I'm Rich!!!!!

Well it’s Friday for me and it’s my last day before joining a new team at work on Thursday. My working life is going to dramatically change. In many ways I’m taking a backward step but I’m going to look on it as a new opportunity.

I’ve had a very tough couple of years and it’s not easy when times are hard but I always try and count my blessings. It’s not as important as family, friends and health but one of the things I always remind myself is just how disgustingly wealthy I am. When I say this to people who know me they laugh. My wage is slightly below the UK average. I don’t live in a mansion; I live in a 2 bed terrace. I don’t drive a sports car; I drive a 10 year old Astra. Despite all this I am actually very very rich:


• The average person in India has to survive on less than $2 per day. In Africa it’s less than $1 per day. The average global annual income is thought to be about $5300 (£3385).

• I live in my own house and I have central heating, running water, electricity and piped gas. Many in people in the world will never have these things.

• I’ve got televisions, DVD players, an iPhone and a laptop.

• I can take holidays abroad and stay in nice hotels.

• I can afford to buy foods that are a luxury and a treat. Many people buy food to survive.

I know wealth is relevant to the society we live in but when I look at the facts I’m very lucky, in a financial sense, to have been born in one of the richest nations on Earth.

As we are one of the richest nations on Earth surely we can afford to provide a first class socialised health service, free education, decent residential care for our elderly and all the other things that make a society civilised.

Maybe, we could do even more!

If every country in the world stopped spending money on weapons to kill each other with we could afford to educate every child on the planet, provide a decent level of healthcare for everyone and still have enough money left to develop new types of energy so we can end our destructive reliance on Oil.

Rooney Injury

The Rooney injury that has got all of England in a pickle could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. It is only a few weeks back that my friends and I were saying it would be great if Fergie rested him for a few games. We knew this would never happen as United need their best player for the big end of season fixtures. So, as long as it isn’t bad enough to keep him out the World Cup, I’m rather pleased he has picked up this injury.

There is no secret that as a proud Bolton Wanderers supporter I have no love for United. So I’m happy that Rooney will miss the big match against Chelsea, the return leg against Munich and a few other Premier League games. The best thing about it is that if he isn’t playing he can’t pick-up an injury bad enough to stop him going to South Africa.

English players have usually played that many games during our domestic season that they are already knackered when they get to the World Cup. Rooney now has plenty of time to rest but should be back in time to play a few games before the end of the season in order to get match fit.

In an ideal world United will get knocked out of the Champions League and finish 2nd or 3rd in the Premier League. Rooney will come back just in time to go to South Africa, score a bag full of goals and inspire England to ultimate victory.