Advertising With Electric Cars
I took this picture in Islington of cars used by Chestertons; the estate agents.
If I was thinking of selling my house, I might pop-in to their office round the corner.
Action This Day!
This was Churchill’s famous phrase and you can read all about it here.
I am getting sick of the indecision of Brexit and I suspect many in this country feel the same.
As I’m retired, it doesn’t make any difference to my business and those that I employ, as there is no business and no employees.
To my mind, Brexit must be sorted by the end of January at the latest, so that we can all move on.
- If we vote in Boris Johnson with a large majority, we might leave, although I suspect there will be challenges in Parliament, the Courts and on the streets.
- If we vote in Jo Swinson with a large majority, she will revoke article 50 and that could be the end of Brexit for at least a few years and hopefully for ever.
- If we vote in Jeremy Corbyn with a large majority, he will dither and prevaricate for a few years years, before we get another close referendum, which gives us more of what we’ve had for the last few years.
As someone, who voted Remain and now quite frankly doesn’t care, I believe the only way to get us out of this mess made by David Cameron, is to hope that Johnson or Swinson get a majority large enough to carry out their stated policies on Brexit.
As for Corbyn, who has a Push-Me-Pull-You policy on Brexit, everybody should make sure, that whoever they vote for, consigns Corbyn, his apparatchiks and their crack-pot policies to the dustbin of history.
Hampstead Homes Left To Rot On Billionaires’ Row
The title of this post is the same as this article in today’s copy of The Times.
The article talks how multi-million pound houses in The Bishops Avenue ae being left to go to rack and ruin by their owners, who tend to be rich foreign nationals.
I hate waste and if a house is allowed to decay like this it should be a criminal offence, except in certain limited circumstances.
The Bishops Avenue is in the London Borough of Barnet and like most London Boroughs, Barnet needs more housing.
I hope the next Government brings in legislation to make sure our housing stock is kept up to standard.
President Putin To Set Up Russian Web Encyclopaedia To Rival ‘Unreliable’ Wikipedia
An article with this title, was published in yesterday’s Times.
The title is a very good summary.
A Use For John McDonnell
Of all of today’s crop of politicians with crackpot policies, the one I like least is John McDonnell!
Today, though, he appeared on the BBC, as I was prevaricating about going to get my newspaper and some other shopping.
I left with all the speed of a rat up a drainpipe.
Thinking about it, I do rather look down on people who treat mathematics as fiction.
Record Drop In Coal Use As Rich Nations Go Green
This is an article in today’s Times.
More Expensive Promises From The New Monster Raving Loony Party
Every day we get more expensive promises from Corbyn and his loony friends.
Are they intending to get over a message that they will bankrupt the country?
But we’ve not seen the last big money promise from Corbyn’s Department of Silly Ideas.
It is so sad, that Screaming Lord Sutch has passed on, because he would be having fun at Corbyn’s expense to our delight! Now he did believe in silly policies.
- Lowering of the voting age.
- Abolition of dog licences
- Passports for pets.
- Longer pub opening hours.
This election is being fought by one party with a promise of Get Brexit Done and the other with a promise of Spend Spend Spend.
Unfortunately, the Labour Party might find government in the real world more difficult, than in their silly fantasies.
Evereybody should prepare themselves for Ed Milliband’s mansion tax and a wealth tax.
The New Mr. Creosote
The front page headline on today’s copy of The Times is Corbyn ‘Neutal’ On Brexit.
Is this a good idea?
- Strong Remainers or strong leavers will surely be unlikely to back Corbyn or the Labour Party in the General Election on December 12th.
- It also contrasts sharply with his strong definite views on the direction of the economy.
It is a weak decision and is fence-sitting of the highest order.
I Live In An Election Poster-Free Area
I gaven’t seen a poster for the election yet.
Although, I did see one St. George’s Cross, but England were playing that night.
Boris And A National Insurance Cut
This article on the BBC is entitled Boris Johnson Pledges Cut To National Insurance.
This is the introductory paragraph.
Boris Johnson aims to change National Insurance rules so workers will not have to pay it until they earn £12,500.
I can just about remember my first real pay packet.
- I was 16 and it was only a vacation job from school.
- It was notes and coins in a brown envelope.
- I was working in a factory designing and building electronics to automate heavy machinery.
- In the pay packet was a payslip, which included a small deduction for National Insurance.
- I was a bit miffed at the deduction, as I wasn’t earning much.
What I like about Boris’s plan, is that so many of those employed in lower-paid jobs will now not see a deduction for Income Tax or National Insurance.
What reaction will that bring in those employed in those lower-paid jobs?
- I doubt anybody would object.
- It could be a powerful motivator, as they would keep more of the fruits of their labours.
It would also be a very difficult policy to reverse. Imagine a future government breaking the link between Income Tax and National Insurance!
The Anonymous Widower 