BBC NEWS | UK | Drivers catch green lights 'wave'

Interesting article and something that I would have thought that we could and should have done a long time ago - but then the forth paragraph (quoted below) gave me the reason why.

So just remember when you are stuck at a traffic light, you are there for a reason, to burn more fuel and therefore pay more tax!

BBC NEWS | UK | Drivers catch green lights 'wave': "Previously the Department for Transport (DfT) had discouraged the systems which reduce fuel use, resulting in less tax being paid to the Treasury."

BBC NEWS | UK | Alcoholics could see benefits cut

Ok - I agree that Alcoholics need help, but don't you just love the nanny state that we are living in.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to hold back on paying taxes is the government or local council failed to deliver on their promises.

BBC NEWS | UK | Alcoholics could see benefits cut

Parkinson: 'Goody was exploited'

At last, some has the balls to come out and say what was actually going on. Well done Parky.

BBC NEWS Entertainment Parkinson: 'Goody was exploited': "Parkinson: 'Goody was exploited'"

York’s riverbanks crumbling due to years of neglect

So here we go again - a politician that is in power, and has been for five or six years, blaming someone else for the problem that they now find at their door.

Well it may be the case that this essential work has been neglected since the 80's, however Mr Waller, you have been in power for a while now and so have done nothing to reverse the situation.

So stop bleating about it and do something. After all that is what you wanted when you stood for election and that is why people voted for you.

York Press Story

BBC NEWS | Politics | Many civil servants 'deserve axe'

And this is news how?

But hats of to Lord Digby (great name) for coming out and saying this. Well done.

BBC NEWS Politics Many civil servants 'deserve axe'

'Honey bunny' murderer gets life

Now I normally just comment on York stuff, but WTF?

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | 'Honey bunny' murderer gets life

York councillors’ pay set to rise again (From York Press)

So here we go again.

Whilst many in the media are saying that 2009 (and probably longer) will be horrible economically for most people in the UK (if not the world) we now see the public sector fundamentally giving themselves a pay rise.

Don't get me wrong, I think that if people do a good, valuable job then they should get rewarded for it. Sadly this isn't the case for the majority of dealings that the council does.

That said they don't get that much and I firmly believe that if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

York councillors’ pay set to rise again (From York Press)