Brexit Again

Though I disagree with the UK leaving the EU a small majority of the country voted to leave.  Though I think many of that small majority were badly misled into casting a vote to leave the vote still stands and , to my mind, the mistake has been made.  The people have spoken and that, not matter what I think, is democracy at work and we must leave.  I believe in democracy more than I believe in the EU and in my view all the challenges to us leaving amount to something akin to treason against the people of the UK.  Even with my  pro European views I believe we must now negotiate our exit with as much speed and as little cost as we can.  But I'm fairly certain that the leave contingent will find that they have to accept something akin to the free movement of labour to get the sort of agreement that the UK needs.  We also need the European workers to fill the jobs that UK residents aren't willing to undertake and yes there are many jobs that fall into that category.  So my suggestion to those behind the legal challenges is STOP you are working against the will of the voting public in the UK.  Your actions are not democratic and go against everything we in the UK aspire to.

Brexit or UK's Possible Exit From Europe

My vote will be firmly for us to stay in.  My strongest reason may sound stupid but I can't help my belief.  The UK has spent hundreds, if not thousands, of years engaged in anything from small skirmishes to full blown war with many of the other countries of Europe.  Now we sit across a table, albeit a metaphorical table, and argue.  THAT IS PROGRESS, no one gets injured or killed in the procedure.  Sure we may feel that we get a few silly rules and regulations imposed on us but surely that's a small price to pay for peace.  And if we do get the occasional silly rule we should remember that it's often because our weak willed self serving politicians aren't up to the job and shouldn't be there. It's my understanding that Euro MP's are usually failed UK MP's who are given a place in the Euro trough because they couldn't cut it in the UK or possibly they caused embarrassment and their party wanted them out of the way.

We need to stay in, vote in good Euro MP's and get things done our way.  We can't fix the thing if we aren't involved and we must fix it for everyone's good.

Vote to stay in.  We can make it work.

Making a political interview interesting

While at work today I had an idea to liven up political interviews.  The interviewer should be given a taser.  It the politician doesn't stick to answering the question asked exactly or if the politician starts answer by pulling another party or politician to apart they should be shot with the taser. My first thought was to use a real gun but using a taser would leave at least some of the stronger ones alive until next time. Even if the politician being interviewed didn't receive a jolt from the taser the discomfort of having to stick to the point and not answering the question they want to answer would probably kill off quite a few.  If they didn't actually die from sticking to the point it would be interesting to watch the facial contortions as they attempted to do so.  Does anyone else like this idea?

General Election UK style.

We are now less that five weeks away from our General Election.  Yes we have the dubious pleasure of turning out to vote for the lies that we like the most.  Or at least most of us do.  To be a little different I will, as usual, totally waste my vote.  I will do this by voting Liberal Democrat, they have no chance of getting voted in, and they certainly have no chance of returning a member of parliament for this constituency.  But given all this I will still vote for them.  Its not that I like them, I don't know what their policies are and I don't know the name of the candidate for the area, further more I don't care a jot.  My vote can be seen as a protest vote but it's not really that, what I don't want is a strong government with a large majority.  What I would really like is a repeat of the government we have had for the last five years, a coalition and that is what my vote is about.  A coalition has to negotiate thereby avoiding the excesses of a power crazed leader bulldozing through any legislation they can think up.  But it will soon be over and we won't be subject to the pathetic wrangling that we are getting put through at the moment.  The sooner its over the better.

25/12/15

Happy Christmas everyone. Today is the day that reminds everyone why they avoid their relations for the rest of the year. Have a great new year all.

Adverts on TV

I wonder if anyone had ever begun a campaign for better quality ads on TV.  I am constantly amazed that some of the ads actually get shown. Some like the Cilit Bang ad in the UK I find so irritating that I go out of my way to find an alternative product.  I hope this ad hasn't been allowed to escape the UK to pollute another country.  If it has please accept my apologies as a resident of the UK, we really tried but it escaped.
Seriously though why shouldn't TV ads be interesting, amusing and or enjoyable.  I know different things irritate different people but there's no to make such poor quality ads as the Cilit Bang ad.  Its not the only ad that has turned me away from a product.  Do other people have the same response and avoid a product if the ad is irritating?  I would really like to know what ads others find irritating.  Advertisers spend a lot of money on producing their ad and I would have thought that it would be a better idea if people enjoyed the ad.  If they could get people talking about it, even better laughing about it it would be remembered.  Surely an ad remembered with fondness would sell more product than one that leaves a feeling of complete irritation. If there are any employees of advertising companies reading this please make a little more effort.

UK supermarkets.

I don't know what supermarkets are like in other countries but the main stream supermarkets in the UK, whilst good at most things, are universally bad at anything that requires a modicum of patience.  In the meat line they are good with pork and chicken but when it comes to beef they are very poor.  The beef on display usually looks bright red which suggests that it hasn't been hung for long enough or possibly not at all.  Strangely enough at least of half of the beef products on display in Liddle does show working of patience, especially some of the stake which is a deep red plum colour showing it has been correctly aged and the quality shines through in the cooking and eating.  What has really started me off on this rant is cheese, in particular blue Stilton.  In my view good correctly ripened Stilton is certainly one of the worlds great cheeses and possibly the best in the world.  The sample I bought from my local Morrison's was enough to put anyone trying it for the first time off the cheese for good.  The sample was lacking any of the full flavoured tang that I expect and all I got was a bland chalk taste.  This was especially disappointing as I had purchased what purported to be "Mature Stilton."   The only way I have found to eat blue Stilton or Shropshire blue from a supermarket is to place it in the fridge and leave it for at least a month past its sell by date.  I find it offensive that when I purchase what is supposed to be mature cheese it is anything but.  I haven't found a good cheese shop in the area yet, and the delicatessen in the local town shows supermarket impatience as well.  Please, if anyone from a UK supermarket reads this learn a little patience and sell properly mature cheese, stop selling soggy chalk and calling it mature cheese.