As a pensioner I wish I was able to earn £140,000 a year, but I have to make do with the normal State Pension by the same people who are quibbling about not being able to manage on the sum quoted. The Government make the rules and regulations and it is no wonder people go off the rails and cheat. It is alleged that a Conservative Member of Parliament is unable to maintain his family in the style he would wish although living in a house that’s worth £1,000,000; can’t be all that easy. Doesn’t it just bring a tear to the eye and don’t you want to pass the hat round for the poor soul.
Perhaps he should have waited – our Prime Minister has promised the MP’s a 10% pay rise, while us poor sods get practically zilch and the Government expect the public to live on what they get and also they expect our votes. Income tax tends to take more and more each passing year. It would be nice to know what sort of pension would MP’s get on their retirement? Probably a Knighthood plus the golden handshake plus three quarters what their pay was plus the State Pension. Oh what luxury!
Scotland the Brave!
What will it mean to Scotland if they become independent to England or is it the other way around when you start to think about it. Political parties in England will not get their usual number of votes and judging by this Government’s record of doing sensible things that would make a difference to the people, instead of thinking up more taxes to screw the public out of their hard earned pay, what with the Bedroom Tax and anything else you can think that this party has done in the negative vein. People become despondent and it is only loyal Conservative voters who have tunnel vision and can’t see anything wrong.
The banks have promised to move out of Scotland if it is a ‘YES’ vote. That smacks of blackmail. Some large stores are threatening the people of Scotland that food prices will soar because they will have to split their stores in half. Probably a good reason to raise prices which food chains do at an alarming rate, even though they advertise by slapping their back pockets and swear blind that produce has gone down in price as our receipts show. Another lot people with tunnel vision that can’t see the end of their noses.
Potholes
The authority that is in control of finances to repair potholes have put on offer £166, 000,000 – yes that is right ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX MILLION POUNDS and it is up to LOCAL COUNCILS to bid for a share in that money that has been made available to repair the roads in all Counties. I am not sure whether EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL have joined the queue for a share in that treasure chest because up to now they haven’t done much for the safety on our roads for any type of vehicle, excepting a steamroller. People will certainly know they have reached Eastbourne, all the roads, including the ones that supposedly have been repaired are like driving on a Downland track. We know all about the money that the Government has alleged they can’t give the Councils for other services, but that money does not include repairing roads and according to the ESCC website, apparently they will have to ignore some potholes, even if they are a danger to motorists and other users of our roads.
Spies Galore
Governments just can’t help themselves- they get such exorbitant wages in doing next to nothing and before long they are twiddling their thumbs and bored, so they start a campaign of ‘The Spying Game.’ Turkey, U S A and Germany are all spying on each other and I can’t see the point of it all.
Gone Phishing!
Over a given year one can expect the obvious SCAM or in other words – Hoaxes and Fraudulent messages: The usual sob story is about “My family and I are stuck in a hotel in Istanbul, our money and passports have been stolen and we can’t leave until we have paid our bill.” Of course for authenticity they have get the name of someone known to the recipient who is a friend and they do this by deciphering a friend’s password on their computer. All my friends are sensible. Who would go to a British Embassy in that country, which seems to escape the brain cells of the hoaxers.
I have a friend who gets emails to inform him that he owes money for an invoice of an un-identified product from an on-line Company which he has never even heard of and whether he owed money or not, he wouldn’t give any of his bank details on the Internet unless of course he knows the company and the company uses the normal channels of payment.
Lidl & Large?
LIDL STORES IN EASTBOURNE are in the news again, still trying to rake in their Christmas bonuses by giving out large parking fines to people who were not shopping at the Lidl Stores at the time stated on the PARKING FINE TICKET. I suppose that’s what the telephone directory’s for! Find a name and send a bill. A spokesman for Lidl, who’s name was a household name for murder mysteries in the film world stated he would scrap the charge but had to ask permission from ATHENA. Personally I would be cautious about accepting the word from a Greek God knowing what happened a long time ago about Greeks bearing gifts.
