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Well, our American philanthropist aka Trump has been throwing around accusations of European nations not paying their dues. Dues as agreed to finance NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). Figures banded about are 5% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product). But what exactly are we talking about? What is GDP in particular? It measures the total value of all goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific period. In order to compute GDP, economists employ three different approaches: income, expenditures, and production. Although each methodology offers a unique perspective, they should theoretically yield the same value for GDP. The income approach calculates GDP by adding up all the incomes in the economy, including wages, rents, interest, and profits. This approach is based on the premise that all income must come from the production of goods and services. The expenditure approach, also known as the spending approach, calculates GDP by adding up all the spen...

If you want to know the state of British politics and political decision-making you could do no better than reading an article by Julia Hartley-Brewer. To sum it up in a single sentence – If we cannot stop the boats, how could we stop the Russian Army? Correct. Despite Starmer glorifying the so-called Review of Defence spending, the recent calamity of the umpteenth U-turn shows a different situation. The nation is completely submerging itself in a debt of gigantic proportions because it just cannot get to grips with the sickness culture. In particular the so-called ‘Mental Health crisis’. If you want to travel rather than work the only thing you need to do is devising a mental state where you can begin to claim as many benefits as possible. And off you go. Quite the thing to do now for the under-30 age group. It shows that although the Conservatives left an absolute shambles, Labour has just made it even worse. How you can make a shambles more of a shambles defeats me but hey we are ta...

All is well with the world, Glastonbury is happening! The BBC is cock-a-hoop, let’s interview all the weirdos. Yep, it’s the old old story, we dance as the world around us is collapsing. We dance to forget all the rubbish, simply because we cannot do anything about it, or we are just simply too lazy or stupid. Probably the last word. Why worry, the government doesn’t. Politicians are only interested in their own jobs and even at that they are miserably failing. How long have we had to endure the infernal boats? The ever increasing dinghies? Now full of state-sponsored criminals, rapists, and other odious persons. State-sponsored by even worse criminal organisations such as the Russian state. And some of us in high office are applauding. Why are we wondering some people are so fed up they take up a weapon and start banging on the drums leaving death in their wake? All of this just shows how powerless we have become. Once we ran over half the planet, now we are just shivering half-wits, ...

One of the things happening often in UK politics, the government making U-turns. Now ordinarily that’s not so bad because if you have made a mistake and after a year or so you figure it would be better to change, then do so. But in the UK U-turns happen within days! That shows policy is made on the hoof. Like in No.10 the cat has a brilliant idea, the Prime Minister immediately goes on social media saying cat food should be free of charge. Brilliant, great idea, everybody applauding. Two days later after vociferous opposition the PM declares that as cat food is now made from vegetable matter and Tofu, the cats have gone on strike. They want Kitekat back. So, U-turn. Brilliant, aren’t we doing well. Just a waste of time. Because in those few days there were hundreds of meetings, the Speaker of the House needed a private plane to attend a briefing in Honolulu about why cat food was too expensive and the surcharge needed removing. No-one knows why he needed to stay in the Hilton but appar...

Viewing the deteriorating world situation coupled with the meekly calls by European leaders to ‘de-escalate’, which both Israel and Iran will not adhere to but will increase escalation. You only have to listen to the rhetoric from Iran and the responses from Israel. It is time to declare I am signing up for joining a possible Homeguard. I am too old now to join the Army proper but I have had military training. Having been on national service in an European Army, just across the water. We need to be on our guard, also because of the increased sword rattling by the Russians. Coupled with the idiotic US present policy making and attitude, is a wake-up call of some size. It is strange that after so much time of humans being on the planet in some numbers we are ending up like this, fighting and this time it might spell the end of us. The old research about why increased numbers end up fighting each other seems to be absolutely true. In fact I believe it is genetically inbred. That rat/mice...

It was reported a day or so ago that some Senedd (the Welsh government) members felt that social media is used to viciously attack politicians. Even on a daily base. In other words, continuously. Good Lord, a politician complaining about being attacked? That is unheard of, never happened before. What is going on? Where is the Army, can we send the Royal Marines? Well, Trumpy baby can in the US, why not here? We must safeguard our valued politicians, they do such a valued good job it must be protected at all costs. Yes, yes! Well, it makes you wonder what type of politician we have today. Obviously they do not like it up ‘m, although they do not mind putting the hot poker up others. Miss Rayner didn’t mind calling the other side ‘scum’. There again Welsh politicians, at least some of them, are a different breed, coming from the inner regions where you see no-one for years the only thing they know about is sheep. Sheep listen, say nothing, and are easy to herd. So the poor dabs are not ...

D on’t we all feel great now today after the spending review by national accountant Reeves? Personally we should all be impressed that bank tellers know so much about national accounts. Completely ignoring debt levels and obfuscating how money is spent. Bellowing from the dispatch box how good it all will be. Defence spending? No problem, we will include spies, hide payments to foreign aid as defence costs, include embassy costs, include the military housing renewals and upkeep. Wonderful, we spend 3% on defence. Listening, Mr POTUS? And oh, by the way, we will build 12 nuclear submarines. Yes, Keir phoned me at 3am in the morning, he couldn’t sleep, said he had a nightmare about dolphins we had to do something about them. Stop worrying Mr President we are doing our bit, we are an island and safe. Russians don’t like water. What you mean, drones, what are those?  Dear oh dear, how deep we have sunk. The nation that kick started the world we live in today. Railways, penicillin, an...

The world of science is an absolute fascinating world. New things, new ideas happen all the time. Old theories get banished, new theories spring up. For most people the word Quantum is alike to ‘acrabadabra’ or perhaps ‘supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’. Yet, today it has become the ‘In’ word. An article in the Independent newspaper about new research what the Big Bang is or maybe was. Usually described as the ‘Explosive birth of the Universe’, it might turn out not particularly true at all. Personally I have believed there was no beginning and there is by association of that word no end either. This newer research seems to point out that view. Basically saying we are the result of an ‘evaporation’ of a black hole. Black holes are not just an infinite point in space from which there is no escape. Black holes apparently do radiate gamma rays or even perhaps more. Humans are always looking for the easy answers. The question of ‘Where do we come from’, and ‘I had a beginning so everythi...

I t is unbelievable how proper elected governments actually behave. Yes, behave is the correct word because governing is not what they do. The immigrants problem is nearing flashpoint. But they do not care. The Home Secretary is more interested in upping her money and the Prime Minister is more concerned h i s hair looks good but never does. Shambolic is the word. When national newspapers have been treating the immigrant problem softly softly for some time, it is now becoming clear what excessive immigration, illegal immigration does to communities. The money we pay for this abomination is absolutely eye-watering and rising! We pay half a billion to the French police just to stand and watch immigrants going into the infernal dinghies to make sure no harm befalls them. In fact I reckon some of the police cheer the immigrants on their way. Then when the imm i grants arrive and they do in their thousands every year, we put them up in swanky hotels with free meals, free medical support, ...

O ne might think of a man like Jeremy Clarkson as a bit of an idiot. Me, I’m not one of them. In fact although I find his antics of running a farm a bit off the mark it always seems to work out OK as he gets the right people to do the jobs for him. But there is more to Jeremy than you might think, his mind is sharp and he tends to say what most people think but never would say for fear of being deported to Scotland. His right on the spot remarks in his newspaper article tells the story of how this country is run by people who have as much brainpower as a gnat. In a funny way he pointed out that when he dies the government will take possession of his farm, plaster it with solar panels and social housing to house hard-working immigrants. He forgot to say earning salaries and thousands of benefits paid for by taxes levied on real hard working families. It is said now that London town people get more in benefits than the rest of the country. In his hilarious but sad article he pointed out ...