- Rid the BBC of all celebrities and their salaries, thus saving money which can either be used to reduce the license fee or to produce quality programming. I personally don't care whether I am watching a so called celebrity or a no body. What I want is good television. Let all the gold diggers go to the ITV.
- Enforce a licensing system for all dog ownership. Dogs should not be allowed off the lead in public places and fines should be enforced. Dogs can be off the lead in designated areas and on private land.
- Fit all vehicles with a device that masks mobile phone signals. This will prevent them being used whilst driving.
- A serious cut in hospital administration, there are just far too many different departments for individual letter writing and waiting lists.
- Revolutionise the management structure of Local Government. From examples I have seen or read about there are far too many Chiefs and not enough Indians to provide a quality service.
- Limit air travel for a year to essential travel. This will help the environment, the UK tourist industry and streamline the whole business. Loss of jobs in the air industry will be counter-balanced by an increase of those in the UK tourist industry. This may also highlight the fabulous holiday opportunities available in the UK.
- Get rid of the school examination system, whereby the under tens are put under pressure to perform well in exams rather than concentrate on actually learning valuable skills.
Suffice to say there are plenty more where that lot came from, if you are a member of a political party and want to hear more then feel free to contact me!
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Fantastic. My mum used to work in the NHS and she said the money they wasted was scandalous - different departments producing big, glossy brochures - as if the GPs had a choice to use anyone else!!
And I totally agree on the dog thing. Licensing is so the way to go.
Ever thought of going into politics?!
OK, in true politician style I'm going to comment on some of your points one at a time if I may.
*I don't think it's possible to rid the BBC of all celebrities. Some - like Graham Norton for example - I would argue are worth their fee. And there are certain actors I enjoy watching and am happy to pay my licence fee to watch. I agree though that the overpaid and boring should go. They know who they are.
*There is a licensing system in place for dogs. Where I live it is strictly enforced and all dogs are chipped. All dogs should be displaying a tag with a minimum of their postcode and phone number on it and if it isn't then their owners are breaking the law. I don't think though it's fair to insist dogs shouldn't be allowed off lead in all public places. There should be designated areas where you can exercise your dog. What happened your little one was awful and I think if you get no joy from the police you should get in touch with your local councillor and newspaper.
*I totally agree with the cuts in hospital administration idea. I have a friend who works in hospital admin at one of the country's most prestigious hospitals and she tells me that there are numerous admin staff who are simply counting the days until they can retire (even though they're in their 40s!), they do as little as possible and take no interest in their jobs. The whole system needs a complete overhaul.
*I don't think limiting air travel for a year to essential travel is the answer to global warming. I do think however that it's a good idea to offset if you can. The loss of jobs in the airline industry would not be counter-balanced by a sudden profusion of tourist industry jobs in the UK - last year thousands working in the travel industry (including airlines) lost their jobs due to the recession but new jobs were not being created in the UK travel industry to cope with extra demand as a result. You also have to remember that lots of poor countries, particularly in the Caribbean, rely on tourism to enable schools, hospitals etc to be built on their islands. So be a responsible overseas traveller, take only photographs and leave only footprints, but don't give up travelling abroad completely.
*Get rid of the school examination system for under 10s - yes couldn't agree more! It's totally out of order that there should be so much pressure on our kids. What the hell is it all about?
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Perhaps, just like we have the minimum wage, we should set a maximum wage that bankers, celebs and politicians could be paid. Don't get me started on what we should do with their expenses.
Totally agree with the NHS admin - surely our money can be used better in the frontline services ?
sorry my mistake - there isn't actually a dog license in place any more. You're right about that too. There should be. But in our borough there is definitely an encouragement for microchipping - they even offer free microchipping. I'm not sure if that's been rolled out across the country but it definitely should be.
Let me know if you want to start lobbying!
Sod getting the parties we already have to adopt your proposals, they love to nick peoples ideas for free- I say we should start our own party, I'd vote for us over the other lot anyday!
I couldn't agree more on the whole Hospital thing- when Edward was in Neonatal care, they had to rely near on solely on donations. Suffice to say they were understaffed, were crying out for new equipment and having to turn sick babies away.However, the hospital saw fit to install a 20 grand fish pond for the cafe, which was for staff, which they also spent thousands on refurbishing! Ridiculous!
brilliant - all of it - makes me want to write one for Australia - particularly the exams for under tens, or under 14's come to that - insanity!
Here in Wales (no I'm not Welsh! - stamps foot) the exams for 10 year olds are no more, SATS I think they were called?
Well, I read numbers one and two and thought, yes! Then three and four and five... Basically, and to my surprise, I'm in wholehearted agreement with the entire manifesto. Where do I sign up?
Yes I agree with these, I worked in the NHS for a couple of years and you wouldn't believe the money which was paid to external consultants. The entire non-medical side of the organisation needs to be overhauled. The Government has thrown a huge amount of money in the NHS in recent years with few positive results.
Air travel is a tricky one, a lot of air travel is probably business travel and I'm not sure how you tackle that. And telling some people to have fewer foreign holidays is like asking them to use their cars less - they're unlikely to be happy about it. I agree with Liz on the offsetting idea.
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