more abuse of tax payers money

I am venting my anger today at the ludicrous decision of the British legal aid system who has awarded an (ex policeman)but always will be dangerous rapist the sum of one hundred thousand pounds to appeal against his pension being reduced by one third. This is another example of lowlife being taken by the hand and the tax payers money being used for a cause that should not be considered in the first place and for scum taking advantage of a system that they have no right to. This arrogant rapist committed these crimes while in the guise of a police officer when all the time he was abusing his position to violate the chastity of innocent timid women who are supposed to rely on the law to protect them. In this case the law has abused them in more ways than one, firstly by the scum that raped them then, by the legal aid system who awarded the money, and thirdly by the legal system that allows vermin like that to appeal against anything. The tax payers money that is wasted on these criminals who are convicted (without a doubt) is a disgrace to the British legal system as not only are the legal aid funds being abused, the courts are getting tied up with cases that do not warrant a hearing and, adding all the expense this entails proves our money is being frittered away on scum, outraging the people who contribute the money for people who really warrant it.
All too often, immediately a criminal is convicted an appeal is lodged by his lawyer pleading his innocence and with little new evidence another court and another load of tax payers money is used needlessly only to put the scum back where they belong BEHIND BARS WITH NO LUXURIES, (but sadly they do get luxuries). The scum who is trying to reinstate his full pension should be refused point blank, castrated to take the arrogance out of him and give the women he raped a sense of justice. Another point that should be looked at is the jobs of the idiots who awarded this sum, if they are dishing out our money as easily as this they should be sacked. There is NO way that these scum deserved our money and in any other occupation I know of, that particular person would not even have received a pension from the conributions HE made never mind a full pension.
It is time the victims in this country were considered and the abusers given the punishments they deserve.

chef's influence on menus

Why do chefs or restaurateurs feel they have to describe their food in a way that most people have to ask the waiter what they are trying to portray.
You expect if you go to France that the menus will be written in French and if you go to Italy that they would be written in Italian and so on but when we go for a meal in Britain, to a British restaurant, there is no telling what language the menu will be written in. The chefs over here seem to think that if they write their menus in a foreign language that we will be fooled into thinking we are getting a more exciting variation of food or a different style of cooking to the normal run of the mill.
Changing the menus to a more romantic interpretation or changing the name of the ingredients to sound more appetizing does not give me any more confidence in thinking I am going to get a great feed in there, as we know in the end it is all down to taste, service and value for money.
It all began with one chef who decided to fancy up his menu to make it different from the other eateries around him to see if it would attract more custom, which at the time DID (as we have the curiosity factor) but others soon followed so they had to try other methods to fool us into thinking their restaurant was THE in place. This led to certain items on the menu changing names, things like prawns became scampi until it became common pub grub, so they changed it to the french word langoustines to bring some poshness back to what they class as real eateries. That is just one example of how menus became so complicated to translate, and how we should never be afraid to ask the waiter what the items really are. Scampi is the most abused item I can think of and as an ex-fisherman I remember when prawns became commonly known as scampi. The proper and original interpretation of "scampi" is prawns dipped in batter and fried in deep fat or oil, it was only when the frozen food companies discovered that if they cut up monk fish (which was far cheaper than prawns at the time, and only became more expensive after its potential was realised) and covered it in breadcrumbs or batter and sold it as scampi, and thought they could fool folk into thinking it was the real thing,while making a killing profit wise that's when the prawn became permanently known as scampi. This also changed the way we referred to prawns and shrimps with shrimps (which are flatter than prawns and have no large claws) becoming prawns and prawns becoming, firstly scampi ,then langoustines,or in some cases, Norwegian lobsters, which IS another correct name for them. This is just one example of the influence certain situations can distort and alter our language and way of life so, the next time you go out for a meal, do not be afraid to question the menu or the waiter who might have more problems understanding it than you!

pensions

The whole idea of work pensions is to give you a little bit extra to survive on during your retirement years but unless you have a substantial pension like a government minister or some other job with an over inflated rate the benefits are nullified by the crippling taxes of this country added to by the absence of other advantages that are disallowed because our meagre pension takes us just over the qualifying level to warrant these benefits we contributed to all our working life.The works pension that was supposed to benefit us in our old age becomes more of a hindrance at times rather than serve the purpose it was meant to.
Britain has the poorest old age pensions in the developed world and most of our pensioners struggle to survive each week but their plight is only mentioned by politicians when an election is drawing near then, the promises made are put on the back burner again. We paid tax on the money before it went into the pension fund, we pay tax on the money we get out of the pension fund and to top it all Gordon Brown robbed the pension funds by taxing them on interest gathered putting them all in jeopardy of going broke. If the pension funds had been left the way they were before Gordon Brown plundered them the credit crunch and fall in the index would not have had such a devastating effect on them and the restructuring of them would not have been needed. People seem to have forgotten that the pension funds were going along quite nicely until Brown decimated them and its only since then that they are all in dire straights. By the time they retire THEY have already feathered their nests by one devious scheme after the other (with our contributions) and on top of that they still receive a ridiculous pension so they have no need to worry, and do not really care about the poverty of our struggling pensioners, THAT is plain to see when we come out the poorest pensioners in the developed world.

racism and political correctness.

Racism and political correctness are very delicate subjects and although I have never classed myself as a racist I do think that the interpretation of these matters has now gone to the extreme.
I do sympathise with the people who are maliciously abused by the mindless idiots who do not know how to live and let live, however not everyone uses nicknames to be offensive. Years ago, during the wars for instance, Scotsmen were fondly referred to as Jocks, the Welsh as Taffs and the Irish as paddies, While the English had a few nicknames (limey, Brit,sassenach,to mention some) depending on the nationality of the person addressing them but no offence was taken because during the wars they were fighting together NOT against each other and even the mindless yobs of these days realised they had to depend on each other for survival.
Shortened names like Paki, Yank and Chinks were originally used in a friendly way and also a lazy way to address people of these nations they did not know by name but once they became more familiar they would have used their real names which also through laziness could have been shortened. It was only when the mindless yobs who put every nation to shame started putting bastard in front of them that they became offensive.
As for some of the stupid things that happen through the year like, schools not having nativity plays at Christmas as not to offend other religions is ludicrous.
THIS IS A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY and people of these other religions new that when they came here as do their offspring who now being citizens of this country understand this. It is the media who blow everything out of proportion to try and sell newspapers who stir up the troubles as most of people in question also think it is a load of rubbish and want to live and let live. When the media stirs things up there is always the minority who jump on the bandwagon and enjoy the trouble they can cause, giving them an excuse to vent their anger at something which escalates into needless violence aimed at anything and anyone. They are just trouble makers and every country and religion has them.
When we go to other countries we are expected to abide by their rules and regulations and they do not alter their customs to suit us so why does the E.U. think that we have to adjust our customs to suit other nationalities.
These are just a few of the examples of the nonsense in the world today, there are many more as you all know and the majority do not want trouble but, as always the minority are catered for and the decent people of this world suffer.

bank bonuses

I was disgusted at the recent revelations that the staff at Northern Rock are to receive bonuses ranging from ten percent to twenty percent upwards depending on how high up the rankings they are. As far as I am led to believe the bonuses are for restoring the banks finances to a solvent working level or in other words, PULL THEM OUT OF THE MIRE THEY LANDED US ALL IN by retrieving monies from the most vulnerable of the people they gave to so readily in the first place. Their bonus as far as I am concerned is the fact that they KEPT their jobs in the first place and should think themselves lucky that they are getting the chance to make amends. It was throwing money away willy-nilly that got us in this mess to begin with and as bonuses are for successful results the bankers (I think that's the spelling I mean)are the last people who should be receiving bonuses. If anything some of the money the fat cats have bled out of the system by over inflated bonuses of the past should be returned into the system to help recovery and any thought of new bonuses should be forgotten about until they can prove they are worthy of such a thing, also the disgusting amounts should be adjusted to realistic sums and if they do not like it let them seek a new position elsewhere. NO ONE IS INDISPENSABLE! and more so in these times of rising unemployment.
It is our money they are giving away and the government had no right to agree to this ridiculous settlement in the first place. Another shambolic decision by them.

improper use of fog lights.

It seems to be a trend nowadays to use front fog lights for decoration and not for the one and only purpose they were installed for, FOG!!!! Women who, I usually have great respect for their driving seem to be the worst offenders with the young boy racers a close second.
Obviously having seen how these cars look on approach the young boy racers must have found this attractive and copied the woman. More and more people seem to be taking up the practice as, after all we are a breed of copycats. With some new makes of cars the fog lamps are almost as bright as full headlights and dazzle oncoming drivers, hence the reason that it is ILLEGAL to use them other than in thick fog when other drivers are not affected by them. The police force could fill up their coffers if they were to clamp down on these offenders as all they would need to do would be to stand at the end of any stretch of road and stop the numerous cars that break this law. As for the offenders, do not expect oncoming traffic to dip their lights for you when you have no consideration for them. With the police making less money from speeding the fog light offenders had better beware!

politicians perks

While on the subject of politics we might as we mention the M.Ps. expenses and other ways they con money out of the public that they are supposed to be representing.
When they buy a house in London with money taken from the tax payer they should furnish it with their own money and not be allowed to fleece us for goods THEY class as unnecessary when it comes to handing out cash. Things like new kitchens and T.Vs.
even wallpaper and the like are for their, benefit for a house they are supposed to only need for the spells that they are in London. If they are doing their job properly by the time they get home they should be ready for bed and have no need for lavish surroundings and just make do with the bare essentials, after all it is only supposed to be temporary accommodation. Once they have no need for the house and it is sold, any money borrowed from the tax payer and any profit made from the sale should be returned to the fund it was taken from. There is absolutely no way these scheming tricksters should profit in any way by using our money to fund these ventures. Just what do they spend their wages on if we pay for their meals and every other scam they can think of. They get an undeserved LARGE pension as it is so there is no need for them to be feathering their nests any further at our expense.
It is our money they are working with so we are entitled to know every detail of its use and they have NO right to deny us OUR rights!
SO BE WARNED POLITICIANS WE ARE ON YOUR CASE!