World Watching

Gordon Brown has done a U-turn on the gurkha’s settlement rights here in the UK.

I am very pleased the gurkha’s are finally allowed to take up residence here in Great Britain, but should they have had to suffer the humiliation of having to fight so long and hard against the government for the right to live in the country they have fought for?

During the last two years, they have had to battle the government in the courts, in the houses of parliament and even in spite of a colossal wave of public support our ‘out of touch’ government have thrown every obstacle possible in their path to fair treatment while welcoming those who have stated objectives of harming the country.

Well Done to actress Joanna Lumley for your stand and efforts on this important issue and a big big WELCOMEto the Gurkha’s.

When the dust settles will we see Immigration secretary Phil Woolas resign his post due to gross incompetence for having dispatched letters to the Gurkha’s telling them their claims had been rejected only days after the PM stated the matter would be reconsidered?

Will the PM resign for having let a situation as sensitive as this get to such a point?

i doubt it, after all the government has been humiliated so many times now not just on this issue but on so many that i am beginning to think that their embarrassment threshold his actually non existent.

Money forever?

Official figures out today are expected to show public borrowing soared above £90 billion for the financial year – far exceeding the Chancellor’s own predictions.

Before Alistair Darling takes to his feet in the House of Commons to set out his plans for the next 12 months, economists believe data for the last financial year will reveal public sector net borrowing reached a record £92 billion.

The grim picture of the public finances is also expected to show that borrowing reached £16 billion in March.

The surge in borrowing would dwarf Mr Darling’s forecasts of £78 billion in borrowing in the full year in November’s pre-Budget statement.

At the time Mr Darling also predicted that borrowing would rise to £118 billion, or 8% of GDP, in 2009/10, but a recent forecast from the Ernst & Young ITEM Club said this could balloon to £180 billion.

Now, I’m certainly no financial genius.. BUT, if i can grasp the concept that it was endless borrowing that brought about this recession.. why cant our own government? and why is it carrying on borrowing at such a rate as it is?

Surely if the government had nationalised the banks instead of handing out obscene bailouts, pumped a bit of cash into industry to safeguard jobs, and put a freeze on banks repossessing homes the rest would follow?