A reliable source tells us that eleven farms were due to be culled out last week. The people carrying out the killing in Surrey, (whom we refrain from terming vets), were unable to provide the names of valuers to owners waiting to have their animals given a fair price before being killed. The culling was subsequently delayed. COBRA, it seems from the lack of news, did not decide to go ahead at this stage either. Incompetence, ignorance, inhumanity and bad judgement really do seem to be heaped one on top of the other in this sorry state of affairs.   more »

These people actually believe that they are important, so important that they can use government and our assets for their own personal use. This kind of corrupt crap reminds me of Party politics in the old Soviet Union, where senior party members could use the Gum Store located at the end of Red Square, loaded with all the western goods that ordinary citizens could not have access to.   more »

As we ponder the possibilities of being thrust into another General Election, the mainstream parties all seem to be spouting the same basic policies, the same answers and the same gravy train, the one taking us to the great Authoritarian Empire known as Europe. We only have 2 clear choices in politics today, and the difference is between being governed or being ruled, which means: Authoritarianism or Libertarianism.   more »