Thursday, 23 April 2009

Dear Darling,




Well the fallout from your bombshell budget yesterday is just about settling now and here's my (humble!!) opinion of it all.




You and your fellow NuLab cronies are the biggest bunch of feckless fools that ever roamed this earth...you are absolutely a perfect reason why they should have a cull of stoopid humans and never let idiots like your motley lot run a country.




Under yours and that unelected wasp chewing pillock we've seen nothing but failure after failure. The economy in the worst condition for years and in the most alarming rapid decline, our schools, the NHS riddled with MRSA and other killers, knife crime on the increase (and increasing and going unchecked!) Politicians getting taxpayers to pay for their spouses porn, spinmeisters actually being caught out plotting lies against the Tories and *their* spouses...it's total madness...




And then it doesn't end.






Then we have the budget.




No help on the stamp duty to stimulate the already knackered (and virtually expired) property sector.




Taxing the rich (which *ahem* if you can't already work it out for tha sen Darling, includes all the business folk of this country...yes that's right the very people who you are hoping will continue to work to stimulate the economy back to something like normal after your almighty fiscal cock up!) So not only will they try to fiddle their finances to make it look like their earning under that bracket this idea will also demotivate all the up and coming new business people of the future - the next generation if you will...I mean why aspire to earn that much in a wage if the fuckwits in whitehall who simply can't be trusted with *anyones* money will simply greedily swipe it and pile it up in their coffers to pay off the almighty screw up economy? Why not simply move to another (sunnier!) country...oh and why not move your work force out there too while you're at it...somewhere like say India where the labour is certainly a lot cheaper to employ and your business won't be strangled by the increasing amounts of red tape this country flings at you.




But whilst all the bruuhaha is going on about taxing the rich (yay say all the NuLab supporters!) what they don't realise (because frankly they are a bit dim - if they were dim enough to vote Labour in with their previous track records in government then it's certainly true that in TradLab areas they'd blindly vote a donkey in if you stuck a red rosette on it...It's that "It's what me Dad voted fur and if it were good enuff for 'im, it's good enough for me" mentality.)


So whilst the TradLab supporters are stood on the side lines cheering the ever increasing divide that is happening between rich and poor, what they've failed to notice is that Labour isn't actually delivering anything of any value to *their* pocket.


That's right , no tax cuts for the average Joe earning an average salary. No siree! Why should they bother? No need to help the struggling hardworking £20k earning man in the street, who is probably on balance throwing more into the pot per penny earned than the upper brackets. Labour realise this, but also know that the average Joe won't have twigged to this yet.


So Major fail all round then...screw over the rich, the ones who are self made, who have worked to grow something decent that contributes to the economy, and saddle every one else with a major debt that will take years to clear...via their taxes which are NOT coming down at all.




The message with this budget seems very much to be, "screw you...whoever you are!" Labour *know* they don't have a cat in hell's chance at the next election, so they are trying their hardest to royally screw it up and make it as difficult as hell for the next party that comes in - and to be honest I really don't think they care who that would be...it could be Cons, Libs, greens or BNP...they really don't care. And *that's* why I'd never ever vote Labour. They are as bent and as crooked as the Tories were in the 80's/early 90s and I truly think it's time for a change in this country.




A real change.




Time for a People's Party.




A party of the people and for the people, no matter what class colour or creed.


A non divisive party but one that works for the GOOD of this country and it's people.


A party that would encourage the youth of this country to be the best they possibly could,


A party that would help the SME owner by cutting unnecessary red tape.


A party that had a chancellors team that was made up of business men and women who have run private businesses and can transfer those skills across to Whitehall.


A party that would bring back a sensible structure to the NHS taking away the decision making from petty managers who've never worked on a ward in their lives.


A party that would support our troops no matter where they are in the world and wouldn't allow our brave men and women to live in squalor, or to have bugger all "return from action" support.


A party that would try to heal the wounds and rifts between the Muslims and Christians of this country, not try to rip apart the communities like the BNP do...no matter what they say.




A party that is proud to be British and is proud to support Britain...and hey on St George's day what better day can there be than the this to start dreaming the dream of a better day for the *whole* of the UK.




A United People's Party of Britain.s




UPPBritain.




Up Britain, UP!

Tuesday, 21 April 2009

Dear Reader...

"What a Sweet Idea!"

As you know by now I'm opening a traditional sweet and toffee shop in Wakefield (and if you don't already know then I presume you've wandered along here and don't follow me on Twitter or Facebook or any other such site!!)

So how's it going?? Well, it's been kinda slow cos I'm funding it myself and it's been done over a period of a few month, but in the long run I know it's going to be a lot better. I know that in the end I'm going to fully own a superb little business with little or no competition in the locality and I'll also have that satitsfaction of knowing I owe knothing to no one...not an investor, or a bank or even a landlord as I own the property the shop is going into. So anything that I make will be going back into the family pot...which is great. this venture is all about growing something special for my family to enjoy and reap the rewards of.

And yes I do know there is a "recession" on at the moment and now really isn't the time (supposedly!) to be starting a business but there is a method to my madness i promise. My thinking is as follows...everyone likes a little sweet treat and if they can be taken back to a previous time then a trip dwn nostalgia street really isn't going to be a bad thing. Also when people can't afford to splash out thousands on big treats like new cars or expensive holidays then they may spend a couple of pounds on a small treat instead...or at least that's what I'm hoping for at any rate...that and the fact that we are based in Yorkshire and when people can't afford to go abroad on holiday then popular "staycation" locations are places like Yorkshire and the Lakes and Scotland...so I'm hoping to get on that tourist trail if possible.

So there is a bit of thinking behind it all and hopefully it will pay off...but most importantly I want to run a business that I enjoy, one that I have fun doing.

So that's what I want to do - bring a bit of FUN back to my business. So as such I'm offering "naming rights" on the jars of sweets. What's that? Well it's a simple but good idea. For the princely sum of £10 you can "name" a jar of sweets of your choice after yourself or a loved one (or the not quite so loved ones if you wish to name the super sour bombs after your Mother in Law!!) That jar of sweets will then be know as "Joe Bloggs Midget Gems" for a whole year afterwards. You also will be give a quarter of those particular sweets when they are "christened" and you'll get another quarter on your birthday or other special day such as an anniversary.

So as you can see it's a bit of fun, but it also makes a different present for a loved one or a friend.

But you'll have to be quick as the jars are being snapped up quickly since word got out, so if you're interested I've made a list of the jars we are getting in and the ones with the stars and names after them are the ones that are already taken. Of course if you fancy something that we don't have on the list, let us know and we'll do our best to find it so you can put your name to it!

1. Aniseed balls
2. Rainbow Crystals ***Bobby's Rainbow Crystals***
3. Fudge
4. Sweet Tabacco
5. Wine Gums
6. Pear drops
7. Invalid Toffee ***Patrick's Invalid Toffee***
8. Midget Gems ***Jim's Midget Gems***
9. Rhubarb & Custard
10. Yorkshire Mix ***Emma's Yorkshire Mix***
11. Jelly Beans
12. Floral Gums
13. Sherbert Pips
14. Dolly mixture ***Nanny Barbie's Dolly Mixture***
15. Strawberry Bon Bons ***Dave's Strawberry Bon Bons***
16. Lemon Bon Bons ***Mia-Louise's Lemon Bon Bons***
17. Coltsfoot rock ***Wizzy's Coltsfoot Rock***
18. Pontefract Cakes ***The original Chumbers***
19. Liqourice Torpedoes ***Jemma's Liqourice Torpedoes***
20. Sherbet Lemons
21. Chocolate eclair toffees ***Nick's Eclairs***
22. Chewing nuts ***Chumbers Jr's Chewing Nuts***

So if you're interested in one of the jars then leave me a message in a comment and I'll pop you down for one and will contact you about birthday dates and payment etc, so make sure yu leave me an email address too! ;-)