soretooth Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 THE FUCKING FORESTS From Private Eye magazine 21st Jan. Issue 1280 Â FOREST CHUMPSÂ THE coalition is having trouble seeing the wood for the trees if it thinks its plan to sell vast swathes of Forestry Commission (FC) land in England makes economic sense. Â In 2009 an attempt by the Scottish National Party to lease Scotland's national forests to private firms was defeated by opposition from all political parties. It was recognised, among other things, that as well as threatening jobs and access, any firm taking over the land and continuing forestry would still be eligible for public funding. As MSP Elaine Murray said at the time, logging firms could "chop down timber that was planted at public expense, walk away with the profit and then get paid to plant more trees" (Eye 1228). The same issue exists in England, where the cost of regulating and dishing out funds to private forestry companies is likely to outweigh the money raised from land sales. Lorraine Adams, branch president for the scientists' union, Prospect, which represents more than 200 researchers, cartographers, rangers and skilled Forestry Commission workers, has uncovered evidence of this since the FC already sells off land occasionally. When it recently flogged an area of woodland for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soretooth Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/01/cam...es-set-to-shut/  Cameron betrays 60,000 families as 250 Sure Start centres set to shut  Sixty thousand families have been betrayed by David Cameron as a new survey indicates that 250 Sure Start centres will close over the next 12 months. The findings undermine key promises before and after the general election by David Cameron and Michael Gove.  As widely reported this morning, a new survey of close to 1,000 Sure Start Children Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) The excuse of course will be we didn't know how bad things really were until we got into office followed by the usual we must all make sacrifices/feel the pinch. Â EDIT Â 20 minutes into QT and its a complete train wreck so far and depending on your personal views is either one of the best or worst episodes ever. Edited January 28, 2011 by The King Of Swing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 The excuse of course will be we didn't know how bad things really were until we got into office followed by the usual we must all make sacrifices/feel the pinch. That's because it's all Labours fault of course. The poor Tories/Tories lite have no option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) First Tunisia and now it looks like Egypt's ruler may be on the ropes. Edited January 28, 2011 by The King Of Swing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 28, 2011 Moderators Share Posted January 28, 2011 Some pretty heavyweight political analysis, there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soretooth Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 The excuse of course will be we didn't know how bad things really were until we got into office followed by the usual we must all make sacrifices/feel the pinch. That's because it's all Labours fault of course. The poor Tories/Tories lite have no option. Yes, they just didn't know how bad things were until they got into power, poor souls, although the size of the deficit was revised down by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamite Duane Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Now thats a shocker Duane has posted a video worth watching. About twenty minutes in and its like Question Time without the cunts and if the audience was given a decent chance to make a point and I for one would like to see more of this kind of debate.  As for "the big society" as said early in the program its bollocks and imo was just an election slogan much like "things can only get better" during the 1997 general election. Should I take that as a compliment? Can't be bad, Carbomb bigged me up for sharing about the Keiser Reoprt too  Watched another good one from the beeb: Posh and Posher - Why Public School Boys Run Britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12315841 Â Anti-Semitism and yet more violence from the lunatic fringes, they need to expel and distance themselves from these violent nutcase socialists and leninists as soon as possible. They're destroying everything, jail them. Â It isn't really the students, it's the loonies that are hanging onto them. Edited January 29, 2011 by Yoghurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Was there a mention of anti-semitism in that report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoghurt Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Oops, got it mixed in with the Twitters I'm following  "I hear that Aaron Porter was called "Tory Jew Scum" by people who chased him. If true then it's a complete disgrace."  From @ARUSU_Pres president of Anglia Ruskin university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 (edited) Oops, got it mixed in with the Twitters I'm following  "I hear that Aaron Porter was called "Tory Jew Scum" by people who chased him. If true then it's a complete disgrace."  From @ARUSU_Pres president of Anglia Ruskin university. Ah, I see.  A mindless minority in that case. I know the phrase is overused, but it really does appear relevant here.  In other news, has anyone been following the protests that are taking place in Egypt in an effort to remove the Mubarak dictatorship? It's like a tidal wave of protest that is roaring across that part of the world. Edited January 29, 2011 by David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 The US and UK's "wait and see who wins" stance on the situation is a fucking disgrace and they should be calling on Mubarak's resignation not squirming around calling for reform in a pathetic attempt at playing it safe in case Mubarak holds onto power. Â All aid to the Government and Military should also be cut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Unfortunately, Egypt is a major non-NATO ally and Mubarak is one of the closest Arab allies of the US. Right now, it's better the devil you know than the devil you don't, especially in the birthplace of modern Islamism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Why should we interfere? We interfered in Iraq to depose a genocidal psychopath and that was illegal and wrong. Egypt is far from perfect but it's at peace with Israel and willing to deal positively with the west. How would it be if Mubarak called for Cameron to resign over the fees protests? Fair elections would be nice, but it's a dangerous game to start interfering with the internal politics of other countries. A change in Egypt's leadership could cause a shitload more problems than it solves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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