The JSPrice Perception

David Cameron with young people from 'Not in our Name' campaign (Image: Vosizneias.com) There is something about the Conservative Party and young people that don't seem to bond. Some may argue that it's not who the Tories target as they have their own same crowd to please. The media have a habit of portraying the youth as the angry left-wing bunch who, in their spare time, protest in their masses against austerity. If not doing that, they're likely to commit a crime of some sort, not being 'aspirational' enough in school, likely to get up late and aren't as skillful as those heading for retirement. It is easy to criticise 'them kids'. 'The youth of today aren't what they used to be back in the good ol' days'. You can avoid controversy shunning young people because 'they can take it'. If you said the same thing about millionaires who have achieved lots, someone who is celebrating early retirement, army officers wh...

Migrants in Calais, June 2015 (Image: Washington Post) The word 'migrant' is almost considered the naughty 'm' word. Like the 'n' word in the 1950s and 60s which, unlike Barack Obama , I shall not repeat publicly, 'migrant', or 'immigrant' appears to be an offensive word. We pass a shop that sells Polish groceries, an Indian restaurant, a French patisserie, owned by those not born in our country, they get slandered by the right-wing leaning press like Daily Express and Daily Mail simply because they used their civil freedom and started a new life in the UK when in the country of their birth lacked such opportunity. The immigration 'issue' has been subject to nationwide debate particularly over the past decade as hundreds-of-thousands have flown and resided to the UK while a significantly smaller number of people emigrate from the country. A large number of those coming here are from non-European Union countries in which the pri...

Sepp Blatter & Rupert Murdoch (Image: Fifa.com) Here's an EastEnders' 'duff-duff' moment - Fifa is a corrupt organisation. I'm falling off my chair here. Last week, the FBI arrested 14 executives and officials of football's world governing body Hollywood-style, dawn-raiding hotel rooms in Switzerland - some of these were caught on camera. The media then frenzied to Zurich, Fifa's Headquarters with the intention of getting answers off their President of 17 years, Sepp Blatter. But when the world's media turned up, very little anticipated that events between then and now would lead to the South African's sudden resignation. Coincidently, these arrests came two days before Fifa's Presidential Election polling day. There had been talk about these arrests happening due to heightened press speculation of bribery on the back of Qatar 2022 World Cup hosting bid. Now finally, police in the States acted the heroes in this latest soap op...

Julia Gillard (Image: Waltzing more than Matilda) It's difficult being closely associated with Labour party at the moment. After a heavy defeat on May 7th, they've lost some key politicians from the front bench, their leader resigns and media scrutiny has hit the sixth gear with reports of an internal war going on - who's to blame, Labour weren't 'pro-business' and basically, the party is in a mess. But these aren't my views, and not to the more than nine million who turned up on general election day and placed an X next to one of the 600+ candidates Labour put out there. They gained some crucial seats in London, but ultimately, the rest of the South East of England and Scotland was where they lost heavy ground. The Conservatives only had to gain 20 seats from the previous general election, and they gained that through the fall of the Liberal Democrats. It seemed like an easy victory in the end for David Cameron and he's likely to remain Prime...

Barcelona's view towards Harbour (Image: Daily Telegraph) I've recently returned from a five-day stay in Barcelona, Spain. It was my first visit to one of the larger European Union economies since Italy in 2009 (ignoring my annual trips to Denmark in this as their economy is considerably smaller). Barcelona was a delight and I'm sure to return there at some point in the future. However sadly, I'm not going to write purely about my travel tips but about the politics and the current situation in Spain regarding this. For those not in the loop, Spain's economic situation since the global financial crisis in 2008 has been dire. This has been somewhat overshadowed by Greece at present but it's important to highlight that the Spanish government have had headaches of their own. The past seven years has seen their unemployment rate rocket, young people in particular suffering hardship, harvesting is at breaking point with produce at all-time low. This unrest h...

Nicola Sturgeon outside Downing Street (Image: Zimbio) This is the last chance I'm going to address my thoughts on this tightly fought general election before May 7 as on election night, I land back in the UK after what I intend to have a super five days in Spain. Fear not, I will vote by post and I have decided who I'm going to vote for so I won't dither, unlike millions that still have no idea who they want to represent them in the next five years. Summarising this election campaign is difficult. These past few weeks have seen polls remain static so while all parties have knocked every door, spoke to constituents, spent every penny on printing leaflets, it's clear that they're all working as hard as each other. The two TV debates were fascinating and the interrogations of David Cameron and Ed Miliband by Jeremy Paxman and Kay Burley four weeks ago gave us the real indication as to who can take the heat and who can't. I'm also looking forward to th...

Katie Hopkins (with some bad editing!) I like to consider myself being an open-minded person and therefore find a decent attribute in everyone. We all have a 'good' side and a 'bad' side to our nature, it's up to us which one we publicly portray and then other people decide how to perceive us in certain situations. We all have a voice and the beauty of the human mind is that we choose whether to agree with others tendencies or not. However, I must also accept that there are some people who chooses to be one personality to the public and be someone different in private. There's nothing wrong with that but these sort of people put my head in a spin even though their public persona is under constant negative scrutiny on a daily basis. Cue Katie Hopkins. For those who don't know her, she originated in business leadership having appeared as a contestant in BBC's The Apprentice in 2007. Hopkins proudly proclaims to be the first person to say 'No...