Almost a 150 blog's.
Over 4000 views.
A steady stream of people stopping by to check out what is being said about the big society.
That's great and thank you and whilst this blog is read across Europe, the America's, China and Singapore as well as the UK it is still 100% an English blog, although I must admit that .blogspot.com, is American, so I can't be too jingoistic or self congratulatory.
Well today's theme is innovation. We need innovation if we are to create new products and earn our living as a nation in a competitive world.
And that is probably more true now we are isolated in Europe.
Yet how 'isolated' are we? It seems that the Tory Right have no problem with British public utilities, both water and power, being owned by companies based in France or Germany.
No problem with most London properties being owned by Russian billionaires.
No problem with our banks being owned by Santander. Or the ports, or the airports or the car manufacturers or the Football Teams in foreign ownership.
That it seems, is OK.
Well it would be better if the Glazer's allowed Sir Alex to buy a new mid-field line up.
Sitting in the darkness last evening with a calor gas hurricane lamp, reading my ebook on Kindle and watching Manchester United's goals on my ESPN app on my iphone, I thought how first century AD I was whilst equipped with 21st Century toys all designed in America and made in China.
If the new stair lift had been installed, German design I believe, the in-house critic would not have been able to use it or could even now be sitting half-way up the stairs waiting for whichever foreign company generates our electricity to switch it back on, unable to make a personal plea to Mr Sarkosy because the 'phone was both out of reach and unusable.
I cannot complain, who do you complain to?
No-one will write or 'phone to apologise, but this morning I noticed that I had still paid the bill, in Sterling not Euro's but that will come, just give it time.
How can we say that we are staying out of Europe, when we are largely owned by European Companies? How can we compete in an international market when our manufacturing is dominated by international investment?
There is a saying that the fruit never falls far from the tree.
Coalition fruit is proving to be isolationism and the defence of financiers and politician's friends.
The notion that we are 'all in this together' has proven to be nothing of the sort as the cost of living soars and the incomes of middle class families shrink.
Apparently one British manufacturer is engaged in a number of law suits about 'intellectual property rights' the company is well known and has been engaged for some years in pursuit of the dream of the 'better mouse trap'.
Whilst I have never been convinced by their attempt to out hoover Hoover, I have to admit that the hand dryers that bear their logo, which have been fitted in the public toilets in our local arts centre and museum are, quite simply 'state of the art' and really do do what it says on the tin, they are the 'better mouse trap'.
So I was especially delighted and took a real sense of pride, when recently in Genova I had to use the washroom in a cafe, to find installed there, genuinely British hand dryers that worked, that worked efficiently, that did their job with minimum fuss, so much so that I washed and dried my hands three times whilst singing 'Rule Britannia'.
Over 4000 views.
A steady stream of people stopping by to check out what is being said about the big society.
That's great and thank you and whilst this blog is read across Europe, the America's, China and Singapore as well as the UK it is still 100% an English blog, although I must admit that .blogspot.com, is American, so I can't be too jingoistic or self congratulatory.
Well today's theme is innovation. We need innovation if we are to create new products and earn our living as a nation in a competitive world.
And that is probably more true now we are isolated in Europe.
Yet how 'isolated' are we? It seems that the Tory Right have no problem with British public utilities, both water and power, being owned by companies based in France or Germany.
No problem with most London properties being owned by Russian billionaires.
No problem with our banks being owned by Santander. Or the ports, or the airports or the car manufacturers or the Football Teams in foreign ownership.
That it seems, is OK.
Well it would be better if the Glazer's allowed Sir Alex to buy a new mid-field line up.
Sitting in the darkness last evening with a calor gas hurricane lamp, reading my ebook on Kindle and watching Manchester United's goals on my ESPN app on my iphone, I thought how first century AD I was whilst equipped with 21st Century toys all designed in America and made in China.
If the new stair lift had been installed, German design I believe, the in-house critic would not have been able to use it or could even now be sitting half-way up the stairs waiting for whichever foreign company generates our electricity to switch it back on, unable to make a personal plea to Mr Sarkosy because the 'phone was both out of reach and unusable.
I cannot complain, who do you complain to?
No-one will write or 'phone to apologise, but this morning I noticed that I had still paid the bill, in Sterling not Euro's but that will come, just give it time.
How can we say that we are staying out of Europe, when we are largely owned by European Companies? How can we compete in an international market when our manufacturing is dominated by international investment?
There is a saying that the fruit never falls far from the tree.
Coalition fruit is proving to be isolationism and the defence of financiers and politician's friends.
The notion that we are 'all in this together' has proven to be nothing of the sort as the cost of living soars and the incomes of middle class families shrink.
Apparently one British manufacturer is engaged in a number of law suits about 'intellectual property rights' the company is well known and has been engaged for some years in pursuit of the dream of the 'better mouse trap'.
Whilst I have never been convinced by their attempt to out hoover Hoover, I have to admit that the hand dryers that bear their logo, which have been fitted in the public toilets in our local arts centre and museum are, quite simply 'state of the art' and really do do what it says on the tin, they are the 'better mouse trap'.
So I was especially delighted and took a real sense of pride, when recently in Genova I had to use the washroom in a cafe, to find installed there, genuinely British hand dryers that worked, that worked efficiently, that did their job with minimum fuss, so much so that I washed and dried my hands three times whilst singing 'Rule Britannia'.
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