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Hope Springs From Colorado And Washington
After a long night watching the election results come in, my heart bursting with joy at the news from Colorado and Washington, it was time to take the dogs for a walk.
On top of the hill, way over in the west I can definitely see hope shining out.
There was time for just a few tears, then back to work…
I Want Some Of What She’s Smoking!
Nadine “Nutjob” Dorries
She must have been stoned out of her tiny mind when she made this decision. After all, according to Nadine, cannabis is at least 50 times stronger than it used to be and it’s clearly destroyed any potential she had left.
Madness. Craziness. Humiliating. Historical.
Yes Nadine, you’ve definitely secured your place in history.
Ant, Dec and Nadine. Only a poisonous scorpion or a venomous snake can save you now.
Witch Hunts. Self-Flagellation. Paedophilia. I Admire The BBC.
An extraordinary and bizarre event took place tonight between 10.30 pm and 10.35 pm.
Newsnight was running its lead story about Panorama’s story about Newsnight not doing a story about Jimmy Saville.
Five minutes later Panorama started its story about Newsnight not doing a story about Jimmy Saville.
Meanwhile on BBC News the lead story was Panorama, Newsnight, Panorama on Newsnight, Newsnight on Panorama on Newsnight.
You have to give the BBC due credit and respect.
Clearly bad things took place on its premises and under its auspices but the absurd level of guilt by association or even suspicion is pernicious and evil. MPs are grandstanding over it, including John Whittingdale, chair of the Culture select committee, whose politicking and pre-judgement of his own inquiry is disgraceful. Obviously the print media and other broadcasters are exploiting it for their own ends but I admire the BBC’s handling of the scandal. Any other media organisation would have covered it up.
The BBC is its own fiercest critic and I congratulate it for that.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing and a dreadfully cruel thing for those who had the best intentions.
South Yorkshire Police – Corrupt And Criminal
Hillsborough Disaster 1989
Although the investigation continues, there can be little doubt that there was a police cover-up and deliberate and organised fabrication of evidence over the Hillsborough disaster.
Now comes convincing evidence that the same South Yorkshire Constabulary engaged in exactly the same dishonesty over events at the so called ‘Battle of Orgreave’ during the miners’ strike in 1984. See the BBC report here.
Never mind the ‘institutionalised racism’ that police were accused of by the Macpherson Report in 1999, it is clear that South Yorkshire police are institutionally corrupt and criminal.
Battle of Orgreave 1984
Many officers, of all ranks, must expect to receive lengthy prison sentences.
Most worrying is that this conduct cannot be confined to South Yorkshire alone. There is a culture of close ranks, cover up and take no responsibilty amongst British police. Of course it’s a tough job which somebody has to do and while we must support and applaud those heroic bobbies who do their duty, punishment must be severe for those who cross the line into brutality and corruption. Only the killer Simon Harwood has been held to account for around 1500 deaths after ‘police contact’ since just 1990.
Police and public must join together to root out these criminal and corrupt cops, whatever their rank. They deserve long prison sentences and to live in disgrace the rest of their lives.
BBC Launches 347th Inquiry Into Jimmy Saville. How’s About That Then?
Just in the past week, the BBC has commissioned 26 new documentaries about Jimmy Saville, Channel 5 has put out a general appeal for independent production companies prepared to investigate the scandal. Channel 4 is dedicating a month of Jon Snow’s time to this vital work and Rupert has instructed Sky to prepare a special nightly news bulletin, combined with Premier League stars in dedicated condemnation of the disc jockey from hell.
The Home Affairs committee, the Culture, Media and Sport committee, the Health Services committee, the Justice committee and the Cabinet Office are launching their own inquiries next week and the Speaker is also considering a five year long investigation headed up by the Right Honourable Dame Sally Bercow, newly appointed head of the Scumbag Saville charity, patron HM The Queen.
Esther Rantzen is facing 25 years in jail for failing to report her suspicions. Mother Theresa is accused of complicity because she once said Saville had done good work and Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday columnist, has been sent to the Tower for life for his preposterous suggestion that we may be focusing too much attention on Jimmy Saville and his legacy.
BREAKING NEWS!!!
A life size dummy of Jimmy Saville is to be hung, drawn and quartered at Marble Arch, historical site of the Tyburn executions – David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband will be in attendance . In Paris, the guillotine is to be rolled out for another Saville-faced crash test dummy to face its doom. In the US, simultaneous executions by electric chair, gas chamber, firing squad and lethal injection are to be performed on Saville dummies.
The High Court has ordered that everyone who ever watched an episode of Jim’ll Fix It should receive 25 years counselling at the BBC’s expense and Lord Justice Leveson is to head up a new inquiry into whether the media has expressed sufficient condemnation of Mr Saville’s actions.
Meanwhile, criminal prosecutions are to be brought against every member of the Leeds social services department and their heirs and successors for the next fifteen generations.
In a speech tonight, Harriet Harman, Labour party guru, said “We are not doing enough to condemn the allegations against this man… Sorry, I mean this man and his allegations which are now pronounced as fact by all right thinking people with no right of reply. Dead? Is he? Already? What a shame we were about to call for chemical castration for all BBC staff”
Hysterical PC Nonsense About A Young Couple In Love
I really am sick to death of all the pious wailing and weeping about Megan Stammers running off with her teacher, Jeremy Forrest.
Now, of course, a teacher should not be engaging in a relationship with one of his pupils. Megan is also beneath the age of consent but the ludicrous, preposterous idea that he is responsible for “child abduction” shows just how easily the police can be swayed by media pressure.
These are two young people in love who have eloped, foolishly but understandably. The BBC, in particular, has pushed this story to a quite ridiculous and irresponsible extent. Mr Forrest has been demonised as if he is a violent rapist and paedophile. He and Megan are the victims in this story, abused shamelessly by a prurient, sanctimonious and hypocritical media.
Megan is 15. Very shortly she will have passed the age of consent. In France, where the couple were discovered, she is already past the age of consent, so what is the crime?
I feel very concerned for Mr Forrest. He has been stupid and irresponsible and probably committed a technical breach of the law but he has been villified beyond reason. I am far more concerned for the horrific ordeal his parents have been put through than the parents of Megan whose incontinent displays of emotion hide, I suspect, responsibility for Megan’s willingness to elope.
It’s the media though who deserve real condemnation. It is they who sexualise girls at a younger and younger age and yet when this young woman follows their lead, they turn on her and her partner.
It’s not that long ago that girls younger than Megan would already be married and that is still the case in many countries. I’m not suggesting that is a good thing but the hysterical overreaction to this young couple’s romantic adventure disgusts me.
Just To Clarify My Views On Israel…
That’s the fascist, zionist, genocidal Israeli state.
Not the Israeli people, be they Jews, Christians, Muslims or secularist, nor any of the innocent citizens that inhabit that troubled land. I condemn the evil war criminals that comprise the Israeli government and conduct the attempted 21st century final solution on Palestine. The thieves, renegades, child abusers and despots that oppress the Palestinian people, occupy their land, destroy their homes, traduce the very humanity of man.
We intervene against Hitler, Hussein, Gaddafi yet we allow the Israeli state to continue, we even support it.
Unbelievable!
That’s the word that sums up the Olympics for me. It’s what we heard the athletes saying again and again. It’s what their performances amounted to. It was the enthusiasm and support of the crowd. It’s what was achieved in grand style by those who organised and ran this extraordinary celebration of human endeavour.
One of my most vivid memories will be of switching on the television for the news each morning at 7.00am, then finding the tears streaming down my face even before I’d properly woken up. As each of the previous day’s triumphs were relived so the heroes were paraded on the breakfast TV sofa. Also, as I’ve travelled to the country on several occasions I was so, so proud for Jamaica. I can just imagine how their sprinters’ achievements were celebrated at home. I am in huge admiration of the respect that Usain Bolt and Johann Blake showed for other countries’ national anthems, even stopping TV interviews when the flags were raised. Both of them also sang their own anthem with unashamed pride, something I wish more of our athletes had managed.
Britain is truly great. The games and our achievements at them prove that. We exceed every reasonable expectation that we could have of ourselves. That is why we have such a proud history, why we are the leaders that we continue to be and why we hold a place in the world out of all proportion to our size and resources.
That our athletes and those who train and organise them can achieve so much sheds a very harsh light on those that now run our government and economy. Today we are let down by leaders who are pygmies compared to the giants that have made Britain great.
The British people can achieve the unbelievable. All we need are the leaders to show us the way. If we replaced the 29 members of the cabinet with our 29 gold medal winners I think we might do far better.
Sing It Girl!
Jessica Ennis may be sexy but Victoria Pendleton is a goddess.
And singing the anthem is your duty so follow Victoria’s example.
Peter Reynolds 