National Politics 
PM in Ilminster(0)
It was very good news to hear that the Prime Minister stopped off in Ilminster for a coffee whilst on his way to his holiday in Cornwall. It was even better to see that Jane Morgan had the foresight to get a photo with him and some of the kids who work in her excellent [...]
Under worked and over paid
Image via Wikipedia There is a report that has been carried out by a research company that claims that if local councils were to have staff that were as productive as those in the private sector then they could immediately lose 500,000 people. There are two issues that interest me in this report. The first [...]
House prices going up and going down
House prices are one of those things that vey many of us take an interest in. Whenever there is a recession we see the price of our main asset plummet and invariably soar again once the recession is over and the economy grows. However, this recession appears to have been like very few others. In [...]
Scrapping helicopters could devastate Yeovil
Image via Wikipedia I hope that others, like me, will be alarmed at the reports in the papers about the potential scrapping of large chunks of the Westland helicopter production as part of the drive to reduce the public debt. I am opposed to this for two reasons. The first reason is that this will [...]