Author Archives: Giolla

Climate Camp comedy

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The news tells me that Climate Camp in Greenwich now presumably being in full swing, I don’t know if it is or isn’t I’ve not been down there and have no intention in going. At least not without being heavily armed with non-organic petrochemical based soap to keep the hippies at bay. From their website it seems it’s not meant to be a protest but an educational event, I guess that having it as a camp saves on renting a venue and the publicity and location makes it more likely that bored middle class students will put on posh welly’s … Continue reading →

No representation without taxation

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Life has been getting in the way of writing, and will probably continue to do so. So expect much of my writing to be quite a bit behind the curve. However that small matter not with standing a while back I read an interesting comment from a Labour MP (Martin Linton) as report by the good old BBC “If they don’t pay our taxes, why should they have any right in determining what those taxes are?” Which I suspect is something we can all heartily agree with, particularly with regards to the 646 such people that seem to quite enjoy … Continue reading →