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Two people in the UK have won a share in over £90 million, the largest jackpot won in England throughout history.  This Euromillions win is going to change the lives of two lucky people who have still not come forward as of yet.  I have to admit, this win is yet another kick in the teeth as it is the second time a British person has won on the ONE WEEK that I forget to buy a euromillions ticket.

Nextweek however I hope to rectify the situation, even though the jackpot will be around a measly £10 million.

Wish me Luck!

written by Oli \\ tags: Lottery, Win

I read an article today about the dangers of student pub crawl group ‘Carnage’.  This company sends tens of thousands of students on merry pub jaunts every year, and yet as usual, the fun brigade is out to stop them.

Even the grand British tradition of getting hammered has been under some serious fire from government busybodies over the last decade.  This is not really new news, however the labour nanny state has increasingly infringed upon our British rights of freedom controlling exactly what we do.  I foresee a future where even monopoly is under taxation, since it distracts the British populace from working.  Lets face it, our government no longer thinks about individual rights, individual happiness or even individual love.  Their sole concern is the country, which is a BAD thing.

The governments views need to be balanced between the people and the country, failure to do this leads to all out revolt. While the reserved British nature has prevented this for a LONG time (In Panama for example they would have killed any leader imposing British restrictions or taxation’s a long time ago) I cannot see it being much longer until a group of our fine citizens takes it upon themselves to say, well it is November the fifth, blow up the Houses of parliament.

written by Oli \\ tags: Binge Drinking, Britain, Revolt, Taxes

Buzzards are not your every day English hazzard, this cyclist however was, to say the least, surprised when the bird (With a metre long wingspan) dropped on to his head with it’s razorsharp claws.

This is the second buzzard attack in recent weeks from a buzzard on the exact road, and one of several in the Cornwall area.

Fortunately according to the experts these maulings of walkers, joggers and cyclists is most likely due ot the birds nesting close by. This means that the birds are breeding in England once more, and we may actually see the populationof Buzzards increase once more.  The general public can keep track of this amazingly wonderful increase of the rare fowl by how long they can walk down the road without getting their eyes gouged out by 1kg of flying muscle.

written by Oli \\ tags: Buzzards, Funny, Rare

First off, this is not an attempt to incite racism, more to catagorize racism.

My query cam about when yet another country (China) had some rather violent riots against the muslims, as has occured around the world recently.

What is making me thing is not the riots against muslims, but how England, and Britain as a whole have been pressured by their government in to accepting classification of different races as racism.  Just as we have been forced to accept our own culture as racist.

In China the Uighurs have recently revolted, as they consider themselves more akin to the Turkish than the Chinese.  The Chinese are trying to protect their own culture.  Unlike us Brits who do nothing, they have taken to the streets.

Now the Chinese took over this province some time ago, and like most occupations it seems that the people forming the revolution could possibly be in the right. But is killing and rioting really the way?

Back in England however even specifying a different race, and its specific attributes is now classed as racism.  Anyone who points out anythign as such can be jailed, meanwhile we have to watch as our country slowly disolves.

I have plenty of friends who vary in colour and religion, what worries me is why some people of different religions refuse to accept British culture and yet fight to live here.

Sharia, Muslim Law, for instance can now be held in Muslim courts in Britain, why are they not adhering to our laws?

I would not go in to a Muslim country and ignore their traditions, laws or similar, but I do not think they should come over here and expect us to follow, or in some cases allow their practices. (Take for instance the female revocation of rights, already we have women living in what amounts to slavery.)

written by Oli

A survey recently undertaken showed that less than 50% of Brits actually knew where their heart was located, this shocking news places us among the most ignorant of nations, leaving us on a par with countries such as Africa, Uzbekistan and America.

What worried me most however was the actual diagram the University students who compiled this survey produced,

I saw this diagram and instantly began to despair.  While it is well known that university students tend to be a little bit docile, with minds coddled by drugs and alcohol, it is interesting to see they can use a diagram that places the heart upon a central line in the body.

Either the huamn body had evolved to keep the heart right in the middle of the horizontal axis, or the people performing this survey don’t actually know where the human heart is either, leaving you with a pin the tail on the donkey style questionnaire created by people who have never seen a donkey, and are infact a little bit spastic.

written by Oli \\ tags: Education, England, UK

The environmentalists have been petitioning for mandatory water meters for some time, the water companies are of course backing this claiming that England uses ‘too much’ water.

This is of course something that riles me just a little bit.

Do food companies complain about people eating too much and charge them more, do games companies blame buyers for not having enough stock? Or course not, therefore it makes me wonder why the water companies who are asking why Britons use too much unmetered water are not asking themselves why they do not build more reservoirs to increase our available water supply.

Of course that would not please the doomsayer environmentalists, who claim that our river levels will be down by 90% in 2050 (Ignoring the flood) but I think they should focus more on how the reservoirs collect during the rainy seasons and disperse during the dry.

All in all I am appalled that the water companies are not for instance, forced to fix more of their broken pipes, build more capacity and lower prices in line with profits. Instead they just continue to lynch us, the consumer, with proposed rate hikes and metering services.

written by Oli \\ tags: Drought, Floods, Waetr COmpanies, Water

I have been often dismayed to see the politicians of our country make continuous blunders in the name of public good. It’s not hard to see how they are putting this country into a deeper and deeper slide, crushing our economy and strangling any new business opportunities.

I live in the City of York, this city is one of the most historic cities in England, and therefore it is a shame to see our local councillors driving it into the ground.

Take for instance the latest fiasco with their new ‘Energy efficient’ head quarters. This was a building designed and budgeted for over £40 million. All for a building of which in size should not even have cost £10 million. This council headquarters scheme was done out of the public eye, and in a very strange order.

Infact it is interesting to point out that even though this never went ahead they spent £4 million on this project, this is before they even had anything more detailed than a quick draft of what the building could look like from the outside. Many York residents are starting to ask why for instance, several hundred thousand was spent on an interior designer before they even had planning permission.

Now, there have been complaints about the location of the headquarters (next door to one of York’s most historic pubs) although personally I don’t see this as a problem, York has a great mix of the modern and the ancientWhat worries me if first the fact that this budget was so high for a building that was so small, secondly that we spent 10% of that budget before the building had even had an architect look at it, thirdly that they didn’t keep residents involved with this, fourthly that the councillor in charge has a family history of swindling and fraud and finally that they are now saying the budget they had was not big enough!

Now however my mind casts down to more mundane problems, with unemployment on the rise, Businesses going bankrupt in quick succession and MP’s saying that companies should not give out pay rises in line with inflation (While voting above inflation pay rises for themselves) I am beginning to wonder exactly why the local council has just embarked upon a crusade against A-Boards.

For those of you who don’t know, A-Boards are these highly visible attention grabbing advertising boards. It is called an A board because it is made of two boards leaning against each other with a rod attaching them, which when unfolded makes the shape of an A.

Apparently however these A boards which you see all over England are suddenly illegal. The Council has pulled out some mundane law passed in the misty past of British law and has claimed that these things could create a dangerous obstruction to partially sighted or blind people.Personally I can think of far more dangerous obstructions blocking York streets, Bollards placed hap hazardly in the middle of paths, barriers on the sides of paths painted in a nice, blended, camouflaged gray colour and the numerous cobbled areas which are not highlighted with huge ‘Cobbles Here’ Signs. I personally think that if they ban A-boards for being a hazard they need to get rid of Women dragging small children about, push chairs, old ladies with trolley bags and, ironically, partially sighted and blind people with those dangerous sticks and a tendency to bump in to things.

Because all of these things are, lets face it, a lot harder to spot sometimes than a four foot high board covered in bright writing designed to catch attention.

written by Oli \\ tags: Politics, Rant

Whether you are in the Uk, USA or mainland Europe chances are you will have seen some aspect of the financial crisis in the guise of troubled banks being bailed out by the government.  But what exactly does this mean, why does it happen and more importantly why shouldn’t it happen?

We have seen on many occasions banks being given tens to hundreds of billions of dollars.  These staggering sums keep banks in business, allow people to spend more.  But at the same time people are taking the money out of the banks they are paying more in taxes, all for it to bail out yet another bank.

It is infact a vicious cycle, the governments in charge a the moment dont wan’t the economic crash to happen so are pumping in moneyto the banks,while raiseing taxes to compensate for the loss.

It sounds pretty terrible, the truth is though our economy is still actually quite strong, and yes we are still paying too much, infact if you look at actual inflation vs wages you will find that even if the market drops a further 20% we will still be poorer than we were 30 years ago.

The truth of the matter is that a crash has to happen, people will lose jobs, banks will go bankrupt and people will lose money.

In other news Boy George was arrested for handcuffing a male ‘escort’ to some rails, I will avoid making the obvious ‘do you really wan’t to hurt me’ song reference here and instead go on to mention that you have to be careful forrockstars who may sem loveable, but often use their on stage personalaty as camoflage, rather like a karma karma karma karma chameleon.

I’ll get my coat.

written by Oli \\ tags: Bail-out, Banks, Celebrities, Recession

I was pleased to see that the Government has decided to officially tackle the obesity problem. Yes that’s right, all you fat bastards out there, you are now officially a problem.

This new campaign has been brought together after an obviously shammed together report claimed that in 2050 90% of people will be overweight.  Judging by this I have looked at decent trends and deduced from the governments recent interest rate cuts that in 2050 interest rates will be at minus 30%.  Good news for mortgage holders but sorry savers, your lucks not in.I am not sure exactly how the government is deducing it’s priorities, I mean lets face it, they are pretty much removing all aspects of fitness from our every day lives, take for instance the following :-Rising taxes on pub beers forcing people to shop for booze at the supermarket - This not keeps people at home rather than visiting the pub! (On a serious note I know 3 pub football teams that have collapsed due to the insane rises in alcohol tax), forcing people to stay at home is not only damaging pubs but removing a lot of social activities, many of which ARE fitness related.Increased benefits for single parents - Gone are the days when b***rdry was a crime.  Today we promote single parentage and following that the number of children eating at Macdonalds everyday on non working single parent support has risen drastically.  (On a serious note here a huge percentage of obesity comes from government supported families, this is not coincidence)Compare this to times past when single mothers were flogged and sent to the work house while their children had to walk to London and survive on stolen vegetables while performing spontaneous song and dance routines with surprisingly athletic stall holders.  You can suddenly see why obesity has risen drastically from 200 years agoClosing Sport and Health Facilities - I am not so sure about other areas but due to lack of funding my local city has wait for it NO inner city sports facilities.  This means no cheap government subsidised gym, no swimming pool, nothing infact other than quite a lot of paths which can be run along with only minor damage caused to your knees.Anti Bullying Legislation - Yes I know it may seem cruel and no one likes to see a child picked on.  But lets face it, nothing will get a kid on the sport track faster than 50 of his peers calling him fatty and throwing pies at him.  I think a lot of problems that are around today come from too many rights organisations and do-gooders making life too cushy, these same people have caused countless c*ck ups with their mis-management and shot sightedness.All in all I am not surprised obesity is increasing.Infact the only light at the end of the tunnel I can see most surprisingly came from Gordon brown (although in some ways it isn’t that surprising, the money grabbing retard doesn’t see the benefits the scheme will have on the country he merely sees a quick buck).  Yes that’s right, in the near future it will be much harder to claim benefits unless you are actively looking for work!British Economy

written by Oli \\ tags: Depression, Law, Politics, Recession

We have reached that time of year again, ys the sports personalities of the year.  The mutually exclusive award which never really appeals to me, but nevertheless brings in a huge amount of interest from the public, rather like big brother or mass killings.

The top ten runners for sports personality 2008 are:

• Rebecca Adlington
• Ben Ainslie
• Joe Calzaghe
• Nicole Cooke
• Lewis Hamilton
• Chris Hoy
• Andy Murray
• Christine Ohuhuogu
• Rebecca Romero
• Bradley Wiggins

Personally I think Lewis Hamilton should be a frontrunner, but his shunning of the press, and other drivers, make it unlikely he wil win.

The press seems to be voting for Rebecca Adlington, she is a double olympic swimming champion, but lets face it, she has a face for radio.

Andy Murray is fairly entertaining, but hasn’t eally won that much, he is high on my list though

Rebecca Romero s alright I suppose, and as a gold medal winning track champion is probably alrigth in the sack, she has also done some nude poses, whehey she is probably one of the more personable people in the list, though thats not saying much if you take the competition into account.

All in all i’m not going to waste the exhorbonant text fee to vote.

written by Oli \\ tags: Sports Personality of the Year Award 2008