Comments for James Burdett's Blog http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com The thoughts of a Home Counties Conservative....not always necessarily political! Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:14:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on 42 Days by marranci http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/42-days/#comment-131 marranci Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:26:39 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/?p=293#comment-131 Today we are a less safe country than yesterday. Today, Britain has betrayed its own history, values and beliefs thanks to nine votes provided by a Northern Irish party, the DUP, no stranger to terrorist links. Today, the right to undermine even the basic principles behind our Magna Carta have been claimed by a childish Prime Minister performing a public ‘virility. My fieldwork suggests that the level of frustration among Muslims in the UK with this government has reached a concerning level. The issue is not only unpopular decisions, such as terrorist legislations and operations which have achieved very little but have had a relevant impact on the lives of many Muslims of this country. It is also the fact that the New Labour government preaches about British values and then undermines the root of them, as in the case of the 42-day detention bill. How many of us can remember the ridiculous project of the Declaration of British Values? Does not the proposed 42-day detention legislation contradict them from the beginning? I have posted a refection on this topics on my blog here http://marranci.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/ Gabriele Today we are a less safe country than yesterday. Today, Britain has betrayed its own history, values and beliefs thanks to nine votes provided by a Northern Irish party, the DUP, no stranger to terrorist links. Today, the right to undermine even the basic principles behind our Magna Carta have been claimed by a childish Prime Minister performing a public ‘virility.
My fieldwork suggests that the level of frustration among Muslims in the UK with this government has reached a concerning level. The issue is not only unpopular decisions, such as terrorist legislations and operations which have achieved very little but have had a relevant impact on the lives of many Muslims of this country. It is also the fact that the New Labour government preaches about British values and then undermines the root of them, as in the case of the 42-day detention bill. How many of us can remember the ridiculous project of the Declaration of British Values? Does not the proposed 42-day detention legislation contradict them from the beginning?

I have posted a refection on this topics on my blog here
http://marranci.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/

Gabriele

]]> Comment on Having a geeky day by Alan Collins http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/having-a-geeky-day/#comment-126 Alan Collins Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:26:36 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/?p=290#comment-126 I took a day-long break from A-level revision for this - and yet I learned more useful facts and opinions during this than I would have done in a weeks' worth of Government and Politics revision. Pretty entertaining, pretty interesting, and yes, pretty geeky. A great combination :D I took a day-long break from A-level revision for this - and yet I learned more useful facts and opinions during this than I would have done in a weeks’ worth of Government and Politics revision.

Pretty entertaining, pretty interesting, and yes, pretty geeky. A great combination :D

]]> Comment on Are the bendy buses disappearing? by goodtimepolitics http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/are-the-bendy-buses-disappearing/#comment-90 goodtimepolitics Wed, 14 May 2008 18:25:03 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/?p=272#comment-90 Is buses all that London has to worry about? Well I guess it could be as they have to pay taxes to driver their cars downtown don't they? Still paying taxes to own a TV set also I see. Now I wonder if the Brits are better off with out Tony Blair...I don't think so. :) Is buses all that London has to worry about? Well I guess it could be as they have to pay taxes to driver their cars downtown don’t they? Still paying taxes to own a TV set also I see. Now I wonder if the Brits are better off with out Tony Blair…I don’t think so. :)

]]> Comment on 10p tax the Climbdown by Mike Harmon http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/10p-tax-the-climbdown/#comment-89 Mike Harmon Tue, 13 May 2008 21:13:54 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/?p=270#comment-89 I came across your blog on Technorati. Nice site layout. I will stop by and read more soon. Mike Harmon I came across your blog on Technorati. Nice site layout. I will stop by and read more soon.

Mike Harmon

]]> Comment on London Buses by Innocent Abroad http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/london-buses/#comment-53 Innocent Abroad Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:30:44 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-53 Well, you'd expect buses to be half empty in a "normal" city - one where the traffic offering basically flows in a tidal pattern - in to the centre in the early morning, out in the late afternoon, in to entertainment areas in the early evening, out again in the late evening. So half the time they're running against the traffic offering. Most routes in central London are in effect two such routes bolted together end-to-end - bus stands are not a good use of central London road space, after all. And for the same reason routes not infrequently run on past where the customers want to go to a quiet spot where they can easily turn: there have always been far more buses terminating at the "Green Man" on Putney Heath, for example, than the traffic offering there warrants, becuause Putney town centre is so crowded. Whether TfL invest enough in traffic censuses to keep their routes "up to date" I've no idea, and of course the provision or withdrawal of a through route will also affect the passenger traffic offering. The fare structure is also worth considering. London operates a flat fare for the first three journeys a day (90p), a slight discount on the fourth journey (80p) and free travel for subsequent journeys. How price-sensitive it is, I don't know. Well, you’d expect buses to be half empty in a “normal” city - one where the traffic offering basically flows in a tidal pattern - in to the centre in the early morning, out in the late afternoon, in to entertainment areas in the early evening, out again in the late evening. So half the time they’re running against the traffic offering.

Most routes in central London are in effect two such routes bolted together end-to-end - bus stands are not a good use of central London road space, after all. And for the same reason routes not infrequently run on past where the customers want to go to a quiet spot where they can easily turn: there have always been far more buses terminating at the “Green Man” on Putney Heath, for example, than the traffic offering there warrants, becuause Putney town centre is so crowded.

Whether TfL invest enough in traffic censuses to keep their routes “up to date” I’ve no idea, and of course the provision or withdrawal of a through route will also affect the passenger traffic offering.

The fare structure is also worth considering. London operates a flat fare for the first three journeys a day (90p), a slight discount on the fourth journey (80p) and free travel for subsequent journeys. How price-sensitive it is, I don’t know.

]]> Comment on Travelling on the tube by James Burdett http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/travelling-on-the-tube/#comment-28 James Burdett Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:19:40 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-28 Well like I say normally, not too bad, today everyone had thrown their humanity away on the escalator! Well like I say normally, not too bad, today everyone had thrown their humanity away on the escalator!

]]> Comment on Travelling on the tube by Winslie Gomez http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/travelling-on-the-tube/#comment-27 Winslie Gomez Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:47:19 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/?p=226#comment-27 Too right! The few times I've been into London I avoid the rush hour it is particularly dehumanising. Expanding population = lack of transport! Nightmare. Too right! The few times I’ve been into London I avoid the rush hour it is particularly dehumanising.
Expanding population = lack of transport! Nightmare.

]]> Comment on Barack Obama by Tina http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/barack-obama/#comment-26 Tina Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:30:19 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/?p=224#comment-26 People treat Obama like the Messiah. So many people are voting for him because he "makes them feel good." You want hope--spend time with your friends, pray, pet a puppy, read a self-help book. Don't look for Mommy Gov't to pat your head and tell you that everything will be okay. As for the Iraq issues, I'm so sick of hearing him go on and on about how he was against the war from day 1. He wasn't even in the senate when we went to war! And he voted along with Hillary and the GOP several times to pour money into the war. And sure, he may get us out of Iraq, but then he'll just send the troops over to Darfur, Pakistan, and Iran. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm giving money to Hillary's campaign. She may be a socialist, but at least her husband was a moderate. People are so swayed by Obama's beautiful rhetoric that they fail to see through his scary collectivist agenda. I wish I lived I lived in Pennsylvania so I could cast a vote for Hillary. Sorry for the rant! :) People treat Obama like the Messiah. So many people are voting for him because he “makes them feel good.” You want hope–spend time with your friends, pray, pet a puppy, read a self-help book. Don’t look for Mommy Gov’t to pat your head and tell you that everything will be okay.

As for the Iraq issues, I’m so sick of hearing him go on and on about how he was against the war from day 1. He wasn’t even in the senate when we went to war! And he voted along with Hillary and the GOP several times to pour money into the war. And sure, he may get us out of Iraq, but then he’ll just send the troops over to Darfur, Pakistan, and Iran.

I never thought I’d say this, but I’m giving money to Hillary’s campaign. She may be a socialist, but at least her husband was a moderate. People are so swayed by Obama’s beautiful rhetoric that they fail to see through his scary collectivist agenda. I wish I lived I lived in Pennsylvania so I could cast a vote for Hillary. Sorry for the rant! :)

]]> Comment on Job Title of the Year by Scroblene http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/job-title-of-the-year/#comment-23 Scroblene Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:10:00 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/job-title-of-the-year/#comment-23 "We welcome applications from people wishing to job share"<br/><br/>Bloody disgusting! Everyone watching them at it before they start work...?<br/><br/>Crazy world eh James!<br/><br/>Amazing waste of our money this, but then again, we're used to it while brown is farting about in limbo.<br/><br/>I'm worrying about how to cheat these bastards - they deserve it, and I don't do that normally... “We welcome applications from people wishing to job share”

Bloody disgusting! Everyone watching them at it before they start work…?

Crazy world eh James!

Amazing waste of our money this, but then again, we’re used to it while brown is farting about in limbo.

I’m worrying about how to cheat these bastards - they deserve it, and I don’t do that normally…

]]> Comment on War against the Motorist by Anonymous http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/war-against-the-motorist/#comment-22 Anonymous Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:39:00 +0000 http://jamesburdett.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/war-against-the-motorist/#comment-22 http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences/<br/><br/>Use this excellent site for free advice on parking tickets issued by supermarkets/private companies. Do this quickly before your mum pays!!! http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences/

Use this excellent site for free advice on parking tickets issued by supermarkets/private companies. Do this quickly before your mum pays!!!

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