John Burns
John Burns
John Elliot Burnswas an English trade unionist and politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly associated with London politics. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was anti-alcohol and a keen sportsman. After retiring from politics, he developed an expertise in London history and coined the phrase "The Thames is liquid history". When the Liberal cabinet made a decision for war on 2 August 1914, he resigned and played no...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth20 October 1858
We need to embrace the changes because it will expand the population of people who can vote.
There are a lot of people who can't afford to buy at today's prices. It looks to me like the market is headed for a soft landing.
Voting should go quickly once people learn how to use the touch screen. It's better in a whole lot of ways than printed ballots. An election can be certified in two days. It should also minimize recounts. The old paper ballot machines would sometimes miscount the ballot and sometimes two ballots would go through instead of one. The touch screen will leave a paper audit trail and recover everything each voter does.
This is a function of those companies seeing an opportunity to get in on the surging housing market. Obviously, the long-term demographics for people in their 50s and 60s play into this. Not everyone wants to live on a golf course in Florida.
Eventually this will save us money by eliminating the old paper ballots. It's always been hard to estimate how many people will vote and plan to have enough ballots printed. That problem should be eliminated. We've had a trash barrel full of ballots left over because we had too many ballots printed and then have a low voter turnout.
It's all supply and demand. There is no change in the demand in housing, the demand for landlords is not changing. But more people are looking for tenants. That's when the investment becomes speculative.
Don't hustle old people.
Remember the match girls who won their strike and formed a union; take courage from the gas stokers who only a few weeks ago won the eight hour day.
I think he's got the best chance of beating the current administration, better than (Steve) Forbes, better than McCain,
There also will be other significant service and expense reductions, including reductions in staff other than from the (early-retirement plan).
There are screws in it, so maybe that's an indication for something. I'm just really curious.
Those of us who have covered wars here and there over the past 15, 20, 25 years have to struggle to think of anywhere where we've seen such a relentless brutality,
I don't want boys to use bad language.
God forbid if something were to happen to one of them, it's going to be him washing his hands of the blood, not me. He can go explain to the family why he didn't sign this bill.