This is exactly what anti globalisation activists plan to do on saturday in London. Thousands of demonstrators including anarchists are going to flood the heart of the city to protest against financiers who are blamed for dragging the economy into recession.
They are hoping to promote an 'anti fatcat' climate amongst those afected the most by the finiancial state of Britain. The protest is against the financial system.
Some of the groups have been making the point that whilst people are losing their jobs whilst fat cat bank bosses still get to keep their gross bonus payments. I have to say I agree with them.
With the G20 summit arriving in London on the 2nd of the demonstrators are using it as an oppertunity to gather together a large amount of people and make a difference.
Some people think that the demonstrations will be overshadowed by riots and violence and are urging people not to go down there as their attempts to change things for the good will only be linked with the violence of the riots.
Police have already made plans in order to keep the protests under control and keep damages to a minimum.
Friday 27 March 2009
Angry Britain
Parents of murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen spoke out against Britain saying that it has become a country of anger selfishnesness and fear. The same time this appears so does a story about how teachers are demamding that they get the same amount of pay for a four day week rather than five, in this, a time where the rest of Britain struggles to stay afloat of the financial crises.
How much could this possibly prove what Jimmy Mizens parents have had to say. Youths are becoming out of control, businesses are liquidating and in a time where the country should be pulling together the most we are letting eachother down. Britain has always prided itself upon fair play, civility, manners and fairness, how could we lose that so quickly.
Children killing other children, children getting pregnant, banks out for all they can get, people out for all they can get. It used to be that you would only fear walking down a street late at night, lonely, dark. Now you can barely walk down to your local cornershop at 10 am on a saturday without getting a mouthful of abuse from some twelve year old in clapped out trainers smoking two cigarettes at once while his "girlfriend" rolls down the street pushing a pram. "Its working class culture" - since when? If my dad had ever given a mouthful of abuse to a woman walking down the street my grandad would have showed him what it felt like not to be able to sit down for a month. Time was when even police would give kids a clip round the ear and you respected them for it. Now its all "wha' you gonna do abaaat it?" because police are too afraid that the girl or boy they've just approached may have a knife on them.
No, its not working class culture, its a lack of respect culture. A lack of respect for elders, for ourselves, for our society. How many more teenagers have to kill eachother before people sit up and take note. Fahri has to serve a minimum sentence of fourteen years. By the time he gets out he may be about 34, 35, he'll get married probably have children if rehabillitation works. What sort of punishment is that? He took away someones life and should have the priveliages of life taken from him. He should have had a life sentence.
If people continue to let people off because of how young they are then nothing will ever changed, and the civility and fair play nature of this society will dissappear, along with any respect that anyone has for eachother.
How much could this possibly prove what Jimmy Mizens parents have had to say. Youths are becoming out of control, businesses are liquidating and in a time where the country should be pulling together the most we are letting eachother down. Britain has always prided itself upon fair play, civility, manners and fairness, how could we lose that so quickly.
Children killing other children, children getting pregnant, banks out for all they can get, people out for all they can get. It used to be that you would only fear walking down a street late at night, lonely, dark. Now you can barely walk down to your local cornershop at 10 am on a saturday without getting a mouthful of abuse from some twelve year old in clapped out trainers smoking two cigarettes at once while his "girlfriend" rolls down the street pushing a pram. "Its working class culture" - since when? If my dad had ever given a mouthful of abuse to a woman walking down the street my grandad would have showed him what it felt like not to be able to sit down for a month. Time was when even police would give kids a clip round the ear and you respected them for it. Now its all "wha' you gonna do abaaat it?" because police are too afraid that the girl or boy they've just approached may have a knife on them.
No, its not working class culture, its a lack of respect culture. A lack of respect for elders, for ourselves, for our society. How many more teenagers have to kill eachother before people sit up and take note. Fahri has to serve a minimum sentence of fourteen years. By the time he gets out he may be about 34, 35, he'll get married probably have children if rehabillitation works. What sort of punishment is that? He took away someones life and should have the priveliages of life taken from him. He should have had a life sentence.
If people continue to let people off because of how young they are then nothing will ever changed, and the civility and fair play nature of this society will dissappear, along with any respect that anyone has for eachother.
Wednesday 11 March 2009
WellWorths... Was the pick n mix well worth the money?
Reading an article on a woolworths store reopening as Wellworths, I looked at the headline "Pick 'n' Mix is back as Woolies store reopens as Wellworths" at that moment a single thought crossed my mind. How gutted must the person who paid over £14, 500 for what they thought was the LAST bag of woolworths pick and mix!? I know. The store has changed its name, but the sweets are still the same. The shop is "identical" inside, and everyone knows it used to be woolworths! I know it is really cruel but it made me laugh. It was done for a good cause and everything, it is just really funny. Then again, it wasn't far off what the store ACTUALLY charged for their pick n mix was it!
Despite that little kick in the teeth, the second thought was how good the manager of the new store was she hired back all twenty two of the staff who lost their jobs when woolworths closed down. It this time of recession and 'doom and gloom' stories like this are quite uplifting. There is always light at the end of the tunnel no matter how dim it may be.
Everyone was quite upset when woolworths went, and now there is this identical store with the good old pick n mix and toys! Great! Good luck to it!
Despite that little kick in the teeth, the second thought was how good the manager of the new store was she hired back all twenty two of the staff who lost their jobs when woolworths closed down. It this time of recession and 'doom and gloom' stories like this are quite uplifting. There is always light at the end of the tunnel no matter how dim it may be.
Everyone was quite upset when woolworths went, and now there is this identical store with the good old pick n mix and toys! Great! Good luck to it!
Politics... Some funny things
I don't claim to know much about politics. Its probably why I find the lectures quite interesting, because i'm learning alot of new things. In our most recent lecture I was made aware to many things that made me think some political aspects are actually quite funny!
Some of the parties like the NIMBY's for instance or the "Not In My Back Yard" parties. These are pretty much the elderly generation who think change is fine as long as the change stays a million miles away from them. The example chris gave was that they'd think wind farms were great... as long as they weren't in their back yards! The first thing that popped into my mind, "wouldn't you just love to put wind farm near these people JUST to make them angry?" Cold I know, but if your not thinking the same thing then your pretty odd. Can you really call this a political party? Although they are part of local government rather than Whitehall, they don't actually create movements for the good of society. In my opinion they are more like a pressure group, putting a stop to something they disagree with rather than debating something that might do society a bit of good.
Another aspect that is quite comical and obviously gets under a few peoples skin is what is known as "the West Lothian question". Basically it refers to how a Scottish politician can debate and vote on things that will affect people living in England, but not the people living in Scotland. How fair is that? So a Scottish politician may have voted for tuition fees to apply to the University's in England even though they don't apply to the University's in Scotland. This aspect is probably THE definition of political correctness. How ironic!
Some of the parties like the NIMBY's for instance or the "Not In My Back Yard" parties. These are pretty much the elderly generation who think change is fine as long as the change stays a million miles away from them. The example chris gave was that they'd think wind farms were great... as long as they weren't in their back yards! The first thing that popped into my mind, "wouldn't you just love to put wind farm near these people JUST to make them angry?" Cold I know, but if your not thinking the same thing then your pretty odd. Can you really call this a political party? Although they are part of local government rather than Whitehall, they don't actually create movements for the good of society. In my opinion they are more like a pressure group, putting a stop to something they disagree with rather than debating something that might do society a bit of good.
Another aspect that is quite comical and obviously gets under a few peoples skin is what is known as "the West Lothian question". Basically it refers to how a Scottish politician can debate and vote on things that will affect people living in England, but not the people living in Scotland. How fair is that? So a Scottish politician may have voted for tuition fees to apply to the University's in England even though they don't apply to the University's in Scotland. This aspect is probably THE definition of political correctness. How ironic!
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