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Land, the peoples' rights

Cliff — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:03:17 +0100

Land, the peoples' rights In the earliest times when there was loads of land and very few people, then the land was seen as a community asset, something recognised such that the whole community had the benefit of the use of the land. The whole community owned the land together.

Seeing the value of money

Cliff — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:18:55 +0100

Seeing the value of money

One of the problems many members of our modern society encounter is in trying to get a grasp of the meaning and value of money, to try to get a direct link from earning a wage and then via the medium of money to getting real value of personal benefit to you for all your work.

Future Britain - Cliff's Commentary

Cliff — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:39:22 +0000

8th February 2010. John Timpson's article in today's Telegraph reminds me why we need Trades Unions. A superb example of "Pull the ladder up, I'm OK so sod the rest of you." Talking about the problem how to handle your employees coming upto retirement.

And what exactly is a slum?

Cliff — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:05:37 +0000

And what exactly is a slum? UN-HABITAT attempts at a definition by describing a slum household as "a group of individuals living under the same roof that lack one or more of the following conditions: access to safe water......

Inflation, why do we put up with it?

Cliff — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:18:37 +0000

Inflation, what causes it, who benefits and who suffers and what are we going to do about it?Why should some people have insurance against these extra costs? They arise because our imports or other costs have increased......

In the future we will all be using our computers even more.

Cliff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:44:42 +0000

Updated 20th Nov 2009. I'm now experimenting..... In the future we will all be using our computers even more. I use my computer to: look at the latest news when I log onto the Internet using Google news, personalised for Shoreham news and F1 motor racing: and also then The Telegraph; belong to an on-line gardening club; belong to U3A University of the Third Age.........

FOOD and WAR

Cliff — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:20:43 +0000

FOOD and WAR. MAN is made up of conflicts: Genius v madness; Logic v belief; Love v hate; Instinct v hallucination; Compassion v cruelty; Sex & greed. “Maslow's Needs” recognises eight levels of need for man: hunger and thirst; security and protection; sense of belonging and love; self-esteem and recognition of status;......

Super-Losses = Super-Jobs

Cliff — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:53:17 +0100

Super-Losses = Super-Jobs. This year and last year we have experienced Super-Losses, unimaginable losses. Now we need some Super-Jobs.

Fifty years time 2059 in Britain

Cliff — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:38:43 +0100

Fifty years time 2059 in Britain, The population will rise to eighty million plus because everyone wants to come to Britain, because we are all living longer healthier lives and we also have plenty of children coming along.

Future Britain – Cliff Jenkins' Policies

Cliff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:36:17 +0100

Cliff Jenkins – Prospective candidate. Honest, truthful, hard-working, Living in your constituency, A new type of independent. I want to improve your life locally with: Better public transport; More Police out and about; Pavements for pedestrians; Better quality local services; Service rather than .......

Future Britain - Profile of Parliamentary Candidate Cliff Jenkins

Cliff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:45:19 +0100

PPC - Cliff Jenkins

Cliff lives in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex with his wife Angela. He likes visiting family and friends, both locally and around Europe, and likes good food, specifically gluten-free. He enjoys walking and is planning to participate in his first half-marathon,

Future Britain - The World of Britain

Cliff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:41:10 +0100

The World of Britain - draft. Britain – The Birth of English, Britain, British gifts to the world, The Future for Britain, The marketing opportunities.

Future Britain – Fifty years time, the Infrastructure. 2059

Cliff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:34:59 +0100

Future Britain – Fifty years time, the Infrastructure. The population will rise to seventy million because everyone wants to come to Britain. People will flock to Britain because we provide freedom of speech; we protect our people and their property; we have the finest education, health and medical care; we have the best culture, sport and entertainment and we’re a successful nation with low tax and minimal government interference. We will have re-invented the British people, to be powerful, fair, and honest. The challenges we face....

Future Britain – Fifty Years Time – A personal view

Cliff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:29:34 +0100

Future Britain – Fifty Years Time – A personal view. My starting place is to compare what life was like at fifty year intervals from 1809, pick the main threads and extrapolate those changes into the future. 1809 – World population 1 Billion – Napoleonic Wars, 1812 Russia

Future Britain – Revolt now, overthrow the European Union

Cliff — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:39:58 +0100

Future Britain – Revolt now, overthrow the European Union. I am of the opinion that the main parties will think that the electorate have lost interest in the expenses fraud. Cameron will be delighted that he has the flow,

Future Britain – Sorting out the Parliamentary Mess

Cliff — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:43:47 +0100

Future Britain – Sorting out the Parliamentary Mess. Well we’ve had two weeks now of facts about the venality of so many of our MPs and I think this information is from only 150 MPs out of our Total 648. What’s to be done? May I suggest: the fastest is to ask each MP..

Future Britain – “A plague on all their houses”

Cliff — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:56:52 +0100

Future Britain – “A plague on all their houses”. So we can see with more clarity what we’ve felt was always the problem with our politicians – greed. All they wanted was a job for as long as possible, collecting as much money as possible and they don’t care the damage they do.

Future Britain - The wonder of the G20 summit!

Cliff — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:39:23 +0100

Future Britain - The wonder of the G20 summit! I think the only important result is that they all met each other. Will the Chinese lift their attack on American finances – No. Will the Chinese stop their attack on the world steel production - No. Will Angele Merkel increase the imports by the German people – No. Will Sarkozy reduce his claims on ....

Future Britain – Council procurement procedures

Cliff — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:12:24 +0000

Future Britain – Council procurement procedures. Altogether it’s a very poor deal for the council tax payers AND for our local businesses. I finally understand where it all goes wrong in procurement. There’s a professional procurement team who are disciplined to follow the guidelines……. Precisely and totally. They are disliked by their ‘client’ departments in the council for ‘interfering.’ So what’s the problem? The core problems are: 1. They are over-worked so to minimise the amount of work

Future Britain – Northern Ireland solution

Cliff — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:11:26 +0000

Future Britain – Northern Ireland solution. In Northern Ireland we have a very similar problem to Cyprus where they want to re-unify the whole of the island. No matter what words are actually spoken, Eire wants the whole of Ireland for itself and the population .....

Future Britain - Dear Voter, have you been ripped off?

Cliff — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:54:57 +0000

Dear Voter. Are you a ‘Ripper Off’ or are you, like me, one of the “Ripped Off”. I need your vote to enable me to help sort this mess out. Together we need to reject the failed Labour Government. We need to ignore the Tories because they wouldn’t have done any better and we’ll only get more of the same. We need to be our own masters to put it right.

Future Britain – The Libertarian Policies

Cliff — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:54:28 +0000

Future Britain – The Libertarian Policies. Libertarians believe in individual liberty, personal responsibility, and freedom from government — on all issues at all times. Therefore they will try to ensure that you will be able to decide how: Your children are educated, Your elderly relatives are taken care of, and Much of your life you spend working and when you .....

Future Britain - The Jury Team for Independent MPs

Cliff — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:08:14 +0000

The Jury Team – the political party for Independent MPs. No whips as there’s no pre-specified manifesto. Free vote on every issue. Voting according to their conscience and the needs of their constituents. The objective is to get 200 Independents into the House of Commons, so that there is a Free and Fair discussion before agreeing to new legislation.

Future Britain – The Organisation of the House

Cliff — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:32:40 +0000

Future Britain – The Organisation of the House. I would propose: We want to make life easier for MPs and to reduce the costs for the tax-payer. We want the MPs to be based in their constituencies and to be seen to be working continuously on the behalf of their constituents. The Houses of Parliament were structured years, decades, even centuries ago. ....

Future Britain – Oath of Allegiance and the Party System

Cliff — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:20:38 +0000

Future Britain – Oath of Allegiance and the Party System. The wording of the Oath of Allegiance has been much amended over the centuries, but currently reads 'I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.' For the future....

Future Britain - Bankers Bonuses and Banks Tax Losses

Cliff — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:09:53 +0000

Bankers Bonuses and Banks Tax Losses. Whenever a company completes their annual accounts, the directors are required to confirm the overall value of their assets on a ‘true and fair’ basis, a statement required from them by the auditors. Naturally they will have numerous types of assets and complex methods of valuation, none-the-less they are signing the accounts. They failed to see that these valuations were hopelessly inaccurate ....

Future Britain - Honesty in Parliament.

Cliff — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:29:42 +0000

Future Britain - Honesty in Parliament: 1. I will disclose the full details of any and all expenses that I claim within 30 days, I will only claim such expenses as are wholly, necessarily and exclusively incurred in the execution of my duties as an MP........

Future Britain – The banking crash, a possible scenario.

Cliff — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:18:26 +0000

Future Britain – Scenario to explain the banking crash. Written 10th Feb 2009. Updated 12th Feb 2009. Have you ever seen a more disgusting sight than those four bankers grovelling to the Select Committee and still refusing to take personal responsibility for their reckless decisions? If they weren’t responsible for collapse of their banks why were they paid for being Chief Executives etc.

Future Britain – Digital Britain, IT systems problems

Cliff — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:41:27 +0000

Future Britain – Digital Britain, IT systems problems. Well indeeed the current IT procurement morass created by government departments is unworkable. So what do we do about it? George Osborne’s suggestion that the solution is to use untried technology (Open source) is patently incomprehensible. His proposal demonstrates that he ....

Future Britain – Digital Britain, Broadband problems

Cliff — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:38:35 +0000

Future Britain – Digital Britain, Broadband problems. Everybody, the politicians, the TV companies and the telecoms companies, seem to have clubbed together on a ‘never mind the quality, feel the width’ basis. They are trying to sell us spoof. Both the main parties think 2mb download is wonderful. It’s patently obvious that .....