THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO

Abolishing Private Schools

Labour is thinking about abolishing private schools official party policy at its yearly conference in Brighton and the move, which comes from grassroots members, doesn’t have official backing but the party has revealed they will back close tax loopholes to level the playing field.

And in a rousing address, the Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner said that there very first budget will immediately close the tax loopholes used by elite private schools, and use that money to better the lives of all children.

But the “abolish-Eton” motion goes much further, arguing that private institutions are to be stripped of their charitable status and their assets redistributed across the state sector. It further wants to restrict university admissions for private school students to the same proportion as that of a wider population and John McDonnell threw his weight behind the campaign stating that independent schools, no longer need to exist.

And in her address, Angela Rayner set out Labour’s wide-ranging proposals for education reformation and she said a revamped Sure Start Plus programme would assist children, and a new National Education Service would give free nursery education for all two, three, and four-year-olds. She also promised to end the spiralling price of school uniforms.

She stated that parents are pushed into debt with children in clothes that usually don’t fit, and the Tories failing for four years to keep their promise to act and she said that Labour would set up a price cap to prevent the embarrassment of children priced out of school.

Jeremy Corbyn has defended Labours plans to scrap schools inspectorate Ofsted and the Labour leader said the Ofsted process created absolutely huge levels of stress for staff and pupils and under the Opposition’s plans, that is being set out at the Labour conference in Brighton, and a two-phase inspection system would be introduced.

Schools and education providers would be subject to regular health checks by local government, and more in-depth inspections led by Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMIs), full time, trained inspectors.

The HMIs would carry out inspections in response to concerns resulting from the regular health checks or those raised by parents, teachers and governors, rather than being done randomly and Jeremy Corbyn suggested the new system would be a more frequent form of supportive investigation.

But Schools Minister Nick Gibb announced the move would prevent parents having the most fundamental information and Labour said the system would ensure parents get in-depth and reliable information that they need about schools while decreasing stress for teachers.

What parents actually want is an education system that leaves no child behind and gets the best out of everyone and you don’t achieve the best by intimidating people and we’re losing nearly as many teachers as we’re hiring every year because of the levels of pressure they’re under.

Labour has already vowed to scrap formal primary school examinations, known as Sats, to alleviate stress. It would also introduce a new statutory definition of a school, and crack-down on an estimated 500 illegal schools which fall outside the current inspection system.

In too many cases, Ofsted’s judgements and grades reflect the affluence of a school’s intake and the social class of its pupils, not the performance of the school and school performance is far too important and complex to be simmered down to an over-simplified single grade, reducing all schools to one of four levels.

The current system is unfit for purpose, so the next Labour government will eliminate Ofsted and restore it with a policy that will give parents good and in-depth information that they need about schools but Ms Abbott stated that we should abolish private schools even though this overcritical Labour MP sent her own son to a private school, but isn’t this conveying the wrong message to the UK people?

And in 2014 the Independent Schools Council requested a report to highlight the impact that independent schools have on the British economy. The report estimated that independent schools support an £11.7 billion contribution to gross value added (GVA) in Britain.

This figure is reached by summing the saving to the taxpayer by not having to provide school places to 620,000 pupils, the value of employment generated by the independent schools, the tax revenue produced, directly or indirectly, by the independent sector, and the financial donation of their alumni and what are the Labour MPs going to do with their children if they can’t go to private schools? Her children would have to go to school with us peasants and not only her children, but other MPs children but then Animal Farm does represent them quite well.

So, will Labour MPs teach their children at home? Because it seems that they’re allergic to state schools when it comes to education.

Boris Johnson Confronted At Hospital By Furious Dad

Boris Johnson was confronted at a hospital by an angry dad who told the Prime Minister that the NHS is being destroyed and that his own daughter had nearly died the day before.

Omar Salem managed to blindside the Prime Minister and said that he was in La La Land as the Prime Minister was visiting a London Hospital to see the reality of public services under his leadership.

The dad told Boris Johnson that it took his baby daughter two hours to be treated at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone, East London, and Boris Johnson certainly needs to get a handle of what’s going on with our NHS, and really? Would our Prime Minister really want this for his own children?

The hospital’s chief executive did later acknowledge that there had been temporary staff shortages on the ward, created by an unforeseen emergency in one section of the hospital.

Evidently, Mr Salem confronted the flustered Boris Johnson, although he doesn’t look very flustered to me, in fact, he looks pretty nonchalant to me as Mr Salem informed the Prime Minister that it was just not acceptable and that the ward was not safe for children.

Mr Salem told the Prime Minister that the NHS had been destroyed, but let’s face it, old Boris does look like he went to the hospital for a press opportunity, and if he didn’t want one, well, he’s definitely got one now and in other photos from the same visit Boris Johnson performed well for the cameras pouring out tea with NHS workers, but maybe he should stop loafing about and get some real work done instead of taking the opportunity for a press release.

Boris Johnson has been a Member of Parliament, Mayor of London, Cabinet Minister and now Prime Minister, and all this has happened while the NHS was being neglected, just like Mr Salem’s daughter had been and rather than having drips of money for press events he should get on with properly supporting the NHS so that patients can get the care they so justly deserve, where there are sufficient staffing and good working conditions and so that concerned parents can have some peace of mind.

This situation is not comfortable for anybody and it’s a frank discussion politician’s and the public need to have and should be a pretty significant issue in any future election because we need to have some clear and important solutions on how to solve this predicament and Boris if you can’t do it, then for Pete’s sake, simply surrender gracefully!

Why can’t Boris Johnson just be straight with people? But instead he simply makes false statements on the NHS as he likes but he can’t hide from the truth, or from patients and the Tories have plunged the health service into crisis through the years of cuts and privatisation and the Prime Minister shouldn’t be permitted to escape from the consequences this has had for patient care.

But later Boris Johnson stated that he was happy that Mr Salem had confronted him because he’s been Prime Minister for 57 days and that a part of his job was to communicate with people on the ground and listen to what they tell him about the big problems.

Nevertheless, Mr Salem wasn’t the latest and most calamitous, there has been a series of people confronting Boris Johnson in recent weeks.

Of course, at the moment the NHS is not fit for purpose, but should we really lay the onus at the feet of Boris Johnson because the NHS has been sinking for years under various governments, where it’s been poorly run with too many chiefs and not enough Indians, and far too much wastage and no central buying, so Boris, instead of wasting all that time on Brexit, why don’t you just concentrate on what’s the most important thing, our NHS!

We’re Making Progress For Brexit Deal

Boris Johnson doesn’t want to elaborate to the progress that they’re making but he did say that they’re making progress, and he said that what they need to do, so that people need to understand, well, there’s nothing treating the people of the United Kingdom like 6-year-olds, is there?

Anyhow, he proceeded to say that they need to obtain a way whereby the United Kingdom can come out of the EU and actually be able to do things differently, and not remain under the control of the EU in terms of laws and trade policy, which is the problem with the current arrangement.

And that we want to come out in such a way as to protect Ireland, and to make certain there isn’t a hard border of any sort in Northern Ireland, and to make sure they protect the Good Friday peace process.

Now the Tories believe they can do that and they think they can find a way forward. They believe they can solve that problem, and Boris Johnson believes they’re making some headway.

We heard Jean-Claude Juncker state that he doesn’t have any emotional attachment to the backstop, now Boris Johnson believes that is progress because they weren’t saying that a month ago but that it’s vital that whatever happens that we must prepare for a no-deal.

And he figures that we will be ready, and they will get set for no-deal on October 31.

Boris Johnson believes they can find a way forward, but why doesn’t he know the way forward because it’s more bluff albeit delivered without bluster this time.

We the people need to hear him say that he has a way forward because he continues to say that he believes he can find a way forward but does he? And we all know that Boris Johnson is great at meaningless chatter.

Clearly, before the referendum, the Tories hadn’t considered all the implications and they wanted to sell a dream, but as of yet, it’s not become a reality. Perhaps he should simply resign and hand it over to someone who could do the job much better? Because Boris will be held accountable for saying those words when the proverbial crap hits the fan.

Boris Johnson doesn’t care, he simply acts for bankers and hedge funds set to rake in 4.3 billion by gambling on the pound and UK economy tumbling through a no-deal. He doesn’t want a deal because he knows where his bread is buttered and it’s not with the common people.

And Boris Johnson is stalling because little or no progress is being made, so he keeps giving out obscure statements without any substance or detail and so that any deal that might be struck, he will be hailed the all-conquering hero.

Caffe Nero Refuses To Give Water

A Caffe Nero coffee shop has put itself in the middle of a PR nightmare after declining to give water to a blind man’s guide dog, and in a move that seemed rather harsh, and somewhat unhelpful to all parties involved, 40-year-old Oliver Gibbons dog Sydney was denied a drink at the coffee shop in Exmouth, Devon.

Sydney had been hard at work guiding Oliver Gibbons around the seaside town, but when they stopped for a drink, he was told to jog on. The coffee chain is now reviewing the situation and the chain have said that it’s not the company’s policy to refuse to give a bowl of water to a blind man’s guide dog.

But they simply said no and wandered off. It was a really warm day, and Oliver’s guide dog had been working hard and Oliver and his friend Helen Fox who helps him in his everyday life had just taken him off the harness for a free run.

And they were taken aback because any dog should be allowed a drink, especially as he’s a working dog but Caffe Nero said that they’re aware of the incident and are in the process of examining precisely what happened, and they also said that they absolutely comply with the legislation on access for guide dogs in all stores.

But, the whole thing hasn’t gone down well with the public and it’s really disheartening that the workers in this Caffe Nero made a decision to refuse giving water to this gentleman’s guide dog on such a hot day, and it’s disappointing that this level of customer service fell lower than anticipated from a national chain.

And Service dogs are always by their handler’s side and provide a valuable life-changing service, so it would be great if businesses could cater to their needs, as well as that of their owners, and this is quite shameful, particularly in the heat, and knowing that dogs have no sweat glands to help cool them down, and surely if they were so neurotic about using a bowl for the dog, then they could have easily have given the unfortunate dog a drink in one of those disposable cups, there is definitely no excuse.

And being disabled definitely trumps health and safety, and it’s understandable that health and safety might mean that dogs are not permitted (inside the establishment), but outside this dog required water, and it’s not like the poor dog was taking anything for granted, but it did mean that Sydney was being victimised against, and this coffee shop should be ashamed of themselves.

Perhaps the workers there were just not informed enough on laws regarding disabled people and they simply needed educating? But then health and safety against providing a water bowl, are you serious because I’m sure there are a lot more germs and bacteria swimming about in all those cups and mugs used by the general public.

And surely with some common sense and good hygiene, it wouldn’t be difficult to provide a fresh drinking container for a customers dog, particularly a working animal.

Boris Johnson Chickens Out Of Own Press Conference

Boris Johnson failed to turn up at his own press conference rather than face clamorous anti-Brexit demonstrators, so Xavier Bettel, the country’s leader, went ahead and talked to the press without the British Prime Minister, standing next to an abandoned podium as he vehemently reprimanded him.

And he criticised the UK’s incompetence to proffer fresh proposals to break the Brexit deadlock and he said that the timer was ticking and that Boris Johnson should quit talking and act.

Boris Johnson had been to Luxembourg to meet with the country’s leader and also with Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, for the first time face-to-face but following enduring deafening boos and insults on the way in from assembled demonstrators, Boris Johnson walked out without doing his promised appearance in front of the media but a source said that he would rather do a clip in private with broadcasters away from the assembled public and press.

Demonstrating is a right in a democracy and it’s additionally necessary to be able to exchange and listen to one another but when the country’s leader was asked about Boris Johnson’s openness to breaking the law to deliver Brexit, he said that such a move from the government wouldn’t happen in Luxembourg.

Boris Johnson did ask for the press conference to be moved inside away from the public, but that the request had been rejected by the Luxembourgish government and Downing Street took the view that the Prime Minister wouldn’t be able to be heard well above the demonstrations and what’s the point of a press conference if the press can’t hear you?

However, Luxembourg government officials said that there was no room inside large enough to move the press conference and they added that Downing Street had suggested picking only a few handpicked journalists to come inside, but that the hosts had refused this on the grounds that it would have been unfair.

Talking to reporters without Boris Johnson, Mr Bettel suggested that there had been no progress from the meeting and that he knew that the UK government was unhappy with the Withdrawal Agreement as it stood and that’s why he thought it was important to speak to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to get proposals because they need more than just words.

An earlier meeting between Boris Johnson and Mr Juncker also ended without progress on the subject of the Irish backstop and President Juncker stated that it was the UK’s responsibility to come forth with legally operational solutions that are harmonious with the Withdrawal Agreement.

President Juncker emphasised the Commission’s continued compliance and openness to explore whether such proposals meet the objectiveness of the backstop but such proposals have not yet been made.

The demonstrators who frightened away Boris Johnson were essentially British nationals living in Luxembourg as about 200 people chanted noisily in the square outside the Luxembourg government headquarters, segregated from the location of the press conference by a large iron barrier and gate.

They held placards with slogans such as “Stop Brexit” and “we are not your bargaining chips” and while they waited for Boris Johnson they listened to the EU anthem “Ode to Joy” which was being pumped from a portable speaker system and chanted “stop the coup”.

And Boris Johnson later said in a private clip to broadcasters that he didn’t believe it would have been fair to the Prime Minister of Luxembourg for him to attend because there was clearly going to be a lot of noise and many of his points might have been drowned out but the protestors were however quiet for Mr Bettel, and in fact, cheered him when he came out.

Boris Johnson was quickly reprimanded by opposition politicians for the decision to skip the press conference and Boris Johnson is proving to be such a liar that he probably promised himself that he would turn up at the press conference and it just confirms that he has nothing to say so bypasses the scrutiny.

He can’t seem to give any responses to his hollow promises so chooses to hide and it’s just chicken promises from a chicken Prime Minister but the Prime Minister has faced numerous anti-Brexit protestors at a number of public appearances around the United Kingdom in the past few weeks, comically dubbed by critics a “Boos Cruise” and he’s been accused of embarrassing the country in front of Luxembourg.

And it’s now obvious that Boris Johnson’s bluster and swagger is now nothing more than hot air and it’s clear that Boris Johnson has no solutions to the backstop and no intention of getting a deal but he’s determined to pull us out of the EU, at whatever price and the image of the deserted podium in front of the Union Jack says it all, Boris Johnson is embarrassing Britain on the worlds stage and Mr Bettel’s decision to conduct the press conference without the Prime Minister was dismissed as being a stunt.

And it’s been said that the Prime Minister and his crew are working day in and day out to deliver a deal for Britain and that there’s no time for foolish stunts and Boris the Bulk might still be annoyed but still he had to go and hide for a bit from a few yelling expats in the least dangerous place in the world.

Poor Boris couldn’t even stand up to a few scary demonstrators and now most people will only see Boris Johnson whose a person who doesn’t have the stomach to do a press conference and he’s now actually confirming that he doesn’t have a backbone. So, who’s “the big girl’s blouse now?”

Brexit: Legal Loophole

Boris Johnson could circumvent a law preventing him from delivering a no-deal Brexit by utilising a major loophole in the legislation because there’s a flaw in the so-called Benn Act which was enacted by parliament earlier this month, that could force MPs opposed to a no-deal to take countermeasures.

The loophole means that the prime minister would be able to legally take Britain out of the EU without a deal even if MPs had voted for an agreement and under the terms of the Benn Act, Boris Johnson must ask the EU for a further delay to Brexit if MPs have not approved an exit deal by 19 October.

Under the terms of the Benn Act, Mr Johnson must request the EU for a further delay to Brexit if MPs have not accepted an exit deal by 19 October and if a deal is approved, the duty to request an extension would be overridden.

Nonetheless, there is no legal duty on the government to actually implement the terms of the deal, even if MPs have approved it, so Boris Johnson could therefore just decline to bring forward the Withdrawal Bill, which is required to implement the deal in law.

In that situation, MPs would have approved a deal but it would not have been formally approved in law, meaning the United Kingdom would leave the EU on 31 October without a deal in position.

The suggestion provoked speculation that Boris Johnson could tell Eurosceptic Tory MPs in the European Research Group (ERG) to vote for a deal while secretly declaring that he would not implement it and the 2018 EU Withdrawal Act sets out additional obligations that the government must reach before a deal can be completely approved, including a new law implementing the agreement.

Summing it up, if the Commons supports the withdrawal agreement but these further obligations are not settled before 31 October 2019, then two results follow. First, the Benn Act will not apply to require the Prime Minister to request an extension from the EU. And, second, we will leave with No Deal.

So, imagine the Prime Minister says secretly to the ERG ‘support my withdrawal agreement and I will deliver no-deal.’ In those circumstances, with the assistance of some Labour MPs, the Commons might support even Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement.

The Prime Minister would, therefore, have avoided the obligation in the Benn Act to request an extension and could deliver no-deal and it follows reports that Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s top adviser, has told government aides that ministers could prorogue parliament again in October if the Supreme Court, which will hear an appeal this week, rules that the initial suspension was illegal.

And it’s thought that Boris Johnson could suspend parliament again once MPs had voted in support of a Brexit deal, thereby circumventing the Benn Act, therefore denying his opponents the chance to pass further legislation blocking a no-deal.

The loophole has been discussed with MPs and they’ve been compelled to take countermeasures. This should include refusing to vote for any Brexit deal before 19 October, and those who want the Withdrawal Agreement should refuse on the grounds that, by voting for it, they may well be delivering a no-deal.

Boris Johnson would then be required to ask for a Brexit continuation until 31 January, giving loads of time for the withdrawal agreement to be approved and completely approved, if MPs consented to it but passing a deal which relies on votes from the Tories who have been stripped of the whip and the duo and or a fair number of Labour MPs who back a deal.

Nevertheless, if there’s a scent of underhand dealing like this, obviously Labour isn’t going to support it and it’s likely the whip-less Tories won’t either and if the deal makes different arrangments for Northern Ireland then the rest of the United Kingdom, it’s also possible to put off the DUP and perhaps the ERG consider Boris Johnson enough of a liar not to trust him to keep his word and go without a deal but whichever way he turns, this despicable Prime Minister has no support for his derangement.

Girl, 10, Forced To Marry A 22-Year-Old Man

This is a case that has prompted sweeping condemnation as the girl seemed to be smiling, evidently oblivious of what was actually happening and the authorities have now moved to annul the marriage and press charges against the adults concerned.

But this has highlighted the situation of hundreds of thousands of girls who are forced into marriage in Iran and countless other parts of the globe and it heart-breaking to see the joy in the face of the child bride because it confirms she simply didn’t realise what was happening around her and it practically looked like she was playing a game with the boy next door.

The phrase child marriage is a dressy language that hides how nasty this practice is and the right title for this should be child rape.

The legal age of marriage in Iran is 13 for a girl and 15 for a boy, according to the country’s understanding of Sharia Law. Nevertheless, marriages can still be carried out at a younger age with the permission of the father or paternal grandfather and with consent from the court judge.

And since March of last year, there have been 43,000 weddings in Iran where the bride was aged 10-15 years old but campaigners say the actual figures are higher as girls from larger and more disadvantaged families, particularly in rural regions, are exchanged in return for money or goods and according to Amnesty International, some 17 per cent of girls in Iran are married before they’re 18 years old.

Girls are usually expected to live with their husbands and Iranian law allows men to engage in sexual behaviour with their wife, regardless of her age, without her permission, in other words, men are permitted to rape their child wives.

But the Iranian Parliament is now said to be contemplating moves to increase legal marriage age, even though they refused a similar move in December of last year and Amnesty International has called on Parliament to equalise the marriage age between girls and boys and take all required steps to ensure that women enter and remain in marriage on the basis of their free choice and the move is getting support in the Iranian Parliament, particularly with female politicians leading the charge.

And transforming culture along with the laws in confronting child marriage is a path that must be taken as similar reports surfaced in Iran earlier this year of an 11-year-old girl who was forced to marry a man four times her age, who then repeatedly raped her.

But under Iran’s Civil Code, men have the right to two permanent wives in polygamous marriages and as many wives as they want in temporary marriages but child marriages are damaging to girls and women and are a form of brutality against them.

Full List Of NHS Prescriptions To Be Axed

A number of medical treatments which are currently prescribed by the NHS are set to be axed and an NHS governing body will consult on proposals to slash 17 products from a menu of medication which should be routinely prescribed by GPs, including medications for head lice, sunburn and common colds.

The move comes as health bosses said the conditions could improve on their own with time or could be treated with shop-bought medication and the plan has been put forward by NHS Liverpool’s governing body which has caused discord among councillors in Liverpool, who insist that it displays instability in the health service with some branding the move as sickening.

And members of the council’s health and adult social care select committee passed an emergency motion opposing the move, amid concerns that the elimination of these products will leave the most disadvantaged people struggling to treat specific conditions.

The 17 conditions that risk being cut all focus on a longer NHS England list of conditions which it stated local health bosses could contemplate withdrawing from GP prescription lists.

The conditions that prescriptions face being cut for include:

Acute Sore Throat
Coughs and colds and nasal congestion
Cradle Cap (except were causing distress or not improving)
Dandruff
Head Lice
Infant Colic
Infrequent Constipation
Mild Cystitis
Mild Dry Skin/Sunburn
Minor burns and scalds
Mouth ulcers
Prevention of dental caries
Probiotics
Sun Protection (except ACBS approved indication of photodermatoses)
Vitamins and minerals (except a medically diagnosed deficiency,
Osteoporosis and malnutrition
Warts and Verrucae

This country already has a high level of deprivation and these changes could leave people having to make a choice between head lice lotion and food and this report seeks to privatise certain secondary health problems and conditions such as head lice will only be treated by people who can afford to do so and the most disadvantaged will be left to suffer and this is totally unacceptable.

Although it has further been emphasised that GPs will still have the option to give prescriptions if circumstances call for it but Dr Fiona Lemmens NHS Liverpool CCG chair, said that they have to make sure limited resources are used effectively and that they really want local people to tell them what they think of their proposed reforms first.

And if there are any other circumstances than the ones they’ve already outlined, where restricting prescriptions for those items might harm or disadvantage people, they want to learn about it and that they’ll be going out into various communities over the coming weeks to help make sure they gather viewpoints from people right across the city.

But councillor Angela Coleman said she felt the departure of the medicines was one of a number of incremental cuts to the health service in the city that could have permanent damage because it will directly affect the health choices of the very poorest in our society if they have to pay for prescriptions that were previously free on prescription and also because good health care is a fundamental requirement, regardless of ability to pay.

Perhaps if they made sure they collected money from those who arrive without insurance it would be better, after all, if we go to another country we have to have insurance and it should annoy people to know that if you have to take Declafenic NSAID it costs around £8 for 28 tablets on prescription, yet you can purchase it over the counter at any pharmacy in Spain, 40 tablets for €1.60, so someone on this side of the fence is making an outright profit.

The point is it should be about safety and not about the money because some of these medications have extremely hazardous side effects, and all medications should be on prescription only.

Okay, you can now only go into a shop and buy two packets of paracetamol which is a pain in the backside for some people and this was apparently done for safety precautions, but honestly, if someone actually wanted to take their own life they would go round every shop that sold paracetamol getting two packets at a time until they acquired enough to do the job properly, so actually it’s not about safety it’s about the government not wanting to fork out money for it.

And if you can get these prescriptions in the pound shop, such as cough mixture, head lice lotions et cetera why are prescriptions about £9 on the NHS, the NHS must be getting robbed blind by the medical companies or supposedly their representatives are on the fiddle and it won’t be long before there’s 0 per cent medical credit for major medications.

Maybe the government should focus on retrieving the money from prudent health tourists who it estimated costs the NHS between £20 million and £100 million a year. We have limited resources and if we quit treating the rest of the world we might have more for ourselves.

They chat about saving money by stopping specific prescriptions, but they’re happy to hand out patches and remedies to stop people from smoking, why not just prevent people from smoking by taking tobacco off the racks so that people can’t smoke anymore, but they wouldn’t do that because it brings them in too much revenue.

MPs Shout ‘Sit Up’

Jacob Rees-Mogg was branded the “physical embodiment of arrogance, entitlement and disrespect” after he assumed his typical laid back approach to sitting during a significant parliamentary debate on Brexit as the Conservative leader of the House of Commons lent back on the Commons benches as he listened to the opposition MPs argue that a no-deal Brexit should be blocked.

And talking in the Commons, Green MP Caroline Lucas attacked Jacob Rees-Mogg of displaying a contemptuous attitude towards other MPs and as other MPs yelled “sit up” at the Brexiteer cabinet minister, while another MP shouted, “get him a chaise lounge”.

But then he is a disgustingly arrogant man and shouldn’t the speaker of the House of Commons have pulled him up over his arrogance?

Of course, Jacob Rees-Mogg is no newcomer to lying and he does seem to be from another age but clearly, he must know about the discovery of the camera or is he that superior that he just doesn’t care?

He also looked like he was having trouble keeping his eyes open, poor thing, having to work late on his wages, imagine if he had to do some real work but then I suppose, now that his fortune is safely abroad, in a tax haven, he doesn’t really give a monkey’s about the country but then he never did give a monkey’s about this country because it’s all about him and his indulgence.

He is simply the physical manifestation of self-importance, entitlement, rudeness and disdain for our parliament and he is an utterly disgusting example of Parliamentary pond life, but then all parliamentary personages who are already multi-millionaires will do quite nicely if we do crash with a no-deal.

Of course, manners maketh the man, not a pin-striped wearing monkey. Oh, the poor worn-out lamb, it must be really difficult earning all that money a year plus expenses and anyone in a real job acting like this would have soon been down the jobcentre.

The Leader of the House was definitely displaying his state of art leadership qualities, but what he was really saying was “I can run or wreck the country lying down”, but then we should feel a little sorry for him, he can’t sit up, he’s got no backbone!

Flats With Just One Window

Two illegal flats in Westcliff are to be torn down after they were found to provide renters with only one window.

The flats, in Hamlet Court Road, were found by Southend Council during a separate inquiry into a balcony which was situated on the first floor of an authorised block of flats.

The four-storey block, which comprises 12 flats and two shops, was supposed to accommodate 14 parking spaces, including four within the ground floor of the building but rather than retain the four spaces on the ground floor, the landlord chose to transform them into two flats without getting planning approval.

And due to the space being designed for parking, each flat only had a single window.

In 1999 planning permission was given for a former warehouse and shops to be transformed into 12 flats and as a condition, the space at the bottom was supposed to have been for four parking spaces but it was found that the two flats had been built at some point in the recent past and that these flats both breached the planning conditions which required them to be for parking only.

Both flats were found to be substandard in size, they faced directly onto a shared parking area and they had no facility space and it was collectively agreed that enforcement action should be taken against the flats, as well as the illegal balcony, which meant that the landlord had just four months to remove them.

Clearly, the properties were not fit for habitation and the property with only one window did not meet building laws and was not standard for anyone to live in and this is why the council intends to start a landlord licencing scheme, which could see private landlords in designated areas paying £750 for a licence every five years.

Under the terms the licence, landlords would be expected to follow council regulations or face fines of up to £30,000 and banning orders stopping them from letting properties.

However, after taking down the flats, the developer should be barred from any additional developments in Southend and perhaps the slippery landlord should be taken to court so that the money can be recovered from all the rent that the tenants paid out for obtaining money under false pretences, but then I wonder who was renting them, and how many people were sleeping under one roof?

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