2016: Jeremy Hunt, Human Rights, Fracking and all that

This week sees more and more Victorian-esque methods being brought in by the Tory party with regards to the NHS, working hours and what we can and cannot boycott, as well as the usual ill treatment of anyone on benefits but even more so those on disability.

Where do we stand with regard to human rights abuses? I had heard that the EU were investigating abuses by the Conservative party but have heard nothing of whether they were going to take any action.

And this while the UK faces an in/out referendum on the EU. The fact that we have the EU to turn to while these violations occurs should be reason enough to stay in but no, people are too blind or stupid to see that we will be even worse off if we leave Europe. We have minimum wages because of the EU, not to mention maximum number of hours to work, regulations on why and how we are fired or disciplined - all of these vanish as soon as we leave. Frankly I find it contemptible that politicians in Westminster are trying to encourage us to leave the EU - the same politicians who told Scotland that we would be better together. Frankly, I'd rather be free of WM and IN the EU but that's not happening, so far.

Jeremy Hunt was recently voted d*ck of the year by viewers of the Channel 4 show The Last Leg. For those of you who have no idea who this vile little excuse for a man is (and that really is an insult to men), he is the Health Secretary for the UK government. He is doing everything he possibly can to ruin and privatise the NHS. He is currently trying to work what he terms as 'junior doctors' into the ground - offering them less wages for more hours than a shelf stacker would receive in Aldi or other supermarkets. I use quotation marks for junior doctors because this is anyone below consultancy level, regardless of age, years experience or anything. It is a way to try to patronise and diminish them and their work.

Mr Hunt is currently the subject of a petition of no confidence that is rapidly gaining signatures. The man should resign before he is forced out but tories are a breed that don't know when to bow out - they would rather be shamed into submission. RT article on this: https://www.rt.com/uk/332258-doctors-hunt-confidence-petition/ If you would like to sign it here is the link: Petition. It currently (17/02/16 has over 301,800 signatures!!

Something else that is on the agenda this year is the Scottish Parliament elections. While I intended to vote SNP in this, to show my utter contempt for other parties who formed the 'better together' campaign, I feel more reluctant than ever to do so. I am a strong opponent of fracking and the SNP have not yet stated that they will all out ban any possibility of fracking in Scotland. This makes me pause and look more towards the Scottish Green Party. I know many others are equally frustrated at the SNP playing both sides in this argument.

Fracking is, simply put, an environmental disaster waiting to happen. It is ecologically, geologically and biologically (human health) unsound and dangerous. All you have to do is look to the US for confirmation of how detrimental it is to local environs, people's health and to the stability of a region (earthquakes as a direct result of fracking). We are in the 21st Century - well into it now. Using barbaric, non-essential techniques like this is ridiculous, especially in such an oil rich country. There is not a single benefit to fracking, except lining the pockets of politicians. Frankly, I do not want these politicians in power!



On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scotland about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback: The Island of the Mist is book 2 The Stone in the Sword is book 1 The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats: The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin

Independence v Better Together

I have tried not to write too much about the upcoming referendum because I do like to try to stay neutral but given the blatant bias of the BBC I feel independent bloggers need to redress that balance where possible. The Better Together campaign and David Cameron continue to make up whatever they want, only to be caught in that lie, and they move on to the next one. Take Scotland and the EU. Cameron claimed that Junker would not allow Scotland into the EU - Better Together run with that, only to find that Junker came out and says that is not the case: http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/independence-juncker-sympathetic-to-scotland-bid-1-3482266
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People in Scotland, be you Scottish, English, Irish, Welsh, Polish or any other nationality, need to ask themselves a few basic questions.

Do you want Nuclear Weapons in this country? If the answer is no, you should vote YES
Do you want to retain the NHS? If the answer is yes, you should vote YES
Do you think we should have a welfare system? If the answer is yes, you should vote YES
Do you want a greener Scotland (environmentally)? If yes, you should vote YES
Do you think of Scotland as a country rather than a region? If yes, then you should vote YES
Do you believe in democracy? If yes, then you should vote YES (a no means Scotland's votes remain null under a UK election)
Do you want another Tory government? If no, then you should vote YES
Do you want a country associated with UKIP? If no, then you should vote YES
If you were living in an independent country would you join the UK as it currently stands? If no, you should vote YES
Do you want a fair and just society? If yes, then you should vote YES
Do you want affordable childcare? If yes, you should vote YES

Another point I would like to make is that voting YES in the referendum is NOT a vote for the SNP or Alex Salmond - that is like saying voting NO is a vote for David Cameron and the tories. I don't vote SNP generally. I have been a liberal voter until the last election, when they stated they would never back a referendum, let alone independence. I vote Green in the EU elections and am still a liberal/socialist.

I find Labour to be as treacherous to their voters as the LibDems have been. New Labour have completely turned their back on their socialist past, allowing and indeed including new reforms which essentially backs tory reforms. Lamont is a mouthpiece for Milliband, who is a parrot of Cameron. This is why more and more Labour voters are changing position and stating that they will vote YES in September.

Better Together have now started a strategy of guaranteeing Devo max. Devolution to the max is a lie. Lamont and the Better Together campaign cannot guarantee devo max, they are not in power and going by polls, they will not be in power in 2015. If UKIP get in, they want to scrap the Scottish Parliament altogether (where is democracy there?). Cameron and his party will never give devo max powers. this is the proverbial carrot before the donkey. What we will get if a no vote wins is the stick, which is exactly what we got in 1979 when we dared to hope (we voted YES in '79. But Westminster brought in a rule about turnout. We were stamped into the ground after this referendum for trying to leave the UK).

Voting YES is not about separatism, as the BBC and Better Together would have you believe. Scotland will still be part of the commonwealth, still have the Queen as head of state and will still have the pound (I genuinely believe this because we offer too much for the rest of the UK not to give us that). We are geographically linked, we are not going anywhere. We simply want a better future, which most of us cannot see with a Westminster govt. The system is broken beyond repair and Scotland is lucky enough to have an opt out, unlike the rest of the British Isles.

Better Together seem to think that things will improve after a no vote. Where is this coming from? Will the tories suddenly grow a conscience? Will they stop trying to privatise the NHS? Will they continue to waste tax payers money on irrelevancies such as self portraits while millions require foodbanks? Austerity does not work and yet we are subjected to the worst policy we have seen since the 1920s. Osbourne has already told us that cuts will continue for several years, so things will get Worse, not better, over the next few years under a Westminster state.

I genuinely believe we have a chance at a better future as an independent country. I hope you see that too.

On another note, I have written a bit of a sexy witchy/werewolfy/vampirey book. If you like Charlaine Harris, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, hopefully you'll like this. It is available on kindle and now in paperback.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wolf-Witch-Coffin-ebook/dp/B00CCWL6ES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366023812&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wolf%2C+the+witch+and+the+coffin

My second book, The Island of the Mist, is now available on both Kindle and paperback formats:

Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-Kingslayer-Series-ebook/dp/B0092TUS7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1346945410&sr=1-2

And paperback: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346506656&sr=1-2

and in the US: http://www.amazon.com/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346946271&sr=1-2&keywords=the+island+of+the+mist

My first book, The Stone in the Sword, is now reduced in price: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Sword-ebook/dp/B006ZQIEPG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327179005&sr=1-3

A lot of news!

A few things to talk about today - some good, some not so good.

Firstly, I think it is wonderful that many Labour MPs are finally going for the Yes vote for independence in Scotland. I was talking to a friend who is English, lives in Scotland and votes Labour. He's worried that the SNP are anti-English. They're not anti anything. They have English and Muslim MPs within their ranks. This is not about being anti-anything, its about being pro Scotland, about leading ourselves, making all the bi8g decisions for ourselves and being responsible for and to ourselves. This is a good thing. I am really, really happy to see that many Labour voters and MPs are finally seeing that now. I hope other parties will follow on, although I really do not care what tory MPs and their handful of followers do. It is so obvious when a tory/Conservative government is in charge - you have extreme poverty and a minority of rich powerful thugs getting richer and more powerful.

Second on the menu is the fact that this horrific government I was just mentioning are planning on censoring our freedom to look at what we want on websites. It started with porn and fair enough, I agree especially with reference to illegal and inappropriate porn but now it is moving on to other things. And so our civil liberties are being infringed. And the government has the cheek and audacity to call the Chinese totalitarian!!!

Thirdly, the fact that there is a protest going on in Bulgaria that no one in the media seems to be paying much attention to. This is over government corruption and the ordinary person feeling like they are not being regarded at all - sounds a lot like here, doesn't it!! http://www.rue89.com/2013/07/24/bulgarie-revolte-aussi-leurope-sen-fiche-244488 Sorry its not in English!

Fourthly, Iranian pregnant woman was hung to death!!! Link here but I dso not agree with its statement that this is Islamic law or Islamic Justice - Islam is a gentle religion, these are the actions of fundamentalists and most religions have those! http://www.siotw.org/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=154&cid=1#.UfkYzKywSnR

We are all human beings and all deserves a little respect. I think the higher ups needs to remember that, treat their people with a little respect and stop thinking so much about themselves. They are meant to be the SERVANTS of their country - not in it to exploit their position for everything they can get. This goes for Iran as well as the others. Women are people too. If a woman is attacked she should be protected and treated carefully. It is not her fault. I really wish they would see that!

Peace.

On another note, I have written a bit of a sexy witchy/werewolfy/vampirey book (not erocita, but sexy). If you like Charlaine Harris, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, hopefully you'll like this. It is available on kindle and now in paperback.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wolf-Witch-Coffin-ebook/dp/B00CCWL6ES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366023812&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wolf%2C+the+witch+and+the+coffin

My second book, The Island of the Mist, is now available on both Kindle and paperback formats:

Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-Kingslayer-Series-ebook/dp/B0092TUS7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1346945410&sr=1-2

And paperback: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346506656&sr=1-2

and in the US: http://www.amazon.com/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346946271&sr=1-2&keywords=the+island+of+the+mist

My first book, The Stone in the Sword, is now reduced in price: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Sword-ebook/dp/B006ZQIEPG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327179005&sr=1-3

Budget and Independence Mis-Information

After hearing Osbourne rip any hope of a blooming economy away from the UK, I feel very dejected about the future for not only business here but also for living anything more than a very basic life for the majority of us.

Rather than cutting more jobs and welfare, why can't they charge wealthier prisoners for their meals and upkeep? Rather than talk of jailing bankers, why not simply fine them huge quantities (because jailing them means that yet again, they are taking from the tax payer).

I would genuinely like to see MP's taking a pay cut but they won't. They grumbled because they didn't get their usual pay rise (while everyone else's pays had been frozen they expected to keep their raise!).

We are an island in mourning for a decent goverment.

We do have a light on the horizon. At least some of us can get out of this - Scotland has the referendum next year and I genuinely hope we can break away from the Tory Totaitarian state we are currently forced into. I genuinely feel sorry for the rest of the UK who don't have that option. Only a small proportion of the population actually voted in the last election and enabled these awful people in.

According to the BBC, the UK government are about to announce that if Scotland were to break away from the rest of the UK mobile phones would charge for roaming fees is they then travelled to England/Wales etc, as it would be classed as going abroad.

They also announced that Post Offices would close and the rural broadband scheme would be cancelled.

Lets look at each of these claims:

'well before 2016' the Eu is hoping to cancel the roaming fees - problem solved.

They have been closing more and more post offices in Scotland for more than 10 years and there has been an underlying threat of privatisation (a key word for tories) since the tories came back into power!

As someone who lived in a very, very remote part of Scotland (Island of Skye had more going for it that our area!) for several years and only moved to Argyll a couple of months ago, I can tell you that this rural broadband scheme doesn't seem to exist yet - BT made it very clear to us that London came first when we enquired about getting broadband. We had to use a dongle.

This aspect is simply a farce and doesn't exist now, so why would we think going Independent would make a remote difference? Westminster needs to come up with real issues and not make rubbish up!

On another note, I have written a bit of a sexy witchy/werewolfy/vampirey book (not erocita, but sexy). If you like Charlaine Harris, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, hopefully you'll like this. It is available on kindle and now in paperback.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wolf-Witch-Coffin-ebook/dp/B00CCWL6ES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366023812&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wolf%2C+the+witch+and+the+coffin

My second book, The Island of the Mist, is now available on both Kindle and paperback formats:

Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-Kingslayer-Series-ebook/dp/B0092TUS7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1346945410&sr=1-2

And paperback: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346506656&sr=1-2

and in the US: http://www.amazon.com/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346946271&sr=1-2&keywords=the+island+of+the+mist

My first book, The Stone in the Sword, is now reduced in price: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Sword-ebook/dp/B006ZQIEPG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327179005&sr=1-3

A few major issues

Today I would like to discuss a few things. Firstly, the lack of coverage of the uprising in Turkey, where protesters are being blatantly and violent abused by the regime there: BBC report

It is shocking that this isn't all over the news, like the Arab Spring Rising was a few years ago, and Syria continues to be. This rising has now breached Europe and the totalitaran state that Turkey has become. They very recently hurried through laws allowing for forgein oil exploration within their borders to appease the likes of the US and now it seems that they can do as they please!! My sympathy goes to the people of Turkey.

As it is Wednesday, it is Prime Minister Questions, although frankly I don't know why its called that because he 'answers' every question with one of his own, unskillfully avoiding the arguments. I really do disair at the behaviour of these childish Etonians. It galls me that these boys are our 'leaders'. Cameron still seems oblivious to the fact that it takes years of training for a doctor and a nurse and takes all the credit for the increase in the numbers of both - when this was cleary implemented by the last govt.

As to Scotland, I am coming to the realisation that we really are better off away from the UK. England (in the majority) seems to want to leave the EU - not realising how less well off they will be. Most of our exports go to the EU and that would fall dramatically if we were no longer a part of the community. Given the results of the last election (where almost no one in Scotland voted Conservative (1 seat) but we got the Tory govt anyway)it is clear that regardless of how Scotland votes, it will be England's decision (they have 10 x the population we have).

Add to that the fact that the Tories are doing everything they possibly can to ruin and sell off the NHS, plus they want to put £150 million into a new trident project, I think it is necessary for the people of Scotland to vote YES in 2014. No matter what we vote as a nation in the UK elections and referndums, we are voiceless in the sheer mass that is south of the border and are dragged along however they please. I do not think this is a democratic society and I do not want it any more. I have many dear friends south of the border and I love them a great deal. I simply do not want to be dictated to by Westminster any longer, not when it is doing such a horrific job!

I do not think money will be an issue - we have so many resources and I think, if the Crown etc wish to maintain the oil drilling, we will manage to keep the £. We will be able to maintain our own NHS far better than Westminster ever could and we will remain in Europe, which is essential in the 21st century. I think the naesayers are scared, and that's their right but I do not want to be connected to a country that votes against everything we vote for. That is not democracy, it is autocracy!


On another note, I have written a bit of a sexy witchy/werewolfy/vampirey book (not erocita, but sexy). If you like Charlaine Harris, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, hopefully you'll like this. It is available on kindle and now in paperback.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wolf-Witch-Coffin-ebook/dp/B00CCWL6ES/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366023812&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wolf%2C+the+witch+and+the+coffin

My second book, The Island of the Mist, is now available on both Kindle and paperback formats:

Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-Kingslayer-Series-ebook/dp/B0092TUS7U/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1346945410&sr=1-2

And paperback: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346506656&sr=1-2

and in the US: http://www.amazon.com/Island-Mist-N-Roy/dp/147921292X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346946271&sr=1-2&keywords=the+island+of+the+mist

My first book, The Stone in the Sword, is now reduced in price: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Sword-ebook/dp/B006ZQIEPG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327179005&sr=1-3

Foodbank usage rises

In the UK we have something called a foodbank - where people with little to no money can go and get a small box of food if they are really struggling to survive. The use of foodbanks has been rising steadily since the Conservative prty (Tories) came into power a few years ago.

Alarmingly the number of people using them is said to have more than doubled in the last year. Alas, this is the case of a legacy of a tory government. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. In fact, the poor often starve to death, as is the case just now. The Citizens Advice Bureau thinks that the main reason for this is the loss of income usually resulting in losing a job.

While the tories make claims that they have increased the number of people in work, the figures show that this is not the case. Most often, people have gone from working full time, to working part time, or not working at all. This sudden loss of a wage means that more people are seeking out emergency aid in the form of food banks.

It does make me wonder when the tories will actually take note that they are the reason so many people in this country are starving to death!

On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scoltand about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback:

The Island of the Mist is book 2

The Stone in the Sword is book 1

The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats:

The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin

A rotten funeral

Everywhere you look people are discussing Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady, former Prime Minister of the UK.

To a very small few in the South of England, (te SE is the ONLY part of England she and hergovernment did not destroy and is therefore the only part of the country that will mourn her loss). I say loss but for the most part, the UK will celebrate, much as the US celebrated the death o Saddam or bin Laden, because to u, she was their equivalent.

Maggie was universally reviled in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and N England, as well as parts of the SW of England.

I was shocked that a few ignorant feminists in the US are regaling her as a feminist icon. Maggie herself stated that feminism was poison. She was not a feminist, she did nothing to support women, but promoted the rule of individualism, stepping over anyone to get as much money as possible and calling peaceful people like Nelson Madela a terrorist!!! This from someone who classed General Pinochet as a close friend! It does NOTHING good for feminism to class this awful excuse for a woman, a feminist!!

My real gripe here, as with so many others, is that we, the public, who almost completely could not care less about this woman, are being made to pay for a state funeral for her!!! I do not care that technically it is a ceremonial funeral, it's the same and will cost £10 million.

In a time of recession, this is like being spat in the face and told you'll be sued because your face took that spit!

The Guardian and other papers are suggesting that they privatise her funeral, after all, she was the queen of privatisation! I think that this, while merely a joke, is a good rule. Those foolish enough to think this horrific woman deserved this can take it from their own pocket and not out of the mouths of those who genuinely need that money! Shame on David Cameron, shame on the tories and shame on the Westminster oiks who support this.

Oh and in case any readers are not aware - her faily are rolling in money, they are very, very well off but are only paying 1 2 thousandth of the cost towards her funeral. on't know any other family that does nt contrribute more. If her family doesnot watto pay - why should wee. Plus - the fact that they don't pay more isa very good indicator of the kind of p0erson she was.

Gay Politicians

I was watching the Daily Politics today and one of the 'issues' regarded gay/lesbian politicians, especially tory (for those of you outwith the UK, the Tories and a name we give Conservatives, and aare right wing politicians, usually very wealthy).

Tories in particular, are homophobic. I'm not saying all tories are, but the majority have at least a small problem with it, as it does not fit their narrow criteria of right and appropriate.

Frankly, I couldn't give a **** who my MP is having sex with, as long as they follow the law (by that I mean the person is an adult and consenting). I do not think it has an effect on how they can perform their duties in public office and actually it means that they are more likely to be able to empathise with other marginalised groups of people.

I am straight and happily married but I really do not have a problem with being represented by a gay/lesbian politician because it does not matter who they have sex with, it matters how they conduct themselves in public office.

I know that there are many who disagree with this. They are entitled to their opinion. I do not like people using religion as an excuse for being bigotted - and it is an excuse. God/s (whatever divine being or beings you believe in) are meant to have made us in their image. Religion is meant to be about having faith in a higher power and loving your fellow mankind, not about deciding which groups you don't like and persecuting them!! Homosexuality occusr within nature all the time - it IS natural. Anyone who says otherwise is simply a bigot. Just because somehting does not adhere to your ideas of proper does not make it wrong, however using your religion as an excuse to marginalise people you deem 'wrong' - is very, very wrong and you are not a truly spiritual person.

To me, homosexuality is nature's way of trying to control our numbers. When a species increases too much, the number of homosexuals in that species increases. This is why there are more homosexuals today than ever before. It is very natural and frankly having prejudice against someone because of their sexual orientation is just as ludicrous as having prejudice against someone because of their collour or gender. Get over it!!!

On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scoltand about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback:

The Island of the Mist is book 2

The Stone in the Sword is book 1

The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats:

The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin

Child Benefits

Firstly, I am not going into the ins and outs of the changes to child benefits - I really just want to talk about the fact that until recently everyone was entitled to child benefit, regardless of their salary. To me, this is the reason our welfare system is in the state it is. I was shocked to learn that people earning more than £50,000 per annum were claiming child benefits! To me, this is wealthy people taking money out of the mouths of the poor. Because of this flagrant abuse of the benefit system cuts have had to be made across the board. This could be part of the reason several people with disabilities have killed themselves or starved to death!

If you have read any of my other posts you will see that I dislike the tories with a passion - and that's putting it lightly. However, I am shocked and disgusted that a Labour government would have allowed this policy to continue, and have the nerve to say the tories are pandering to the rich when they did the exact same!

To be honest, I think the £50,000 cap is too high. Anyone earning more than £45,000 doesn't need child benefits and i9f they do they are doing something very wrong!

The new policy means that anyone earning more than £50,000 needs to opt out of benefits or they will be required to pay it back at a later date. I think those who earn this and above should be made to pay back any benefits they earned in the last 10 years to make up for robbing the welfare system of its much needed money!

On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scoltand about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback:

The Island of the Mist is book 2

The Stone in the Sword is book 1

The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats:

The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin

Conservative Party Looking More and More Anti-Women

As the Conference progresses, The Conservative party are looking more and more to be 'old boys' together now than ever before!

To add to this, Cameron has stated he is for lowering the amount of time a woman can have an abortion and Jemery Hunt has advised 12 weeks! Many women don't know they are pregnant in the first 10-12 weeks!

If this was your daughter and she was 16, had been raped, would you condemn her to being a 'suitcase' for the rest of her term because you cannot abide the thought of a woman having control over decisions regarding her own body?

Women have campaigned for decades to have rights that men have had for a very long time. There is a definite backslide in the UK just now with regards to the rights of women. It is truly disgusting and I fear it will get worse.

All this from a government that Scotland/Wales and N Ireland did not vote for!

Shame on the Tories!

On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scoltand about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback:

The Island of the Mist is book 2

The Stone in the Sword is book 1

The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats:

The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin

Tory PM anti-women?

I was watching the Prime Minister's Question Time at lunchtime today and was, yet again, disgusted at their toddler-like behaviour. I do get sick of these twats acting like children in a playground, jeering at one another and not (in the PM's case) answering questions put to him. I think both sides are as bad as each other and I think that it is appalling that the world can see our politicians acting in this manner!

It does not bode well on the global view of the UK.

Something else I'd like to mention is the point a member of the opposition made. Cameron has put 5, yes, 5, of his former minsters (men) up for Knighthood but has not put a single female former minister up to receive dame-ship(?).

While I don't think Cameron is a mysoginist I do think he is a fully blown, public school chauvenist. He doesn't appear to hate women, I just feel he thinks they belong in the kitchen. Figures also show this, given that there are far fewer women in jobs than there were 3 years ago under the last government.

The government is not pro-women. It appears to be pushing women back into 1970's standards.

On another note, Tory MP's are coming out against the T-shirts celebrating Thatcher's inevitable demise. Currently 86, the iron lady is said to be in poor health. Tory MP's have used words like 'sickening' and 'monstrous' to describe the t-shirts, some of which state RIP Thatcher, with a tombstone on them, etc.

This shows how far removed from the nation these MP's really are. No one north of the Scottish border likes her, or west of the Welsh border, or north of Croydon for that matter. This woman brought pain and ruination to the whole of the UK, with the exception of the SE. She is almost univerally hated in the UK. I would use words like 'sickening' and 'monstrous' to describe what she did to our industries, NHS and a whole host of other issues. Two words that the Tories will NEVER be forgiven for - POLL TAX.

Enough said.

On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scoltand about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback:

The Island of the Mist is book 2

The Stone in the Sword is book 1

The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats:

The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin

And you can still obtain the first book, The Stone in the Sword: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Sword-ebook/dp/B006ZQIEPG/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327179005&sr=1-3