#TfL boss suggests using alcohol to numb the pain of #2012 transport chaos. http://tinyurl.com/drownyourtravelsorrows

TfL boss, Peter Hendy today call on those travelling to the 2012 Olympics to stagger their journeys and to stop off for a drink along the way to ease overcrowding.  

Although we do not yet know the final bill for the Olympics around £20billion has been spent on London’s transport infrastructure in readiness for the games; is this is really the best solution to the potential travel chaos. Perhaps a little too much of that £20billion was spent on hospitality rather than upgrading London’s creaking transport network.

Boris shows his contempt for young unemployed Londoners

BORIS JOHNSON IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY,

Boris Johnson is out of touch following his comments about the increasing amount of young Londoners who are unable to find work. 

 

In the week that it was revealed that unemployment had risen by 118,000 to 2.68million, the highest figure since 1994, the Mayor of London has said that young Londoners need to match the energy of foreigners and pointed out there were around 30,000 mid-market and lower skilled job vacancies in London. 

 

UKIP believes that these comments will do nothing to inspire young Londoners seeking work. They also fail to address the real problems that exist when it comes to ensuring that youngsters in the capital are adequately equipped to successfully apply for vacancies and achieve employment. 

 Boris is out of touch on this matter and has shown borderline contempt for youngsters who just want a job. 

It is not simply a case of matching the energy of foreigners who successfully filled the jobs on offer; the problem is far more deep-rooted than that. 

Many young Londoners are hampered by the failings in our education system which does not always equip school leavers with the necessary skills to find work. 

 Five years ago the Public Accounts Committee revealed that 51,000 pupils left school without a GCSE of at least D-G grade in Maths, and 39,000 left without grade this in English. 

Those school leavers will be in their early 20s now and unless they have been able lucky enough to get a second crack of the whip will be competing for jobs against better educated foreign workers.

 Boris should be calling for a better education system, not providing cheap sound bites that he hopes will give him a poll boost.

 Mayor of London’s remarks go some way towards demonising young Londoners and will not be well received by those who believe he has had privileged upbringing. 

 Boris is not providing any solutions but simply having a go at the young unemployed in London. 

 He has been lucky enough to have a decent private education and I doubt he has never experienced the soul destroying feeling of having dozens of job applications rejected.

  

Free sport and leisure activities could cost you an arm and a leg

Free sport and leisure activities could cost you an arm and a leg @CityWestminster. This weekend Leisure centres and other sports venues across Westminster will host more than 220 hours of ‘free’ activities. This very commendable, however I wouldn’t attempt to drive as the parking restrictions in Westminster are some of the worst in London, and this is even before they try and extend the times to which they apply.

Boris jumps on the Bandwagon

 

Boris shall hence this day forth be known as Bandwagon-Boris as he seems to have jumped on yet another one, this time it is the extension of controlled parking zones in Westminster. But just as in the other cases of Bandwagon jumping Boris has waited until public sentiment will ensure that his LATE intervention will be seen to be in favour of those protesting against yet another attempt by our ruling elite to fleece ordinary hard-working folk.

One previous bandwagon was that of opposition to the western extension of the congestion charging zone. But once in office it took Bandwagon-Boris an extraordinary length of time to get round to doing anything about it; my advice to those opposed to this anti-business attempt by Westminster Council to extend the CPZ is not to hold your breath whilst waiting for Boris to act, I on the other hand have a cunning plan to scupper the Westminster parking-fascists once and for all….

Polish gang traffic people for Benefit Fraud.

In defending his decision not to hold a referendum on Britain’s relationship with the EU, Cameron insists it is in Britain’s interest to remain a member “the benefits are clear” he argues; well the benefits are clear if you are an Eastern European crime gang exploiting the ‘free movement of people’ to cheat our generous welfare and benefits system. I, on the other hand hold quite the opposite view and see this as just another example of how UK taxpayers are being ripped-off. Not only are we paying benefits to people who in my view have absolutely no right to them but as these people cannot be deported we then have to house them when there are not even enough homes for those that are more deserving. (Express Article)

Mass Lobby of Parliament, NOW MONDAY 24th

This is a pivotal moment in our struggle to be free of the undemocratic shackles of the EU.

With the ever growing realisation that the euro zone crisis could bring us all down “cast iron” Dave Cameron feels that he must pretend that he does indeed have the interests of the nation at heart; most of you will already know that a promise from Dave is worth as about as much as second-hand toilet paper. And true to form Dave as already brought forward the date of this debate to try and thwart the efforts of those who might wish to exercise they lawful right to demonstrate outside parliament should their banners and entreaties for a free fare and democratic desire for future self-determination persuade any MPs to vote in favour of a referendum on our future relationship with the EU  

Initially tabled for Thursday this debate will now take place this coming Monday 24th October 2011 I urge as many of you as possible to get yourselves to Parliament Square for 12:00 noon.