may I say that as well as the furore over Murdoch there is also the surprising resignation of Sir Howard Davies. When you consider that the LSE is the London School of Economics, and accordingly one would have expected that the world respected LSE would produce great economists.

However, is it any wonder if we produce such well respected economists, that somehow the economists never saw the 'Great Crash' actually coming. Same with the accountants, who signed off the accounts of the wonderful banks. How is it that the banks were run by bankers who were not actually 'bankers' they had no qualifications in banking. How is that the expert economists never saw the crash coming, and the accountants who were so well trained that they signed off the accounts.

So, whilst the media is distracted by events in the middle east, and the Murdoch empire, then when will there be an inquiry into how well educated our people are, yet they do not seem to be very well trained at all. 

It was terribly humiliating what happened in respect of the England World cup bid. However, the answer does lie in our own hands. Stop treating all these hangers on as somehow 'special'. No more invites to our world class events. As for the Olympics, and their special treatment, closing roads for the motorcades, staying at top hotels at our expense. Make them sit with the hoi poloi, it is about time that the proletariate started to expres themselves.

As Harry said in Afghanistan 'we do bad things to bad people' so let's start with the spongers, the hangers on, the wasters, the ones who live off the backs of the workers. No more staying at Claridges, and the Ritz, it's time to just say enough is enough.

 

it is about time that a boil was lanced over the Dunblane massacre.

It is a fact that Thomas Hamilton killed 16 chlidren and one teacher with a gun. We have even had a similar situation where a man killed adults in our country, randomly bringing terror to the streets of our country. We have had Moat allegedly killing one man, and injuring a former girl friend, and a police man.

So, returning to Hamilton, was Lord Robertson a referee on the shotgun licence granted to Hamilton. If he was or was not is not important, it would be a matter of fact, there is absolutely nothing wrong, or criminal in being a referee on such a licence, so a simple answer to a question, who were the referees on Thomas Hamilton's licence.

Is it true that the Sunday Times has an FBI list of labour MPs who have used credit cards to pay for access to internet child pornography. Now I ask this question simply on the basis that it seems to be government policy, both this government and the last one, to give access to everybody to the internet, and people need to know what the internet has been used for.

Finally, is it true that Blair has even gone so far as to put a D-Notice on any publication of details of any paedophile rings operating in this country of ours.

I know, and to a certain degree can understand why there is an injunction against a close family member of mine on the grounds of breach of contract over Iraq, and also why there is an injunction preventing publication of details of a case brought against six SAS operatives. However, with the latest changes to the laws in respect of defamation I would hope that some senior individuals are not hiding from their just deserts by the use of D-Notices, and High Court injunctions.

Andrew, a very good morning,

'I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, her heirs and successors and that I will as in duty bound honestly and faithfully defend Her Majesty, her heirs and successors in person, crown and dignity against all enemies and will observe and obey all orders of Her Majesty, her heirs and successors and of the generals and officers set over me'.

Now I am of the opinion, I will not say that there is no doubt, that the above represents the oath of allegiance which our soldiers take when they join the military.

The problem which is not being addressed is that by any interpretation of what has been going on at the Chilcot Inquiry that we were at war in Iraq because of American Foreign Policy. That Bush and Blair connived at the war and subsequent occupation, and that accordingly, no British general or officer had to accept orders, neither did the soldiers. The orders were illegal, I think that it is the reason why a certain General, as was revealed in his book, took legal advice before accepting orders in respect of Iraq.

I think that Military Law has had to be changed to include orders from officers of other States, on the basis that American officers were giving orders to British, and Australian soldiers, to 'detain' individuals, who were then extra-ordinary renditioned, and treated severely by American guards, and suffered enhanced interrogation techniques, or tortured. As Hutton revealed in February previous holders of his post inadevertently misled parliament, over these issues. I look forward to the evidence of Geoff Hoon, and Jack Straw, and wish that Brown will be called to give his evidence before the general election.

I hope that your readers are listening to the Today programme this morning in respect of the FSA, and the changes to mortgages.

Now I have said before about self certification which should be banned, for obvious reasons. This seems to have been accepted.

However, there must also be a ban on the BBC giving air time to financial exclusives. They carry official status because of the very well earned reputation of the BBC. You cannot control the internet and media, but the BBC must never enter the world of exclusives which can cause problems.

There must also be a ban on short selling, where operators sell stock which they do not own.

There must also be a ban on all stock lending, where owners of shares lend stock to operators who then sell the shares as part of there short selling. If the stock lending is banned then short sellers cannot deliver to the market.

There must also be a ban on contracts for difference, which enables operators to speculate in the stock market rather than invest. Contracts for difference mean that you can buy and sell a share and only take the profit, or pay the loss, rather than have to stump up the purchase price in full on the settlement day, and then receive your sale proceeds afterwards.

The problem with salary multiples on mortgages. Now that is an interesting one. Consider this. If I used to work for a bank, then employees used to get five times salary for our mortgage, we used to get subsidised interest rates, we used to be able to defer repayment of capital for say the first four years of the mortgage, we used to get subsidised endowment policies.

Now if the FSA bans multiples of five times salary, if they impose earnings limits, then the banks and financial institutions will not be, under law, able to offer benefits to their staff which are not available to the general public. I have said before and I will say again, the banks have taken over the government not the people taking over the banks.

Finally, there must be more use of the ability of the authorities to suspend shares when financial exclusives are broken because there will be a false market.

can somebody please decide who we are meant to be. I mean our soldiers are now in Afghanistan. Now are we UN, NATO, British or just the occupiers. Are we fighting the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, the insurgents, the freedom fighters or the anti-colonialists. Furthermore, are our soldiers dying to bring democracy (but not as we know it) to a country which is actually nothing like any state or country that I know of, it is and always a buffer state.

Furthermore, was it not Gordon Brown who insists that we are not fighting Islam or Muslims, we are fighting and dying to keep terror off the streets of Britain (or is it England). Now we again are told by Brown that the whole area which is apparently known as Afghanistan/Pakistan (or Af/Pak for short) is some sort of terrorist area where anybody who goes there is training to kill us all by using terrorism, well that's what I understand him to say, or the message as I hear it.

So, we know that there are large numbers of Muslims/Pakistanis/Afghanis in Britain (or England) so can Brown please tell me in very plain language, that I have absolutely nothing to be concerned about from people living in England, that there are no areas in England which are no go areas, and that any fear I do have is groundless. That I should accept that in a very short time our soldiers will be training and mentoring the very people who are that the moment trying to kill them.

That I should have no view on women who cover themselves completely from head to toe in the Burkha, because I thought the wonderful Jack Straw who has recently requested the Queen to give a free pardon to a young man convicted in another country of a crime, the same Jack Straw who requested that women should not wear the Burkha when he is talking to them in his constituency. So, the government, and Brown/Straw are giving the wrong message. A message which I think is inciting some of our unhappy people to go to Mosques to incite a reaction from peace loving people.

I demand that Brown come on to our totally free media and give a formal statement as to why our soldiers are in Afghanistan killing and being killed, who are then meant to return home and see around them people who look and sound very similar to the very people they are killing and being killed by and then to sit and communicate with people who they see as possibly having just killed one of their pals. I just want to know what is actually going on. The continuing occupation of Afghanistan is and a disaster, and it really did not have to be like this. 'We do bad things to bad people', or so Harry tells us, although Andrew looks much less of a problem, and he likes very good in his military uniform in Afghanistan.

the freeing by the SNP Justice Minister of the convicted Libyan terrorist is a side show. Please will people concentrate on what has happened in Afghanistan over the election.

It is accepted by everybody that the election is seriously flawed. Now we are getting the spin that actually the result does not matter, it is the fact that elections were actually held. That will be the epitaph to the military career of Dannatt, you managed to save Brown and parliament because an election has been held. The loss of life, on both sides, in the occupation was worth it. I want to see the memoranda of understanding which exists between Afghanistan and the occpying forces.

I know that this may be a bit left field for some of you but the Harlequins affair is proof to me that people will do illegal 'stuff' if they are told to, they will cheat, on the basis that they are following orders. To some the ends will always justify the means, whereas others think that we are a means to an end.

what I find most disturbing is again the Prime Minister who really should be expressing his thoughts on the death of 'Teddy' Kennedy. These are his own personal feelings and do not represent mine at all. Next thing there will be a memorial service in Westminster Abbey for a great foreign statesman, who was the son of an alleged boot-legger who thought that Britain was finished after Germany defeated France in WWII.

Nobody speaks for me any more. I have my own thoughts and feelings, and I resent a politician unelected in my country (England) saying what a loss 'Sir' Edward Kennedy is, not only in America but across all Continents, again Brown speaking on behalf of the world, how dare he. The sooner we have a chance to vote in a general election the better it will be, can't wait for the Queen's speech, 'My government will...' if this really is her government then we need help, an awful lot of help.

I wonder if somebody could tell me how our wonderful Prime Minister, who is still on holiday, can have meetings in Downing Street today, find time to congratulate the English cricket team, and yet dare not make any reference to the release of a convicted terrorist on grounds of mercy and compassion.

As for the Video Regulations Act would the Prime Minister care to mention that all sorts of filth can now be sold without any threat of conviction. Does he think that any previous convictions should now be overturned and any penalties refunded. Does he also think that in order to be merciful and just that a review ought to be held because from my memory, which is not very good, there are MPs continually complaining on behalf of their constituents that illegal fines in respect of speeding or parking where signage is shown to be incorrect must be refunded.

Would he also like to use the term justice and mercy in respect of Israeli occupation and use of illegal setllements. What about Israel showing mercy and compassion to the Palestinians.

Finally, has anybody else noticed that Mr MacAskill is referred to as Kenny MacAskill whereas it is either Gordon Brown, or Mr Brown. Can we please give Mr MacAskill his proper title, it is not 'Kenny' it is Mr MacAskill, just like it is Lord Mandelson, not Pete or Peter, just like it is not Gordy Brown, or Brown the man who picks his nose and eats it whilst sat behind the then Prime Minister Anthony Blair. In the old days of course it would have been 'Brown the nose picker' and 'MacAskill the just and merciful'.

listened to Milliband on the Radio 4 Today programme this morning. In respect of the release of the convicted Libyan terrorist I think that it is absolutely shameful by our Foreign Secreatary to use what I can only refer to as weasal words.

There seriously must be an election before the Queens speech because I think personally that if it was me I would wretch with igdignation if I had to utter those now conemptiable words 'my government will...' in respect of this shamed parliament. Brown will refer to Afghanistan but on this most important issue of the release of the convicted Libyan terrorist, not a peep, he is still the Prime Minister, yes he is!

I would also like to hear from Lord Mandelson what, if any, conversations he had with the son of Colonel Gaddafi whilst they were together in the Rothschilds holiday home on Corfu. A simple question for Mandelson, did he or did not have any conversations with the son of Colonel Gaddafi whilst on his recent trip to Corfu. I know that there will be no answer given to any such question but what this heinous government cannot do is to stop me thinking what I think, I know, there is no evidence, but then again there is not a lot of evidence that there is a God, in fact there is more evidence that there is a devil, a malevolent, evil being, because the evidence is all around that such a being exists.

I have to ask what exactly is the point in the United Kingdom continuing. The people I have heard interviewed in respect of the release of the Libyan terrorist seem to think that it is Britain which has released this man. It is not, it is Scotland, they are compassionate and merciful. I will assert that in England we would not be so compassionate and merciful, and accordingly I want my freedom from Scotland. This is the end of the UK as far as I am concerned, send all Scottish prisoners held in English gaols back to Scotland. I want an English parliament, with an elected second chamber, and the end of all Scottish rpresentation in England. If any of them want to govern us then they must be elected to an English seat. I am angry at this, but most of all I am angry with the appalling person who seems more concerned with events in Afghanistan than what goes on in our country. Where is Brown, gone away from the flak as usual. Shame on him, this really is not good enough.

I have just been watching the twelve o'clock Channel 4 news. There was a reprt from Afghanistan and a colonel or other high ranking officer was talking to the tribal leaders. In his conversation he started by saying something along the lines of 'We have been sent here on the orders of Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II' etc...and I would assert that this is not the case. It may be according to army rules and regulations, they sign up to serve Queen and Country but please, to say to these people that they are there on the orders of the Queen is a complete untruth.

The Queen may well have signed the orders but we should be told by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown that our soldiers are in Afghanistan on the orders of the Queen and that accordingly he has nothing at all to do with it. The Queen should come on to our screens and say how much she regrets sending our soldiers to their deaths, are they there on her orders or not.

I think that our soldiers are in Afghanistan on American orders, that we are fighting and dying for somebody else, and that our soldiers must be brought home, now. They are fighting and dying for a corrupt regime which does not have the support of the local people, they are no more freer to vote than we have ever voted in England for Gordon Brown to be our Prime Minister, and we have never voted for the Queen either. What a totally false democracy we are, how on earth can we bring democracy to Afghanistan when we don't have a democracy.

Good Morning Andrew,

Please let me quote from Kipling:

If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white,
Remember it's ruin to run from a fight:
So take open order, lie down, and sit tight,
And wait for supports like a soldier.
Wait, wait, wait like a soldier . . .

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.

Please note that a cable was allegedly sent by the British envoy in Afghanistan to his French counterpart on 2nd September 2008 where it was said 'the presence of the coalition, in particular its military presence, is part of the problem, not part of its solution'. Foreign forces are the lifeline of a regime that would rapidly collapse without them. As such they slow down and complicate a possible emergence from a crisis'.

I think that the only realistic way to 'unite' Afghanistan is to put in place a dictator, a benign one if you like, and we must prepare public opinion for such an outcome.

We all know that America will never go to the next presidential election whilst such a large numbers of Americans are fighting in occupied Afghanistan. This is not a war, it is an occupation, to think otherwise is stupid, anybody who helps us is seen as a collaborator, just like the French punished their collaborators after the German occupation, no difference whatsoever.

It is time to support the soldiers by demanding our immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan, that is how we can support them. Stop pulling the patriot card, the defeatist card, the three card trick. Look for yourselves as to how many of our soldiers died in the first three years after 2001, until we made the disastrous decision to invade and occupy Iraq. We have lost in Iraq, we were defeated and we retreated, we committed crimes in Iraq, we cannot repeat the same mistake. We must announce our withdrawal. It is time for the Afghans to fight their own battles.