The Olympic Games in London this year is meant to be one of the biggest sporting events ever to take place and is set to be a grand event. The pressing question that many people are looking to answer now, is whether or not it is ethical to spend such an astronomical amount of money on a sporting event, when people in this country are in severe financial difficulty and all over the world people are desperate for help.
The British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he would veto the proposal for EU-wide tax on financial transactions, unless this measure doesn’t get introduced in the rest of the world. His words further deepen the confrontation with the leading forces in the European Union, namely, France and Germany. Nevertheless, all things considered I believe that Cameron should be recognised for his baldness and willingness to protect the rights of the British citizens.
It is not an unknown fact that the UK PM David Cameron is a person who has approached the idea of the European Union with severe skepticism and unfavorable considerations. But it is just as much surprising that the leader of the UK government is actually taking steps to introduce a concept of governance as close to the unification of Europe as the general German ideas - something quite surprising and somehow amusing given the fact that it was the prime minister who doubted the participation of the UK in the European Union.
Summertime has proven to be an explosive one in political terms in the UK. For the first time in many years, parliament was recalled twice over the break and August turned out to be one of the most interesting months of the year so far. Riots spread across the cities of Britain and social unrest and dissatisfaction seemed to be at an all time high. Yet one of the most divisive political actions occurred within one of the most treasured organisations the UK has – the NHS.
The new healthcare bill has been making its way through the Commons and has divided opinion sharply both within and outside Westminster. To the opposition things like care home manager jobs and similar positions may be under threat. The new bill allows for private companies to tender for the services that the NHS currently provides. David Cameron was at pains to point out during several weeks of Prime Minister’s Questions that no private company is being given control of the NHS. What is happening is that companies are being offered the chance to be providers for some of the services paid for by the public. Control would still remain within the NHS and the government hopes that this would encourage a more efficient and effective service for patients. At the moment as there is no competition within the NHS, the reasoning is that we allow poor service and care to flourish.
As imagined, this bill has proven to be political dynamite for the opposition who have used every opportunity to openly criticise Cameron and his party for even tabling it. Yet is there logic to the madness? No one wants to see the NHS destroyed, least of all Cameron as it would taint his legacy permanently. Yet the public purse is empty and still has holes in it that need repairing. Allowing the private sector to work within the NHS could be a masterstroke if it works and as long as it can be shown that the NHS remains a solely public body with no outside influence. Yet detractors and doubters remain.
Whilst there are many positions like social care jobs readily available at the moment, opponents of the new bill fear that medical staff would choose to go and work for the private companies employed by the government as they would receive higher salaries and benefits then they would under the NHS.
This situation will prove to be a tricky minefield for the government to navigate. Retaining existing doctor and nursing staff whilst cutting money to the NHS, remains problematic at best. Many GPs are already concerned that the control they are now being given over their local budgets will result in health care standards dropping as they are forced to place a £ sign over every patients'head. Most are concerned that if they spend their budget before the end of the fiscal year then they would have to delay referrals and treatments until funds became available again.
Summertime is rarely bright in the UK. The changes that have occurred this season have proven to be politically explosive and gloomy for many outsiders looking in.
The British political elite has vested extreme powers in regulatory functions ascribed to specialized authorities which observe and investigate the business behaviour of telecoms, banking industries and other business-related activities. However, what the political elite has failed to foresee is the fact that granting powers is not as good as having a distinguished investigatory body that would deliver results to an independent authority. Nevertheless, a good result has been produced in relation to a problem related to the UK Telecoms.
The world economy is currently facing a rather hard time. This is leading to a very negative effect on the spending power of individual and families and the UK is no different.
Jobs these days are being lost at an alarming rate and no sector has been spared. From civil service jobs, manufacturing, to care jobs everyone is being affected. Inflation rate is on the increase and this combination had led to a number of disturbing challenges all over the More
Well if it is simply about cycling accidents compensation rules, the government would be eased in establishing legal principles. However, the problem with the UK banking world are far more disturbing and the government is seeking a way to relax things for consumer and strengthen the situation for bankers. To avoid any future financial cataclysms, the UK government, along with many foreign governments, issued statements regarding the several recommendations made by the Basel Committee on Banking (an internationally regulated body More
The problems of Greece are well known since the beginning of last year when many of the Greek people went on the streets protesting about the worsening economic climate in the state. However, recently, the problems seem to be escalating on political and social level when almost all of the EU restricted the access of emergency funds for the country only to cases of political stability. This would mean one thing only - that Greece would be able to use More
Why is the visit of the Bahraini royal prince so special to the UK that the Prime Minister Cameron rejected the claim by human rights activists and advisers that he should not accept the coming of a figure that has pretty much contributed to the shaken grounds in the Middle East? This is a question that the government has addressed as a friendly visit and a way of showing Bahrain that they need serious reforms in their political and social More
What is the new political process aiming to proclaim and to promote for the British society and for the people in the UK? This has been a question I could not readily answer to before. However, now I am pretty convinced I know the answer, but unfortunately I have not seen the political reform that has been promised to the people in the UK.
Just like banner stands, the new generation of politicians remain still and stiff, without the More
