Public sector pension shortfall is now £1 Trillion

On Friday I had my pensions advisor in to be told that my pension had lost 24% in value in the last six months. I have to ensure that I increase my contributions to get anywhere near a decent pot. It looks like however that I am going to be obliged to to increase my contributions to ensure the gold plated public sector can retire in the comfort they have been accustomed to.


One Trillion Pounds shortfall ! Thanks Gordon, Are you going to start laying off public servants now ?

Get your mullet sorted

Completely OT, but you just have to turn up for this.

Nik Kershaw is playing the 12 Bar in Swindon on Friday 17th April 2009.

The Riddle

Wouldn't It Be Good

I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"

I got it bad
you don't know how bad I got it.
You got it easy
you don't know when you've got it good.
It's getting harder
just keeping life and soul together

A day out - 24th January 2009

The British Constitution Group

"Lawful Rebellion - Actions Not Words

Conference – 24th January 2009 – Kings Hall, Stoke-On-Trent
11:00am – 5:30pm (Doors open at 10:00am)

Speakers:
John Bingley - What is the British Constitution?
David Bourne, Sqd Leader - Mediatisation – has the Queen betrayed her people?
Albert Burgess - Treason Has Been Committed
John Harris - Freeman On The Land
Brian Gerrish - The State of the Nation
Roger Hayes - What we are going to do about it

This conference will put actions into play that will take our country back. We urge you to support our initiative, it is the only viable option that remains. Book your place today and encourage as many people of like-mind to do the same.

For practical and helpful reasons we urge you to act without delay. PLEASE BOOK NOW."

Looks good. I will be there.

A sign of hope perhaps

Today, more than any other day in the past few years for me, I have an inkling that the undercurrent of the European countries destined for loss of nationhood and regionalisation under the 'European Union' may just have begun to turn into the first stages of a rip tide.

Sure, Greece has always been a volatile Mediterranean country, prone to civil disobedience and 'in your face' reaction to things not going very well. However, as the excellent Dr North points out, the reality of European Monetary Union and the consequences of governments not just being in bed with the EU, but actually sticking their heads up the EU's arse as well is coming home to roost. And hey, this is one hell of a bird.

Spain is in a worse position as the downturn progresses and the United Kingdom of Near Socialist Counties isn't far behind. Riots in the UK? I think it might be worth holding your breath for...

So what about European solidarity from our continental neighbours? A sensible man in Germany said this about Europe's reaction to the the roof falling in (along with some barbed comments about our government's handling of the crisis):

"The economic crisis shows once again that Europe has a leadership problem.

Europe is difficult to coordinate, and our main deficit may not even lie in this area of finance and economics, but in foreign and security policy. We have a leadership problem because we are still 27 different members who have still not decided on how to work with each other based on what we used to call a European constitution."

And those 27 different members may just yet be the salvation of the counties of Wiltshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. Oh - and the United Kingdom as well.

Gordon Brown Saves the World 10th December 2008

Extending Democracy

Without much fanfare, five District Councils are going to be scrapped in April, to be replaced by the all new Wiltshire County Council

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