Former F1 World Champion Jackie Stewart was taken ill during a flight from Geneva last night.
The word is that he is being kept in hospital for checks.
Best wishes Jackie. Get well soon.
Woman shouted ‘bang’ at Moat victim
A Northumbria Police spokesman said a woman, who has not been named, was arrested for a public order offence after apparently standing behind shot Pc David Rathband and saying “bang, bang”. It is also reported that she pretended to shoot a gun.
To make “bang, bang” sounds and hold your hand in the shape of a gun behind the back of any gunshot victim is a shameful act and indicative of a sick mind.
This thoughtless idiot deserves a hefty fine and I think she should be forced to provide some community time tending our injured soldiers or even tending for the victims of the mindless violence that is meted out in our city centers due to excess alcohol. Leastways, some form of punishment that would make her see what our soldiers and police have to contend with.
Her actions are a reflection of the lack of respect that is permeating our society and perhaps her punishment should reflect that.
Get Ready To Dig Deeper Into Your Pockets
Yet another directive from those wonderful folk in the EU.
Once again singing the equality song.
The only equal element in this is that we will all equally have to pay more.
Once upon a time market forces drove costs and in the insurance markets it was risk that determined cost. So what if the insurance companies gave discounts to certain groups of people the underlying driver was the amount of risk. But not any more.
Thanks to Frau Kokott, an advocate-general at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, the risk element has just been removed in the rush to ensure equality. No longer can gender be taken into account by insurance companies when determining the premiums that we will be asked to pay.
For example “Experts estimate that, from the age of 17 until they’re 25, British women drivers will pay an extra £4,300. On the other hand, male pensioners who get a higher annuity than women, because they do not live as long, will be left significantly out-of-pocket because their rates will be slashed to bring them into line.”
Follow the link below for more commentary from Philip Johnston of the Telegraph
How To Solve Britains Financial Woes At A Single Stroke ?
Withdraw from the EU !!!
The overall costs to the UK economy have been estimated at £60 billion/year, or £1000/person. Probably more since this estimate was made. OK so this wouldn’t really solve our problems at a stroke but it would make significant inroads and help to reduce our deficit.
They can have my vote for withdrawal right now.
Another Reason To Abandon The EU
So this is what the faceless bureaucrats have been up to. The European Commission has just ruled that anything calling itself a Cornish pasty will have to come from Cornwall. Telling us not only where a Cornish Pasty can be made but also what can be in it and on which side the crust should be. Total waste of time and money.
Is this what we pay them to do ? i.e. sit in Brussels, or wherever it is they hide, generating pointless rules and regulations.
This is a joke.
These are presumably the same time wasters that are telling us that cucumber can’t be curved, that our chocolate can’t be called chocolate and that our sausages can’t be called sausages.
Surely, the consumer is king in this situation. If we like it we’ll eat it. If we don’t like it……!!!
Personally I love pasties when they are made properly and for the record, My Mum made the best ever pasty and she was Sussex born and bred. So I couldn’t give a stuff where they are made so long as they taste good.
Guys and Dolls – A Class Act
I had the great pleasure, on Saturday night, to see Guys and Dolls. This being the latest production by the Stage One Youth Theatre Group. This group never cease to amaze. Although they are, by definition, an amateur group their productions are anything but. The members of the cast range in age from 8 to 18 and they are perhaps the most enthusiastic group that I have ever encountered.
Anyone who has ever trod the boards will know how daunting it can be to step out in front of an audience. The members of this group seem to overcome any reservations and burst onto stage if not with broad smiles on their faces then with a gleam in their eyes.
Guys an Dolls was no exception. Although this was not perhaps their best ever production, it was right up there with the best.Certain aspects of this production were a bit shaky and there were a couple of bum notes from the orchestra. The highlights of the show, for me, were the performance from Megan Healy as Miss Adelaide, Sam Ring as Sky Masterson, Natasha Brown as Sarah Brown and James Lawbuary as Arvide Abernathy. All managed to sing and act at the same time with particularly strong vocal performance from Ring and Brown. All in all it was an exuberant show and most of the audience that I observed when leaving were in high spirits, with smiles of pleasure on their faces.
Over the years I have seen many Stage One performances including Les Miserables, Oliver, Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, Oklahoma, Bugsy Malone and Me & My Girl. As you can see from this list they do not shy away from the more complex productions. These shows have moved me through the whole gamut of emotions, from tears to full belly laughs. To my way of thinking these productions are great value for money. Where else can you be entertained with music and action from the West End shows without having to pay West End prices.
A beer before the show, and ice cream in the interval, brilliant entertainment and NO ADVERTS. Top Class
Bewildering light bulbs that cost up to four times as much as standard one
As one who has been affected in a less than positive way by this less than enlightened legislation I read this article with great interest and agree with just about everything that it says.
Something not touched on though, is the great variation in the start-up times of some of these new bulbs. Most don’t reach their full lighting potential until they have been on for a period of time.
Not a good thing if you are passing through a room on your way to, perhaps , the bathroom in the middle of the night. You hit the switch and instead of the old “instant” bright light created by the traditional bulb what you are presented with is a sepia version. Everything bathed in a dull albeit warm glow.
Surely, if you are vision impaired in any way, this is a safety issue.
Many of us have set routines when we get up to go to work in the morning. Part of my wifes routine is to do her hair in front of the long mirror in our hallway. She used to just walk out there turn on the light then do her hair. Now due to the time it takes our energy-efficient bulb to get to full power she turns the light on before going for her shower. By the time she is ready to do her hair the bulb is bright enough.
Is this really saving energy ? The bulb is now turned on for longer than the old style bulb would have been !!!
The government and the lighting industry as a whole have made a huge error with this switch over.
Another instance of the British citizens being shafted by the EU and our government allowing it to happen.
Bewildering light bulbs that cost up to four times as much as standard one | Mail Online.
British Government Has Selective Hearing Problem
The British government is displaying the symptoms of an acute case of selective hearing. They were quick enough to climb down when the people resisted their plans to privatize the nations forests. They showed that they were listening and despite the huge embarrassment they backed down, reversed their decision.
Shame that they don’t exhibit the same degree of listening ability when it comes to something which is much more worrisome. They seem not to be able to hear all the voices that are saying that the government have got it wrong regarding the mothballing of our ships and planes. Read any of the online articles associated with the defense cuts, then read the comments attached to those articles. Pretty much, without exception, they are saying that the government has got it wrong. They are saying that these cuts will leave us exposed and unable to respond to emergency situations.
I would have thought that all the unrest throughout the middle east would be prompting them to rethink their defense strategy. Yet they show no signs of reversing or even slowing down the rate at which they are decimating our armed forces.
Come on Mr Cameron, its time to wake up and listen to the advise that you are being given. Don’t leave it until there is no way to recover.
The link below is to a copy of a letter sent to David Cameron by military experts and retired commanders warning of the risks posed to British forces by the Strategic Defence Spending Review.
Military experts’ warning over defence spending review – Telegraph.
Another Benefit Farce
Yet again our benefits system is failing the honest British tax payer.
I have just read about a woman who is pregnant with her 17th child.
That’s right17th
And who is paying for all these kids ? You and me, that’s who.
This leech on society is pulling in the equivalent of £42k.
Why is this allowed to happen ?
Who monitors and regulates the claims ?
At the very least this fat cat should have been spayed.
Malvern Primary School health and safety brigade ban footballs in the playground
This is the “nanny-state” gone mad. What do these people think they are doing ?
Our children are being so cocooned that they have no sense of excitement or adventure.
So far we have no school trips, no sports fields, no conkers, no footballs, no snowballs……. etc. etc. Pretty soon we won’t be allowed to send the kids to school because it will be too risky.
After all they might strain themselves picking up a pencil. Oh I forgot, they won’t be allowed pencils because they are dangerous, too sharp.
Malvern Primary School health and safety brigade ban footballs in the playground | Mail Online.
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