Before You Nationalise Rail Mr Corbyn, Will You let Us Know If We Can Have A Mag Lev?

The Labour manifesto was leaked, leafing through it you get to the bit about nationalising the rail industry again.

Although rail tickets are expensive and yes when it comes to bums on seats and rail, at the moment less is definitely more would be a good bit of food for thought, tickets are not going to come down in the foreseeable future.

But my thoughts are if the rail industry was Nationalised it would take a big chunk of money away from lets say having a study of a Mag Lev between Hull and Liverpool.

I can say I definitely need a Mag Lev more than I need Socialism, Conservatism, Liberalism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism,  pretty much anything with a "Ism" in it!

So my tongue in cheek plea to the Labour Leader is, please can you let us know on a postcard or post it note whether a Mag Lev was feasible?

A few months ago a informative article was published in the Hull Daily Mail about a feasibility study into a Mag Lev line from Hull to Liverpool, something I would support.

Hull has actually proposed a monorail for the city in the past, this was a good idea, it's futuristic and fun and would definitely set the city apart and its not a drawn out pipe dream like HS2.

But with a Nationalised Rail Industry under Jeremy Corbyn, it probably wouldn't happen like HS2 mainly because government isn't good at setting these projects up!

Private investment would get the project up and running if there is interest from investors.

Thankfully though I don't think Mr Corbyn will be elected PM, at least for now the dream can stay alive.

The 600 Strong Rode Into Newark

We've had Local Elections, we've had European Elections now we have a By-Election, if you live in Newark you're in for a treat, you get to vote 3 times in one year.

As loyal as i am to the Conservative Party, i just don't think UKIP have the ground, the people or the funds to fight this By-Election.

The whole UKIP thingy seems like a flash in the pan, you can only shock and awe for so long before the initial shock wears off, take Iraq for example, we gave them shock and awe and it didn't take long before they wanted us out, in the same analogy it won't take long before people want UKIP out.

Sensationalising by the media is what has got people hopping around like bunnies shouting UKIP are going to do this and that,  clearly a party with one policy isn't really going anywhere.

With that being said today in Newark over 600 activists turned out to campaign for the upcoming By-Election, but was it panic and fear of UKIP or merely the oldest party in the country flexing it's political muscle?

This By-Election for me won't throw up any shocks, i wasn't shocked by the European Election results, i don't think UKIP are going to shock me in this election.

The Citadel Still Stands, Was It A Tremor Or A Murmur?

2014 was the year of UKIP, the rise of a protest party and that was about it, nothing really much to shout about.

Most results were already predicted, the slide of the Lib Dems, Labour and the Conservatives losing ground, but still i don't see myself shouting about anything.

All i see is that everyone who stood for election got so blindsided by UKIP and Nigel Farage that they forgot what they were doing and that is to win a election for their party.

Most Townhalls are still standing, UKIP only really took a handful of seats, they didn't take entire councils and in 2015 it is unlikely that they will get any MPs and that is how you judge your success, how many backsides you have on the benches in the House of Commons and in Councils around the country.

UKIP for me have limited appeal, they have limited policies and limited funds and no self respecting business owner would really fund them, i don't think they're fruitcakes in the way they've been portrayed, their election campaign was merely shock and awe when everyone else was hoodwinked into thinking something else.

UKIP remind me of the days of old, the protest vote for the BNP & National Front, two parties with limited appeal and policies, where are they now?

You don't have to be a mathematician to work out how UKIP work, they do the same as any other protest party, work areas of deprivation and poverty, promise the earth and don't deliver.

If your into UKIP i wish you all the best of luck, it's going to be a rocky road to find legitimacy, i don't think i'll be hearing the immortal words of "I vote UKIP because my mum, dad, aunt, uncle, parrot did, so do I!"

We're Getting A Audi!

In the immortal words of Peter Griffin from Family Guy, "Sweet, I'm getting a Audi", of course in the episode, Peter wasn't getting a Audi, but a severe audit from the IRS.

Yesterday our Chancellor George Osborne didn't really need his flak jacket on, with the UK's GDP figures at 0,3%, not the best GDP figures in the world and lets face it we could do better. It's not too long now until the IMF will decide to audit our economy, it would seem that the Austerity Measures or the speed of these Austerity Measures are what are hampering growth for us, did George cut too fast and too deep?

It would seem George might have and let's have look at why this has happened, it stems from a disease that is going through our politicians of having a one track mind a delusion that something bad will happen if we don't keep cutting. Nothing will actually happen if we slow down the rate of cuts, it would take a lot to send the country bankrupt and let's face it the last government tried this and we were flexible enough to bounce back.

Yesterday's figures showed that mining was a key industry, but the mining companies don't actually have to rely on the UK's economy for their own growth and profits, they can use several markets to make their money.

Does our economy need a audit from the IMF, I would say it does and George Osborne needs to listen to people and not those who can curry his favour with flashy events, George Osborne should also take himself away from the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, the companies on those two markets don't actually have to rely on the UK economy to profit and grow, the companies listed on both indexes tend to trade on multiple markets.

However the FTSE A-Z generally has a lot more companies that are UK based and it might be worthwhile promoting this market for growth and investment, the companies listed on the FTSE A-Z are far more likely to create jobs when they're profiting and are more likely to expand their business, after all they want to be listed on the FTSE 100 and 250 one day, as the FTSE 100 and 250 are a measurement of the top performing 100 and top 250 companies in the UK.

Never Trust A Man Who's Eyebrows Don't Match The Colour Of His Hair!

Saturday Morning and i can feel a bit smug, for months i had been campaigning on pro growth and please forgive me, i didn't realise how far reaching Social Media can be.

So i wake up to the news that the IMF has decided to look at George Osborne's Austerity Measures and the fact that he might have cut too deep too quickly. Result for me and everyone who campaigned with me.

Saturday evening we see on Sky News that former Chancellor Alistair Darling is talking rubbish about how he knew back in 2010 that Austerity Measures wouldn't work. I see history repeating itself, Alistair Darling didn't know whether the Austerity measures would work or not, all i will say is thank god for data mining, all he was saying is what i had said back in 2010 that Austerity Measures were a one shot deal only good for a year for short term gain. I had actually written it on my at the time very popular blog at the time.

God bless data mining and God bless Politicians who can't think for themselves and remember if you repost this blog post, you have to give credit to me!!