Tuesday 28 April 2009

Piggy Flu

DONT PANIC! DONT PANIC! Piggy Flu is coming.
There's nothing better for the news media, than a good old scare story. The government must be loving it, as it diverts attention away from the cock ups that they and the banks have made with our economy. How serious is the risk to us in reality? Probably not much. About 150 deaths in Mexico, but in that time, how many have died prematurely of Cancers, road accidents etc? But I expect holidays to Mexico will be cancelled, and more airlines and holiday companies will go bust. Pork sales will drop. A few cases in Europe, and all recovering well. We have enough medicine for half the population - that's reassuring init?
Remember SARS and bird flu? They came to nothing, and so will this.
A message to the mews media: "Shut up and put things into proportion"
Anyway, I've not been well. "Achoo! Oink Oink"

Friday 24 April 2009

Budget

The papers are moaning about the 50% tax rate for those earning over £150,000 per year. Can anyone tell me what is wrong with taxing people that can afford it? Surely it's a good idea. (Unless you earn over £150k of course!). These fat cats are so rich anyway, that they can hire expensive accountants to fiddle the system, so they don't have to pay the high rate.
We will all suffer because, what will happen is, for example, expensive footballers will demand a pay rise to compensate for their loss of income, so the clubs will put up the match ticket prices, so the poor man pays more to watch the match. The banks will put up their charges and reduce their interest rates on savings, so this is a tax on the poor anyway! The rich win whatever way you look at it.
I don't want communism, but we do need a fairer system. Higher tax on the rich is fair - so there!

Friday 17 April 2009

Man Utd to win the cup

Of course Man Utd will win the FA cup after the FA have appointed Mike Riley to referee the semi final against Everton. He is a Man Utd supporter! Check it out here. How many penalties will he give them? Would he like an Everton defender sent off? If Man Utd are a goal down, how much injury time would they like? - You heard it here first!