Mock Election 2008

Spend, spend, spend!

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p style=text-align:justifyAusterity is the latest buzzword to emerge from Westminster, with politicians from all parties pulling serious faces and telling us we all have to tighten our belts, make sacrifices and various other financial clich#233;s. I’m sure they’re all right, but the problem is that the very word ldquo;austerityrdquo; now annoys me even more than the a href=http://www.printdesigns.compop up display/a ads that seem to appear every time you click on website these days. And before you telling me to disable my pop ups, I need to have them switched on for work so I can’t get rid of the annoying buggers! /p/p
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p class=MsoNormal style=text-align:justifyAnyway, back to politicians and their austerity measures. Everyone I know seems to be getting slowly worse off, thanks to a combination of businesses freezing wages while shops have to increase prices to survive in the current climate. Irsquo;m not going to start bitching about how much MPs get paid and about none of them are suffering because of ldquo;austerityrdquo; - thatrsquo;s been done a million times before ndash; no, my rant today is more of a call to arms. A salute to those who just donrsquo;t know when to put down their purse or wallet. And who are probably a lot happier (in the short-term at least) because of it. /p/p
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p class=MsoNormal style=text-align:justifyI decided last week that Irsquo;d had about as much as I could take of austerity and being told it was my responsibility to be financially cautious so we could all help the poor banks and the even poorer government out of the sticky mess. Screw that, I thought to myself, and promptly went out and bought a new TV, booked myself a long weekend in Madrid and spent a very relaxing few hours in the beauty salon. OK, Irsquo;ll pay for it when the credit card bill comes in at the end of the month, but by the time Saturday evening rolled around I looked and felt a lot happier than all those dour-faced MPs telling us to watch our pennies! /p/p
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Cameron Pledges Infrastructure Boost

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The UK PM David Cameron has promised that would dedicate himself to improving the infrastructure of the country and allow economic progress through creating more job opportunities, reducing the inability to enjoy stronger purchasing power in the public, and making the way for new investments in the UK. The Prime Minister has expressed clearly that despite being reluctant and pessimistic about the increase of power in the institution, he would make use of its freedom legislation./p
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The prime minister has expressed his desire to create more job places in the area of maintaining and enlarging the infrastructure of the country. He has emphasized that the UK would work strongly for the improvement of elements such as the electrical and broadband grid to deliver better performance and stable service and electricity prices. Furthermore, he has expressed the view that this is a perfect opportunity for people within regions where such improvement is required to get employed and make good income from employment options like this. The PM believes that a better infrastructure would definitely mean more attraction to foreign investments and industrial development./p
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Cameron has also pledged that he would work towards the improvement of transportation infrastructure in the country. Railway systems and transport links between cities, neighborhoods, business areas and international destinations would be improved by significant investments. This would additionally create more capital, would boost employment and would give the economy a necessary bit of freshness during times of significant economic and financial concerns. brbrAll of this is, however, happening on the background of persistent anti-capitalist protests in London where people are expressing their views under various forms in regard to the financial world. a href=http://www.colour-graphics.co.uk/categories/Banner-Stands/Banner stands/a condemn the attitude of finance-driven economies, resignations in the public sector strengthen the impact of the protests over the economy. Now is the chance of the political figure like Cameron to boost the confidence of the people in the state and to improve the economy in the UK./p
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New National Health Insurance Scheme Approved In South Africa

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p style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt As people in the US struggle over the current administrations health care policy one country has embarked on an ambitious plan to bring health care to its citizens. On August 10, 2011, South Africarsquo;s parliment approved a new national health insurance plan. It is possibly one of the nationrsquo;s most comprehensive pieces of legislation in its history. Now South Africans will be able to access health care much easier and be able to get the treatment they would otherwise be unable to afford. /p/p
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p style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalDubbed the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, this plan is slated to begin a pilot phase in 2012 in ten selected areas, and will gradually roll out to the rest of the country by 2026. /p p style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalIn 2010, the African National Congress estimated NHI would cost the nation 128 billion rand ($18 billion) in its first year. By 2020, the National Health Insurance scheme would cost South Africa 267 billion rand ($37 billion).these are daunting figure when you consider that South Africa is still struggling to shake off the oppression of Apartheid. One would need a a href=http://www.r4dscards.com/R4 3DS/a card just to be able to work with the figures being thrown around. /p p style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalSouth African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan stated the plan would be funded through sources such as tax revenue, mandatory employer contributions, and individual co-payments for medical services not included in the basic health insurance plan. Additional plan funding sources include partnerships with the private sector as well. /p p style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalCurrently, over 80 percent of the nationrsquo;s 50 million people rely on public health facilities. These facilities are overburdened and in dire need of funding and improvement. /p p style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalNHIrsquo;s approval has been delayed in the past by concerns over costs and the effect on the private health care industry. /p p style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt class=MsoNormalHealth Minister Aaron Motsoaledi stated that the plan was not aiming to replace private health insurance. People who wish to buy private insurance may still do so, but they will also need to make contributions to the national health insurance fund as well. /p/p
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Deep Reforms Needed

Addressing the struggle of political forces and leaders in the UK to tackle social and public problems, the informative news agency Reuters generalizes the UK problem as one of social incompatibility. According to the media, the problems in the UK are not caused by deprived public circles - poor people exist in Russia, Germany, Finland and so on, but none of these countries has ever faced such a devastating riot during the last decade.

Politicians need to reconsider a significant More

The UK Corruption

Traditionally, the UK has been named among the top countries in terms of anti-corruption measures. From social benefits for loyal employees of the public sector to compensation for fraud, UK has always aimed to maintain clear reputation. Or at least it was aiming to do so. Now, just like a big add shouting Discount Displays Homepage is Here, the UK government is in corruption scandals and quite serious problems - the BSkyB scandal with Murdoch, the scams of Tories More

The Struggle for Nuclear Energy

Europe is not only witnessing political mistakes and quite a lot of problems in its economics. However, the continent is also undergoing some of the most inspiring periods of the so called ’social revival'with its inhabitants forming quite a distinctive position and a political reason to stop the risk exposure of the continent to nuclear power. This has happened in Italy and Germany and is called “Stop the Nuclear Energy Use”.

In Italy, the politicians decided to revive the nuclear More

The SNP is criticised for ’power grabbing’

The Scottish National Party was recently accused of attempting to ‘power grab'after news emerged that one of its own Members of Scottish Parliament had been elected to the Scottish Parliament’s presiding officer. Tricia Marwick, a backbencher for the party, managed to defeat Hugh Henry of the Labour Party, as well as Christine Grahame, a fellow nationalist.

Meanwhile, Labour has claimed that while the SNP now has an overall majority of politicians for the very first time, politicians should also be More

The Expenses Scandal is Over

Finally, the ex-Tory peer in the House of Lords, Lord Taylor, was given a ruling in a court in the UK. He was sent to jail for 12 months for falsely claiming expenses at the amount of nearly 12,000 GBP and thus the case became a significant legal landmark that would remain a common law rule in the future.

The Tory Lord Taylor of Warwick was a prominent barrister and the first black Conservative peer. His impressive legal career leaves no room to suggest that exactly such a person, so familiar with the peculiarities and requirements of the law, would actually break it in such a gross way. Nevertheless, the Lord has claimed an disproportionate sum of money to cover his expenses. He has listed his Oxford house as his main residence and has claimed travel expenses plus expenses generated while residing in London. However, it was discovered that the peer has never actually lived in his property in Oxford and has mainly resided in London and that his travel expenses would not amount to more than a couple of thousands that he would be able to claim.

What happened with Lord Taylor’s case strongly concerned the Parliament and the people from the high courts. Such precedents might not be a unique exception and it is a probable case that others are also violating the law by daring to over claim expenses. Definitely, MPs and peers do not use cheap flights around the world. In addition to that, their travel expenses might be overestimated as they indicate one property as their own and actually reside in another, rather convenient one. The fact that Lord Taylor said before the court that he has been advised to do so by his colleagues is disturbing enough and might lead to further investigations in the area.

James Purnell Proposition

Former pension minister James Purnell has urged the labour government to reconsider its position on political leadership and reliance upon financial means. According to the expert economist, the current state of political aspirations for the rulers is coping with deficit rather than caring for the society. More

Islam and The Arab Revolutions

The Arab revolutions transformed the otherwise “gentle"in the recent times Arab countries. In some places, DNA Tests were necessary to determine who is the victim - this is the extent to which violence escalated. Revolutions, uprisings and unrest are currently something of no interest simply because there is a lrger scale of this conflict - the massive conflicts, the killings, the intervention of the Western forces in the conflicts and the growing need for a stabilized Arab community.

One particular More