I genuinely feel sorry for the thousands of charities who are struggling for donations in our current economic climate. Every day mail comes through our door pointing out that just £2 a month will be able to do this or that. Unfortunately they all end up in the bin. Multiply that £2 a month by all the charity requests and you would run into hundreds of pounds a month. So it is easier to ditch the lot. Doesn't mean we don't care but I prefer to put my time and effort into supporting events in our village and in Norfolk that raise money for various charities.
I wouldn't call charity requests junk mail but I would call party political broadcasts junk television. Last night we had Prime Minister David Cameron telling us his party had cut petrol duty. Note to PM - It's probably not a good time to point this out when the prices at the pumps have hit an all time high. It's how much we have to pay that is the key here and not to whom the money goes.
I could seriously shorten party political broadcasts by allowing each party just 10 seconds on air. I am sure it would go something like this:
Conservatives - "We are probably the best government you have ever had. We are doing a brilliant job and your life is so much better than in the bad old days of the Labour Government"
Labour - "The Conservative government is probably the worst government this country has ever had. They are making a disaster of governing. It would be so much better if we were in power."
Liberal Democrats - "We support the Government at the moment but if there was a general election tomorrow we wouldn't quite know what to do, but we would support the party likely to win as we have no policies of our own anymore."
Admittedly the Lib Dems broadcast might be a second or two longer but let's face it they need every nano second they can snatch.
Had an excellent meeting last night to discuss the future of our village football club and how it meshes in with other sports clubs and the village sports association. We are now putting together a document promoting the club and the work we do with young people in the village. Currently we run 14 teams for all ages and I am very proud to be chair of what is generally accepted to be one of the best run clubs in the county (sounds like my very own party political broadcast).
I wouldn't call charity requests junk mail but I would call party political broadcasts junk television. Last night we had Prime Minister David Cameron telling us his party had cut petrol duty. Note to PM - It's probably not a good time to point this out when the prices at the pumps have hit an all time high. It's how much we have to pay that is the key here and not to whom the money goes.
I could seriously shorten party political broadcasts by allowing each party just 10 seconds on air. I am sure it would go something like this:
Conservatives - "We are probably the best government you have ever had. We are doing a brilliant job and your life is so much better than in the bad old days of the Labour Government"
Labour - "The Conservative government is probably the worst government this country has ever had. They are making a disaster of governing. It would be so much better if we were in power."
Liberal Democrats - "We support the Government at the moment but if there was a general election tomorrow we wouldn't quite know what to do, but we would support the party likely to win as we have no policies of our own anymore."
Admittedly the Lib Dems broadcast might be a second or two longer but let's face it they need every nano second they can snatch.
Had an excellent meeting last night to discuss the future of our village football club and how it meshes in with other sports clubs and the village sports association. We are now putting together a document promoting the club and the work we do with young people in the village. Currently we run 14 teams for all ages and I am very proud to be chair of what is generally accepted to be one of the best run clubs in the county (sounds like my very own party political broadcast).
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