High Pressure

Just a quick message to say their maybe a a lapse in posts over the next few weeks as I attempt to balance Mock exams revision, Xmas shopping and coursework....it's gonna be a bumpy ride!

Ash :D

It's time to act

Well, the last time I was sat at the computer typing out another blog post, there was heavy rain battering the street outside, one week on, it's still here! Joy! I shouldnt complain, most of Cumbria is under some kind of puddle. Of course, Cockermouth has seen the worst of it. It again raises the point of flood defences and also with the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change in 16 days aswell, I don't believe there will be any better time than now to act.

Sign Ed Miliband's pledge for a deal at Copenhagen here.

I really hope a deal can be done to replace the Kyoto Agreemnet, but without full support from the USA and China, I'm not so sure. However, I do admire the work Ed Miliband has been doing in the lead up to the summit. A few weeks ago, Senior Tory backbencher, Douglas Carswell MP declared that those who believe that climate change is happening are part of a "lunatic consensus". It is because of those kind of politicians, that British politics is in the state it is in. Carswell is still living in the dark ages of Conservative policies from the Eighties and with a majority of just 920 votes, it wouldnt hurt me to see him leave Parliament next year. Especially, when he has never actually voted on ANY laws to stop climate change.

Let's wait and see what happens with regards to both Climate Change and Douglas Carswell, hopefully the outcomes will both be positive.

The Worst Storm of the Year

Overnight, last night, the UK was battered and bruised by what was officially the worst storm of the year. With flooding, gales and gusts still widespread across Southern England it could be set to carry on and at this pace it may even look like the scenes of the summer two yaers ago could be back with a vengeance. Then, of course, you can mix that in with the Swine Flu epidemic worsening once more and it does look like it's going to be a cosy Christmas for Britain....not

On the brighter side however, the FTSE closed UP on around 5,000 points yesterday and the signs of recovery in Europe should allow us to declare ourselves out of recession early next year. By that time, we will probably ahve our newly formed Briberia or Iberish Airways as a part of the merger deal (In fact, the names are staying seperate). i am jsut worried that good old BA won't lose their truly British identity, we've already sold the BAA airports to the Spanish let alone our flagship airline aswell...

Hope you like my blog's new look, it's a bit more alien like...

My new syndromic views

As you may have noticved I have,as promised, renamed my Blog. The Syndrome, as I'm suer you'll agree is a lot better. And, it allows me to use the word 'syndromic' alot more! It effectively means 'diseased', on second thoughts, perhaps I won't use it that much...

....so has the 'fightback' promised at the Labour Party Conference begun? Well, with the excellent by-election results from Glasgow North East, I think it has. It was going to be a safe seat anyway, but Labour's candidate Willie Bain still won it by quite some majority with 59.9% of the vote, a majority of 8,111.

Also, the Daily Mirror have today published a Labour advert that shows the gruesome twosome of David Cameron and George Osborne sporting hairstyles similar to those of the X Factor twins, John and Edward. But the tagline warns: "You won't be laughing if they win." I think that's genius, certainly a sign of positive fightback.

It will be interesting to see the next polls when they are published....