January 2010
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Girlfriend in a Coma
The NHS (National Health Service) is a publicly funded health care system that functions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
As the election looms on, nine out of ten people fear the NHS being cut. Yet, there are plans that five years from 2011, the NHS will suffer a shortfall of £15Bn. This will no doubt affect services, and be detrimental to the service that the NHS provides.
However,...
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Insecure, pressurised, over-taxed and debt-ridden...
Disclaimer: I shall be focusing on the English education system, and the subsequent local authorities. All images belong to their respective copyright owners.
The above title is taken from The Telegraph, according to its report: “Young people are facing a bleak financial future in which the state will take almost 50p in every £1 they earn, a report claims today.”
It goes onto state;...
April 2009
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London Calling
Above: The clash between a protester, and the fascist police.
Money, Money, Money….
The G-20; where finance ministers and central bank ministers get together from twenty economies. Collectively, the economies featured in the G-20 comprise 85% of global gross national product, 80% of world trade (including EU intra-trade) and two-thirds of the world population.
The G20 is made up of the...
March 2009
2 posts
The 1990s, In its heyday it brought us Brit-pop, Britney Spears, New Labour, The Spice Girls; and it saw the birth of Channel Five.
Not a lot then, no.
Before Mobile phones took off, prior to Twitter, and Facebook - keeping in contact meant leaving messages on answering machines, and keeping on time (hurrah, that with the advent of technology with have far more ways to forget, be late, and...
November 2008
4 posts
Automatic For The People
R.E.M. is an alternative rock band formed in Athens, United States in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/keyboard player Mike Mills, and vocalist Michael Stipe.
Automatic For The people was released by Warner Bros on: 05 October 1992, I was four years old. I discovered the album much later in my life.
Also a neat little fact here; “The first record I wrote on...
“Is there anyone there, Who understands me”
– The Chameleons, Monkeyland
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Monkeyland
First off, what is Monkeyland?
Monkeyland is a song by the post-punk band ‘The Chameleons’. ‘The Chameleons’ formed in 1981, ‘Monkeyland’ was featured on their 1983 debut album ‘Script of the Bridge’.
I titled my first post after the song, as it represents where I am currently; trapped in ‘Monkeyland’. Of course,...