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Lord McAlpine V Sally Bercow -

The problem with allegations, especially sexual allegations, is that once a mistake is made, everyone and their dog believe that it's okay to put the boot in. This case (or series of cases) may make those jumping on any band-wagon that is going, sit up and think twice.

The statistics for false allegations is quite a surprise, a fact that juries should be made aware of when trying to decide to convict a man - where there is no direct evidence to link a person to a claim. It should be eye witness or DNA proof that is required (beyond reasonable doubt) - rather than circumstantial evidence - which can be manipulated by a man or woman with a grudge. The most common of which is being jilted.

BURMA - Aung San Suu Kyi is now free and making a difference in her homeland, thanks to support from the nations that care about Human Rights. Winner of a deserved Nobel Peace Prize.

CASH for QUESTIONS - Not again? Yes, we're afraid so. From the latest reports it seems that there is always a minister prepared to use his position of trust for personal gain. A joint investigation by The Telegraph and the BBC Panorama programme has exposed how an MP and peer were prepared to lobby Parliament in exchange for payments. The affair carried echoes of the scandal which dogged John Major’s administration in the Nineties. Under the proposed new laws, it is expected that only lobbyists who agree to regulations and sign up to a new register will be allowed to “lobby” politicians.

The are many new challenges facing us as we head into a fast food, junk mail, super heated world with super heated economies and warring factions (at different levels of hostility) in many countries. And it will get worse as the world population increases - until finally the planet can take no more. Then there will be famine on a global scale, cannibalism and world war III. Let us hope it never comes to that. It's bad enough that we are still suffering from the after effects of Thatcherism (greengrocer politics).

Political analyst Michael Barone predicted in 2008  “The Coming Liberal Thugocracy,” referring to then Senator Obama’s call for his supporters “to get in their face” when confronting Republicans and Independents. Barone argued that “Obama supporters who found the campuses congenial and Mr. Obama himself, who has chosen to live all his adult life in university communities, seem to find it entirely natural to suppress speech they don’t like and seem utterly oblivious to claims this violates the letter and spirit of the First Amendment.”

Barone’s predictions have been proved correct. This is brutish, imperial-style presidency that is highly intolerant of dissent, going out of its way to target political opponents. It is ironic that one of the journalists threatened by the Obama White House in recent months has been Bob Woodward, one of two Washington Post reporters who originally broke the Watergate scandal, and who was immortalised in the 1976 Oscar winner All The President’s Men (played by Robert Redford). Woodward was warned back in February by White House economic adviser Gene Sperling that he would “regret” remarks he made on the sequester issue. Other writers, including Bill Clinton’s former special counsel Lanny Davis, have faced similar threats.

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UK PRIME MINISTER Will David Cameron tackle accountability for the ordinary taxpayer.  Will he give every citizen an equal opportunity in dealings with their local Council and the Police? Fat chance. More likely he'll add another layer of gray. 

JULIAN ASSANGE - If you go about revealing all about politicians and their sneaky tactics, you are bound to find yourself accused of something unsavory. Wikileaks! Nice one Julian. Freedom of speech and transparency in office. If they abided by those principles for real, the world would be a safer place.

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EDUCATION - LAW REFORM 

Increasingly girls invent stories, to Blackmail, to hurt someone, attract attention or for revenge. Almost all such allegations attract significant media hype which destroys the lives of those accused, regardless of innocence and harms the right to a fair trial during any appeal, including to the European Court of Human Rights - Such allegations now include Jimmy Tarbuck, Rolf Harris, Jim Davidson and Freddie Starr. Come on!

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Where they removed the right of those accused to a fair trial, surely now it is time for reforms to the law to protect the public against false allegations. Too many lives are being ruined by publication and wrongful conviction, as the number of appeal cases reveal.  Lord Goldsmith QC missed out on the opportunity for reform. Who's next?

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CONSERVATION v PLANNING - For 30 years Nelson Kruschandl has struggled to prove a building in Herstmonceux was of historic interest and should be preserved. While the battle raged in closed corridors, he did not make many friends with the powers that be, some of whom plotted to stop him asking awkward questions and some of which simply will not reply to correspondence in person, such as Mr Pickles. There is though a duty to protect historic buildings - and by turning a blind eye to council corruption, that potentially makes any person holding office complicit in a cover up, or potentially vicariously liable and subject to investigation for misfeasance in public office. The buck passing has got to stop/

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Some 20 years into the fray English Heritage and the County Archaeologist in Lewes, Sussex, came to the rescue. Read more of this using the links above, and please note this issue is now the subject of considerable concern where Wealden District Council are in breach of an Agreement to recognise the building. (picture of timber building below) 

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NOTE - The founder of this site is unable to represent himself due to restrictions that prevent him from identifying those involved in his case. This limitation paints a distorted picture of the facts on which the press capitalized to sensationalize the story to sell papers. We would not want to jeopardise his position or his appeal, but will publish what we can at the appropriate time. Discussion groups are not a million miles away with their questioning of this conviction. Thank you for your support and for dissecting logically, the illogical. HST

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Bringing down the cost of housing for first time buyers, will relieve social problems, such a debt, where mortgages are simply too high for first time buyers.  Artificial property values are kept high by town planners on the take and governments pandering to landowners and landlords.

THE ECONOMY v DEBT - If you've ever fancied building yourself a dream house, or doing a conversion, and your council (or neighbours) start to give you a hard time, then this site may be useful to you. We reveal tricks council officers use  when enforcing as a result of neighbour complaints and the Old Boys Act.  

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Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to dismantle the country's apartheid system. In 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. In 2009, Mandela's birthday (July 18) was declared Mandela Day to promote global peace and celebrate the South African leader's legacy. We wish Mr Mandela a speedy recpvery.

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Finally, planning law is evolving to encompass sustainability. You must be joking. That is what Parliament intends, but you can rest assured that corrupt local authorities will go kicking and screaming to appeal after appeal trying to preserve their rich hunting grounds for favoured developers. 

Planning departments don't want affordable housing. They will not provide the rolling stock of land to keep prices down - on the contrary, they will continue just as they have been to keep those brown envelopes rolling in. Show us otherwise. There is the gauntlet, pick it up! If you do not, your silence says it all.

To preserve the rich pickings for those in positions of trust - and guess what? They probably have masonic connections. Do officers have to declare these. not on your life - only the members. The officers are still immune. They'll do everything to keep it that way - to include not posting information about who does what in their council. Show me otherwise?

Record all key conversations with suspect officers. Write to the members, not the officers and share your findings on the internet.

Herstmonceux Museum - a building at risk! An important historic building is deteriorating rapidly because Wealden District Council are more interested in placating neighbours as to who occupies it. We thought that eugenics died out when the allies took Berlin in 1945. It appears not; discrimination by council officials is rife in England.