The JSPrice Perception

David Cameron has sent his troops to Libya. After an agreement with the UN, UK as well as other countries like France and United States will "try to defeat and get rid of Colonel Gaddafi". Doesn't that remind you of someone? *Coughs* Tony Blair and Iraq *coughs* Sorry, my throat needs clearing. Seriously though, David Cameron has made a big mistake and as soon as the British troops have only just gone out of Iraq. The cuts which Cameron made seems to make up for this "war". This is no "War on Terror" which Tony Blair and George Bush created but Cameron's intentions is to get Gaddafi's leadership/dictatorship to end. Will it happen? If they manage to kill him like what Blair did to Saddam Hussein then maybe. Gaddafi won't resign that easily. Let's look at the "positives". It is legal, unlike the Iraq war. Other countries have agreed to "fight for democracy" and all that tosh but they aren't doing unlawfully. Ok, n...

I haven't blogged in a while and obviously I have some catching up to do. So much has been happening over the last week. Wales see progress in the capital Wales has spoken - well, 35% of the Welsh public have spoken. Their Assembly Government will have more powers over twenty different subject areas rather than take issues to the Westminster Government for permission first. Wales now have the power. Before I want to go to say what went wrong in the run up to the vote, let me just give you the basic statistics. On average, 35.4% of eligible voters went to either the polling station or voted by post, meaning over 800,000 people voted across Wales. Out of the 22 authorities which announced their result, only one voted "No". The county Monmouthshire voted "No" by 320 votes despite the request by the "Yes" campaign for a recount. It is a remarkable result considering last time there was a referendum in Wales (the vote on devolution in 1997), the gap betwee...

After all the protests by the Egyptians over the past three weeks, President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak has announced in front of millions across the world of his intentions to remain as leader of Egypt until the general elections later this year. Much to the disgust of the protesters who wanted him out of the job tonight. These protesters wanted similar success to the Tunisians when they managed to force President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to resign , meaning a reshuffle to their government. Ben Ali was in charge of Tunisia for 23 years, whilst Egypt's Mubarak enters his 30th year of being in charge of the country - meaning a seven year difference in leadership between the pair. A lot has happened since Mubarak was sworn into Presidency in 1981. He got Egypt back into the Arab League in 1989 meaning they could regain their voice concerning the modern society in the Middle East. He publically spoke out against the Iraq war in 2003 and has seen changes to his cabinet many times before, in...

After watching Wales Six Nations opening defeat to England , I had been recommended to watch a documentary, Who Gets the Best Jobs? . It's a documentary which focuses on the issue with class and how major job firms deal with it. It was a fantastic, fascinating, yet frustrating hour as BBC Special Correspondent Richard Bilton, who was raised in a lower class environment, looks into the realities of how big companies simply turn the lower class away and steer toward the young students who have had "privileged" backgrounds. Class is an issue which is rather close to my heart. I can talk about myself and compare against the people who were being focused in the documentary. Being born and raised in an place, I can say is a respectable area in Cardiff, the environment which I was raised in varies. We have people who have occupations such as financial advisers and local GPs who are content with their local jobs. Some on the other hand are less honoured. They never attended Univ...

Gender Today, Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys and commentator Andy Gray have been criticised over their sexist comments aimed at Sian Massey . She was one of the linesmen (or lines person if you'd like to be politically correct) for the Saturday's clash between Wolves and Liverpool. Liverpool won 3-0. But before the game, Keys and Gray who have been a common feature for Sky Sports since the introduction of the Premier League in 1992 made pre-judgements of Miss. Massey. Keys said "Somebody better get down there and explain offside to her" in which Gray responded "Women don't know the offside rule". This conversation of course, was intended not to be heard by millions of viewers but their mics were apparently left on and in the end, got themselves humiliated. Richard Keys has since apologised, Andy Gray has kept himself quiet which didn't stop the broadcaster banning them from their duties for tonight's match which Bolton lost to Chelsea at the R...

Here is the final part of the biggest headlines of the year. These headlines have created a variety of emotions for different people. News which makes you smile, news which makes you angry, and news which inspires. Lib Dems join Conservatives in Coalition Government It has been the most historical general elections of our time. We had the first live television debates, inspired by the US elections. High expectations for all the parties involved. In these debates, the Liberal Democrats shined as Nick Clegg tried his hardest to gain the votes they needed to get into power. Clegg believed that he had the drive to lead this country and be the first Democrat leader since before World War II. After all the hype, Lib Dems did worse than they expected getting just 58 seats. In 2005, they had 61 seats. Something along the lines went wrong in their convincing campaign. And the result itself was shocking. No party had the overall majority. Conservatives had the most seats of them all but Labour w...

It has been one heck of a year. A Topsy-turfy 52 weeks which has seen the biggest stories of a generation. Some creating massive debates, and some inspiring the world. Here are the news headlines which have caught my eye in 2010: Volcanic Ash Halts Europe In Iceland, the volcano in Eyjafjoll erupted for two weeks in April. This volcanic eruption was like no other. The explosions during the eruption were so powerful, that it would disrupt many things including closures of airports across Europe in places covering United Kingdom to Russia. This was because the atmosphere in the air which consisted of ash and smoke was so dangerous, aeroplanes would likely to crash. Therefore, millions of travellers travelling with alternative transportation. Euro star trains were the busiest as the eruption came during the bank holiday weekend. There was another eruption in the middle of May, however it did not create as much of an affect as the first one. This headline was all over the press and many pe...