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http://whatreallyhappened.com/taxonomy/term/77/0 en http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6570397/The-staggering-cost-of-crazed-quangocrats.html <p>It is almost exactly a year since Parliament all but unanimously approved by far the most expensive piece of legislation ever put before it. The Climate Change Act, according to our Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband, is due to cost us all £404bn, or £18bn every year until 2050, to reduce our carbon emissions by well over 80 per cent. Just what this will mean in practice we have lately been hearing from that galaxy of quangocrats who have clustered round the new Act like wasps round a honeypot.</p> <p><em>"Global warming is real dammit! We want your money!"</em></p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/staggering-cost-crazed-quangocrats" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/staggering-cost-crazed-quangocrats#comments GREAT BRITAIN SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:36:49 +0000 malterwitty 46810 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/20/tamiflu-resistant-strain-swine-flu <p>Doctors in Wales have discovered a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu that has been spreading from patient to patient in a Cardiff hospital.</p> <p>The emergence of an easily transmissible, resistant strain is a worrying development for health officials and appears to be the first documented case in Europe.</p> <p><em>Tip: <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/021110.html">Forget Tamiflu,</a> try <a href="http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/51913.php">vitamin D</a>.</em></p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/tamiflu-resistant-strain-swine-flu-spreading" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/tamiflu-resistant-strain-swine-flu-spreading#comments GREAT BRITAIN SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:12:17 +0000 malterwitty 46807 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/20/c4-dispatches-israel-lobby-antisemitism <p>C4's Dispatches has been branded 'antisemitic', but surely Britain's Jewish community can cope with reasoned scrutiny?</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/pro-israel-lobby-and-antisemitism" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/pro-israel-lobby-and-antisemitism#comments CORPORATE MEDIA GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:40:57 +0000 Mike Rivero 46758 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/zionist-control-of-britains-government-1940-2009-by-william.html <p>This week the British people listened to the Daily Mall’s Peter Oborne present, on Channel 4, his devastating account of the Jewish lobby’s control of their government. Now we know that virtually all the principal politicians in the UK of both parties, like their brothers across the lake in our House and Senate, take “contributions” from the Israeli lobby machine ensuring that the Anglo-American mid-east policies follow the dictates of the Israeli government. Gilad Atzmon responded to this report in his article “Britain must de-Zionise itself immediately,” noting that this control has been in place for so many years the lobby feels “untouchable.”</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/zionist-control-britain%E2%80%99s-government-1940-2009-william-cook" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/zionist-control-britain%E2%80%99s-government-1940-2009-william-cook#comments GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:55 +0000 Mike Rivero 46755 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2009/11/20/zionist-control-of-britain-s-government--2009 <p>“After so many years of setting the tone, bribing UK politicians and controlling the BBC they (Zionists) are used to being untouchable.” (Gilad Atzmon, “Britain Must de-Zionist Itself Immediately,” Nov. 17, 2009, MWC News).</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/zionist-control-britain%E2%80%99s-government-1940-2009" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/zionist-control-britain%E2%80%99s-government-1940-2009#comments COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:58 +0000 poorrichard 46752 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://torrentfreak.com/uks-terrifying-anti-piracy-plans-leak-091119/ <p>Cory Doctorow has the scoop on BoingBoing and if accurate, the new legislation will be a disaster for the privacy of all Internet users while giving unprecedented powers to the entertainment industry. Under the new bill the Secretary of State would be able to pass secondary legislation without Parliamentary oversight in order to protect rights holders.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/mandelson-seeks-amend-copyright-law-new-crackdown-filesharing" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/mandelson-seeks-amend-copyright-law-new-crackdown-filesharing#comments COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY DICTATORSHIP GREAT BRITAIN Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:04:45 +0000 malterwitty 46698 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://snardfarker.ning.com/video/i-nside-b-r-i-t-a-i-ns-i-s-1 <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/i-nside-b-r-i-t-i-ns-i-s-r-e-l-lobby-back-online-new-url" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/i-nside-b-r-i-t-i-ns-i-s-r-e-l-lobby-back-online-new-url#comments GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:34 +0000 Mike Rivero 46695 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229070/Sharks-British-coast-Oil-tankers-refuse-unload-prices-rise--keeping-fuel-costs-soaring.html <p>These tankers have been parked off our shores for months, refusing to unload their oil until prices have risen even higher. The delay makes millions for speculators... and keeps your petrol costs soaring.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/sharks-british-coast-oil-tankers-refuse-unload-until-prices-rise-keeping-your-fuel-costs-soa" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/sharks-british-coast-oil-tankers-refuse-unload-until-prices-rise-keeping-your-fuel-costs-soa#comments GREAT BRITAIN Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:18:11 +0000 malterwitty 46658 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POtk6G7q4Bw <p><font size=4>Embedding disabled by request</font></p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/dispatches-inside-britains-israel-lobby" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/dispatches-inside-britains-israel-lobby#comments GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:46:05 +0000 Mike Rivero 46432 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1228716/Big-Brother-quiz-new-school-parents-Officials-launch-83-point-probe-families-lives.html <p>Parents of five-year-olds starting school have been sent an 83-point questionnaire that probes personal details of their lives. </p> <p>It asks whether their children tell lies or bully others, and if they steal at home or from shops. </p> <p>Parents are questioned over whether they have friends, if they can speak freely with others in their family and how well they did at school themselves.</p> <p>The form also delves into family routines, questioning whether they eat takeaways and if the children drink water with their meals.</p> <p><em>Isn't it strange how governments ignore the 'carbon footprint' associated with the manufacture and distribution of these bullshit forms...</em></p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/big-brother-quiz-new-school-parents-officials-launch-83-point-probe-families-lives" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/big-brother-quiz-new-school-parents-officials-launch-83-point-probe-families-lives#comments DICTATORSHIP GREAT BRITAIN Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:53:36 +0000 malterwitty 46591 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1129102.html <p>A television program purporting to expose the unknown power and influence Britain's pro-Israel lobby has triggered a wave of condemnation by British Jews, some of whom accused the report of stoking anti-Semitism.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/uk-jews-lambaste-tv-expos%C3%A9-britains-pro-israel-lobby" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/uk-jews-lambaste-tv-expos%C3%A9-britains-pro-israel-lobby#comments GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:08 +0000 Mike Rivero 46575 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AH25620091118 <p>More than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother, a survey of doctors showed on Wednesday.</p> <p>Many of the 107 family doctors polled by Britain's Pulse magazine said there was widespread resistance from patients and on average only 46 percent of those offered the vaccination agree to have it.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/doctors-say-most-britons-reject-swine-flu-vaccine" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/doctors-say-most-britons-reject-swine-flu-vaccine#comments GREAT BRITAIN SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:43:37 +0000 malterwitty 46473 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6917328.ece <p>Health and safety inspectors are to be given unprecedented access to family homes to ensure that parents are protecting their children from household accidents.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/health-and-safety-snoops-enter-family-homes" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/health-and-safety-snoops-enter-family-homes#comments DICTATORSHIP GREAT BRITAIN Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:14:39 +0000 malterwitty 46440 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1228676/Nine-10-savings-accounts-pay-paltry-customers-losing-money.html <p>Nine in 10 savings accounts are paying such a paltry interest rate that their customers are 'losing' money, shocking research revealed today. </p> <p>Financial experts said savers have become the 'sacrificial lambs' of the Bank of England's desperate attempts to rescue the economy.</p> <p>Banks which are part-owned by taxpayers such as Halifax and Lloyds are among the worst of the so-called 'savings sinners' paying rates as low as 0.05 per cent.</p> <p>For a basic rate taxpayer with a £10,000 nest egg, this is worth a pathetic £4 after tax - or £3 for a higher rate taxpayer.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/nine-10-savings-accounts-pay-such-paltry-interest-customers-are-losing-money" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/nine-10-savings-accounts-pay-such-paltry-interest-customers-are-losing-money#comments ECONOMY GREAT BRITAIN Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:02:58 +0000 malterwitty 46431 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/britain-must-de-zionise-itself-immediately-by-gilad-atzmon.html <p>The Guardian reported today that two years ago a controversial study by American academics Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer explored the influence of the Israel lobby over US foreign policy “but Britain's pro-Israel organisations have been subjected to far less scrutiny.” This is indeed the case, and as Oborne disclosed, both British politicians and Zionist pressure groups enjoy it to the max. </p> <p>In the film Sir Richard Dalton, a former ambassador to Libya and Iran, said: "I don't believe, and I don't think anybody else believes these contributions come with no strings attached." I would suggest that ‘strings attached’ is a very gentle way of putting it. ‘Chained to submission’ would be far closer to the truth.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/britain-must-de-zionise-itself-immediately" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/britain-must-de-zionise-itself-immediately#comments GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:17:40 +0000 Mike Rivero 46381 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4541603.stm <p>Hundreds of African boys have disappeared from London schools, police investigating the murder of a boy whose torso was left in the Thames have said.</p> <p>Scotland Yard asked London education authorities how many black boys aged four to seven had vanished from school.</p> <p>Between July and September 2001, 300 had disappeared, and police fear thousands may go missing annually.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/hundreds-children-vanishing" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/hundreds-children-vanishing#comments GREAT BRITAIN Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:54:15 +0000 Mike Rivero 46376 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/series-42/episode-1 <p>Dispatches investigates one of the most powerful and influential political lobbies in Britain, which is working in support of the interests of the State of Israel.</p> <p>Despite wielding great influence among the highest realms of British politics and media, little is known about the individuals and groups which collectively are known as the pro-Israel lobby.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/inside-britains-israel-lobby-0" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/inside-britains-israel-lobby-0#comments GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:02:03 +0000 Mike Rivero 46350 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Ex-soldier-faces-jail-handing-gun/article-1509082-detail/article.html <p>A former soldier who handed a discarded shotgun in to police faces at least five years imprisonment for "doing his duty".</p> <p>Paul Clarke, 27, was found guilty of possessing a firearm at Guildford Crown Court on Tuesday – after finding the gun and handing it personally to police officers on March 20 this year.</p> <p>The jury took 20 minutes to make its conviction, and Mr Clarke now faces a minimum of five year's imprisonment for handing in the weapon.</p> <p>In a statement read out in court, Mr Clarke said: "I didn't think for one moment I would be arrested.</p> <p>"I thought it was my duty to hand it in and get it off the streets."</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ex-soldier-faces-jail-handing-gun-0" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ex-soldier-faces-jail-handing-gun-0#comments GREAT BRITAIN Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:54:22 +0000 malterwitty 46347 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/01/winter-crisis-gas-supplies <p>If its storage facilities are full, the UK has enough gas supplies for about 16 days, based on average demand. France's storage capacity would last a maximum of 91 days and Germany's 73 days.</p> <p>But National Grid has told energy companies that they only need to fill tanks by a minimum of 2.3% this winter. If all gas imports to the UK ground to a halt, for example if Gazprom turned off supplies to Europe, and supplies from the North Sea were disrupted, this amount would keep the country's households and businesses supplied for just six hours on a cold day.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/winter-crisis-could-see-uk-run-out-gas-hours" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/winter-crisis-could-see-uk-run-out-gas-hours#comments GREAT BRITAIN Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:29:35 +0000 malterwitty 46310 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=11642 <p>The new post-Lisbon Soviet European Union is a deliberate construct of International Zionism. The modern jaundice-skinned Israelis, whom we already know are in no way related to the ancient People of the Land, the Palestinians (the true descendants of the Children of Israel), intend to rule Europe from Jerusalem. They, like Menachem Begin, a terrorist who participated in the 1946 murder of 91 British soldiers and civilians, insist that the body of an Ashkenazi (non-Semitic) ‘Jew’ is in every respect physiologically superior to that of all other races of the human species and claim special ‘Master Race’ status for themselves.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/zionist-soviet-eu-dissidents-face-charges-sedition-possible-execution" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/zionist-soviet-eu-dissidents-face-charges-sedition-possible-execution#comments DICTATORSHIP EUROPE GREAT BRITAIN Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:22:22 +0000 poorrichard 46285 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://alethonews.blogspot.com/2009/11/gordon-brown-britain-can-lead-new-world.html <p>PRIME Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday Britain must play a comprehensive role in 'changing the world' as he defended the country's military mission in Afghanistan.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/gordon-brown-britain-can-lead-new-world-order" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/gordon-brown-britain-can-lead-new-world-order#comments AFGHANISTAN GREAT BRITAIN Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:04:33 +0000 Mike Rivero 46265 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/will-carbon-dioxide-give-miliband-the-slip-1820823.html <p>CCS is a massive undertaking, potentially expanding the size of a coal station by a half. The process has two stages: pre- and post-combustion. Technology for the former is far more advanced. As a result, demonstration projects for post-combustion are not expected to be completed until 2025.</p> <p><em>Translation: carbon capture is a complex waste of money which will seriously crank up the cost of electricity generation.</em></p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/will-carbon-dioxide-give-miliband-slip" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/will-carbon-dioxide-give-miliband-slip#comments GREAT BRITAIN SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:29:11 +0000 malterwitty 46154 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/war-in-afghanistan-not-in-our-name-1820949.html <p>Seven out of 10 Britons back The Independent on Sunday's call for a phased withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as a landmark report by Oxfam this week exposes the real human cost of the war.</p> <p>The powerful dossier by the aid agency reveals how women and children in Afghanistan are bearing the brunt of the ongoing conflict, undermining the international community's claims that they are the very people being helped by the West's activities.</p> <p>Its contents will add to mounting concerns among the public, and in some quarters of the military and the House of Commons, that the US and the UK are fighting an ill-conceived and ill-judged war that has left as many as 32,000 Afghans dead and 235,000 displaced.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/war-afghanistan-not-our-name" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/war-afghanistan-not-our-name#comments AFGHANISTAN GREAT BRITAIN Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:20:34 +0000 malterwitty 46153 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/21629/channel-4-defends-israel-lobby-probe <p>Channel 4’s flagship investigations programme, Dispatches, is to probe what it calls “one of the most powerful and influential political lobbies in Britain” — the pro-Israel lobby.</p> <p>The political columnist Peter Oborne is to front an hour-long broadcast, Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby, due to be broadcast on Monday week.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/channel-4-defends-israel-lobby-probe" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/channel-4-defends-israel-lobby-probe#comments GREAT BRITAIN ISRAEL Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:22:44 +0000 Mike Rivero 46068 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4124315&c=2 <p>The number of estimated new swine flu cases has fallen significantly in the past week, the Health Protection Agency has announced.</p> <p>The latest figures show there have been an estimated 64,000 new cases in England over the past week, a 24% decrease from the previous week.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/swine-flu-cases-fall-quarter" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/swine-flu-cases-fall-quarter#comments GREAT BRITAIN SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:01:48 +0000 malterwitty 46019 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/Swine_flu/article6914938.ece <p>Pregnant women are being urged to have the swine flu vaccine that is being offered as part of a national immunisation programme. </p> <p>Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, said that all mothers-to-be should consider having a vaccine in order to protect themselves and their baby from serious complications of illness. </p> <p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VQwaHxlHJuE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VQwaHxlHJuE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></object></p> <p>See also: <a href="http://organichealthadviser.com/archives/shocking-h1n1-swine-flu-vaccine-miscarriage-stores-from-pregnant-women-tell-your-doctors-that-vaccines-and-pregnancy-do-not-mix">Shocking H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Miscarriage Stories From Pregnant Women</a></p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/chief-medical-officer-tells-mothers-be-have-swine-flu-jab" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/chief-medical-officer-tells-mothers-be-have-swine-flu-jab#comments COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA GREAT BRITAIN SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:50:07 +0000 malterwitty 45984 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.politicaltheatrics.net/?p=135 <p>Nowadays,Brussels is celebrating the signing and ratification of the Lisbon Treaty,which has been long awaited. This treaty simplifies and consolidates the older treaties and also reforms a number of administrative issues related to voting and other aspects. However, most importantly this Treaty introduces a key post which is that of the President of the European Council.</p> <p>President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel met in Paris to discuss this issue and agreed to support Mr. Blair to run for the EU presidency. Although Sarkozy and Merkel withdrew diplomatically from their previous full support to the British candidate, Blair remains one of the strong candidates for the post given the intensive support he is getting from the U.K.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/congratulations-eu" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/congratulations-eu#comments EUROPE GREAT BRITAIN RELIGION/ATHEISM Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:46:00 +0000 PoliticalTheatrics 45890 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1227067/MoD-penpushers-pocket-300m-British-soldiers-die-Afghanistan-lack-equipment.html <p>Ministry of Defence bureaucrats have pocketed nearly £300 million in bonuses while soldiers have been dying from lack of equipment. </p> <p>The civil servants have seen 'good performance' payments - including rewards for saving money - double. </p> <p>The pen-pushers also won extra cash for hitting targets for promoting diversity and improving health and safety. </p> <p>In one shocking example, two mandarins collected bonuses of £17,000 each - more than a year's basic pay for a squaddie in Helmand.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/indefensible-mod-penpushers-pocket-%C2%A3300m-british-soldiers-die-afghanistan-lack-equipment" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/indefensible-mod-penpushers-pocket-%C2%A3300m-british-soldiers-die-afghanistan-lack-equipment#comments AFGHANISTAN GREAT BRITAIN WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:30:14 +0000 malterwitty 45887 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1226268/Environment-boss-wants-carbon-tax-driving-heating-holidays.html <p>Drivers, households and holidaymakers should be hit with a carbon tax to tackle global warming, the head of the Environment Agency will say today. </p> <p>Lord Smith, the former culture secretary, wants to see personal carbon allowances for individuals to cut greenhouse gases by penalising people for using too much fuel. </p> <p>Every time someone used their car, took a flight or turned their central heating on, their personal allowance would go down. </p> <p>If it hit zero, they would have to pay to get more carbon credits.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/environment-boss-wants-put-carbon-tax-driving-heating-and-holidays" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/environment-boss-wants-put-carbon-tax-driving-heating-and-holidays#comments GREAT BRITAIN SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE TAXES Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:48:34 +0000 malterwitty 45886 at http://whatreallyhappened.com http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/11/11/second-wave-of-swine-flu-could-be-over-by-christmas-91466-25139792/ <p>EXPERTS last night admitted they did not know whether the second wave of swine flu has peaked.</p> <p>The latest figures suggest that the number of people infected by the virus is falling.</p> <p>It is not yet clear whether this is the end of the second wave or a temporary lull in the numbers, caused by the school half-term.</p> <p>Dr Roland Salmon, who is director of the communicable disease surveillance centre for the National Public Health Service for Wales, has predicted that swine flu may be over by the end of the Christmas holidays.</p> <p><a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/second-wave-swine-flu-%E2%80%98could-be-over-christmas%E2%80%99" target="_blank" title="with WRH comments">WRH permalink</a></p><hr><br> http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/second-wave-swine-flu-%E2%80%98could-be-over-christmas%E2%80%99#comments GREAT BRITAIN SCIENCE/HEALTH/CLIMATE/NATURE Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:50:15 +0000 malterwitty 45866 at http://whatreallyhappened.com