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b'The schools have had to cut back because of lack of money\\u2026council jobs are in danger because of lack of money\\u2026the hospitals are having a hard time because of lack of money\\u2026etc\\u2026YET fortunes can be found for blanket coverage of the winter Olympics which I doubt many people are interested in\\u2026and 24 hour news which simply repeats 15 minutes of important news.\\nYou need a noose to watch the news in this country\\u2026unless it\\u2019s killings and illnesses and doom and gloom there is no coverage.\\nScrap the Olympics\\u2026have a couple of 15 minute news bulletins (like it used to be)\\u2026cancel the bankers 140% payrise\\u2026 and direct the savings elsewhere\\u2026problem solved.\\n \\nOn the subject of schools our mate has been in the news again\\u2026with actually a decent idea\\u2026at the moment if you take your kid out of school without permission you get a fine\\u2026which increases if you fail to pay up\\u2026old Govey has come up with a plan to take the fine out of the offenders benefit.\\nOh this has caused uproar\\u2026they had one \\u201ccampaigner\\u201d shouting out \\u201cthey\\u2019re MY kids and I\\u2019ll do what I want\\u201d\\u2026.his fine is up to over a grand\\u2026clever bloke eh?...and some empty headed woman was on saying that she saved 1500 quid by going on holiday in term time and was moaning because she got a 240 quid fine\\u2026there really is NO hope\\u2026.what these \\u201cabove the law\\u201d morons don\\u2019t think about is if EVERYONE was like them there would be no education system and everyone would end up with a solid bone head like them.\\n \\nOn the showbiz front there is a new chat show hosted by Michael McIntyre\\u2026.who is,apparently,the highest paid comedian on the circuit\\u2026personally I would want paying to see him\\u2026but that\\u2019s beside the point\\u2026out of interest I started to watch the show\\u2026first guest Terry Wogan\\u2026I could only take 10 minutes\\u2026.chat show hosts should pipe down and let the guests get a word in\\u2026.dreadful stuff\\u2026.and BIG NEWS Cheryl Cole is back on the X Factor in America\\u2026YAWN\\u2026.she is a perfect example of how to make a fortune with absolutely NO talent\\u2026but I\\u2019m sure the out of work council workers will be delighted with the million she\\u2019ll get for the show.\\n \\nIf I hear one more news item about what we should or should not eat I\\u2019ll scream\\u2026don\\u2019t eat this and don\\u2019t eat that and there\\u2019 too much sugar in this and too much salt in that\\u2026hey Mr Advisor mind your own business and get a JOB!!!\\n \\nI was in the Lichfield area this week and visited the National Memorial Arboretum\\u2026.which is an out huge door tribute to the fallen in various wars\\u2026.the place is stunning and very very moving.\\nIt is a credit to those who created this masterpiece\\u2026.it was a very emotional visit but well worth it.'