For reasons best know to herself Scottish Nanny, in the shape of Police Scotland, has listed a sex shop in Glasgow, a mushroom farm in North Berwick and a demolished office block in West Dunbartonshire as "third party reporting centres" for Scotland's new hate crime laws.
As loyal readers know, councils are the enemies of the people.
My thanks therefore to a loyal reader who tipped me off about a revolt by the good people of Great Coates against their parish council.
Over 650 Great Coates residents (over 90% of the village) have signed a petition calling for the parish council to be dissolved. The Great Coates Residents' Association (Grass)
have now presented the councillors with the petition.
For why are the good people of Great Coates so angry with their parish council?
Well it seems that (in a microcosm of what national governments do) the parish council decided to rack up a large debt (£300K), the liability for which rested with the residents rather than the councillors who took the loan out.
Oh, and by the way, the loan plus interest places the villagers in debt to the tune of £700K!
Governments and councils are always delighted to take on huge debts, but are very reluctant to take personal responsibility for repaying them; instead they foist that burden onto the voters and taxpayers!
Funny that isn't it?
Anyhoo, in theory the loan is meant to pay for a new village hall.
All very nice and dandy, if the villagers actually wanted to pay £700K for a new village hall.
Can you guess what though children?
Yes, that's right, the villagers do not want to pay for a new village hall or indeed be placed in debt to the tune of £700K!
Local referendums voted against the hall, but the council ignored the people.
"The petition was created
because you chose to ignore our referendums which voiced a resounding
'no' to build the hall.
We are asking you, as a council, to represent us and respect our
views. And because you haven't, we have created the petition. It took
several weekends to visit houses and it is still ongoing.
We will be taking legal advice with a view to taking action to abolish the council, if you choose to go ignore this petition."
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I see that Nanny is a tad concerned about the health and safety threat posed to us by our feathered friends and their droppings.
Nanny's chums at North Devon Council have come up with a "terrific wheeze" on how to solve the problems and threat of bird droppings on the street near St Peter's church Barnstaple.
Can you guess what Nanny is doing?
Yes, that's right, the council has ordered the trees and foliage to be cut down (note, they gave no forewarning of what they were going to do).
For why is the council so worried about the birds (starlings)?
The council is of the view that the starlings' droppings were potentially poisonous, and could contain salmonella and toxoplasmosis, bacteria which can cause food poisoning.
Maybe so, but often do people go round licking bird shit off the street?
Oh one other small point, the problem would resolve itself when the starlings migrate in March!
Councils are not only the enemies of the people, but also of life on this planet!
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Just a brief comment about the ongoing snowbound shambles that is our transport infrastructure.
I watched Philip Hammond, Nanny's Transport minister, on Newsnight last night.
Goodness me there was a man who seemed to be perfectly "satisfied" that the state was doing all it could to deal with the issue.
LOL!
The same old bleating line "worst weather in decades" was trotted out, along with some banal comments that the main roads were all clear...errmmm...they most certainly are not.
He steadfastly refused to agree that the army should be called in to help (a call being made by, a.o., the AA).
He then went on to issue the Nanny state's mantra "only travel if your journey is absolutely necessary".
Well, here's a message for the minister and Nanny:
Most people (adults and children) have have to travel to get to their work, or go to school.
Is he suggesting that the country should simply stop work?
Admittedly, in my area:
- The mail has stopped - There were no trains to/from Brighton station yesterday - Gatwick was shut - Corner shop had no papers, bread etc - Local supermarket resembled a third world shop; it had run out of most fresh produce - Hospitals have asked that only emergencies attend - Schools are shut - No grit on our roads - No waste collection etc etc
In effect, it does seem that many have had to stop work. So much for the "plug in and play" environment that governments are meant to provide us with (see "Happiness").
However, Nanny has run up a £4.8 trillion debt.
How the fark are we going to pay that off, if we can't get to work to pay her ever increasing taxes?
The minister and Nanny are living on another planet!
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Fresh on the heels of the recent announcement by the Tory led coalition to ban all branding of fags, our "beloved" government is now planning to up the minimum price of booze.
Nanny's Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, will publish a white paper this week that will outline plans to ban cheap alcohol sales.
Supermarkets will be banned from selling wine, beer and spirits below the cost of duty on the product plus VAT.
There are also plans to raise the duty paid on super-strength beer, as part of the Police and Social Responsibility Bill that is also due to be published.
Licences could be removed from sellers that breach the rules.
I had been labouring under the misunderstanding that we were now being governed by a Tory led government, with an agenda to lessen the burden of state control on the individual, not a socialist administration intent on encroaching ever further into our daily lives.
Clearly I was wrong.
I find it hypocritical, to say the least, that our "respected" MPs (hereafter referred to as useless gobshites) are striving to increase the price of booze; given that these useless gobshites have unfettered access to subsidised bars and restaurants (open until the wee small hours) courtesy of the long suffering taxpayer.
Why do they allow themselves the option of being able to drink cheap booze, but deny the voters that same option?
My thanks to the Irish Daily Star for coming up with a headline (albeit intended for the Irish cabinet) that so ably describes our government.
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