The blame game
When a system is failing and those in charge of it refuse to take responsibility, blame becomes their only resource.
JD
10 Feb 2023
News Archive
The hidden reason the Tories are seeking to make the NHS fail
Quote from the Spectator: "The US economy, for example, is buoyed because two thirds of the country's population depend on their employer for health insurance; the fiercely competitive US workplace, in which workers accept no paid holiday, no parental leave and long hours, is partly a fight for affordable medication and hospital beds."
MIJ
10 Feb 2023
Easy fix for Ashbourne’s Air Pollution Issue?
The report commissioned by Derbyshire County Council from Aecom to investigate the cost effectiveness of various actions designed to reduce air pollution has some mystifying features.
PD
6 Feb 2023
Council sticks to ineffective Action Plan
Councillors who sit on the Community and Environment Committee of Conservative controlled Derbyshire Dales District Council will consider on Thursday 9th February the latest draft of an Action Plan to tackle air pollution in Ashbourne.
PD
5 Feb 2023
Matlock and Ashbourne Focus now online
Focus leaflets have been hitting doormats in Matlock and Ashbourne.
PD
5 Feb 2023
The Zahawi saga raises the question of the 'Super Rich' and their attitude to tax.
Whilst we welcome the overdue sacking of Nadhim Zahawi it raises the wider question of why the 'Super Rich' seek to avoid paying tax. It would seem that paying zero tax is a badge of honour and they portray tax as theft of their hard earned wealth.
MIJ
30 Jan 2023