Category Archives: Politics

British Airways Cabin Crew Strike(s)

This is an issue that has been ongoing for a while now, and to be frank, it’s getting boring. &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp      

Bankers’ Bonuses

This opinion may differ from the vast majority of taxpayers in this country, according to national news. I look at events regarding economics avidly, and so I’m posting my opinion based on common sense and general observations. Over the last few weeks, the issue of Bankers’ bonuses has hit the headlines yet again.  Headline figures [...]

Time’s ‘The Person of the Year’ Award

Was just reading the BBC website, and I noticed that there was an article on this year’s Time ‘Person of the Year’ award. Turns out that Mark Zuckerberg has been nominated by the Editors for this year’s award.  Interestingly, in a public poll that Time run, Julian Assange (Wikileaks founder) came first with Zuckerberg in [...]

Adverse Weather in the UK

With more adverse weather forecast up here in Scotland over the next few days, I pose the question: are we prepared? Everyone who has experienced the snowfall this winter so far, they will know that the amount that lay, in such a short period of time was unseen – certainly in my lifetime (that I [...]

Politicians – incompetent?

I’ve had this issue on my chest for a while now. It is about time I rid it. Just about every time I turn on national news, I hear the words “We received the biggest structural deficit…” coming from the mouth of the LibCon coalition government MP. You will have most likely heard it yourself [...]