It's just a matter of time

I wrote this last week and then never got round to completing the post:

For some time Hubby and I have been saying that sooner or later, there will be a back-lash to political correctness, positive discrimination and percieved biased policies.

More 'considering voting for BNP'

Before I get flamed, I want to make it clear that I do not agree with the BNP's more radical racist viewpoints. However, ...

I'm guessing something distracted me at that point.

So, as I was saying before I rudely interrupted my self, today the back-lash has possibly begun - BNP doubles number of councillors. I clearly have some fundamental issues with the BNP's core policies but as much as I hate to admit it, some of the other minor points of their manifesto sounded constructive (I was quite shocked by this and even now I feel as if I must apologise for saying that but there you have it).

Even though some of their policies are downright racist and abhorrent I can unfortunately see why they might be gaining support in some areas. People are experiencing problems which they feel are not being addressed by the government. And instead of thinking why the BNP might be gaining support and what they need to do for the disgruntled electorate, they criticise Margaret Hodge for warning that this might happen??!

To top it all, we heard 'shocking revelations' last week that the Home Office couldn't find it's own backside without a map, never mind the thousands of asylum seekers, students, visitors, appelants and other foreign nationals (the guilty and innocent alike).

I've had direct dealings with the Immigration and Nationality Directorate when I worked at a college. This was some years ago but even then applications for student visas could taken six months or even longer. Documents were lost, good students with great (and genuine) supporting documentation were refused whilst guys going to the visa factory college down the road continued to get their visas extended. It's so easy for people to drop below the radar and remain in England for much longer than allowed.

Even more bizarrely, there wasn't and probably still isn't a method for institutions to report people who were breaking the terms of their visa (i.e. not attending classes or working). When I tried to provide information on the small number of students who slipped through our nets, I was met with 'not enough resources' or even 'can't be bothered'.

So you can tell that I was not at all surprised by this.

Politics, eh?

Horrified

I've just found out that one of my favourite perfumes, Davidoff Cool Water, is made by a Tobacco company!

I was just surfing on the jolly old inter-web-thingie as you do, one clickie leading to another until the horrible truth was revealed.

Don't think I'll be buying that perfume again ... shame, as it's really fresh and light.

Does anyone know if I'm safe with Clinique as I'd really hate to stop using my most favourite perfume?

:o(

Snuffles

Throughout school, many of my teachers frequently made the comment that they recognised me by looking for the child holding the man sized hankerchief to her face! I always had a cold in the wintertime and sometimes even two.

So, I was delighted to have remained bug-free this Winter, most likely due to some vitamins, a semi-healthy diet, keeping warm, a flu jab and a little bit of luck.

But now, at the beginning of Spring, I'm feeling yucky! Fuzzy head, hot and tingly nose, sinuses and throat. I'm squirting Vick's First Defence up my nose (an interesting sensation, I can tell you) and popping high dose Vitamin C and Echinacea.

So, you might not want to get too close for a while :o)