2nd August 2010

I have been too busy (well too idle to be honest), to write anything myself,

Stumbled across a blog called a Very British Dude, it has some class comments, if you just ignore the bad language, including this classic eight problems which do not need solving.

Another bit of classic comment from him:

 "but everybody and his dog knows the ISI fund and support the Taliban. This is because they’re worried of the Indian hoards doing a Von Schlieffen through Afghanistan. What this supposed Intelligence Service fails to point out is why the Indians would want to take over this rather benighted country in the first place. Are the Indians short of a decent offside spinner and willing to invade another country to get one? Because with the best will in the world, India wouldn’t be invading Pakistan for more modern industry, infrastructure and education system.



The irony is in the attempt to strengthen Pakistan by playing both sides, their support of the Taliban weakens their own country by radicalising people into sending their kids to Madrassas rather than computer school. Kids who consider 72 Virgins by blowing up a Afghan Police Checkpoint a valid career option. Oh and the side benefit is that they regularly blow up parts of their own country as well. This will not bring in the business, entrepreneurship or the skills necessary to compete with India. Why is David Cameron not visiting you? Because unlike India we’ve nothing to trade with you, you offer nothing except truck drivers to move our 24Hour Rat Packs to Helmand. The ISI is dooming its country to be a nation that produces nothing more than the odd decent batsman and 174 Million rug makers. Why is an Intelligence Organisation too stupid to realise this."

and some more:

"The Tories may not be a party of the poor, but as Thatcher's record of the greatest transfer of wealth and power from state to low-income individuals through council house sales, and Iain Duncan-Smith's well thought out and consistent policies on Tax n' Benefits show, we do try to be a party FOR the poor. Labour's record in office is one of stagnating social mobility BECAUSE of their emphasis on redistribution and lack of concern for the incentives they build into the system. Their egalitarian education policies removed a ladder for bright kids from poor backgrounds, either Grammar schools or assisted places, because of spite and dogma rather than a view to what works. Thier opposition to the Tory Free Schools is based on ludicrous and dogmatic ideas of a one-size-fits all policy dictated to the classroom all the way from westminster. They cannot see that in order to raise standards, the tight grip of (whatever the department for education is called this week's proxies: The) Local Education Authorities, needs to relax and parents need to be the ones setting teacher's priorities."