If there were a General Election tomorrow, what would happen?
Current Prediction: Conservative 19 seats short of majority.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 19 May 06 to 4 Jun 06, sampling 6,602 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Saturday, June 10, 2006
BYE BYE Hemel Hospital
Mike Penning MP attended the hospital public meeting in St Albans on Monday night
Essentially:
* The West Herts Hospital trust has a predicted debt of £100 million and hence to clear this debt:
* 90% of Hemel Hospital services will be shut in March 2007
Verulum wing stays and new surgicentre if it is built.
* At present there is no funding for the proposed PFI Hatfield hospital or for improvements at Watford hospital.
* Essentially all the “so called planned” health improvements have been cancelled,
Hemel hospital will be almost closed and Watford Hospital will be expected to cope.
* There will now be a consultation!!!!!
All quite unbelievable.
So Labour and the Bureaucrats have finally achieved their goal of getting rid of our Hospital.
Essentially:
* The West Herts Hospital trust has a predicted debt of £100 million and hence to clear this debt:
* 90% of Hemel Hospital services will be shut in March 2007
Verulum wing stays and new surgicentre if it is built.
* At present there is no funding for the proposed PFI Hatfield hospital or for improvements at Watford hospital.
* Essentially all the “so called planned” health improvements have been cancelled,
Hemel hospital will be almost closed and Watford Hospital will be expected to cope.
* There will now be a consultation!!!!!
All quite unbelievable.
So Labour and the Bureaucrats have finally achieved their goal of getting rid of our Hospital.
Buncefield Aftermath - who's in charge ?
Mike Penning calls for a clear explanation of which Government Secretary of State is responsible for the Buncefield aftermath.
Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday Mike Penning, MP for Hemel Hempstead, called on the Government to clarify which Secretary of State is now in charge of dealing with the aftermath of the Buncefield Oil Depot fire.
Six months have passed since the Buncefield fire, Mike Penning told the House of Commons:
“Since then, 4,000 jobs have been put at risk and our water table has been contaminated, but we have received no money from the Government. Can we have debate in which some Secretary of State makes it clear who is in charge, as the Deputy Prime Minister has been moved from his position?”
Later Mike Penning added:
“At the time the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, was quick to make a statement to the House of Commons and quick to visit the scene. He told us that he would be responsible for dealing with the aftermath – but now he has been moved from his position. Now another Government minister should come forward and take on the responsibility.”
Hansard extract:
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con): On 11 December, just before Christmas last year, the largest explosion that Europe has seen since the second world war took place in my constituency. I praised the Deputy Prime Minister the following day for making a statement before the House. Since then, 4,000 jobs have been put at risk and our water table has been contaminated, but we have received no money from the Government. Can we have debate in which some Secretary of State makes it clear who is in charge, as the Deputy Prime Minister has been moved from his position? I do not mean that in any detrimental way, but this is a very serious matter.
Mr. Straw: Of course I understand the profound seriousness of what happened and the importance of the long-term implications, which are too easily forgotten about once the problem is no longer in the headlines. My right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister was personally concerned about the matter, and continues to be so. I shall certainly raise it with my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for Trade and Industry and for Communities and Local Government. I will get the hon. Gentleman a response.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Happy Tax Freedom Day !!
Tax Freedom Day 2006 is on 3 June.
How long do we have to spend working for the government, rather than ourselves? The answer is nearly half the year.
The March 2005 Budget moved Tax Freedom Day later by 3 days. The March 2006 Budget means that this year we will have to work yet another three days for the government. These are both historically very large increases in the tax burden.
3 June is the latest that Tax Freedom Day has been since 1988!
How long do we have to spend working for the government, rather than ourselves? The answer is nearly half the year.
The March 2005 Budget moved Tax Freedom Day later by 3 days. The March 2006 Budget means that this year we will have to work yet another three days for the government. These are both historically very large increases in the tax burden.
3 June is the latest that Tax Freedom Day has been since 1988!
Current Opinion Polls
If there were a General Election tomorrow, what would happen?
Current Prediction: Conservative short of majority by 33 seats.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 27 Apr 06 to 25 May 06, sampling 6,729 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
Current Prediction: Conservative short of majority by 33 seats.
Prediction based on opinion polls from 27 Apr 06 to 25 May 06, sampling 6,729 people.
{ supplied by electoralcalculus.co.uk }
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