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Try as we may to be the difference until governments accept that current policies and activities are really not geared to the needs of those least able to represent their needs then we are doomed to see more exploitation, corruption and strategic tomfoolery.

What narks me most is that we should have known that the rhetoric really was just too good to be true, politicians the world over haven't got a clue, and what a mess they are creating. Every step forward is a revelation on just how little i… Continue

Stand on any street corner and just look up, wait to see how many people join you. You will be supprised! Similarly I found something interesting this week, I was working with a group of redundant people and they asked me what I do with my time, because part of what we were discussing was putting positive things on CV's.

So I started pointing at my object in the sky and found that many in the room felt the same they just didn't know how they and their family could change the world they live in.… Continue

Every now and then something magical happens around you and you stop and stare in amasement. This happened for me today.

The start of the day was interesting a discussion on what is real corruption based on what happened in the UK Parliament that delved into the very suspect dealings of those working for the people. My comment was that if an employee had claimed expenses from my company, shareholders, community that they were not entitled to then it would be a matter for the police if got over… Continue

What is GDP? why does it impact on ordinary people in their lives?

Most people can manage day to day living without thinking about Macro economics their aim is to survive, and that isn't just the 3rd of the world that requires investment and support to grow the economies preferred by the existing economic structures like the IMF and World Bank.

In the UK today the government announced a drop in GDP, this will mean continuing job losses for some time to come, the true level of unemployment will… Continue

What is good for the masses isn't always good for the politicians that has to be an accepted truism today and the role of government is less influential at home than it is in the wider global community.

I heard a great sketch the other evening on radio 4 whilst travelling in the car, it basically followed a phone on debt and the young woman rang in to say that she had a small overdraught and the bank wanted to call it in so she borrowed, from a bank to cover that overdraught but the debt with a… Continue