| 1st July 2011: Stabbing Burlgars? Why Would I Want To Do That? Mr U Turn...sorry...Ken Clarke, has said that it will be legal to stab a burglar or do whatever it takes to stop a burglar robbing your home. Why would I want to stab a burglar? I am a creative soul, I can think of much more fun and creative ways of disabling a burglar. Like this for example: Mock me all you want for being a professional wrestling fan (by the way, movies, soaps and fictional books are all fake too) but I wear size 13 steel toe cap boots with a metal plate in the sole. All the time. And yes, I can get my leg and foot up that high. I think a metal plated sole in the face would deal with a burglar far more efficiently than a knife. I mean, you could tie them up neatly for the police to come collect. Job. Done. But on a more serious note, people need the right to defend their homes with whatever they need to stop the intruder. Yes, it might mean that burglars come armed, but if I know my six inch steel knife (I carry it for work purposes) is legal in my house, just as much as the empty whisky bottle on my desk, then I am going to be a very safe feeling bunny. You want my laptop? My flatscreen TV? My mobile phone? I will defend them. And like I said, I'm creative, so these laws are right up my street! Tags: Ken Clarke, Burglars, Self Defence Permalink 1st July 2011: Go British Says Iain Duncan Smith. Shut Up And Learn Something Says SuiSinal. I'm actually in a unique position. Outside of this blog, I work for a large company, but in a small office. Everyone knows everyone's business. Stuff that should be confidential really isn't. Like application forms. I get to see all the application forms which come into our offices. And do you know the overwhelming thing? They are foreign names on them. Practically without exception. In the last six months, we've hired 2 Indian workers, 2 Bulgarian workers, and hired 1 English worker. Do you know why? 2 Indian workers, 2 Bulgarian workers and 1 English worker applied for jobs. At the moment, we are expanding stratospherically. Our office currently employs 5 Polish workers, 2 Indians, 2 Bulgarians, a South African and the rest of the staff are English. A third of the staff are foreign. Because they applied. Another third of the staff are long time hires. And the rest are recent additions. It's all very well for Iain Duncan Smith saying "Hire British". But you know what IDS? Shut up until you know how the real world works. British people cannot be bothered to lift a pen or even a finger and apply for these jobs. I once saw a documentary which compared the job seeking methods of a Polish man and a British man. The Brit applied for 10 jobs a week, because the Job Centre told him to and he'd lose his benefits if he didn't. The Polish man applied for 100 jobs a week because...gasp...he wanted a job and with no job he got no money. Rather than shouting "Hire British" Iain Duncan Smith, put some money into Job Clubs. When I was unemployed, that was what I did, and I applied for tens of jobs a week through them. Once I filled an entire "job book" in one week. We need to foster an unrelenting drive to GET a job rather than satisfying the conditions to get benefits. Tags: British, Jobs, Immigration, Migrants, Work Ethics, Iain Duncan Smith Permalink 1st July 2011: Lord Hanningfield Jailed For Fiddling Expenses So, yet another politician falls from grace due to greed. Paul White (aka Lord Hanningfield) has been sentenced to six months jail time for fiddling the taxpayer out of almost £14,000 in expenses. Now, I fall on the side of some of these expense taking politicians. Really! Like the Lib Dem MP who claimed for biscuits. Good man! Gotta have biscuits. Right now I am chowing down on chocolate chip cookies! But the kind of stunts that Lord Hanningfield got slammed for is not cool. Claiming for hotels (up to £174 a night!) when he was actually going home is just plain wrong. Even the judge said he engaged in deception. He also claimed for train fares and milage fraudulently. I think the best thing that came out of the case was Mr Justice Saunders who said "It was not for any peer to take money to which he was not entitled, on the basis that he believes he is worth it." Just fantastic! Lord Hannigfield stays in hotels* up to £174 because he's worth it. *Lord Hanningfield's hotel stays have been enhanced with taxpayers money Tags: Lords, Expenses, Jail Permalink |
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