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well i haven't added anything on here for a hell of a long time, but that is not to say that i haven't been busy or that i have nothing to say...just haven't had time to get on here!

first of all, you might like to know that i am posted to Cyprus in march so i don't know what is going to happen to this blog thingy then... can't see it will be that much of a problem to get internet access. It's not as though i am moving to the moon or anything.

well as you probably gathered by the title of this blog post. this is gonna be all about the things that i personally consider to be of interest to the average british person. the things that are going wrong with this country...

i'd like to begin with an admission of guilt if i may. I voted for the labour party in this country at the last local and general elections. in my own defence however i don't really believe that there is any viable opposition to the labour party which is why i believe that they will also win at the next general election....i digress

the reason for this admission is that the things that 'grip my shit' the most in this once great country are all the doing of the labour party and its apparenty inablity to carry through with a single one of its promises to the nation. i think that any reasonable person that is reading this... if anyone does in fact read what i write... will agree with me that this country is fast approaching breaking piont. let me begin with the National Health Service

New Labour rose to power in this country on the back of many promises, amongst these was the promise to re-vamp the ailing NHS and to provide the British taxpayer with a world class health service. Ten years on and to put it quite bluntly they have failed. the NHS is in as bad a state as it was in 1997 (if not worse) individual health care trusts now find themselves millions of pounds in the red with the only way to claw back this money being cutting back on staff or services. We have seen to tangible reduction in waiting list times and MRSA and other 'super-bugs' are actually KILLING PEOPLE. Please don't get me wrong i am not in the slightest trying to belittle the work that NHS workers in all hospitals thoughout the country are doing, it is just they they do not have the money, resources or personnel to do the job. This leads me nicely to my next gripe, an absolute travesty of government policy that i myself have had first hand experiece of and demostrate the true cynicism of the Labour machine.

On 11th September 2001, the world received a huge wake up call to the threat of terrorism in the modern world. we have had violent reminders ever since. most notably in this country on 7th July 2005 with the London bombings. Now it is not my place or my wish to debate the morality/ legality of coalition invasions of either Afghanistan or Iraq. suffice to say that is a FACT that British forces were sent to these 2 hostile environments by the democratically elected government of the day. that is enough for most serving personnel... it is our job after all. now what really does enrage me about the state of affairs that we now find our selves in is that despite Tony Blairs hollow words our armed forces are severly underfunded, undermanned and poorly equipped. Despite the fact that our excellent forces are fighting a war on two fronts... that would be the war on terror, for to call it anything but a war is an insult to those that have lost their lives fighting for freedom! This war that has seen and continues to see some of the most ferocious fighting for generations. What do our troops get in return for doing their jobs so well? massive cut backs in manpwer, RAF station closures, ancient army regiments being combined to reduce costs and manpower, naval warships being scrapped, the threat of closure of one of only 3 remaining naval bases, lack of body armour for front line troops etc. etc. why? how? well to start with the professionalism of our armed forces in a way makes this all possible. Our troops get the job done... no matter what. the MOD knows this well and therefore turn a blind eye to the massive cuts safe in the knowledge that the average soldier, sailor, airman will continue to carry out their missions despite not because of the MOD's support. Secondly what could be possibly do anyway?  we aren't allowed a union, we aren't allowed to strike, go to the papers and intimidating words like TREASON are banded about all over the place! or the old favourite the officail secrets act is brought out! we have no united voice that together with the fact that the armed forces are the most under represnted voting group... there is your answer the government is saving money because they know that they can get away with it. travel to any army camp, naval base or air force station and talk to the people there and every single one of them if being honest will tell you that things are worse than they have ever been and that our armed forces are at breaking point RIGHT NOW. Mr Blair/ Brown...you have been warned.

As anyone that reads this will already know, the state of law and order in this country is another thing to 'grip my shit'

a certain politician once promised us he would be "tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime" hearing those LIES (for there simply is no other words for it) is almost laughable now, well it would be if it wasn't so terrifying. pick up any newspaper, watch any news channel, takl talk to anyone on the street about crime in this country and you will see just how tough we are on crime! just one example...last week a convicted peadophile was released because the home secretary had issue a directive not to put anyone in prison if at all possible! unbelievable. prisons are at maximum capacity as are the holding cells in police stations the length and breadth of the country... what is the government doing about it? NOTHING oooh very tough, i bet the criminal fraternity is quacking in their boots.

look out for another installment of 'what grips my shit' soon, when i have calmed down! to include...immigration, education and tv licensing