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Category: politics

  • Saudi Arabia to punish a drug dealer

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    UK news is full of Saudi Arabia to punish a drug producer, transporter and probable dealer who was fully aware of the consequences of his actions.

    14.00 edit: It appears that the story about the drug dealer is intended to hide another story about Saudi Arabia.

    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2015/oct/13/corbyn-and-mcdonnell-face-major-labour-backlash-after-fiscal-charter-u-turn-politics-live#block-561cf573e4b0951b0272366b

    13:19

    Jeremy Corbyn: the prime minister has been shamed into a U-turn

    Jeremy Corbyn has issued a statement on Cameron’s decision to scrap the Saudi prisons contract:

    David Cameron has been shamed into a u-turn on this terrible contract, but why on earth was it set up in the first place? We should be sending a strong message to repressive regimes that the UK is a beacon for human rights and that this contract bid is unacceptable in the 21st century, and would damage Britain’s standing in the world.

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    Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech at the Labour Party Autumn Conference Photograph: Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images

    This is the first major victory for Corbyn as leader of the opposition (though much of the credit should also go to Michael Gove and the Times). Here is an extract from the Labour leader’s speech to the party’s autumn conference on 29th September, in which he challenged Cameron to scrap the deal.

    So to David Cameron I say: Intervene personally with the Saudi Arabian regime to stop the beheading and crucifixion of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr for taking part in a demonstration when just 17 years old.

    And start by terminating the Ministry of Justice’s bid to provide services to the Saudi prisons service – the very body which would be responsible for carrying out this barbaric sentence.

    This is the kind of thing that really damages Britain’s standing in the world.

  • Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn

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    Image of Jeremy Corbyn and Hugo ChavezMy congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn and his team. It is good to have a Socialist leading the Labour Party. I sincerely hope that the Labour Party will also turn Socialist.

    (ed: I backed him at 8/1 and made a few hundred pounds;)

  • There is a long history to this blog …

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    … and actually history before this blog.

    You have to look into the archives and do some independent research to understand it all. It should be clear then but possibly not. I gave you a key to understand events – particularly Blair(s) & Co.

     

  • Jeremy Corbyn videos :: 2

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    This blog and my previous blog is about me being a political dissident and a political activist. I am supporting Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership campaign.

    I consider that the vast majority of the UK electorate has been denied the opportunity to vote for anybody remotely representing their interests for far too long. Isn’t democracy an absolute farce if your choice is Conservative, Conservative or Conservative? (Conservative, Conservative-Liberal-Democrat or Conservative-Labour).

    I will be featuring some videos about Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign. These vids are just within the last day or so.

    Comments are monitored. They will be published if relevant regardless of any other consideration. OK, they may be cen***ed if obscene but they are welcome and encouraged.

    ed: There are a lot more available. YouTube has a filter Sort by Upload date

     

  • How the NHS can save millions

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    Firstly, I have to admit that this is not my idea but a friend’s. This idea is proposed seriously and I hope that it is taken up.

    The NHS wastes millions on temp agencies. Let’s look at some figures: Let’s assume that some medical professional e.g. a nurse, is employed as a temp at £24 an hour. The temp agency will typically take a 40% cut of the fee they charge: £16 for each hour that medical professional works – the NHS gets charged £40 an hour. If s/he works a 8-hour shift the temp agency makes £128. If s/he works a 40-hour week, the temp agency makes £640. The temp agency is making ridiculous amounts of money for possibly as little as 10 minutes’ work – only one short phone call and running the payroll.

    Image of Accident and emergency

    Here’s how to save that money. The NHS operates as a temp agency and does it for far more reasonable fees of 5% or less. They only need to cover their costs – they don’t need to make a profit for anyone. The medical professional still gets paid £24 an hour but the NHS gets charged only slightly more than that instead of £40.

    6/8/15: This article needs more research. NHS operates a ‘framework’ whereby agency fees are limited or capped. Temporary staff are also employed ‘off-framework’ e.g. when staff are needed urgently.