panic on the streets....

The potential of huge incivility is possible in london on the first weekend of april when the G20 summit will be taking place.
Already the metropolitan police are stepping up their awareness and preparing themselves for possible major disorder as numerous different protest groups have decided to take this oppertunity to demonstrate.
nothing wrong with that in principle and we always support the positive side of direct action and protestation,however it is already feared that groups with less peacefull demonstration type actions are going to cause a major disturbances.
The anarcho groups that were prominent in the late 90's are feared to be gearing up for a major riot.
Perhaps then it would be better for peacefull demonstation to take place around the country on these dates and not confined to the capital as some real horrors could unfold.

jeaux avec frontier

Powys county councils leisure dept are greatly concerned with the fall in the number of locals using leisure facilities within the county.
They 'aim' to remedy this by increasing the price of admission to use the facilities.
Does anyone else see the fault in this 'forward thinking plan' especially at a time of serious economic hardship.
The price of an adult swim is now £2.5 an increase of 0.5p,although you can stay in the pool for as long as its open for that.
the price of a session of bowls perhaps at llandrindods international greens has gone up from £3.50 to £ 3.90 which is costly but again you can play for as long as you like for that.
When you consider these increases together with the rise in council house rent by over £4 and the near 3 % rise in council tax you would think that would easily accomadate the possible strife created by the increase in councillors allowances and expenses wouldnt you.

jumped before we got him.

It is with heavy heart that we mourn the passing of our beleoved powys chief exec................
only joking.
we knew this day would come and we suspected this oaf would continue to shoot himself in the foot.
After his attempts to betray democracy and peacefull protest,his general mis management and lack of integrity it delights us to say that mark kerr has resigned over remarks in a magazine about fellow councillor members.
But is there something more sinister afoot after his last sixmonths is this a ploy to get his pay off before he was sacked.
No he wouldnt be so mischievous.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7919406.stm

the beeb in meltdown!

This morning i heard tony benn on r4's today impassioned pleas to allow an appeal to be made in the name of humanity to help aid the poor people in palestine.
The bbc has taken the line that to allow such an appeal would show a bias to one political group.
Does this stance not endorse zionism or indeed the power brokers and powerfull pay masters of zionism both on this side of the atlantic and in the US.
what are they so afraid of!
Or who is pulling the strings.
I dont remember such an attitude in other humaniterean crisis' such as those during the balkan wars.

In the same programme was charles moore ,editor of the telegraph and his reaction to the return of the jonathen ross show.
Moore has pledged to not pay his tv license and says that the beeb has broken their code of conduct by not keeping to their charter which stated that they should produce programmes that maintain social standings and taste.
He continued by correctly stating that as a public service broadcaster funded by license payers and granted by legislation that he is in the right to challenge the decision not to get rid of ross.
However as we know the broadcast that caused such offence was on the radio in a unpopular slot.
This doesnt diminish the abuse of power or bullying of a pensioner who had fled nazi germany,which ross is so guilty of.

And the jonathen ross show itself just happens to have an independent production company bringing it to our screens,a company owned by ross himself.How could justice be truly delivered there.We know the real reason why ross was not sacked was because the beeb could not afford to get embroiled in a court case over such a handsome contract.
So it would seem then the beeb is not only endorsing ross but opening itself to huge political ambiguities.
refusing to support a humanitarean crisis on one hand and endorsing a bully with a possible writ or court case ensuing.

In the same interview another guest the loathsome kelvin mckenzie claims that channel 4 who are in huge debt are getting further in debt in the hope that the government will bail them out like they have the banks.
Under the terms of the broadcasting act this may be likely.
All in all it just shows what a mess our tv broadcasters are and this at a time when we are preparing for expanding airwaves and the digital revolution.
Could be a revolution most unwelcome.

lib dems got their sums wrong

in the aftermath of the announcement that powys cc would almost certainly have to raise the council tax by 3% is the confusing figures from the lib dem group who claim they can save 3 million by not filling vacancies.
that is those who retire from powys during the year would not then be replaced.
Perhaps not a bad idea but when you consider that the powys planning dept were and are up to 300 applications behind schedule and the fact they have employed an outside independent consultancy to help them catch up and clear the defecit at a cost to the tax payer of £60,0000, then the lib dems proposal would seem to have no legs.
If anything by employing a couple of locals to help out the planning dept would bring better results all round.

zionism and racism

The wider world is again feeling the misery of the israeli state.It was encouraging to read this weekends letter page that featured a lettercalling for sanctions akin to those felt by south africa during aparthaid from 25prominant uk jews including miriam margolyes amongst others but not from religous leaders.
Also read john pilgers question as to why the west does nothing to put an end to such hostility in this weeks new statesman.I always think it is quite obvious that those who beleive in zionism are some of the most powerfull people in the us.
It is also disturbing to hear of the potential escalation of call to arms from both sides with apparent fundamentalists from indonesia joining with hamas.
The only way to truly cease eventsis through negotiation.and sooner the better.

Prince harry continues to live up to his grandfathers work in international relations.
harry is a natural roya,another with no purpose other than as a waste on tax payers monies.I have great hope that more of his stunts will bring an end to the whole lot of them.

rear view mirror...

its at the turning of the year that we like to reflect on the comings and goings of the year past and who did good and who did bad.....
Heroes...
david peter- nominated for his solo lone voice as a representitive in the fight against the persecution of people suffering from alcoholism and realising moving folks on is no solution.
Don hughes-jones- nominated for offering a non persecuting solution for the drinkers in the local press,although much begrudged and abused by the moral majority.
Karma tensing- nominated for her humanity in fighting injustice and bringing an other worldliness to the debate.
cllr gary price- although very much wrong in the drinking issue and perhaps the hostelgary continues his purge against the allowance scandel at powys hq.
Villians
cllr keith tampin-we have known keith professionally and socially for many years and know of some of his leisure activities including hiding behind curtains in certain llandod venues but we are still staggered at his gross insensitivity towards ill people he describes as undesirable.He even now late in the year berates parkers of cars who have been displaced by others who have a selfish attitude to public ammenities.
cllr mike hodges-tory boy mike never fails to sadden us.despite inheriting a tailor made business his undying alllegience to the tories continue to stoop to new lows this year although he beat tampin in the county council election.He somehow thinks it was the tories and him personaly who saved his wifes margaret post office and got the street lights put back on.come on michael you are better than that.
Dr herman Venter-oh dear the uncaring attitude of a health care pro towards ill people must question his status as a professional.perhaps it is his afrikaaner roots that leads him to diparity and aloofness.
justin baird Murray-the md of the metropole continues to exploit migrant workers and further alienate locals who are unemployed.He also condemmed the drinkers as they were affecting his profits and allows his staff to park outside his business boundries and deny access to county amenieties.tosser.
harold nichols-self elected spokesperson for the folks of lant avenue and all round hypocrit and right wing zealot.harolds agenda was not clear untill the end of the scenario although always suspected as he was happy to accomadate 'ne'er do well's' in his properties during the 80's and 90's.looks like he has missed his piece of the pie now tho.
cllr gary price-unique in appearing in both lists.despite his unopposed reelection and love by his electorate ,gary is a loose cannon but withhis heart sometimes in the right place.although wrong over the drinks ban his purge over allowances is credible although he is making too many enemies.


so there it is heroes and villians.
worse offenders, well it has to be a tie between tampin,baird murray,ventner.
All for their ignorance and lack of humanity.

hope next year brings guidance and good sense humanity.