Compulsive Viewing

Like most of you I will be glued in front of the television with anticipation at 10.35pm this evening for what should prove to be one of the most interesting Question Time programmes ever. As I type the UAF (Unite Against Freedom) are beginning to assemble outside the BBC Television Centre in an attempt to disrupt the proceedings. Remember, this bunch of fascist scum are supported by the Labour Party and David Cameron. These are the people that want to deny freedom of speech and destroy democracy and have us part of a United States of Eurasia. How much is this demonstration going to cost the London tax payer to police? I'm sure the news before Quetion Time will be worth watching just to see a few more misguided left wing idiots being carted off by the police.

Yet More Wasted Money
Two massive warehouses at Swan Valley just off junction 15A of the M1 at Northampton are still standing empty a year after they were first unveiled. Exactly a year ago today developer ProLogis held a champagne launch of the buildings, which cover a combined area of 500,000 sq ft. Despite the firm predicting interest in the buildings would be strong, they remain empty today, just as we predicted. With the WNDC giving the go ahead for white elephants like these is it any wonder that the public have lost all faith in them. The money they have spent has done little to nothing to enhance or improve the daily lives of those that live in Northampton and the west of the county. At a time when planning permission for new housing is very much in the news, cries for more infrastructure to be put in place first are high on the agenda of those opposing the building. Their words are ringing home tonight with the news that almost £5m of repairs need to be carried out at Northampton General Hospital to prevent an impact on services. Northampton General Hospital (NGH) cannot cope now, let alone with God know how many thousands of new homes and the increased population that will be part and parcel of it. Kevin Hackett, NGH deputy director of facilities, said the constant maintenance bill for the site ran at about £2 million each year, with the most critical upgrades given the highest priority. This is where WNDC, or should I say, the government, needs to be spending our money, where it is needed, not on warehouses that stand idle for years on end.