something along the lines that if the costs of both parties calculated with reference to standard market rates looked likely to exceed 50 of the value of the claim then it should be barred from proceeding further of course any claim should be allowed one judgement but after that there should be limits there s just no point in this degree of litigation happening the procedure itself could change with the addition of a small claims appeals procedure that could perhaps allow a small claims judge to request a reference from a higher court if they wanted a matter of law clarifying but other than that to keep the matters outside the ambit of the far more expensive litigation most cases would of course only be allowed one hearing but that would at least be an end to the matter and in small claims cases by there very nature even if you lose you are subjected more to inconvenience as opposed to a major issue take this wall what did it matter that the brickwork extended by 2 or three courses above a conservatory if you lose such a case even if you re in the right with no appeal you ll just accept it and move on raise the height of your conservatory if it bothers you that much it ll be much cheaper imagine the position of the losing party if he couldn t stand the wall so much he could have sold and added 250 000 00p plus to his capital and purchased a far superior property would not his condition be far happier than that in which he finds himself today tags justice legal system this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 2 5 license labels justice legal system posted by vote franco fdm friday february 16 2007 wednesday february 14 2007 it s for the children the times brings us a story about unhappy uk children they are the unhappiest in the western world according to the headline a quick reading of the story reveals that it s based on a so called well being table from my poor reading of the story it seems that this has been compiled under the guidance funding and direction of unicef the story tells us one of the authors is a jonathon bradshaw further into the story we re told that a professor bradshaw a leading authority on child poverty for which i read child poverty pays his wage tells us how this report shows us that the unhappiness is down to inequality there is clearly an obvious problem of self interest for bradshaw which isn t pointed out in the story the unicef report appears embargoed until 10 00 am gmt today so i can t confirm if the two bradshaws are in fact the same person but i ll go with my instincts see i m in touch with my feminine side and assume they are the full title of the report shows the study is limited to rich countries which is all well and good especially as it can then avoid any embarrassing revelations such as children in some poorer countries being happier than some in rich countries after all where would the child poverty industry be then professor the professor of course cites inequality as the reason but is it really i cannot believe that children in say italy switzerland and ireland all well above the uk live in a less unequal society if anything i d say their societies are more unequal the report seems a damming indictment and i imagine it s conclusions are probably correct but we wont even start to address the issues by looking at irrelevancies like so called poverty it would be different if children were being forced to go out to work to earn money to live but that s clearly not the case our attitude in the uk has changed considerably over the years primarily no child can ever undertake any activity with a modicum of risk ironically the main reason cited being to protect them but i think it s having the effect of making the world dull and boring for them no wonder they re unhappy it may be prefect preparation for being a subject of the nanny state but it s hardly going to make for happy well rounded citizens the lesson here is if you want happiness you must set them free you cannot have happiness without freedom it s a powerful lesson which our government will have to take to heart sooner or later tags media government freedom this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 2 5 license labels freedom government media posted by vote franco fdm wednesday february 14 2007 tuesday february 13 2007 the rulers and the ruled some of my fellow bloggers have been urging their readers to sign the online petition at the downing street web site i haven t bothered drawing this to the attention of anyone because i have no faith in the government if the government supports a proposal and people sign an online petition in it s favour the government will claim public support if on the other hand they don t support a proposal then the online petition becomes just one contribution to the debate weasel words from apparatchik and transport secretary douglas alexander da hence my silence on the issue there s just no point in signing any online petition because no one cares what you or anyone else thinks anyway we have an article in the times strangely lacking the full text of the print version giving the quote but there s more of interest da accuses the campaign against road charging of spreading myths and says he welcomes the opportunity to set some of the facts stright aside from a cynic like me asking why just some of the facts why not all of them any actual setting of major facts straight seems missing from the article so either the times failed to report it or da didn t in fact take the opportunity there s a good quote showing how the government in general works a department for transport official said doing nothing is not an option we welcome all debate but it must be based on fact and not fallacy the first step to achieving this is to demonstrate through local pilot schemes how road pricing can tackle local congestion so you see the debate has to have a pre determined outcome in favour of road charging any route that leads to a different outcome will not be countenanced then they wonder why people send them bombs a final quote from the department public acceptability of such schemes is one of the milestones that has to be achieved we have always said that we have to see the results of the pilot schemes before we make a decision to which i say the government should work for the people if we the people say jump the government and its departments should respond how high if there s no public acceptability for a scheme then it must be abandoned not forced on the people it is a major problem with the government systems of this country it is far too much the rulers and the ruled over instead of prattling about tinkering with the house of lords our priority needs to be to get the house of commons working properly first tags government democracy this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution 2 5 license labels democracy government posted by vote franco fdm tuesday february 13 2007 monday february 12 2007 cameron drugs row it s no great secret that i m perhaps not quite in full accord with the conservative party and the policies of david cameron this weekend we had the spectacle of the holy media as moral guardian of our nation informing us that david cameron smoked some cannabis whilst at eaton why is this relevant to anything is a mystery to me that he or any other politician may have smoked or taken some drug at some point in their lives is irrelevant of course if had an ongoing drug habit that would be different but let s face some facts drugs including illegal ones are fairly widely available drugs are bound to be an object of curiosity to people and there will be a temptation to try some no doubt at some point in most people s lives that someone does try some drugs in no way disqualifies them from public office or makes them unfit to lead a political party or makes it hypercritical if at some later point they argue that illegal drugs should remain illegal this issue should be a non story we expect our politicians to generally be honest but in return for some honesty the media shouldn t hound and make issues out of things that are irrelevant whilst david cameron has in the past never denied or admitted taking drugs the reason no doubt is precisely because of this kind of stupid media storm it would have be so much better that when asked he could say yes occasionally in the past i ve taken some drugs in order to lead the way i ll put my hand up to this and yes occasionally in the past i ve taken some ...