Good Luck Selina


Yes,  good luck to Selina Scott and her campaign to out the ageist element of the media industry. We have lost many of our most popular TV presenters from both the News and Entertainment sectors for no other reason than they have passed an unwritten but illegal age limit.

Have the same insidious rules been applied to their male colleagues ? No they have not.

Selina won her case against Channel 5 and the BBC has a case currently outstanding against them.

Lets hope the beeb and similar organisations wake up and realise that they are wasting the talent that is available to them and they are alienating their public.

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World Cup Referee – Who Wants The Job


Poor Howard Webb. Who, with hind sight, would want his job this last Sunday ?

He was always, rightly or wrongly, going to carry some blame regarding the losing team. However, the Dutch resembled the Mongol Hordes being led by Genghis Kahn. Their brutal tactics should have resulted in more of their team being sent packing. The Dutch should think themselves lucky that some of their players aren’t being prosecuted for assault.

I guess Mr Webb will be striking Holland off his potential holiday destination list.

Since posting, I have read this article from the Mail Online. It makes and interesting read.

What Message Does This Send


The Good News is that the  “Barefoot Bandit” , Colton Harris-Moore, has been caught in Bahamas.

The Bad News is that some idiotic movie director wants to make a film his story.

What message does this send ? I am sure that there will be a queue of imbeciles lining up to see if they can outdo Harris-Moore and get themselves a portion of the notoriety and possibly money.

This guy is a tosser. They should lock him up and throw away the key. Give him the film director for company.

Way To Go Webber


Well done Mark Webber, winner of the British Grand Prix.

Despite what appears to be less than full support of the Red Bull Team. Seems to me Christian Horner still has his work cut out for him trying to smooth ruffled feathers within the team.

Oh and well done to Hamilton and Button respectively for their efforts during the race.

Bleeding Hearts for Moat


Christ it makes me so angry.

Here we have an abusive, violent man, Raoul Moat, who has shot and killed. Who is threatening initially to kill more police and then suggests that he will also turn on the general public.

Now that he has topped himself we have all the bleeding hearts crawling out of the woodwork. Claiming he was misunderstood, claiming that it was the authorities fault, claiming the police could have apprehended him sooner. I have also heard members of the media saying it made them feel uncomfortable watching the last few hours of Moats freedom. Then, to top it all Moats brother is claiming it was like watching a “public execution”.

What a load of emotive twaddle.  Shame on you who believe him to be a hero.

Moat crossed the line and we should all think ourselves lucky that nobody else but him was injured or killed.

Well Done Spain


Congratulations to Spain on their World Cup win –  May the Fiesta never stop

It is inevitable that there will be post-mortem after post-mortem and there are already comments coming from the Dutch camp that the ref was biased.

Come on guys you are supposed to be sportsmen so act like it and give Spain their moment.

So I say once again…..

CONGRATULATIONS TO SPAIN

Coward


So Moat topped himself.

Wasn’t this the guy that shouted out that he wasn’t a coward. Yet he shot unarmed people and finally has topped himself.

Isn’t that the cowards way out ?

Sweltering


Here we are, nearly 10:30 and it’s already 33 degC in the conservatory with all the doors and windows open. Forecast for this area is 24 degC today.

I am leaking like a sieve…no need to have a hose pipe ban. I reckon I can keep the reservoirs topped up all by my self.

Who To Support This Weekend ?


What a quandary ? Who do I support ? No I’m not talking about the World Cup. What a fiasco that has been for England. No I am talking about something that may well see a Brit winning.

Yes its F1 at Silverstone this weekend so who do I want to win, Button or Hamilton or even Webber ?

Obviously as a Brit I would like to see either Button or Hamilton win both this race and the championship. However, I also have great admiration for Webber and feel he would have been World Champion if not for some incredible bad luck.

Despite the fact that he is an Ozzie it is nice to see 3 Union Flags on the podium even if one of them is only in the corner of the Ozzie flag. And when you look back over the season so far the Union Flag has been on the podium for every race.

So come on you guys make Silverstone a hat trick of Union Flags. I’ll leave it to you to sort out the order.