Moral Decadency

So the rot gets worse. Will the New Labour Project implode or explode? John Prescott, the so-called Deputy Prime Minister, has an affair, but true to form gets the girl dumped on. John Reid, a reformed alcoholic swears he knows nothing about cannabis being found at his house. Charles Clarke gets the Humpty Dumpty approval rating from the Prime Minister, and Patricia Hewitt spends the weekend nursing her political wounds without the help of the NHS. What a shower!

John Prescott had the temerity once to chastise Steve Norris, a minister in John Major's government as a philanderer. At the 1996 Labour conference, Prescott whipped up the faithful against the Tories, saying "They are up to their necks in sleaze. The best slogan for their conference next week is, 'Life's better under the Tories' - sounds to me like one of Steven Norris's chat-up lines." So what's all this with New Labour then? Where's the whiter than white of this Blairite heaven? Hyprocrites! The lot of them.

Tessa Jowell, the so-called Blairite loyalist, looked sick as anything today trying to defend these morons. The new line that only a proven incompentent can be trusted to unravel a mess leaves much to be desired!

I think the Mail on Sunday summed it up rather well today!

"It's a dispiriting scene. At the top sits a Prime Minister inanely smiling, clinging to his office with no purpose, no real programme, simply so that he can enjoy the trappings, the fawning entourage, the country house and the generous pay. Beneath him lurks a cabinet of dullards and blunderers."

Why on earth did people let these characters loose on the governance of this country?

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The Apprentice - Down to the Last Four!

(In the Boardroom!)

Sir Alan Sugar: "Well, how do you think you performed on this task? Tony, you were the project manager"
Tony: I think, well, with the current situation, we performed well, that is considering the project was...."
Sir Alan: "I heard you was not that interested"
Tony: "No, that's not true, I was hands on all the way through"
Sir Alan: "Charles, was Tony a good project manager?"
Charles: "I can't answer that, but I will say that, all things considered, and seeing that time was of the essence, I was able to rectify any ommissions...."
Sir Alan: "I can see we're not getting very far on this one. John, you were supposed to be Tony's deputy, but seems you were more keen on the secretaries."
John: "It was a lapse, Sir Alan...."
Sir Alan: "A lapse!!!!!"
John: "Yes, it won't happen again. Pauline is devastated"
Sir Alan: "This is what troubles me, John, too much having your mind on other things! And you, Patricia, I hear you got a right good hecklin', couldn't please them at all!"
Patricia: "Actually, Sir Alan, I think I performed rather well!"
Sir Alan: "You do, do you! Charles, did you read the bloody memo sent to you about those foreign prisoners?"
Charles: "Yes, I did, but I..."
Sir Alan: "Look, I've heard enough. This is as I see it. John, you don't seem to keep your eye on the ball, you aren't a team player and I can't afford anyone who causes embarrassment the way you did. Patricia, you should have prepared better by being more capable of phrasing your speech to those nurses better. Tony, you worry me, you really do. You're erratic, disorganised and don't appear capable of proper leadership. You've got flashes of genius but you're trouble, I told you last week! Look' I'm strugglin' here, quite frankly I'd like to sack the lot of you, but Charles, you had the memo, you told me you'd improve the situation, and quite frankly, you failed to step up when your chance came, and you blew it. Charles! You're fired!!!"

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Home Office incompetency

From the Home Office website!

"The Home Office is the government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales. We work to build a safe, just and tolerant society, to enhance opportunities for all, and to ensure the protection and security of the public is maintained."

Do you think this is true or a complete fabrication? These are now on the loose!!

3 murderers
9 rapists
5 paedophiles
7 convicted of other sex offences
57 convicted for violent offences
2 guilty of manslaughter
41 burglars
20 drug importers
54 convicted of assault
27 convicted of indecent assault

Should Charles Clarke resign? The way he's sitting tight a snowball's got a better chance in Hell!

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/

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Policing the police?

Strathclyde Police take another biscuit! A crumbly mix of fruit and nut! Last night on Watchdog, a serial fraudster, one Richard Sage, who has spent time in jail, was revealed as having "sold" Strathclyde Police a contract for transporting dead bodies in his ambulances. When told of his past, instead of expressing at least caution and a promise to "look into the matter", a very unapologetic Stathclyde police said in a statement "that its joint board approved the contract and that the 'company has continued to carry out its business in line with the correct procedures' ".

So no problems with hiring convicted criminals on a not many questions asked basis then?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/tv_and_radio/watchdog/reports/index.shtml

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Clarke bluffs on!

This Labour government is not just running out of steam (and less than a year since it "won" an historic 3rd victory with around 20% of the electorate actively supporting it!) but it has added moral turpitude to its portfolio. Charles Clarke took the biscuit last night being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight. He is a sorry case for being Home Secretary, he really is.

£385 Million it costs annually to keep 10,000 foreign national criminals in jail and heaven knows how much to mop up after they've been let out to roam around instead of being deported. What fools we are!!!

But it is just Charles Clarke. John Prescott has moved on from slap and punch to slap and tickle! Ruth Kelly can't decide whether three or more sex offender lists have the same number of persons on them. Gordon Brown is like old King Cole and the Spiv-in-Chief thinks they're all doing a wonderful job.

Do we agree with him?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4945428.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4945170.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4625126.stm

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Happy St George's Day!!

Today is St George's Day, a day of celebration for the English and England. This Palestinian holy man, who was tortured for his beliefs and decapitated thereby becoming a martyr saint, is a proper person to be the patron of the English.

However much we want to celebrate, the likes of the BBC can't help themselves in dumming down this day. I've just heard the Radio 4 Sunday service where a smooth-talking cleric insisted on talking about Britishness and regailing us with ALL the saints of these islands, as if to mention St. George only would be tantamount to giving houseroom to shaven-headed fascists! He said the word "Britishness" more than twenty times!

What are they afraid of? The Scots can celebrate Burns night, St. Andrew's Day, and Hogmanay. So to with the Welsh and their days, and, well, St.Patrick would be overwhelmed with all the marches, parades and whoopees on his day!! The BBC stamps down on St. George and lets the dragon of self-righteous high-minded "we know best" trample the country.

I for one do not think it is in anyway exclusive to be a celebrating Englishman on St. George's Day. Let us be ourselves and be proud of our tolerance, democracy and freedoms.

One thing I did agree with was when the Radio 4 cleric suggested that St. Aidan could be the patron saint for the United Kingdom. Good idea. A separate British day on August 31st (St. Aidan's feast day) would be both fitting for our Christian heritage and help put right the dearth of public rest days.

Happy St. George's Day!

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A really cheesy decision!!

The government is considering altering the compensation payouts for those innocent people wrongly convicted. Whilst no amount of compensation will suffice the wrong done to such people (the worst nightmare to befall any person in this world other than gratuitous torture!) it does help to restore them to their previous position.

As usual, the government is seeking to cheesepare whilst missing the point entirely. Those who SUFFER the consequences of crime MUST be adequately catered for. There has to be a properly funded compensation board.

However, being wrongly convicted is the most soul destroying thing to happen. Remember Stefan Kiszko? Well, he was properly kippered by the state because he fitted the profile the police and prosecuting authorities wanted. Have they ever said sorry?

If Blair wasn't so involved in Iraq he wouldn't need to have the Home Office come up with such a horrid plan! Both the victims of real crime and those wrongly convicted could both get justice from fair compensation! If one of these Home Office mandarins was found to be wrongly prosecuted and convicted, would they smile sweetly and accept it all? I don't think so!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4921230.stm
http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/stefankiszko/index.html

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Judge labels case 'PC gone mad'

This speaks for itself. Greater Manchester police (an outfit more in tune with political madness than political correctness) pursuades the Crown Prosecution Service (another near flaky outfit) to take legal proceedings against a 10-year-old boy over alleged racist name-calling. Apparently the two boys are now friends and play with each other.

The police and the CPS are wasting public money and behaving like perverse idiots. A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said the force took all crimes seriously and was totally opposed to any racism. Well, we all should be but I'm afraid she's wide of the mark about "all crimes".

Did they ever bother to ask the boys if they had made up and forgotten their grudge? No, because the police are fast becoming tunnel-vision merchants. Heaven help us all!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4883398.stm

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UKIP and Cameron!

David Cameron is quite good in many ways but, as with a lot of politicians, his mouth sometimes moves faster than his brain! He has recently called UKIP and its members "fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists, mostly". As if he hasn't got his fair share already!

I've met some really nasty racists, anti-Catholic bigots, misogynists, and generally objectionable people in the Tory party. On the other hand, most are very pleasant, hard-working, decent, patriotic people. Cameron knows nothing much about UKIP.

David Sutch (Screaming Lord) used to say only the real loonies could be trusted, those that declared they weren't were definitely to be watched!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4875026.stm

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Money laundering?

Today I went to my local bank branch and drew out some money from the ATM. I put some into another account at the counter and kept £20 to buy some paint. When I got to the counter (usual queue with one teller until another appeared!) the woman clerk took my money and began shuffling the notes around rather like Paul Daniels on Jack Daniels! I looked on curiously and she eventually said "some of these are old notes" as if to hint that I was passing on duff money. "Well, I got them out of the machine" I said. "They shouldn't be in there!" she said. "There are a lot of shouldn'ts these days" I helpfully suggested.

When I got to the DIY store I picked up the paint I wanted and went to the till. The woman took the £20 and put it under an ultra-scan (the thing with a purple light) and muttered " I don't like this - it doesn't look real." "Well I've just got it from the bank" I said. She then went into some amateur dramatic routine, first putting it up to the natural light, then back to the scanner. Then she went off to the manager, who, some little while later gave the rocket-science opinion that it was duff! I took the note back and walked out.

I don't blame the store, although they do seem to like to make out that they are the experts. However, the bank, who should be the experts are spewing out old notes and possibly duff notes from their ATMs. As I have to declare all manner of secrets to say I'm NOT a money launderer under government regulations I'd dearly like to know what the banks do to check their product (ie BANK NOTES!!!!)

Money laundering works both ways and stopping it should be a mutal arrangement!

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