Ed – “education”…”sorry r*g**ed, r*g**ed, r*g**ed.” Start again…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11426411

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11429133

I hope he means what he said, retains it and delivers what he promised.

What do I expect from Ed?

I have been conspicuously quiet of late observing the fast paced workings of the Con-Dem [my coined phrase] Coalition Govt as if there’s no tomorrow.

Perhaps there isn’t given Ed’s positioning. But why am I so enthused about Ed Miliband given that I am Independent?

Simply because he does not appear to contraband like his elder brother who did harbour prime ministerial ambitions despite his constant denials holding a banana as his witness. Why, otherwise, would David think of relinquishing the cushy Westminster Village outside which either brother has not served?

So what do I expect of Ed?

In addition to accepting, including and implementing, if not all, some of my last manifesto, I expect him to be nationally contrite about the increased inequalities under 13 years of New Labour, about the New Labour’s Words of Mass Deception [WMDs] both in 1997 Manifesto and in the House of Parliament especially about Iraq & Afghanistan. I want him to come clean and condemn the excesses of New Labour and especially about them being economic or frugal with the truth about the economic mis-management of the UK PLC.

I want him to be humble and listen to the heart of Britain in introducing an English referendum [i] to select the new electoral system that the electorate decide upon  and [ii] to select a acceptable political governance for England.

For ease of reference see my past entries:

What is my manifesto, you ask?

https://anantmvyas.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/what-is-my-manifesto-you-ask/

Where do I stand on public services cuts, Housing Development in Milton Keynes?

https://anantmvyas.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/where-do-i-stand-on-public-services-cuts-housing-development-in-milton-keynes/

Finally, I expect him to develop an ability to introspect and correct his deviations from the promised path of non-alliance with any lobbies including the corrosive Jewish Lobby we know about.

India’s exemplary, free, nutritious, no-waste & satiating school lunches

This is an eye opener for it’s awe inspiring innovations both in terms of mass nutritive-food technology for school children, the sheer mind-boggling scale of dedicated distribution to all schools on time despite adverse infrastructures such as impassable roads and most importantly the much needed and admired theological and cultural innovation with the Haré Krishna Sampradaya [Hindu School of thought] in meeting the needs of the North Indian school children and their diversity.

I have been writing about the adverse impact on the health of Indian Indians through the excessive ingress of McDonalds, KFC & other fast-junk-food outlets in India.

Eat your heart out Jamie.

Ref: http://madhupanditdasa.blog.co.in/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madhu-Pandit-Dasa/132740076763926?ref=ts&v=desc

2 min belated video Anant M Vyas Independent Parliamentary Candidate Milton Keynes North 2010

2 min belated video Anant M Vyas Independent Parliamentary Candidate Milton Keynes North 2010

Vote judiciously. Conservative Friends of Israel Supporting Israel and Promoting Conservatism You might choose the next Govt but will be controlled by others such as this powerful lobby group that also controls Obama Camp. Think.

VOTE4VYAS INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE MILTON KEYNES NORTH

Can Independents crash the Westminster Parties?

Can Independents crash the Westminster party?

There’s 315 in total nationally – more than double the amount that stood five years ago.

WMD - Words of Mass Deception

They don’t have the electoral machine or resources of the main political parties, they get no party political broadcasts, and little guaranteed time on television or radio.

GB sick man of Europe?

VOTE4VYAS

Britain’s Election: Welcome to No Choice so-called Democracy

Con-Vince-ing the electorate?

Britain\’s Election: Welcome to No Choice Democracy

VOTE4VYAS

Check-out my Milton Keynes North Constituency MP candidate survey

Milton Keynes North Constituency MP candidate survey

Extracting the truth about funding for health inequality

Civitas Press Release

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Institute for the Study of Civil Society 2nd May 2010 Media Information: for immediate release PCT funding formula ‘adjusted’ to the tune of £10billion Extracting the truth about funding for health inequality England is now in its 16th year of using an unscientific formula for funding NHS primary care trusts (PCTs). In a new report from Civitas, Formulas at war over two sorts of inequality in health funding, Mervyn Stone, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at University College London, examines the evidence presented by expert witnesses at a hearing of the Rural Services All-Party Parliamentary Group in February 2010. He argues that the current PCT-funding formula cannot be defended on any rational grounds: ‘…the formula is a grotesque construction – and it became grotesque in the absence of any independent statistical assessment of what was being done’. (p6) In 2008, a new formula (CARAN) was devised to take account of regional variations in age-profile. The authors of the new formula were commissioned by the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA). However, the new formula was undermined when ACRA encouraged Health Services Minister Ben Bradshaw to cut billions of pounds from the funds to be allocated by the new formula before it had even been put to work: ‘…ambitious civil servants were exploiting the new discipline of health economics to go where statisticians would not dare to tread’ (p16) ACRA insisted that there was some case for adjusting CARAN in 2009 to divert money to maintain the existing ‘balance’ of funding between ‘deprived’ urban areas of England and ‘affluent’ or rural ones. However, in Formulas at war over two sorts of inequality in health funding, Stone reveals that ACRA had absolutely no idea how big that adjustment should be: ‘Due to lack of evidence, ACRA concluded that it is not currently possible to technically determine the cost of reducing health inequalities between PCTs… Ultimately, ACRA considered the weight to be applied to each formula to be a ministerial decision.’ (p9) It was left for the Minister to ‘cut and paste’ the formula and to simply choose a figure: ‘Bradshaw top-sliced £10billion out of the PCT budget of £80billion’. (p4) According to Stone, Ben Bradshaw’s 13% re-allocation is now being spent by the thereby favoured PCTs just as it has been spent since 2003, except that it comes with an unobjectionable label – the reduction of long-term health inequalities. It is a sum of money that far outweighs the cost of what witnesses for the government acknowledged to be the largely ineffective public health programmes already attempted. Stone sees a connection between this administrative scandal and the recent revelation of what Baroness Morgan told the undercover reporter for Channel 4’s cash-for-influence Dispatches expose: “Getting through the door is the key thing… They’ve all got their Key Performance indicators, they have all got to deliver this healthy living stuff… they don’t know how to do it…” (p5) Stone’s intention is to alert people to the neglect of statistical thinking in the way government disposes of huge sums of money in mathematically nonsensical formulae. The question, as one witness put it, is: ‘…on what basis the decision was made to ignore that academic evidence’. (p13) Stone’s analysis is particularly relevant in the run-up to next week’s General Election, as he identifies a wider concern that politicians are avoiding discussion of this difficult issue. He calls for the government to be obliged to publicly defend its decision to “adjust” the formula. For more information contact: Mervyn Stone on 01895 674 715 Civitas on 020 7799 6677 or info@civitas.org.uk Notes for Editors i. Formulas at war over two sorts of inequality in health funding by Mervyn Stone can be downloaded at this link. ii. Mervyn Stone is Emeritus Professor of Statistics at University College London. iii. Failing to Figure by Mervyn Stone includes 19 pages worth of powerful and clear argument against the funding formula. It received the full support of the statistical profession and is available here. iv. Civitas is an independent social policy think-tank. It receives no state funding and has no links to any political party.

TV Police Witness Appeal: Milton Keynes serious sexual assault

thamesvalleypoliceuk — 27 April 2010 — Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a serious sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl in Milton Keynes on Sunday night (25/4).

The incident happened at about 8pm as the victim was walking home from the park in Great Holm, along a track lined with trees, between Kensington Drive and Goodwood. The victim was held to the ground by three men while a fourth offender sexually assaulted her.

Unkindest cuts of all: what they don’t want you to know

Faisal Islam

Cuts in the next parliament could be the biggest since WWII, says Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam – but the main parties are unclear about where the axe will fall.