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Rocket science factoid … England is an island. It’s a small country and a population less then USA

Amazing that. Who’d have guessed?

This is not a continent with a population in the hundreds of millions. However, it seems that nobody has shared that info with the pie in the sky prime minister,
Gordon Brown.  Who in a magnanimous gesture has just pledged an extra £6 billion to fight climate change. (what happened to warming?)

Where the hell is all this cash coming from?  I guess he’s gonna print more and get it from the same place he got the trillion to bail out the banks.

It has been promised at that meeting in Denmark, from which there seems to be an odd smelling odor, I think there’s something rotten there, that billions must be given to turd world countries to offset the effects of climate change and to help them as they are poor.  And guess what.  Some spokesman for Africa has already said that it won’t be enough.
No kidding but no surprise.

I’ve been listening to the radio again. Yeah I know.  That or the papers. I need to give one up as it’s all causing an ulcer.

Oh yeah ... America can be proud. Hilary has pledged US backing for a $100bn fund.

This country is in deep financial trouble.  These things do manage to right themselves after a time but how long is now the question.
Services are being cut and the govt. claims to be looking for ways to save. BUT ... MPs (Member of Parliament) have been found even AFTER the scandal of expenses to be, “CARRY ON CHEATING.” Not only that, a large group of MPs ( I think the number may be 81) have refused to return monies they took claiming a right to same.  It’s getting so that one doesn’t know who to believe anymore.  While I hope Labour is voted out, I am not certain the conservatives will do a heck of a lot better.  OK, maybe a little better.  But so many of them seem to be Cons in name only.  Gets a bit daunting.

On climate change this govt. is committed (they say) to leading the world in the saving of itself.  Oh great. Who the hell is gonna save England while all this noble nonsense is happening? 

On another politically correct front, the govt. wants to force tobacco companies into giving up the use of company logos on ciggy packs.  Not enough that packs already carry huge black lettering saying THIS PRODUCT KILLS.  What makes em think logos like the Lucky Strike target being banned, will cause ppl to quit or not start? 

It’s really difficult remaining positive folks.  Here’s an example of how well things are working here.  Wife found this letter in the Times today. Unbelievable.

Sir, In keeping with the time of year, I recently ordered my diaries for 2010. When, after several weeks, they had not arrived, I contacted the company to establish the cause of the delay. I was informed that the courier had been unable to find my place of work.

Given that the distribution centre is located in Scotland, I cannot be sure if this is a symptom of cartographical ignorance, failed GPS technology, or perhaps, devolution?

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
House of Lords (large building by River Thames with big clock tower)

Jeeze people .... The freekin House of Lords?  Clock tower?  as in BIG FREEKIN BEN?  THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT?  THE FRACKEN SEAT OF GOVT.?
The courier couldn’t find that? 

It goes on and on.

The fresh injection of British taxpayers’ cash will be part of a $100billion (£67billion) a year fund which was backed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday.

In what was seen as a major development, Mrs Clinton said: ‘We have come to Copenhagen ready to take the steps necessary to achieve a comprehensive and an operational new agreement.’

Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said the fund would require ‘around £1billion a year from Britain’.
He added: ‘Some of that money comes from overseas aid, some will come out of revenue but this is absolutely in the UK’s economic - as well as environmental - interest.’

Britain is expected to ramp up its contribution to the global fund for poor countries from £500million a year in 2012 to the £1billion target by 2020, landing taxpayers with a bill for £ 6billion in additional aid over the period.
That is on top of £1.5billion the UK has already pledged for developing countries. But Mr Brown says the financial outlay is essential to maintain progress. After talks with Chinese premier Wen Jiabao he suggested China was prepared to allow more checks on its carbon emissions.

Mr Brown yesterday pledged an extra £6billion to persuade developing countries to sign up to a deal.
As the Prime Minister prepared to sip champagne over dinner with Robert Mugabe and more than 100 other world leaders, he told reporters that ‘the conditions for an agreement are now there’.

He effectively committed Britain to handing over billions more in ‘additional’ money in an attempt to win over poorer countries who say current proposals are unfair.

Mr Brown has already offered to cut Britain’s carbon emissions by 42 per cent, the highest proportion of any country and ten times the best deal put forward by the U.S.A. - raising the prospect of higher fuel prices and a wave of green taxes.
His latest offer will fuel concerns that Mr Brown is making a disproportionately generous offer on Britain’s behalf in a desperate attempt to secure his place in history.

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