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JackieBrown's bio
Retired nurse, mother of three, currently bringing up my grandson (16) who has lived with me for 15 years. Have a BSc from the OU. Interested in politics, science and books both fiction and non-fiction. -
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24th May 2020JackieBrown commented on:
Should Dominic Cummings resign?Good grief! He's a well-paid government employee. He has a sister and his own aide living within walking distance of his London house and could potentially call upon the services of many people local to his home. He is not your average Joe Public who may be isolated from all friends and family because of the virus. He had absolutely no need to travel to a house on his parent's farm. He most certainly had no need to go back there a week after his quarantine ended for another visit. Others have been sacked/resigned for less. The rules should apply equally to everyone and I am not surprised that he was visited, at his London home, by the police.ViewDate:
24th May 2020JackieBrown commented on:
Should Dominic Cummings resign?He not only took his wife and son to stay at a property on his family's farm when he and his wife were supposedly displaying symptoms, he returned, yet again, a week after the quarantine visit ended. He was spoken to by the police the first time and has had a visit from them again at his London address. Too many of these high-ranking politicians, aides and experts seem to think that the rules do not apply to them. This is not acceptable.ViewDate:
24th May 2020JackieBrown commented on:
Hello from North Carolina!Hi there, LindaluB! How are you coping in the land of the demented orange goblin? Are you still in lockdown? It's been quite difficult for we older ones, hasn't it, especially those with other health problems? I'm quite lucky in having my grandson (16) living with me and, more recently, my daughter and her partner, so I do at least have some (socially distanced) company.ViewDate:
23rd May 2020JackieBrown commented on:
What are your views on TV Charity Begging Adverts?Just watched an ad from Save The Children wanting £3 to treat a child with pneumonia. Their CEO earns £230,104 pa and 386 other staff earn £60,000+ pa. Just the CEO's salary alone could treat 76,701 children. Their annual income is £981.9 million. With that amount of money coming in each year, why are children still suffering and why do they still need us to ante up more cash all the time. Truth is, the majority of money goes on salaries and admin. The proportion that actually reaches children is small by comparison. Much better to give money to local charities, like foodbanks, as I do. (The fact that we need foodbanks in this country is another scandal by itself.)ViewDate:
22nd May 2020JackieBrown commented on:
Is the UK Government doing enough to lessen the spread of Covid-19?It's all top show with this government. Having underfunded the NHS for 10 years, freezing pay, scrapping bursaries, privatising huge chunks, they now hail them as heroes and clap for them on Thursdays. All the while they are expecting them to work with inadequate PPE (they downgraded the status of Covid-19 to justify less PPE) and are farming out contracts for all supplies and apps to their friends and donors. They are now talking of freezing pay for Doctors, nurses and other public sector staff (keyworkers!) for another two years to pay for the cost of fighting the pandemic! They've had to U-turn on plans to deport family members of NHS staff of foreign origin who have died and are now being taken to task on their plan to raise the NHS surcharge on workers of foreign origin who already pay tax and NI so are effectively paying twice to use the health service. To cap it all, they are now trying to force people back to work and children back into school before the number of infections has dropped sufficiently and the proper safeguards have been put in place. They've realised that without workers they can't make any money and they are panicking. Anyone who voted for this bunch of charlatans at the last election and still claps for keyworkers on a Thursday is a hypocrite. When asked, most Doctors, nurses and other keyworkers would prefer a decent wage rather than applause.ViewDate:
15th Apr 2016JackieBrown commented on:
Should Britain stay in the EU or is now the time to leave?Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon states that: 1. Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements.” 2. A Member State which decides to withdraw shall notify the European Council of its intention. In the light of the guidelines provided by the European Council, the Union shall negotiate and conclude an agreement with that State, setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal, taking account of the framework for its future relationship with the Union. That agreement shall be negotiated in accordance with Article 218(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. It shall be concluded on behalf of the Union by the Council, acting by a qualified majority, after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament. 3. The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after the notification referred to in paragraph 2, unless the European Council, in agreement with the Member State concerned, unanimously decides to extend this period. So basically we have the right to leave the EU. From the date of notifying the European Council we have two years to negotiate the terms of our leaving including any trade agreements, which would probably be pretty good as they wont want to give up on a lucrative market for their goods. Finally, with or without agreement, any and all treaties would cease to apply to the UK two years after notifying our intention to leave. During these two years we would also be free to negotiate trade agreements with anybody else we choose to trade with. Those who say that the economic, politic and ecological advances we have made are entirely due to membership of the EU and that we risk losing all the progress we have made and losing out on so many rights and achievements, seem to be drastically under estimating the British people if they think that the progress we made in all these areas, from the beginning of the last century up until the time we joined the then Common Market, would not have continued without the directives of the European "supernanny" or that we will not continue to progress. A bit insulting really! I see no point in remaining in a system which has morphed out of all recognition from its original concept and which will continue to try to control all aspects of our lives. It has already made it easy for huge chunks of our industry, utilities and services to be privatised, sold off or leased to outside interests; aided and abetted by successive governments concerned only with surface show and money in their pockets. Not only will leaving the EU put us back in control of our country and our borders, we might even be able to bring our government under control - a definite bonus! -
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