Is nobody feeling this tune? :))

Anyway for the first time ever I've received the Boots monthly magazine to my email inbox. And entered two competitions to get a free make-up set and a fancy electronic toothbrush.

January might be my month after all!

Goldfrapp on Charmed? Is Charmed actually still going or have I missed something?

Riding that Crocodile wave

The Tories are fucking up the NHS right, left and centre. It's blatant and I am shocked that the majority of people in the UK have not done more to make their feelings known. We are born into the NHS, are cared for throughout our lives by it and most people eventuall die with it in close attendance. It is 70 years since its creation later this year and it is, by far, one of the greatest things that Britain has ever bought into bring.
It's all being undone so that the Tories can hive off the most profitable parts to their mates in the private sector and make a few million for themselves on the side. The corruption is endemic and I am sick of it. Richard Branson has gone from hero to zero due to Virgins aggressive stance over privatisation of NHS services.
Rant over.
Bastards ! ( and I come from a highly conservative background).

What is interesting though is that, unless you have kids (or Grandkids) of school age, or are a teacher, then there can be a degree of disassociation regarding the school system. With the NHS though, it touches everyone throughout their lives, generally with a ramping up as you become older. I can see why the Conservatives think they can fuck up one of them but not the other; it rolls out across so many more people in the country (well everybody in fact). Same with the Police and the Fire Service. Significant cuts in funding and reductions in numbers to both since the times of the coalition government have led to a huge spike in the crime figures (particularly knife crime which has been directly associated to cuts in community policing) and the percentage of deaths from fire has also rocketed.
It's almost like the Cons see no correlation between these factors or don't give a shit. Now, back to education, I can see that a lot send their kids to private education and, too a degree, go private for medical, but try going private when you need an ambulance or need the services of A & E, or you need the Police or the Fire Brigade.
Challanging times for sure but you need to keep pushing to make whatever difference you can and make people aware of what is happening to flush these bastards out into the light. Same goes for the USA as well where, frankly, your politics is currently fucking nuts! ( or being run by nuts). The POTUS was once a position of huge respect around the world. Frankly, it is now a joke and will take years to regain that.

Oh and the adverts lie about getting thousands of pounds for a bursary!! Utter utter rubbish!! As a trainee you live on the breadline!! Nobody wants to be a teacher here in the UK.