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Is the Government Only qualified in Crisis Management .?

The Management of the Nations Finances , The Management of Planning in House Building, The Management of an Immigration Policy,The Management of our beloved NHS---I am sure a number of other issues would strike the population as leaving things to the last minute before any Action is taken to prevent a Crisis in the UK.Why do they wait for a Crisis before the Government acts. Can you name the next Crisis waiting to happen ? OR name an action now being taken to prevent something that is bound to get towards a Crisis?

Os A Whittle ● 4810d9 Comments

Re  and that is if we are very very prudent.        xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  I don't think prudence ( saving ) pays these days Os. One gets sod all interest on savings ( HSBC Premier customer High Interst account gets 0.10% !!! ). And  one has to sell one's home to cover the exhorbitant residential home fees whereas if you have not saved or invested in your own home, the State will pay for you, as with all other benefits, so spend when you get it, enjoy  your money when you get it. That sadly is the moral given out by the anti " wealthy "  socialists these days. They ( Glib Dems ) are even now talking re an annual tax on homes over a certain value, not as though the amount of the value is what the owner paid, or could pay now. Some politicians are motivated by envy, whereas they spend billions on benefits for people who do not deserve them, whether they are indigenous or otherwise. Don't forget we had a woman just down the road  with 7 kids who was given £ 184,000 per YEAR in benefits as dreamed up by the socialists.

Tony Price ● 4808d

Yes Tony. Our beloved leaders have been dragging their feet on far too many issues,preferring to pontificate as though it were a Remedy to all the recent Failures .They have been stumbling along from one Crises to the Next while bringing many of us to face an uncertain future . It is the ordinary Joe that has to pay the price of past follies. There are not many of us who can afford a few of life,s luxuries, and that is if we are very very prudent.

Os A Whittle ● 4808d

Re  Can you name the next Crisis waiting to happen             xxxxxxxxxxxxx    I would say Os that is about to happen, supposedly as early as next year, is that of energy breakdowns with electricity blackouts, not seeb since 1973, and  due to the previous administration not planning enough, apart from all the huff and puff wind machines. The current Govt. have been let down by companies backing out of Nuclear station building. We will probably end  up with Chinese designed/ built ones whereas a few years back, British Energy were the leaders in the world with expertise in nuclear power. That company lost me a fortune.

Tony Price ● 4808d

Forcing the un-employed to work for Pound Shops and the like is decreasing the Un-Employed Numbers, Is It ?Cutting the number of Qualified Nurses and reducing the  Number of Hospitals and Beds in the NHS IS to be applauded ,Is It?Reducing the Police Forces and the Fire Services is something we should all be happy about,Is it? At a time when we are facing Global Terrorist activities>Cutting our Military Capability is something we should all be hanging out the Flags for,Is it?Our housing stock has become the Prior Preserves of the Labour imported from foreign lands as they have the greater need, and they arrive with heavier baggage.Our manufacturing businesses are floundering with an uncertain future and the distrust of Investors. Thanks to the Bank Scandals and the MPs Expenditure Scandals.With the very Rich becoming the Super Rich for Eternity they now turn to  discussing ways of disposesing even the Little Pensioner's Savings, and the Vulnerable amongst us.I guess you have not heard about the Talk of imposing a NEGATIVE INTEREST on savers. They are giving you time to digest the latest ways of stealing from your pocket.A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST IT SELF CANNOT STAND.I BELIEVE THIS GOVERNMENT CANNOT ENDURE PERMANENTLY HALF SLAVE AND HALF FREE PEOPLES IT WOULD pretend to REPRESENT.

Os A Whittle ● 4808d

Apologies for the numerous typos. I was a little miffed at the abject misinformation to which I was replying and forgot to spell check.

Nigel Brooks ● 4809d

I guess it's all comparative. In the world of the blind the one-eyed man is king.Just because most other countries in Europe are in crisis does not naturally mean that the current administration are doing a "pretty good job".Lord alone knows that we are all aware of the total maladministration that led to this mess but all in tha garden is not at all rosy.Youth unemployment is high with almost 1,000,000 16-24 year old NEETs. (sources iter-alia Hansard, The Workfoundation, The Guardian ).Crime is stable and dependent on whose data you interpret.Did you miss the widescale reporting of the 'massaged' figues?The EU budget has not been cut yet and the MEPs still have to 'make a turkey's vote for Christmas'.Employment is rising but there are fewer full-time jobs on offer then at any time in the last five years. Over 8 million people are recorded as 'employed' despite working less than 25 hours per week. The benchmark used to be 35 hours per week. Easy therefore to see where the record numbers come from.At his departmental question session in the Commons on 27 November 2012, Health Secreatry Jeremy Hunt accepted that there had been a "2% decline in the number of nurses".  with over 7,000 posts lost since the calition came to power. Over 2,500 nurse training posts have also been cut.Do check these statemente for yourselfI don't object to counter arguments save where the data used is plainly wrong.

Nigel Brooks ● 4809d

Just to counter the doom and gloom from "os a whistle" and to provide some balance:- there's a record number of people in employment- crime is down(so much for the police telling us any reforms to their spanish working practices would cause a crime wave)- the EU budget has been cut (so much for Labour saying it couldn't be achieved) - we are one of the few countries in Europe that has relatively low unemployment- we are one of the very few countries in Europe that has increasing numbers of people in employment- spending on healthcare has been maintained - there are more doctors and the same number of nurses as 4 years ago, and less managers / admin staff.- the number of tax inspectors chasing the rich has been more than doubledIf more people in employment, good healthcare, stable finances, low inflation aren't measures of a Government doing a pretty good job despite the turmoil abroad I'm not sure what would be.

Tony Gould ● 4809d

The eloquent PM of Romania explains why the average Romanian will not be coming here. What he doesn't explain is that the Roma, constantly persecuted by his government, will be on the first boat here, begging on our streets.

Susan Kelly ● 4809d

I guess the next crisis will be in January 2013 when the new influx from Romania and Bulgaria head for these shores!Another crisis will happem when they have closed all our A&E departments and local hospitals. Add these two up and you will see that the Government really does need someone who knows what they are doing, or a leader brave enough to manage this country!We're doomed!!!

Jean F Fernandez ● 4809d