Imbeciles, idiots and Greens

The German Government announced today that it is to shut all its nuclear power stations by 2022, this is in the wake of the Fukushima crises in Japan. Environmentalists will argue this is a good thing, they will say this is a step towards a green future, I think it's a step towards a medieval future, a future in which we will continue to see the decline of European industry.

What I have realised over the years, and have always argued here is that it is important that we base our opinions upon facts rather than subjective emotional arguments. If you listen to the environmentalist, you would think that if we don't change our whole way of life our world is destined for imminent destruction. Well the facts do not add up, since 1988 we have been told by many scientists and so called experts that the Earth is heating up and if we do not do something quickly we are going to be consumed by an overwhelmingly hot planet. Well let's wake up and look at the reality, IT HASN'T HAPPENED! Twenty three years after these cataclysmic prophecies not much has changed, except the world has got cooler. 500 years ago these people would have been burned at the stake for being false prophets or witches, but because these people are supposedly experts, and because we are supposed to be more enlightened we continue to put our faith in these idiots.

I know my language might seem a little strong, but I am continually amazed at how gullible and naive people are. So lets look at some facts, if you were to believe the Greens, nuclear energy is the most dangerous thing that has ever been produced. I will agree that nuclear energy has the potential to be dangerous in the wrong hands, but history shows that nuclear energy is incredibly reliable, efficient and safe.

There have been three major incidents involving nuclear energy: Three Mile Island in the USA on March 28 1979, no one died or were injured in the community around the power plant or amongst the plant workers.

Chernobyl on April 26 1986: 5 per cent of the radioactive core was released into the atmosphere. The report into this accident stated, the reason for this accident was because of: 'a flawed reactor design and inadequately trained personnel', two Chernobyl plant workers died and a further 28 people died. There is no evidence of a major public health impact. The report also stated that 'the design of the reactor is unique and the accident is thus of little relevance to the rest of the Nuclear industry'.

Fukushima on March 12 2011, a nuclear power plant which is 40 years old and sits on a fault line was hit by a tsunami and released radiation into the atmosphere, no one has been killed. George Monbiot who writes for the Guardian, and is a true believer in 'man-made climate change' said this in March: 'You will not be surprised to hear that the events in Japan have changed my view of nuclear power. You will be surprised to hear how they have changed it. As a result of the disaster at Fukushima, I am no longer nuclear-neutral. I now support the technology.'A c****y old plant with inadequate safety features was hit by a monster earthquake and a vast tsunami. The electricity supply failed, knocking out the cooling system. The reactors began to explode and melt down. The disaster exposed a familiar legacy of poor design and corner-cutting. Yet, as far as we know, no one has yet received a lethal dose of radiation.'

So, based upon this evidence Germany is going to shut down its nuclear industry, who will follow suit? I am sure now the Greens have had this success they will then head to the next country in Europe (probably Britain). What concerns me most in all of this is that emotional blackmail has now taken over from sound science. Those with an agenda, however well intentioned have closed their minds to the reality, they cannot see anything else except green issues. I have many times sat down and had discussions with people about a range of issues, and what I have found is that even when I produce facts to support my argument, they are not willing to listen and will carry on believing the propaganda.

If you listen to the green argument, nuclear energy is inherently evil and incredibly dangerous, but with a little bit of research it is quite obvious that this not true, just look at the three incidences above. The first Nuclear power station was built in 1956 in the UK and in 55 years there has been 3 major accidents and 30 fatalities. Now I am not taking anything away from those 30 deaths, any death from an accident is a tragedy, but if you look at coal mining I am sure you will find over the same period that there have been many hundreds if not thousands of deaths. Even in the 'green energy' industry I am sure you will find that there have been deaths. If you spend anytime researching wind turbines you will find that the metal that is mined for the magnates on these wind turbines has a lot of very hazardous properties and is very damaging to the environment and has caused a lot of health problems for those who mine it. On top of this France produces 78 per cent of its energy using nuclear power and they seem to be doing okay.

If we let the Greens have their way they would take us back to medieval times, they would shut all nuclear, coal and gas power stations. They would spend billions on wind turbines (the government are doing that anyway), they would tell us that we should walk everywhere, or use public transport and tax us to the point that we could not drive anywhere. They would stop all air transport and stop people taking holidays abroad, they would force us to use renewable energy for our industry. But the simple truth is this is not practical, the sums do not add up; wind power only contributed 1.6 per cent to our energy needs last year and that was with 3250 wind turbines, and that was intermittent.

I believe strongly in environmental issues, I believe we need to protect out planet, we need to save the rain forests and we need to re-use and re-cycle as much as possible, but I also believe we need to be practical. Over the next few years China, India and other developing countries will continue to see their economies grow, and economic power will move from its traditional ground (Europe and the US) to the far east. At the moment Europe makes up about 15-18 per cent of the worlds GDP, that is expected to decline to 8 per cent by 2020. The simple truth is Europe is on the decline and our ability to influence the world is diminishing, our wealth is disappearing and we cannot carry on the way we are going. With an ever increasing population it is very difficult to see how we can sustain our standard of living, especially if we decide to rely on green energy.

In an ideal world we could all live in harmony with each other, there would be no violence, no wars, no crime, no sickness, wealth shared equally and we would have no impact upon the planet. But that is not the reality, I truly believe that many people live in a little bubble and only come out to lecture us on how evil our way of life is, but never consider the impact their idiotic policies would have on the country they live in. In years to come I believe future generations will look back at the complete folly of the green agenda with as much incredulity as we look back at those who burned witches at the stake. I believe if someone does not stop these green zealots we will all be heading down a road to complete economic oblivion and by that point we will be too poor to do anything about it.

Gimmicks and PR

One of the things I have noticed with politics nowadays is that so many of our politicans are more concerned with style over substance. Under New Labour and Tony Blair this took on a new level of professionalism, Tony Blair even employed a spin doctor and in some ways he was just as powerful as the Prime Minister himself. When Gordon Brown became Prime Minister he followed Tony Blairs example and David Cameron has carried on were New Labour left off. The unfortunate thing in all of this is that so many people have got so used to this sort of politics they think nothing of it.

David Cameron has continued to offer; vapid, vacuous, shallow displays on incinserity since becoming Prime Minister; his most recent example was his sycophantic behaviour towards Barack Obama.

What concerns me most is that when you look at our country you will very quickly realise that there are a lot of very important issues that need to be dealt, but our Prime Minister does not seem to be dealing with it.

The first issue that David Cameron needs to deal with is the war in Libya, our involvement in this war is complete folly. You would have thought that he would have learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, but no, we were told it was going to cost tens of millions but it is expected to cost us over a £1 billion. On top of this, what are we going to do if and when Gaddafi is removed? What will happen to that country? Will it decend into tribal war? And if it does, surely, because we have been instumental in removing him we will have a duty to get involved in restoring some sort of order, and that of course will mean putting troops on the ground. This could then lead us into another Iraq. It does not bear thinking about!

The next issue is our level of debt; last month the government borrowed £10 billion and our economy is not growing. The Government is struggling to find a way out of this problem, with an ever increasing amount of regulation coming out of the EU (working time regulations, extra maternity and paternity leave and pay, to name just two), this is hampering business, so it cannot grow. The Government does not seem to realise the problem and seems to be hoping that something is going to change, but unless they doing something radical and quickly are problems will increase. I cannot see things changing, as long as we have a coaltition nothing much will change.

The simple fact is many of our politicians do not live in the real world, many have never known hardship, have never run their own business, and have come from privileged backgrounds (I am not against anyone from privileged backgrounds doing well, but I do believe many do not have a clue about the reality for normal people). The simple fact is our economy is struggling and something needs to be done.

On top of all this we have a continued problem with immigration. In the year up to last September, the figure for net migration (the difference between immigration and emigration) was 242,000. Because we are part of the EU we cannot do anything about this problem. If the Prime Minister was serious about this issue he would do something about it instead of issuing platitudes, but he is unlikely to do anything because he is in partnership with the Liberals and I think he is more concerned about remaining as Prime Minister and does not want to upset them.

The issue of mass immigration brings many problems, with so many people arriving in this country every week this brings many problems with our creaking infrastucture. With not enough; houses, school places, hospitals struggling to cope, with more vehicles on the road and a transport system fit to burst. If someting isn't done, and done soon I do not believe this can carry on and something has to give.

With these and other problems, we need a Prime Minister that is going to do something dramatic and radical, but I cannot see this happening. I trully believe that there needs to be a total change within the established parties. I know I am a member of UKIP and you could say that I am only saying this because of that, but something needs to change and we need some new blood at the top who aren't afraid of making decisions which will turn this country around. Unfortunately I cannot see this happening in the near future, so I can only see things getting worse.