From My Thumb

I mentioned briefly in a previous blog that a mother had become so harrassed by yobs outside her house and she received no assistance from the police or the council.In desperation (bearing in mind that Mrs Pilkington was not a strong person), she set fire to her car with her daughter and herself inside. Today an inquest was held and some of the shocking truth came out: A council official who visited the Pilkingtons had inadequate notes on his visit and found nothing extra-ordinary (Mrs P. Had contacted the authorities 22 times with no real result). According to the News the coroner shook his head in amazement.

These deaths could have been avoided if Mrs. Pilkington's cries for help had been heeded. I am reminded horribly of the Baby P. case caused by a complete lack of 'proper interest'.

The words 'proper interest' lie embedded in the adequate lack of supervision by those who should show interest and be prepared to act:Social services, medical experts and the police.

The words encompass huge responsibility and in many cases, as above, responsibility is lacking. Vital responsibility means caring for the needy, suffering, broken and lost. It seems to me that there was a breakdown on every side (I still await the view of the coroner on the role of the police). The problem must lie at the top and,I believe, there are many dis-interested people out there in command.

For a council official to provide vague notes that caused a coroner to squirm, is only half the story. Who checked on him? What was his superior doing? Why was there no action after 22 complaints?
Some dogs receive better treatment than these victims. There is definitely something rotten in the "state of Denmark."

The senile Ex-President ,Jimmy Carter, has blamed Barack Obama for a racist backlash in the USA. I am not quoting but basically he said that now was not the time for a black President. The Southerner Carter, who has done many good deeds since leaving the Presidency, is now showing his true Georgia roots. Mr Carter should consider that Obama is a not a racist nor does he incite racism---he is simply trying to bring together an America sullied by the Strom Thurmonds and others who encouraged divisions between black and white. It is early days yet and I suggest Carter start planning his Mausoleum rather than implanting Georgia values into condemnation of a new President.

President Ahmedinejad of Iran has again asserted that the Holocaust was a lie. This ,of course, is his infamous Israel-baiting proclamation that he brings up every year.He definitely has inside information that the rest of the World does not have access to. Let us ask him some questions (I'm wasting my time, I know):
-In an amazing feat of time warp you accompanied US troops into Bergen-Belsen,Treblinka and Auswictz. You found nothing out of the ordinary?
-You also saw crematoriums and gas chambers used for dead pets.Yes?
-You have erratic Maths skills and cannot count beyond 100.Nicht Waar?

Only good Presidents back up their remarks with facts. This poor idiot is so biased that he probably cannot spell Holocaust. Enough said.

If you are a recently divorced rich tart and sleeping with a kung-fu fighter (or is that cage boxer or even a zoo exhibit), and everyone has beaten the shit out of you and said cage boxer, your name tends to fade from the pages of the Sun, what on earth is a girl to do? You bring up a years old rape case to keep the momentum going and you exhibit your horses. Jordan may be a exhibitionist but you have to give the girl her due---huge tits got it going and said mammaries still have a lot of work to do.

Our great police force has saved thousands of lives by putting the plane bombers behind bars. Could they now please exert some control over all the yobs who make the lives of many Britons a misery? A mother and her daughter, exhausted, frustrated, depressed by yob assaults set their car alight and committed suicide. I reserve comment as the investigation is not complete.But what if it is true? Are the yobs taking over Britain? Let's see in two years time?

My feelings are so mixed up and one part of me says let El Megrahi die in jail. On the other hand, bearing all the Lockerbie concerns, anger, in mind, I wonder, seeing the papers today with the man only having days to live (if it is true), I have to stick to my Christian principles and believe that he should die in peace surrounded by his family.

The main question is: Would everyone be satisfied if he had died in prison or would there be any satisfaction at all if he dies in Libya. Is there a difference? The anguish, pain, outrage, grieving will continue long after this sick terrorist dies. The pain cannot be erased even though one of the perpetrators is dead. I also believe that he is not the only one involved---it is a pity that no-one has caught/identified the others involved.

As I said I have such mixed feelings. Was he the perpetrator or was he just a cog in a large gear system? I wonder if the truth will ever be told!

"Hello, Is that the Libyan Embassy?"
"Yesa sir, Salaam. Can I help you?"
" My name is McGee and I need a visa to enter your country to work."
" Visa procedures very difficult--you must apply six months in advance, sir."
" Even as a British citizen?"
" Yes, definitely. Where are you born sir.?
"Scotland, UK."
" No visa for Scottish people needed sir."
"You mean I can just fly in?"
" Of course, no visa for Scottish people needed. Scottishland very great."
" Just bring my passport then?"
" Certainly, but please bring flag for me and Haddis."
"You mean Haggis?
'Yes, great Scottish delicacy similar to Libyan sheep stuffing."
"Thank you. I shall be there soon."
" Just ask for first class seat--no problem. Don't forget flag for me."
"Thank you very much."

An astute judge voices the truth by saying that Immigration is the main cause of crime and the increase in welfare benefits.He is condemned
Somalian and Eritrean and Nigerians and God knows who else walk into Britain ,commit crimes, set up gangs and live on Welfare. These people are refugees, so they say, and live off the fat of the land while trading drugs, perpetrating criminal acts and using the "new country" to further nefarious ends.We are called racist for pointing fingers.
A mother and two men abuse a baby so violently that it is a wonder he survived so long. Social services and police do not know what a broken back is. Some doctors missed the injuries too! Who the hell can we rely on to protect us?
A 43 year old father has his face smashed beyond recognition by two drunken yobs who cannot remember what happened. The yobs grow--the police falter. In fact they're too busy spying on normal people with their cameras and recruited neighbours. While your wheelie bin and dog poop spies and speed cameras are out on patrol, who had a camera on baby P.?
The crime rate in Britain is reported in the news as worse than in South Africa. It is a disgrace.
Let me end this vitriolic tirade by telling some home truths:
-Our police do a fine job but are hampered by government regulations.
-Our border police cannot distinguish between a real passport and a fake one.
-Our courts are "shit scared" to deport anyone because they, poor things, may suffer persecution in their homeland.
-Our welfare system hands out benefits to illegal immigrants but we have two million plus unemployed. I'll bet their little jobless benefit from the jobcentre (lower case because because they are the laziest,unsympathetic lot in Britain) comes nowhere near a fat family of five from Nigeria who have just bought a plasma TV. Sorry Nigerians but you are well known as the most corrupt people in Africa. Take me to court!
-It is not going to get better and I'll tell you why: The Government cannot govern and they cannot recover from a legacy left since the sixties. They are helpless, too conservative and too damn incapable of solving problems. They have also become so conservative in their approach to laws. Let me sum it up: THERE IS NO-ONE IN GOVERNMENT WHO CAN UNDO THE HARM CAUSED BY PREVIOUS LAWMAKERS!

Enoch Powell was right --and Britain will be a black nation in 20 years time. No offence intended but Britain is not in Africa!

Sir John Chilcot seems to be a reasonable man and hopefully, one without bias or discrimination. He has spoken of candour and fairness and we all hope the inquiry into the reasons for the Iraq war will be exposed.

Let us not fool ourselves though. If he does not come up with the real reasons for the start of this war, then he will be hiding behind a curtain of gross lies and the incompetence of World leaders.I hope to see in his final report the following:

1. An complete or incomplete assessment of Saddam's weapons of destruction.
2. A biased report by the military on every level of the WMD Saddam had in his arsenal.
3. A concerted effort by the triumvirate plus one to convince the public that Saddam was a threat to World security (Yes, they had not yet confronted Iran's intentions)
4. A complete failure to prepare Iraq for a post-Saddam era.
5. A complete failure to ensure the safety of Iraqui citizens.
6. A complete failure of planning on every aspect of an Iraq after the war. Here they failed badly.
7. A deliberate attempt to bring Britain into a war badly planned and conceived.

Here are the names of the triumvrate plus one.

-Tony Blair
-George W. Bush
-Donald Rumsfeld
-Dick Cheney.

If the actions of these men are not included in the inquiry, then I suggest that the inquiry will be flawed.

Now this a new experience for David Beckham---Booed by his former team as he returned.

Our David took it on the chin like the professional he is. He could show the finger to LA Galaxy if he wanted to but, professional to the hilt, David mostly ignored it.

Jeepers, don't these stupid yanks realise that nothing is going to phase Beckham? I use the word "stupid" liberally as I know some good Yankees. But, really LA Galaxy is not Real Madrid or Blackburn Rovers. In fact they're on a par with Norwich when it comes to performance. And, if I'm being honest, this team, like the losers in any American game, eat sour grapes instead of getting on with the job. Who the hell is Donovan anyway? He pales against Beckham---he pales against most top players.

He is, to be honest, an arsehole.The problem lies deeper than the LA Lakers themselves. It lies with yanks who have no professionalism and no team spirit.

Ignore them David. They're not all like that but many think they're "bulls". Bullshit.

We all have views on the weekly news so I hope my friend Ian will forgive me if I mimic but take a different trail.

Here's the funniest of all: North Korea hacks into S. Korea's computers and some US sites as well. That is quite amazing. Apart from a million man army and millions of other peasants subsisting on gruel (while the mighty leader fires off missiles once a week), I did not realise that they have computers in North Korea. You know--dirty US porn, Macdonalds ads, Will & Grace---quite disgusting to country with dead sex(as opposed to live sex with Megan Fox inspiring and rushing blood in wrong way to glorious troops).

There is only one TV channel and it reminds me of those Arabian channels that chant the Koran all day, every day. I do not know what the North Koreans chant but they sure as hell don't have Pamela Anderson as their Goddess! 1 in 5000 gruel eating peasants have a TV and they must be bored out of their skulls. Miraculously when the the glorious leader, Kim Jong Il, comes on TV 5001 TVs light up and the rice tastes sweeter.

And the hackers? Imagine a dungeon with stolen US equipment and a 12 volt battery powering up a (stolen) server. I shall translate from North Korean for you:
"Ah, we have a link to Seoul. Scramble all codes."
" Scrambling all codes, sir."
" What codes did you scramble?"
" Black House, Octagon, beach hut in coast."
" You fool: White House, Pentagon, Govt. headquarters, Seoul"
"Sorry honorable captain, battery now flat."

Yes, it is more serious than this scenario but one wonders if the North Koreans really have the capacity to hack at will. If they do, we shall have to find answers.

Dear Alan,
Congratulations on becoming Home Secretary. I hope that you will heed some of my advice although I am just a layman.

I live in Egypt (Cairo) and I would like you to know that, although Egypt is a developing country, no foreigner may enter Egypt without a proper visa . He can be Arab, African, Roumanian, Russian or even British. There are no "ifs" or "buts" here. When you enter Egypt you receive a visa for one month---if you wish to extend this visa you have to visit a grey, unwelcoming building called the Mogama. If you are no longer a tourist after one month, and cannot prove that you have an employer's backing, you are arrested and thrown out of the country.You may not try to pull the wool over the eyes of the people at Mogama---unlike many Egyptians they accept no bribes or whining.

What you need is a Mogama: a computer is anathema to them but the checks on immigrants go from a courteous smile to another man, another woman, another man, and so on. If you are illegal, you are illegal and your famous Ghana personality gets nowhere.

You could learn from this Mr Johnson, before the Birmingham et al figures rise from 50% immigrants to 70%.

After all, whose country is it?

Oh, Dear, by the time this short column is finished our Wee Gordon may have lost more than 4 ministers , local elections by the score and still be hanging on with his Scottish Terrier teeth. I cannot think of any other cabinet crumbling like a Hob Nob since Major's time. Sir John, of course, crumbled while enjoying the sweet delights of Edwina Currie---what a way to go. Unfortunately OOR WEE Gordon has no such distractions. Actually he has: Hazel of the Orange Angels has roared off into the sunset on her Harley; Jacqui is hiding in a video shop;John Hutton is weeping waterfalls as he departs and Ed Purnell, who is a capable sort, turned out to be a snake in the grass.

Gordon hangs on with tenacity and has told Ed Balls to wait for the Chancellorship (perhaps Ed, an arsecreeper of renown, will have to wait). His handling of childrens' affairs falls far short of protecting young ones. Dear Darling is saved, for now.

The new Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, who embraced Education and was spurned----mainly because he knew bugger -all about it, is no less equipped than Jacqui Smith---God help us. If he tightens up the borders I'll forgive him.

It's Guy Fawkes night in June. Who is going to be the Guy? Seriously, the cabinet is a mess, the opposition is gaining local election seats and King Cameron is now becoming a serious threat!