I Can't Really Be Bothered To Vote In The Referendum

I've mulled it over and thinking towards Thursday, my mind is clear and that in terms of important lifetime decisions, voting in the EU Referendum will not be one of them, I've spent a large proportion of my life around politics, the Conservative Party and to be honest i don't think i've ever eagerly awaited the EU Referendum, but last night i viewed a debate from 1975, pretty much what is being said today was said back then, except today their seems to be more nastiness from the Remain and Leave camps.

I'm quite a Euro Sceptic, in fact i take after a man I greatly admire in Milton Friedman who was sceptical of government as a whole, which i think i am too.

I think my thoughts come from the fact that after 1997, we don't have ladies or gentleman in the House of Commons, Blair's regime seems to have brought this fast food, loutish type of Member of Parliament, i only admire a handful of MP's today, Graham Stuart for Beverley & Holderness, my daughter Gretchen loves him, David Davis from Haltemprice & Howden, Stuart Andrew in Pudsey.

Although i have got to know quite a number of MPs over the years i can't help but think since we were put on a diet of reality tv, loutish MPs who don't respect one another and more recently the free press hacking dead kids phones to make a quick buck, that our democracy has been eroded in the name of ratings and what is cool.

50 years ago MPs used to debate on the TV and discuss matters of the day, they generally spoke with posh accents, smoked pipes and the discussion was very bland, even channel 4 used to show educational programming.

You can see the type of behaviour that we have in the house of commons, we have MPs both men and women that would be better on a Council Estate with their debating skills. Not that all Council Estates are bad mind you.

Fast forward to more recent times, last week a lady who was an MP was brutally murdered in the street in her constituency, now she was young and probably hadn't banked on dying anytime soon, so how can the people and campaign management from the Remain campaign actually use her death to further their cause? William Straw son of Jack Straw the famed Labour MP from Blair's time is in charge of the Remain Campaign, did he have talks with Mrs Cox about her dying and what her wishes were? I don't think so.

Then to this morning, some MPs who intend to vote Leave on Thursday have been sent threatening emails about that if they don't change their vote, it will be hard for them to become MPs again.

This isn't democracy, it's people who are clearly more unemployable than the actual people who are unemployed throwing their weight or their fantasy that they have some sort of power in the world, this is why i refuse to vote in the EU Referendum on Thursday.

Politics Is Killing The NHS

What is the weaponisation of the NHS?

It's been the splash of some of the Fleet Street faithful, I can't seem to understand what this term is, the Labour Leader Edward Miliband denies saying this, but I would like some clarification on this term!

From my discussions with a original member of the NHS, I'm slowly coming to think that the NHS was just set up for political leaders to use as political cannon fodder to use for election purposes.

My discussions with Jean Hall, Vice President of Haltemprice and Howden Conservative Association, opens up to debate where the NHS actually went wrong.

When she became a nurse the NHS was run quite efficiently, one person at the top of the hospital, nurses, cleaners and doctors. Matrons ran the wards and when cleaners were cleaning, staff didn't go near where they were working.

A committee of people were on the board of the hospital and they had someone who knew finance and they did the books.

So why has the NHS become the mess it is? Greed? Lack of value in staff? Ignorance to policies? Too many complex policies?

The list of questions is endless, but Jean's account is that people knew their job and were valued for doing their job.

It seems of we returned to that sort of set up in hospitals we might actually get an NHS that we need, even when new treatments become available it isn't hard to factor a specialist in to the budget.

But my own thoughts are is that greed has taken over, I haven't heard too many employees of the NHS talk about how proud they are to serve the public and be a public servants all I hear about is pay and pensions, your pay doesn't improve your working conditions nor does your pension.

Working conditions are improved by looking hard at what is going wrong, is their too many mangers to one department, is it confusing staff on who is actually in charge?

Could we do with removing alcoholics, drug addicts and drinks from A&E and instead invest more in centres where these people can be taken for counselling and support, rather than clogging up A&E and Police Cells.

From Jeans time and she spent over four decades in the NHS, it's time we the public valued the staff of the NHS and the management and politicians did as well, it won't fix all the problems, but taking us back to a simpler time would improve our healthcare service considerably!

We should also stop using the NHS for political leverage as elections come and go, nothing changes! It's time for real change!

Scotland - The Biggest Political Minefield In A Generation

The date has been set, Thursday 18th September 2014 is when the people of Scotland will be able to decide on their independence and their future.

David Cameron last night gave a heartfelt plea and his voice and body language showed sincerity, i've not been the biggest fan of David Cameron and not because he went to Eton, i've just never found a connection with him.

But after last night i do find a sense of renewed optimism, thinking about Scotland, around 3 months ago i visited Scotland for the first time in my life to do a bit of sailing on a friend's yacht in Kirkcudbright.

Although i really enjoyed the trip and the people, the Scottish government had already done a lot to promote cottage industries in Scotland, you couldn't drive up the A74 without seeing a sign for one industry or another and it's these industries that might have to become bigger players in an  independent Scotland.

An independent Scottish economy could falter at the first hurdle, simply put there is a handful of big industries in Scotland, but that isn't sustainable for a long term plan, even the distilleries on the Isle of Islay won't be able to sustain an economy. But independence means the smaller businesses have to play a bigger role in an independent Scottish economy and that might put them at risk of failure.

Business isn't just a minefield in a separation of the UK, it's how will Scotland cope without it's higher funding from Westminster? Alex Salmond would have the electorate believe that oil in the North Sea is never ending, since exploration started there stocks have been depleted and most of the oil and gas industry is based on speculation as to how much is still in the ground.

It's most certainly a tense time, our nation as the UK is split and we can expect lots of fighting whether it be Yes or NO on Thursday, i for one hope it is NO.