Giving these scum any money is bad enough but when they are exploiting loopholes in the law it is a disgrace.
Lets do what we can to ensure they don't do this again by sending them homewards with the minimum of votes. Vote anybody but BNP, please.
The Scotsman - BNP to get £670,000 from taxpayers to fund campaign
All well and good in this article but look at the following from NHSBLOGDOC.
Also have a look at The Scotsman and some of the comments.
Is this driven by a want for profit or is it a good thing. As he says Statins are big business. Very big business.
I saw five patients today who are on statins, and they all had questions about safety, and memory loss and the "new statin" that has turned out to be dangerous. I worry about this more and more. I ask myself, how much do I REALLY know about the efficacy and safety of these drugs? I am merely the victim of the latest reseach paper.
Pfizer’s next big drug for heart disease (torcetrapib which was slated to replace Lipitor) has bombed in trials, causing sufficient deaths that the trials have been ended early and development has been stopped. This is obviously dreadful news for Pfizer, and I assume that the stock will be well done on Monday. But that’s how the pharma business is supposed to work—big bets on new blockbusters may not pan out, but others will do so. (Matthew Holt)
Statins are big business. Very big business.
An academic colleague in the Southern Hemisphere sends me regular updates on the dangers of statins. He draws my attention to this:
Frank Cooper - author of "Cholesterol and the French Paradox".
France is a nation of 62,000,000 people who have been eating foods high in saturated fats and cholesterol for a long time, and yet they enjoy very low levels of heart disease. Frank will explain how the French eat 3 times as much fat and cholesterol as Americans yet have 1/3 the deaths from heart attacks. (Source)
Popular medicine, maybe. But can someone explain it to me? Then I can explain it to my patients.
The aptly named Colin Brown has a story in the unIndependent that purports to show how "unfair" the boundary changes, that are coming in, are on Labour. It mangles the facts to say that because Labour will lose some seats, it is unfair.
In reality the Boundary Commission have still not managed to sort this out properly despite having six years to do so. Also note that despite having had the recommendations for more than four months Labour has done nothing with them yet. The process to make the changes law could take over three months, so perhaps they are keeping them in abeyance, in case of a snap General Election caused by some of their recent scandals.
This is a typical Labour "spin" to try and gain sympathy and blame those nasty Tories.
New Labour "Whiter than White".
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Beyond belief! What is this country coming to.
Tony McNumpty , Home office minister had the following to say.
Jeremy Vine: You see something happening in the street. Do you step in?
Tony McNulty: I think the general line must be to get in touch with the authorities straight and make sure that if things are as bad as you paint the police will be there as quickly as they can.
Jeremy: You see a young man looking aggressive, shouting at an old woman, what do you do? You retreat and ring the police?
Tony McNulty: I think you should in the first instance. It may well be the simply shouting at them, blowing your horn or whatever else deters them and they go away.
Jeremy: He's now hitting her and the police haven't come, what do you do then?
Tony McNulty: The same the same, you must always ...
Jeremy: Still wait?
Tony McNulty: Get back to the police, try some distractive activities whatever else.
Jeremy: What jump up and down?
Tony McNulty: But I would say you know sometimes that that may well work.
And more references to Nixon. What a damning legacy he will leave.
The Scotsman - UK - Watergate taunts rile Blair as calls to quit grow
More Tricky Dicky references as the Mad One gets closer and closer to an inelegant departure from Downing Street.
I must admit my feeling is that the meeting with the police last week was more a case of a warning to Mr Blair that they had the evidence of a cover-up and that he should just do the decent thing as soon as possible.
Hopefully this will be soon so that we can get some sort of functioning Government in place. We are quickly becoming a laughing stock.
Blair loses his grip on government and reality | Dt Leaders | Opinion | Telegraph
So that wonderful council that empties my bins occasionally has been charged with fly tipping. Oh just so ironic!
Aberdeenshire Council has been charged with fly-tipping materials i
This is a link to the Political Betting blog which I like to poke about with but seldom comment on (though my Wife does).
I just loved the following comment on Tony Blair, maybe slightly over the top but with Britain becoming a laughing stock due to his antics probably justified.
Rubbish. Blair is a political magician, no doubt, but his failings far outweigh his merits. The main achievement of this Labour government has been economic stability and continual growth - for that they must be properly credited. But Brown is the one who should get the credit. Why? Because Blair, given half the chance, and convinced of his own messianic destiny, would have taken us into the euro - and consigned us to the high unemployment and low growth of the eurozone over the last decade.
Apart from that, Blair, as a pathological liar, has traduced and poisoned the British political system with his mendacity. He cannot open his mouth without telling a fib, his mother tongue is falsity, his speech is pure dissembling, his vocabulary is that of a used car salesman on coca leaves.
Because of his aversion to the truth, he is also responsible for infecting the British political bloodstream with Peter Mandelson and Alistair Campbell, two odious and manipulative bullies, a pair of the nastiest men ever to work in Westminster. With his own lies and his employment of other liars (like Mandelson and Campbell) Blair has reduced voter confidence in politics to catastrophically low levels.
Because Blair lied about Iraq, the biggest issue of the decade, it will be hard for any other government ever to win the people’s trust on an issue as grave as going to war. This is incalculably damaging for our country.
Furthermore, Blair is a dangerously vain and insecure man who hides his failings and self doubts with a carapace of charm - like all charlatans. All that matters to Blair is his own image. This is why he is so desperately clinging on to power, in the futile hopes that his legacy will not turn out to be, yes, the charred corpses in Iraq.
He will fail, of course. When they finally drive a stake through Blair’s career, people will remember him only for this, for Iraq, and the lies he told to take us there.
Blair is a bowel movement of a man. A voided bladder making pitiful noises.
I was going to blog on the story referred to in the attached piece about a lady who is going to sue NHS 24 up here in Aberdeenshire, but thought I would wait until the excellent Dr Crippen did a piece on it ( I was sure he would!). However he pointed to this article.
I know what I would do in an emergency, especially out here in the sticks, and it wouldn't be waiting around for a nurse to speak to me over the phone, if I was seriously worried. I have tried it and the wait whilst they refer to their protocol and more experienced people is very trying.
Pathologists Anonymous: Choose your own adventure
A while back I posted about Tricky Dicky Now it all looks to be coming closer to being true.
Again it is, apparently, the cover-up that is doing for the accused rather than the actual deeds. Pop along to some of the following to see the latest.
The Scotsman
The Independent
Iain Dale
Guido
It's a national scandal: Its not new its been heavily researched for more than 5 years.
* Six out of 10 older people are at risk of becoming malnourished, or their situation getting worse, in hospital.
* Up to 14% of older people aged over 65 years in the UK are malnourished.
* Four out of 10 older people admitted to hospital are malnourished on arrival.
* Patients over the age of 80 admitted to hospital have a five times higher prevalence of malnutrition than those under the age of 50.
* Up to 50% of older people in general hospitals have mental health needs.
* Patients who are malnourished stay in hospital for a longer time, require more medications, and are more likely to suffer from infections.
* The toll of malnutrition on health and health care costs is estimated to exceed £7.3 billion per year (much more than obesity). Over half of this cost is expended on people aged 65 years and above.
As usual Mr Blair shows his contempt and utter cowardice by not attending the Commons for an Iraq Debate. In fact the last time he attended was to declare War.
This is Blair's utter contempt for this country and his utter cowardice.
My wife's words are as follows.
"Tony Blair has no honour left, and to avoid leading the debate while troops are there and in Afghanistan is DISGUSTING!
But then, what is worse is the fact that he can't even tell us what he is going to do because it is probably part of Gordon Brown's 100 day decree's from upon high.
Our soldiers are out there undermanned, under equipped and the treasury won't even cough up for decent armoured vehicles to keep them safe.
Demanding a withdrawal by a pre arranged date which the Libdems seem to have pulled out of the sky, smacks of opportunism and a lack of thought about the soldiers there or the people of Iraq. But still they would have thought about the headline!
So Labour in limbo for political gain and surprise surprise the Libdems doing the same!"
Tonight sees the Carling Cup Semi-Final second leg for Wycombe vs Chelsea.
Wycombe are now managed by ex-Celtic and Scotland player Paul Lambert so a good Scottish connection here.
For a real bit of history follow the link below. I was one of the 12,000 who crammed into Loakes Park to see this game.
And of course who can forget the old geeza who used to appear near the end of the games selling the sporting paper. the cry of 'alf times!, 'alf times! was the more amazing as the guy would still have his rolly-up attached to his upper lip as he continued shouting his wares.
Chairboys on the Net - Wycombe Wanderers vs Middlesborough
What can you say.
Only a Civil Servant could dream this up and only after the oh so useful Scottish Parliament had decided a department should move (which Marginal is next on the list?).
But don't worry these rules will be changed after five years! I wonder what other little sweeteners they have managed to get as well.
I suggest a new relocation of the Scottish Parliament to the nearest bin. Unfortunately these are all full due to the crap that comes from this Lab/Lib waste of money.
Pop along to the website of the Department at Transport Scotland but don't go to the Traffic Scotland website when the weather is bad as it always stops working/responding just when it is needed.
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Staff commute is classed as work
I see the BBC (Biased Broadcasting Corporation) are at it again. Amazing that Mr Puttnam who is in line for another Labour Quango job as Chairman of the new BBC Trust has been so outspoken on this. I bet his possible future underlings won't want to get on his bad side.
The image at the side shows where they rate the story. Has anyone at the BBC looked at the Broadsheets today to see what the leading stories are?
Unbelievable!
Iain Dale's Diary: BBC Buries Cash for Peerages News
I previously noted in my blog that the whole cash for honours affair was beginning to look like the Tricky Dicky affair. Well now with the arrest and bail of Miss Turner this is beginning to look more and more true. What price a tearful Blair appearing on our screens to announce his resignation in the not too distant future.
According to Political Betting it may not be too long now.
Also it is well to note that Guido reports that the Attorney General is also being investigated. A little reading between the lines on this seems to indicate that someone has been leaning on the man. Wonder who that might be?
BBC NEWS | Politics | Honours police arrest Blair aide
Good to see Wycombe doing well in the English League Cup. Many years ago, during the 70's, I used to pop along to see them at Loakes Park. They had a number of good runs in the F.A. cup at that time.
Hopefully they can do better at Stamford Bridge, if only to piss my wee bro off!
Pop along and have a look at this and buy it just to embarrass Mr Blair.
You can buy/listen to the track here.
I actually have/had a copy of this book and did read some of it to my Wife many years ago (BK - Before Kids even). Her remarks on itthen were not printable. Needless to say her replies on the link here are again unprintable.
What can you say. You try to help and all you get is foul language!
Perhaps some people might remember how Dick Nixon was brought to his knees and humbled back in the 70's. This article shows that its likely the same sort of thing has been going on within Downing Street. If this wasn't our Government it would almost be funny.
No 10 investigated for perversion of justice - Britain - Times Online
And yet again we see Blair's dishonest government lying again. This time again about soldiers pay. As usual the government has tried to weasel it's way out of it again by judicious choices of words. Again "new" money has turned out to be redistributed money.
When will they stop.
See the following stories. One thing to note is that the biased BBC reported on the initial story but have not noted the problems later on.
MPs misled over troop payments
Lame Blair ducks the debate on soldiers' pay
Browne apologises in troops pay row
Soldiers to get tax bill bonus
Have a read of this and then look forward to your next visit to Hospital.
In fact read the whole blog it is not only a wonderful look at the NHS now under Nu Labour, but also a great social commentary. Some of the articles will make you laugh, some make you cry and some will just make you think and examine your attitudes to people.
My favourite from his blog is
Schizophrenia
NHS Blog Doctor: Pissing into the tent
Tarland Primary School Pupil poems for Hiroshima child
A brief story on Tarland Primary School which Ruaridh is currently attending and which Malcolm and Cameron both attended.
Malcolm might hear a former good friend of his (Of the female kind) if he listens to the replay!
Halloween tonight and the weather here was a tad wild, Temperature just above freezing and winds and rain. So we had a bit of a party instead.
On Saturday Neil (My Brother) and I popped along to see Wishbone Ash. You have to be of a certain age to remember them as they have been playing for a bit over 35 years and were in their heyday back in the early 70's. However they managed to fill the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen and they are still going strong. Their sound is just wonderful, makes you appreciate what real music is all about rather than todays manufactured crap...
Giant elastic-powered aircraft fails to take off | The Register
Only in Britain could this happen!
After being at Goalkeeper training all week, I took the boys and their cousin Ben to Pizzaland before going bowling at Aberdeen Beach.
It's holiday time so the weather has been truly awful, It seems to have rained for the last week. Boys are getting cabin fever even though they are getting out and about. Hopefully the weather will improve next week.
Another one from a night of sunsets. Won't be many to come now as the nights draw in.
More photos at Diack Photos
Another picture from last night but this one's from closer too home as in about 100 yards away on the road to Migvie. What a lovely evening it was.
More at Diack Photos
Tonight was one of those nights when you only watch and wonder at our world. The natural beauty around us is so often forgotten.
Tonight I stopped twice on the way home to take photo's and then had a wander outside of our house to get some more. The light changed so quickly from this more muted but colourful night to a glorious orange later on.
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18 Doughty Street
Interested in Politics? Then why not have a look at this. It only started today but perhaps a more refreshing look at UK politics that Sky or the BBC/ITV. A promising start tonight.
Another Picture from Loch Kinord on a beautiful Evening. Reminds me of one of the many reasons why I moved out of Aberdeen and into the country.
Went for a walk this evening with Malcolm and Holly the dog. Weather was fine and we decided to go to Loch Kinord. Took a few photos as we wandered round. The trees are looking good as they take on their autumn colours. We had a pretty sunset and the dog is now sleeping in bed after a great run around.
More photos at Diack Photos
Noddy & Mr Plod: Tell it like it is
Pop across and have a look at this. This guy is certainly not a politician but he does know how to speak his mind and speaks a lot of sense.
OK I know another sunrise, but I just can't get enough of them at the moment. I stopped four times on the drive to work this morning to admire the view and take a few snaps.
Anyway this will just about the last I will see of them before I start driving in the dark for the next 3-4 months.
See more photos at Diack Photos
This is an older photo of mine but one I really like. Just seems so calm and serene.
Strange light over Lochnagar created this little rainbow on Thursday Morning. The light was very strange with a very red glow over all the hills.
Dawn's are fine when you are met with views like this at the end of your road. Makes the drive to work easy on the eyes and you appreciate it so much more. This one came from yesterday morning.
See more at Diack Photos
What a wonderful government we have. Not satisfied with making a pigs ear of Iraq/Afghanistan they have now turned their attention to the UK. As usual, from them, an ill thought out and applied law. When will they learn.
BBC NEWS | Business | Age law 'threat to minimum wage'
Spotted this balloon on Wednesday night on the way home and chased it across the countryside trying to get a some good photos.
See more at Diack Photos
Was in Banchory at the weekend and was taking photos for my Cousin in America and popped along to Scolty Hill. Well worth a visit for the views and changing scenery.
Another wonderful morning of views. Was a bit late so only managed a couple of snaps. Had to stop to look at this.
Well the sunrises have now got to that time when I can see them on the way to work. I took this on Wednesday morning when the sky was amazing. Makes going to work a joy.
A warning to Which? subscribers. The following letter was sent out by Which? to all Which? online users. It appears that due to a complete lack of expertise they have sent the user id and password for current subscribers of the Which? web site in clear. So if anyone else sees this letter they have all your details, Membership Number, Address, ID (which is your e-mail address) and Password.
OK you say but that site doesn't have anything on it of any great interest that I can't get anywhere else, but the problem is, that many people use the same password for all their ID'S. So now we have a larger problem. Using the E-Mail address and the password many things may open up. Bank Accounts, Credit Cards, Amazon etc etc. Manna from heaven for anyone who knew what to do.
I was lucky the password on the letter is one I use for insecure or general sites. I use different passwords for my secure sites. I was also lucky I noticed this as the letter lay around our house for a few days before I read it, just before throwing it away.
I phoned Which? and their only answer was SORRY. Wonderful, no advice on what to do next and what they were doing to sort this out. I was not the first person to complain.
So you have been warned.
P.S. Just in case I have changed my passwords!!
Scottish Golf Union I forgot to blog this a while ago, but Cameron competed in this competition, he was just unlucky on getting into the final even though he was one of the youngest taking part. He is now playing off a handicap of 17 and well and truly beating his dad.
Down here in deepest Tarland the latest exhibition of two seater convertibles took place this weekend... 
My brother said blog this so I have. Was at the last concert in Aberdeen last year and it was amazing. Thirty years on and they still play great music.
See you at The Lemon Tree
The Dilbert Blog: Common Knowledge
This article points at two things I am currently interested in
a) Politics - Why and how people vote.
b) Education - I have three kids currently going through School.
Both are mentioned in some way in the articles.
My main comment is to say that I was always a big reader and I know how much it helped me both at school, in work and at home.
Now how to convince some of my sons (not all) what a boon reading is both in terms of knowledge and education but also that it is a source of great pleasure.
Now back to my reading...
For those who have seen that Mars Bars have launched a marketing campaign to support England in the World Cup, you will have seen that the word 'Mars' on the wrapper has been changed to 'Believe'. These are currently on sale in most stores in England.
They have also launched a separate campaign in Scotland, as attached.
Thanks to BigBruv for this one.
Updated 12:05:
Have a look at
Mars Bar sales slump in Scotland
BBC NEWS | UK | Magna Carta tops British day poll
Nice to see that the day selected to celebrate "Britishness" is about England.
The English out there might like to know / remember that the Magna Carta starts as follows:-
JOHN, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, Greeting.
I don't quite see any mention of King of Scotland in there but never mind Scotland is just part of England isn't it.
The king of Scotland at that time was Alexander II or as sometime known Alasdair II. Not a bad name really.
Iain Dale's Diary: Cherie Scrapes the Barrell by Signing Hutton Report for Auction
Following stolen from Iain Dale's page
"This piece seems to have caused such outrage that I'm reprinting selected exercpts of the article by the Mail on Sunday's Jonathan Oliver below..."
"Cherie Blair was last night accused of 'bad taste' amd 'insensitivity'after helping the Labour Party to cash in on the suicide of Governmet scientist Dr David Kelly. Mrs Blair signed a copy of the Hutton Report into the weapons inspector's death, which was then auctioned off to raise money for the party. The document, which was also signed by Alastair Campbell, fetched £400 at an after dinner auction. Last night Reg Keays, whose Red Cap son Tom was killed by an Iraqi mob in 2003 said: "Cherie and Campbell have shown very bad taste. The coffins draped in the Union flag are still returning from Iraq. To auction off a report which inquired into the suicide of a very eminent, respected scoientist is effectively profting from other people's misery. But themn that is just typical of this government's attitude." Mrs Blair also came under fire from Labour MPs, shocked at the way the tragedy which rocked the government was now the subject of jokey fundraising events. Jeremy Corbyn MP said: "It is incredibly insensitive and in seriously bad taste. The Hutton Report is not a triumph of anything except obfuscation and secrecy." The auction took place on Wednesday at London's Arts Club in mayfair and was organised by James Purnell, the newly promoted pensions minister. The auctioneer was Rhondda MP Chris Bryant who explained to the audience this was not the first time a Hutton Report had been sold for party funds. To excite interest in the sale he pointed out that even unsigned copies cost £70 from HMSO. He boasted that at the previous event the buyer was able to make a profit by reselling the document signed by Alastair Campbell on Ebay. But Mr Bryant insisted this year's lot was unique becasue it also bore the imprint of Mrs Blair. One guest told the Mil on Sunday: "Even at the time there were a lot of people wondering whether it was really appropriate - even in jest." Among the 200 guests were Rosie Winterton, Gerry Sutcliffe and Tom Watson".
Updated 13:15
BBC now reporting on this see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5007874.stm
Updated again at 14:45
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