Holiday Hiatus

Alex Fear and the Mrs are officially on holiday for 2 weeks from tomorrow, so the blogging will be light. We're actually looking for new flat to rent but we may just skip to the beach if the sun keeps (or catch a cheap 'environMENTALly unfriendly' flight away for a few days). In the meantime, any time I get at the 'puter will be devoted to testing a new CMS and thinking the best way to go about transferring this to a Wordpress blog (domain name/content). Look forward to changes, and better organisation of the resources (devoted to social action etc). In the meantime, click on one of the labels below to read through some previous topics.

The Australian Connection

C Controversy Contains speculation over global conspiracy. Should British immigration rules be tightened for Australians? Is Australia the greatest threat to democracy in the world?

Loss of Confidence

This Post Is Rated: C for Controversial. Speculation over the decline of trust in British institutions. In may, the Economist highlighted a YouGov poll taken earlier this year showing a general decline in the British peoples trust in public services, politics, work and journalism. "...Confidence in almost every area of public life has fallen since the invasion of Iraq in 2003." - The Economist, Trust Me, I'm A Judge Unsurprisingly the only people to have gained more trust from the public were judges, whilst the usual suspects, including police, NHS hospital managers, estate agents, MPs and newspapers lost trust. It's easy to see why. I speak from my own experience in dealing with 'the system'. People are realising that whilst those in authority seek more and more power over every detail of our lives, restricting our freedoms, judges are our last great hope in clearing our name and keeping society in balance. Whilst the government seeks to speed up justice and skip past important checks and balances, the judge is a human being, our last recourse and hope for clearing our name and defending our innocence and rights. As the government have introduced more and more restrictive legislation, more and more British people have come to rely upon the courts to treat them fairly. When are we going to have an honest, competent, open government? One that looks to the bottom line when making decisions and laws, a government that stands for integrity and trust? I'm fed up of seeing pandering to the rhetorical right, unaccountability, cover ups, tax solves all problems, empty promises, technology solves everything, motorists are evil, environmental hypocrisy, weasel words, VIP treatment, cultivating fear, wasted money, not protecting UK citizens and allowing foreigners to dictate policy. DISCUSS THIS POST (registration is free) Technorati Tags: politics, corruption, yougov, the economist, government, trust, justice, united kingdom, legislation, law, judges

Lost The Plot

Alex wonders if it's just him or is it that Rupert Murderoch bought 'Lost' for the sole purpose to use as a marketing campaign. The fact he has decided to float the whole Sky ship (well, not entirely, using '24' as the rudder) on one show is just moronic, especially since this show can be downloaded from numerous sources on the interweb. Anyone who cancels their subscription to VM for Sky just for this show must have very limited cultural tastes. However if you were considering it don't, Alex can inform you that it's not worth it. The only thing 'lost' in Season 3 so far seems to be the script. Check out the sci-fi channel instead for what is probably the best American TV show so far. Image Referral: Digital Spy