Royal Tunbridge Wells Is Disgusted At No Waitrose
The |Times describes in a story today, how Tunbridge Wells is disgusted at the lack of a Waitrose.
It gives a whole new meaning to Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells.
It is one of those stories that could be appropriate for today.
Farage Is A Putin Admirer
According to this story in The Independent, Nigel Farage is an admirer of President Putin. Here’s the first paragraph.
Nigel Farage has named Vladimir Putin as the world leader he most admires. He praised the Russian president’s skills as an “operator”, citing his “brilliant” handling of the civil war in Syria.
I can hear the loud noise as many of those who died years ago, who felt that Stalin was as dangerous as Hitler, are spinning in their graves in unison. My father, who was very much against dictators of all political persuasions, is calling me through the genes.
The Best Diplomatic Illness
It is being reported that because of illness to one of the Court staff, the Pistorius trial will be delayed until next Monday.
Hooray for him or her!
Any TV or radio station, that vowed to be a Pistorius-free zone, would get my eyes or ears!
It is not news, it’s a tragedy for all involved.
Not A Good Budget For An Insurance Company Fat Cat Who Smokes Heavily!
I have never understood why pensioners had to buy an annuity to give themselves an income in the last years of their lives.
In fact after hearing Adrian Chiles talking about his ideas for pensions, I vowed that unless it was a capital offence, I wouldn’t buy one!
So George Osborne did the honest thing and has made it that no-one will have to buy one any more. It’s all reported here in Citywire. Here’s the summary.
The government has unveiled a landmark overhaul of pensions drawdown and has abolished the 55% tax on pre-retirement pension withdrawals, meaning no one will have to buy an annuity.
From April 2015 people will be able to access pension savings as they wish at the point of retirement, subject to their marginal rate of income tax, rather than the current 55% charge for full withdrawal.
This had two immediate consequences.
Insurance company shares dropped as reported here in the Guardian.
George Osborne was put on a stop list of those, who aren’t entitled to buy insurance.
But well done George, as he also put the tax up on fags, although he was gentle with beer and cider.
Badgers Are More Important To MPs Than Stephen Lawrence
Ann Treneman in her parliamentary sketch in The Times was discussing badger day at Westminster.
She said that the Chamber was full of wildlife of another sort: at least three times more MPs showed up yesterday than for last week’s statement on Stephen Lawrence.
Is Islington Council Run By Labour Or Sainsburys?
As I walked past Islington Town Hall today, there was a guy outside holding up a placard, bearing the title of this post.
Is Islington Council Run By Labour Or Sainsburys?
As I’m not an Islington resident and don’t know too much about the intracacies of the local politics, I was a bit baffled. Especially, as it seemed to be a one man protest.
I did find this story on the Islington Tribune site, so it could be about converting the cop shop in Highbury into a Sainsburys
I Bet This Story Is Raising A Few Laughs In Suffolk
This story from BBC Norfolk, about how a fire station it Downham Market in Norfolk is probably raising a few laughs in Suffolk. Here’s the first part.
A Norfolk fire station gutted in a blaze that destroyed a fire engine was not fitted with sprinklers or alarms.
Norfolk’s deputy chief fire officer Roy Harold accepted the service should have followed its own advice.
It’s probably a warning to us all, to check our fire alarms and smoke detectors.
Would You Buy A Political Idea From This Man?
Gordon Brown is going to outline his ideas for better power sharing between London and Edinburgh. It’s all here on the BBC.
I doubt anybody will be listening!
I certainly won’t be, as he was one of the idiots, who saddled the UK with that useless bank, the Royal Bank of UK Taxpayers, for which we are all still paying.
It would have been so much cheaper to liquidate it and then pay everyone who lost out in taxpayers money. But that would have meant Labour losing all votes in Scotland!
Are Lawyers Going To Be The Biggest Beneficiaries Of The Scottish Independence Referendum?
In a front page story today, the Sunday Times says that a leading lawyer is going to mount a challenge under EU law, that expatriate Scots should be allowed a vote in the upcoming Scottish Referendum.
You can rest assured, that at the bottom of every big argument, there is a lawyer stirring the pot and trousering a few large fees.
It doesn’t affect me, as the only thing Scottish in my veins is the odd glass of Bells!
The Anonymous Widower 