My Global kitchen cupboard;

My silver water jug is made by Whitehill, not in England but Indonesia.

Villeroy and Boch fine china is still made in Germany.

These cute Robert Gordon Pottery is still made in Australia;

The famous and very practical mixing bowls Rosti are originally from Denmark, but I think they are now made in Thailand.

The practical and sturdy Melamine tray from Villeroy and Boche is made in China.

I am not happy about Globalisation. Trade between countries has always existed and I agree with that. But not Globalisation. I do not mind buying from other countries, per example beautiful leather goods from Italy, designed and made in Italy not designed in Italy and made in China. Wedgwood china made in Indonesia; no thank you very much.

I hate to see all the skills abandoned, manufacturing moved to Asian countries for more profits. It is a completely wrong approach and our Governments we have elected and are paid by us should address that to keep work and manufacturing at home.

Globalisation curtails our rights, our traditions our language and our money. When a country forfeits its manufacturing of goods, its currency, it looses its Independence.

The people of Ireland voted to reject the Lisbon Treaty. But politicians across Europe are refusing to accept the result. They arrogantly insist that the Treaty must go ahead anyway. Despite the no vote, the UK Government is planning to carry on regardless, and ratify the Treaty in the House of Lords on Wednesday.This is part of an attempt to isolate and bully the people of Ireland.

Only Ireland is constitutionally obliged to hold a referendum. Thus, out of a European population of 620 million, only one country of four million will be given any say on the Treaty. Even this has caused nervousness within the European ruling elite.

King Gee, Bonds job cuts: Dark day for Illawarra textile workers

BY ALEX ARNOLD

Almost 300 Illawarra clothing manufacturing workers, many of them in tears, were told yesterday their jobs would be axed with the closure of the Bonds factory at Unanderra and the KingGee factory at Bellambi.
The announcement stunned the mostly female workforce, many of whom have worked for the iconic clothing brands for decades.
The decision by Pacific Brands to move its manufacturing operations offshore will result in a loss of 281 Illawarra jobs and 1850 jobs nationwide.
"The company decided it owed more allegiance to the stock exchange than it did to staff and union members."
Pacific Brands, which also manufactures Holeproof, Dunlop, Stussy, Mossimo, Berlei and Hard Yakka brands, is one of the country's largest clothing manufacturers.

Since the 2000-01 financial year Pacific Brands has received more than $72 million in government assistance.

Instead of enabling small businesses to produce products much cheaper, the government imports identical products to those produced locally. The importing of foreign imports from multinationals is destroying local producers.

Deregulation enables multinationals to get products much cheaper than small businesses, at the poor primary producers expense.

Multinationals suppress inventions and discoveries so that the world is forced to rely on their redundant, wasteful, costly and addictive products that bring them great profit.

Multinationals control the price of energy and essential products and services despite the fact that there are much more efficient but suppressed methods available.

International laws appear good, but are deceptively introduced to give the powerful more power.

If countries don't accept a condition, they are given sanctions or their leaders are brought down. Peace agreements and common ties between countries have some benefit, but give the world a false sense of security and tie countries together ready for a one world government.

The stock market is overvalued and rigged.

Banks create money from nothing and demand it back, together with unnecessarily high interest.They encourage waste of money so that they can profit from the interest. (Money was covered by gold, today it is only real estate.)

Government policies are advised by unelected bureaucrats, linked to and influenced by the powerful multinationals.

What do you think about Globalisation?