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Author Archives: john graham
SmilešHuntingš¤”
There are too many opportunities to GRUMBLE around. In every direction thereās a Ukraine or a Gaza being blown up. Relentless enquiries into Covid or the Post Office drag on for years. Winter is full of cold weather warnings and … Continue reading
Tagged GRUMBLES, smiles
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LLLP TENATORS.
Local Authorities are largely unaccountable to their electorate. They are also tightly constrained by the National Governments who hold the purse strings. Many of them donāt look after the money they do have and quite a few are on the … Continue reading
Tagged "LLLP"
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LLLP MINI/ MAXI WAGE
The Last Laugh Looney Party has another daft idea up its sleeve, which if it is elected at the General Election, it will introduce in the next parliament. Itās a two pronged approach to remuneration. Firstly everybody of working age … Continue reading
LLLP Green Plan Plus.
This post follows on from the Last Laugh Looney Party launch of its Green Plan to turn off the countryās central heating. It was rushed a bit and there needs to be a few amendments to make it even more … Continue reading
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LLLP GREEN PLAN.
Nobody much doubts now that global warming is happening; polar ice caps are melting; glaciers are receding; sea levels are rising and that excessive use of fossil fuels seems to be the cause of the problem. What is not agreed … Continue reading
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LLLP Election Manifesto.
A General Election is expected to be at the end of 2024, so the Last Laugh Looney Party is furiously working on its manifesto. It has to be better than ever before, because the LLLP is starting from zero. There … Continue reading
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GOOD NEWS STORIES.
No doubt 2004 will start with the continuation of the bad news that dominated the whole of 2023. No need to repeat the, who can forget them? Apart from the Coronation of course. But, it canāt go on forever and … Continue reading
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Shedding Customers !
This is my RANT for 2023, in the optimistic hope that things will change for the better in the New Year. Who on earth wants āolderā customers these days? Judging by the ways they act, you would think the answer … Continue reading
Houses for Frogs & Newts.
There is a desperate shortage of houses in this country and has been for many years. Repeated Governments have promised to build more in every political manifesto, but they never reach their targets. The current Government target is to build … Continue reading
Cop the lot.
COP28 has just finished in Dubai. Why COP? Why 28? And why Dubai? Itās the United Nations global conference on climate change, so it must be critical to the future of the planet. 14,000 people have flown in from all … Continue reading