Agenda 2019

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/18yearold-woman-charged-with-death-of-baby-8862749.html 18-year-old woman charged with death of baby All those "lessons to be learned" from other cases going back over many years appear to have been disregarded again. I am sure that from this latest case, the facts will be examined (again) and the subsequent enquiry will report (again) that many factors were missed and that lessons will be learned (again). An appalling catalogue of failures in the Health Services, the Social services, the police and other bodies have plagued our society for far too long. It may well be that "the systems" contribute to the failures, but the systems are designed and operated by real people who frequently hide behind the excuse of systems failures for their own incompetence. Where people fail they should be removed from their positions, and not allowed to avoid their responsibilities with an apology and the cliche of lessons wi...

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/oct/12/npower-british-gas-raise-prices  Protests as two energy suppliers announce price increases – of up to 9% – on same day Heat or eat? The greedy parasitic energy companies are falling over themselves to hike their prices again and rip of the long suffering consumers. We were sold the lie that "Privatisation increases efficiency and drives down prices" when this lot of thieves were given cash generating machine of providing us with gas and electricity back in the 80's. There is no evidence since then of prices being forced down. Quite the opposite in fact. Since these money grabbing tyrant took over the supply of our energy, there has be a relentless upwards movement of the prices, sometimes twice per year, as greed became the driving force. There is no point in relying on the "Watch dogs" as they are toothless puppies with lots of words, but no action.The privatised companies have demonstrated a complete dis...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/08/conservative-welfare-cuts-analysis  The Tories claim they are making things fairer but their plans to save £10bn rely on penalising poorer children with siblings   They have always been a nasty, authoritarian bunch of  self centered tyrants.  Its just that over the past few years some of them have become even more nasty and authoritarian (if that's possible). It seems that there is a competition between   Duncan Smith, Osborne, Rabb, Schapps and a few others to be the most nasty.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-19529717 Brain damaged man's family loses benefits   This is obscene. The way in which "government benefits departments" deal with dis ability cases is unbelievably complex. It seems that they create an obstacle course in the hope that rather than work through their endless "we require more information" letters, people will give up and go away. Complaining to your MP and sending them copies of the paperwork can sometimes be a useful exercise. Good luck to Tamsyn and Alex Wood in this battle.