By Royal Command.

I suppose the answer with this government is the same with most democratic governments around the world. Some you can change their mind and sometimes you cannot. This con/dem esplanade you can stop selling our forests to theme park entrepreneurs. But not avoid arm sales to the kingdom of Bahrain. The selling of arms is far too lucrative a business. God forbid our Royal Family was ever at risk of becoming unstuck from its investments like Bahrain. But would we need the support of the U.S. Navy to keep our Royal Family(God Forbid)to keep support for our Royal Family too?
Paul.

Top Gun.

Chief executives don't seem to live in the real world like we do. Cuts for us are the norm. They simply get incentive pay rises for doing a good job in cutting our services. For instance in Norwich they have saved 'Sensory Support' by linking it to the N.N.A.B; but cut Sensory Support's budget by 40 per cent. I haven't heard the Chief Ececutive of Norfolk County Council, having to cut his budget by 40 per cent, even on a voluntary basis.
Paul

The Big Issue Too.

The 'Big Issue' and the 'Big Society' seem to have something in common. They are both in their different quarters, the former journalism, the latter politics, both like elephants invisible to everybody else in the room, who does not want to take the trouble to notice them. Either we are not interested in 'tag' journalism. Somebody trying to stick a price tag on us and then charging us for a newspaper we don't want. Or similarly a political idea about 'volunteering' not paid for as good middle class thrifty people we don't want for nothing either. The working class may want both the Big Issue, and the Big Society. But they can't pay for them. The middle class can pay for them but doesn't want to buy something that seems to imply they both don't seem to need to be paid for. Especially if you ignore them.
Paul

Rooney's Wonder Goal.

I would have been more glad about Rooney's wonder goal, if he had during the F.A. World cup scored a even one goal for England whatever the quality.
Aren't Norwich City doing well. And Norwich have sold an extra share rights issue for £2 million. Must be worth more than Rooney's goal really. Though perhaps not actually.
EXcept to us.
Paul

Soothed By A Look.

Dr.McClean's theory that it is less painful looking at an injections than not, because of the analgesic effect of the look. Apparently looking comes from that part of the brain which soothes pain as well. May work for some people. Me I prefer not to look when I'm having my 3 monthly B!2 injection. I can't test Dr.McClean's theory. For my injection is in my top back shoulder the site of which I can't see anyway. If 'seeing' with my mind helps this I try to do.
Paul

Cuts Bleed.

The cuts to Outer Manchester services are staggering. County Council services are no longer able to cover what they once did. Swimming pools to go at the crunch of an auctioneer's mallet. I wonder I wonder if one of Outer Manchester's swimming pools will have new residents-Dolphin's. Perhaps you will be able to pick up a space in a car park for peanuts. Or at least a monkey.
It's so terrible for the people of outer Manchester, and even Norwich I cant joke about it.
It grew and it grew and it Grew. It's only a Greater Manchester people service's Job Seekers' Allowance QUEUE; and Norfolk County Council too.

Librariees?

Mary Berrys carrot cake is a bit like Cameron's attitude to Libraries in his vision of the 'Big Society'. Plenty of icing sugar at the when you open the packet. In the Big Society this is the 'volunteers' who will provide everything the reader needs; even new books?
Paul