Baroness Warsi Puts the Boot In!
Baroness Warsi is reported on the BBC as condemning in the strongest terms the child abuse of white girls by a minority of Pakistani men. I am very much behind her views, as child abuse is child abuse no matter who does it. It can never be excused under any circumstances.
I would however question the views of some that should know better, who have done little to follow up complaints or condemn the proven abuse.
Let’s hope too, that Baroness Warsi and others, like Jack Straw and Trevor Phillips, keep the pressure up, as only by a concerted and forceful campaign will we stamp this vile practice out for good.
Made In Eccles and Protecting The Olympic Flame
The problem is how do you transport an Olympic flame from Greece to the UK.
The answer is you use a version of the Davy lamp, developed by Sir Humphry Davy and others in the first two decades of the nineteenth century.
A Miners Safety Lamp Made in Eccles
All proper Davy lamps are made in Eccles and my version in the picture is an earlier version of that used for the Olympics. They use a modified version of the 6S lamp. Mine is a version 6 and it was bought in a junk shop in Liverpool.
If you want to find out more about the lamp used, there’s a lot of information here on the maker’s web site.
Sir Humphry must be laughing his socks off in his grave. Especially, as this year’s Olympic Torch Relay will start in Cornwall, the county of his birth.
Burglars Pick On Wrong Pensioner
Two thugs hit Michael Mather, 77, over the head and tried to burgle him. But they had done their research badly and hadn’t found out he’d sparred with Henry Cooper and the Krays. They didn’t come out of it well, as the Standard reports.
Greece Runs Out of Umbrellas
Poor Greece! They thought they’d stage a spectacular ceremony for the handover of the flame. And guess what? It rains!
They’re now giving a demonstration of what a tenor sounds like in the rain!
Lord Howe Says We Should Metricate
Lord Howe is being quoted in an article on the BBC, that we should complete metrication of the UK before the Olympics.
He’s right of course!
I never use Imperial units and even have a steel tape, that has no Imperial on it.
Councils Told Not to Bank at Santander
Kent County Council have moved their money away from Santander according to this report. The Times is also reporting that councils should move money away from Spanish banks.
Probably this advice should be heeded by us all.
A Fat Tax
Dr. Mike Rayner of Oxford University is proposing a fat tax. BBC Breakfast had that obese size awareness campaigner to put the other side.
Surely, they could find someone more attractive for this time in the morning, or are they all like that in the North.
I have been for a fat tax for years, and we should follow Denmark and France.
On the other hand, we could have a tax-back scheme, where if you have a yearly check-up by your doctor and he thinks you’re saving the NHS money, you get an extra tax allowance.
I notice by the way, that the obese lady was called Fatima. How appropriate! Could that be the cause of herr problems, as she was teased badly by her classmates at schoo.
Ian Fleming Would Have Been Amused
It is being reported in the Evening Standard tonight, that James Bond will be knighted by the Queen and then will help to launch the Olympic Games. No doubt, Danny Boyle’s short film that shows this, will of course be narrated by Henry Blofield, who is the son of Ian’s friend, Tom Blofield, who is often said to have lent his surname to Bond’s arch-enemy, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
C used to appear in front of Henry Blofield’s brother, John, who used to be a judge in Norwich. He was one of her favourite judges.
We also bought a house from Daniel Craig’s stepfather, Maxwell Blond.
But all this is just a typical Fleming plot!
An Appropriate Punishment for Mr. Brooks
There has been a straw poll of horses in Lambourn about what would be an appropriate punishment for Mr. Brooks, if he should be found guilty.
Ninety percent said he should be gelded. The rest said neigh.
The Cambridge Guided Duckway
I found this report about the Cambridge Busway.
The Anonymous Widower 