Labour Party and its EXTRA 10 HOURS pledged policy

One of the many points raised for this year's Labour conference in Brighton is raising the free childcare hours from 15 to 25 hours to all children aged 3-4 years old. This mean that school are to be opened from 8am to 6pm if they were to be elected in the general election 2015. 

One of the many reasons Ed Balls gives for this promise policy is allowing parents, both couples and singles, to go out and be able to work without having to worry about looking after their children.

Labour has already promised all parents of primary school children will be able to get "wraparound" childcare - meaning children can be left at school from 8am to 6pm - if it wins the 2015 election.

Labour aims to raise the bank levy rate to £800 million which will help fund the extra hours. The idea was to raise more than £8bn for the Treasury over four years, and Mr Osborne it was "fair and right" that banks should contribute to the economic recovery given that the financial crisis began in banking.

Labour's policy pledge comes shortly after the government announced that all pupils at infant schools in England will get free school lunches from next September.

I agree that making a policy for extra free childcare hours for parents is brilliant, but actually thinking about how long children will be required to stay in school, the extra hours teachers will have to put in and the less time parents will see their children (perhaps just only 2 hours during the weekdays).......it may not be as good as an idea as I had thought previously.

Also, no doubt the taxpayers will be the ones to mostly fund the extra hours but its mostly certainly not fair for hard working people to fund children whose parents may potentially be millionaires  I understand that if their parents were actually millionaires then they would most certainly put their children into a private school whereby they also pay for a child minder  However, seeing this promised policy from Labour and a way to save money, they may opted for this route. Now that would not be fair. If Labour wins the next election and this promise is actually made into a policy then there definitely needs to be a way in order to assess which families are deemed worthy and in need for this kind of help. 

Conversely, there is also the issue with taxpayers. Of course if this pledged promise from Labour actually makes policy if they are elected in 2015 then there is going to be a lot of backlash from taxpayers and how unfair they think this is. We do also need to remember the fact that we were all young once and having  FREE childcare might have benefited us and our working family greatly. 

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24199711

The Girl of the 21st Century

The Issue With Syria

So one of the big questions going around the political world today is: Military intervention or not?

My opinion is it depends on the circumstances of the country. Of course there are some countries whereby military intervention is just way out of the question and there are some countries whereby military intervention is an absolute necessary.

Nevertheless, looking at past USA's intervention in Middle Eastern countries....its never a good results. Thousands die, starvation, homeless and sometimes their lives are worse off then what they used to be like. Not to mention after the USA succeed, the countries seem to go back to square one. They are controlled by yet another country...namely the USA.

Others talk about religion and how the USA just wants to control all Muslim countries and military intervention is the best way through it. No wonder Obama is adamant for intervention.

However, if the international aid does not step in and do at least something about it where would it lead the people of Syria?.......

However, one of the my friends posted a link to an article which talked about the USA contribution to Saddam's chemical attacks in Iran a generation ago. They assisted him with nerve gas attacks that are more deadly then the attacks in Syria......makes you think. Why would the USA be willing to assist these gas attacks for Saddam but be so adamant to stop the chemical attacks happening in Syria. A change of President is not a suffice enough answer.

See article here: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/25/secret_cia_files_prove_america_helped_saddam_as_he_gassed_iran

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Switzerland Asylum Policy

People seeking asylum is by nature a cross-border issue. People move between different countries in the world.

For some, asylum seekers are a drain on the economy and a threat to social stability. For others helping asylum seekers are a cornerstone of the country's humanitarian tradition. This debate is quite evident with Switzerland.

Restrictions at a new national centre for asylum seekers have caused controversy especially in the  town of Bremgarten. The restrictions include a ban for asylum seekers to be in schoolyards during the day and to visit the swimming pool without explicit permission by the authorities. 

I think this is absolutely appalling. It's like Switzerland are using the same kind of tactics as Hitler when he introduced the Nuremburg Laws in 1935 where he restricted Jews from certain kinds of activities and rights. Okay, it's not as extreme as that but if this kind of policy and attitude is actually kept up who knows........

The non-governmental Refugee Council says it is dismayed by the restrictions and calls on the authorities to suspend what it considers intolerable and restraining orders. 

In addition, Justice Minister Sommaruga argued that there were no formal bans for asylum seekers in a newly opened centre to use the swimming pool or the facilities of schools.

Whether or not this is true, these attitudes towards asylum seekers are still evident. 

The Girl of the 21st Century

Middle Eastern Crisis

At a time during a blessed Ramadan month, where thousands of Muslims around the world are expected to sit down to break their fast with their family, waiting to consume that oh-so delicious water and the mouth watering food that your stomach has been deprived of for the whole day, there are thousands of Muslims around the world, who will not receive that privilege. They fast while they can, but fasting for them is not only for one month. Fasting for them is a lifestyle whereby they do not even have the money or resources to drink or eat at any time of day, let alone the time to break your fast.

What makes this even more sickening and upsetting is that some of these Muslims are living in war and unstable countries.

Take for example Syria, a civil war between modernists and Islamists. There are hundreds of homeless people seeking refugee from the conflict, yet countries such as Iraq, Jordan and Turkey risk turning Syria into an open-air prison. I understand that they do not want to face the trouble of Syria's conflict, but surely they cannot someone's basic right to seek asylum from persecution and other abuse?

What frustrates me even more is that no other international government has stepped in to try and resolve this conflict that is killing thousands of people and making the rest of the country's population into a path of starvation.

US, UK, any other of the big gun countries have not lifted a finger to help. And why should they? Well, they automatically try to help other countries in despair but a country within the Middle East is not in their radar. I wonder why that is?

Blair actually said that the UK should try and step in and rightly so. But I do not think this will happen anytime soon, let alone that these starving people will find comfort during this year's Ramadan amongst the wars and conflict.

The Girl of the 21st Century

First blog post on this blog: Political Content

Hi (to anyone who is reading this).

Since I have a considerable amount of opinions when it comes to news and politics in general, I decided to  put pen to paper (well in this case, fingers and keyboard) and  tell the internet world what I feel exactly about  what is happening in the real world.

It's a new thing I want to start and your more then welcome to share your thoughts on whatever I post too (but please do remember that this particular blog is all my opinions and what I feel).

Signing of as a

The Girl of the 21st Century (yeah, I like that a lot!).