After her decluttering budget proposals in my last post, Sir Keyer put Rach on sick leave. Not because she was sick, but because he was sick of her.
Now in desperation he has turned to the Last Laugh Looney Party for some more radical suggestions to solve out economic woes.
- Firstly, let’s stop all public enquiries. There are currently 24 of them, most of which have been going on for years and whose recommendations will be ignored anyway. Sadly it will put hundreds of lawyers out of work 😂
- Secondly, cancel HS2 and Heathrow’s new runway and the tunnel under Stone Henge and every other capital project which is over budget. Which is probably all of them !
- Thirdly, close down all the Quango’s. 600 at the latest count costing £343 billion, or 30% of the Government’s annual budget. They can continue on a voluntary basis or be funded as a charity if people or businesses are willing to pay for them.
- Fourthly, radically rethink our defence policy, based on Ukraine’s recent experience. Don’t bother buying billion £ aircraft carriers that don’t fly planes; or submarines that we never see at sea; or tanks that at £8 million each arrive years late and out of date. Retire all the armchair generals and recruit a regiment of 8 year old gaming children, who can shoot down drones in a click. For not much more than minimum wages, a Mars bar and a bottle of fizzy pop.
- Fifthly, put all the illegal immigrants to work, while they wait for their claim to stay to be evaluated, which will probably take years. They could build new prisons, which they could then go and live in until they are finally deported. At least that way we would get something to show for all the money they are costing us.
That’s FIVE LOONEY IDEAS to be going on with, but it probably doesn’t go far enough in reducing our national debt. I would have asked the Office of Budget Responsibility to calculate how much would be saved. But unfortunately they were scrapped in step three🤡
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Coco as chairman of the LONG Lost LOONIE PARTY, WHOOF WHOOF! I can see some sense. Wonderful.
it is time to go back and look at what that £one pound in ones pocket can do? As a Ragamuffin, i have trouuble, The housing, heating, water, gas, electric cost are increasing; There again one must have warth and basic services! However my weekly shopping bill has increased, not only on the items I buy, but the bus fare/fuel costs/delivery/taxi costs to be ablr to go out and enjoy a shopping spree, not only on essentials for life, but for those odd little iems one wishes to buy and suprise ones family or friends with a present. As One creep into ones 80ees one finds the opportunities limited, and spending by cash, i understand what I have in my pocket, after I get home? Where as with a touch and go credit card, Whoops! what Have I spent, there again a web based cash debit bank account, is daughting, for whom is telling the truth??? Am I sucumming to possible scams?
Here It brings me back to the LLLP and all the political GUFF they may comment upon, and I just wonder in this modern world of ours who or whom does one trust?
I like to meet a face shake a hand and look that person in the eye!!!!! whoof whoof as he snaps at the heels of the Unready and non belivers.
HELLO this is a Rgmuffin, good afternoon!
I have been reading and trying to digest the article by the BBC on the web about Artifical Intelligence in British Politics- I have found it a difficult subject to digest and understand at my gentle age of 83 and my lack of modern computer/communication skills. Hence my continual comments to meet the person/politicans/ representatives/friends in person, and discussing the ideals of aid/help for the older generations within the UK, by listening, questioning and looking at them in their face- their smile and sincerity/honesty, and afinal handshake with a a warm firm feeling.
The political press and a their policy documents appear to me to suggest a whole load of concepts. without a belief, AI and then they digest the comments and make a policy on the hoof? that they hope will win them the populations support;
We have become a nation of nations [race colour religion , age groups etc] and split futrher by whether one lives in an english county, wales. scotand. nothern island of the Isle of Mann, channel isles??
WE have appeared to have lost our beliefs in how we earn and honest living, defend our UK Nation, and make agreements with who or whom ever our alies are?
Are we part of the western free world lead by the USA, our commonweath beliefs, or our european neighbours?
Hence the problems of trying to understand Artifical INtelligence, are we fighting non descript monetry issues, or our we prepared as a nation to fight and DIE for our BELIEFS, that our parents friends did so in the 20th centuary.