Theresa May, UK, Home Secretary finished her speech to the Police Federation in Bournemouth by telling the federation: 'You are the finest police officers in the world and I trust you to get the job done.'
She could have added, "but I'm still taking £4000 off your salary this year, despite telling you for months that this Government would not make cuts in Police Budgets."
No one applauded an...
You know when something so British is happening when the Americans take leave of their senses and devour every last morsel of Royal Wedding news. Sometimes our American cousins appear to be more British than the British.
And, the UK media is swamped by non stories.
That wedding dress, the bride's mother wearing a hat, will she, won't she? The bride's father pays £4000 for a family Coat of A...
There is nothing remotely humourous about being Secretary of State for Defence.
It really isn't funny being Defence Secretary with two aircraft carriers on order but with no planes to fly off said carriers.
Neither is it funny when your department sacks 42 Warrant Officers by email. Even less funny that one WO received the email while on active duty.
It definitely is not a laughing matter...
A few days in the sun must have sounded like a good idea after Coalition UK for call me Dave.
As he enjoyed his world statesman games in Cairo, what did Dave not know? Call him naive or badly advised, but as the Gadaffi's were shooting their own people next door in Libya, some bright spark noticed Dave's travelling companions.
Dave had taken along, on his tour of the Arabian countries, some...
We have been told, time and time again, that the Libyan bomber was released on humanitarian grounds by the Scottish Government.
Today, this turns up:
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It is difficult to imagine how the relatives of those lost feel. If true, it is, the Labour Government and the Scottish Government, saying to the bereaved that the death of their family and friends is an acceptable...
Born in the USA and via Denmark, Heidi has become an Internet sensation. She's crosseyed and an Opossum but will give those Giant Pandas, destined for Edinburgh Zoo a good run in the popularity stakes.
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She's so cute and endearing, she might even be as big a star as Knut, the polar bear or Paul the Octopus. Perhaps Heidi will pick the winners of future World Cup, or will her eyes deceiv...
Top Ten Norfolk and good
In no particular order
The Scottish soccer team
The Engerland soccer team
The Engerland 3 lions World Cup bid losers
The snow and ice
Cheryl Cole miming
The UK coalition government - had to be in there somewhere
The Irish bailout
The subsidy of £100bn to HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and Barclays
The very low Interest Rates (If you've got money in the bank you're a loser...
BBC Radio 4 presenter, James Naughtie makes an arse of himself, live on air.
The Today show is a "must listen to" for politicos and those waking up with their morning coffee.
How many, then, must have choked on their coffee when the very naughty, Mr Naughtie said this: naughtie man.
No, there is no doubt, he definitely said it. It is to be hoped that the presenter finds himself alternati...
In case you are not aware, the UK government has issued a D notice which simply means that anyone in the UK, needs to ask permission of the tragic Tories and chums, to read US information. Aimed at Wikileaks, latest release of millions of US documents, these D notices are intended to prevent UK residents reading goodness knows what.
What is a D notice?
Issuing D notices is a rare tool used b...
This morning's Irish Daily Star led with the front page blaring out, "Utter Gobshites."
How angry can you be to use such language against your own Government?
Perhaps this gentleman is the perfect example of controlled anger.
what RTE cut off last night that has angered the Irish
Perhaps we can say that the Irish are justifiably angry?
What, then, should we say about Mr Godfrey B...
A news item on UK TV in the past half hour about the success of Susan Boyle has perplexed Australian fans visiting the UK.
They wonder why Susan is interviewed half hiding behind her front door?
They point out that Susan has done what only the Beatles have succeeding in doing before her. She is topping the album charts in the UK and the USA. This is only her second album and the second time...
Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer, has now topped the album charts, simultaneously, in the UK and the USA.
To be precise, Susan has done this, not once but twice in the space of a year: first with the "I Dreamed a Dream" album and now with her follow up album, "The Gift."
Does that make Susan as successful as the Beatles, as some are claiming in the media? Not really, there is no comparison...
Susan Boyle has not been an interesting interviewee. That is, until tonight, on ITV.
Many of Susan's most fanatical followers will disagree with that first sentence but they are wrong.
Susan gave a fascinating interview, in which she told her story, her trials and tribulations and her explanation of her behaviour through good and bad times.
We had a glimpse of her younger life and signifi...
We are probably all aware that before she became a world wide success, Susan Boyle lived on Welfare Benefits and lived in the family home, alone, the only home she had ever known. Through no fault of her own Susan lived in diminished circumstances. She was born, by her own admission, with slight learning difficulties and nursed her elderly mother.
There are many like Susan throughout the UK. T...
Susan Boyle has told Oprah, in an interview, that being bullied made her feel like she wasn't loved.
The Scottish singer talked candidly about the bullying that she had to endure at school and through her life. At last, in her late forties, she has opened up and shared her innermost thoughts on her treatment at the hands of the bullies.
Susan appeared relaxed and comfortable during the inter...
It's been almost a year since Susan Boyle released her debut album, "I Dreamed a Dream." Susan is about to give the world her new album, "The Gift."
The Scottish singer gave us a preview of the album with a performance of Crowded House's, "Don't Dream It's Over" on the Oprah Show this week.
Singing with a very big choir, (were they supposed to be angels?), Susan's performance was understated...
In the Big Brother house all is not as it seems. It may always have been this way but now it appears to be very odd.
Salt & Pepper has entered the house and is causing uproar. Talking straight and ruffling a few feathers he has them all dead set against him. Now, he has managed, by sheer ingenuity, to prevent 4 of his fiercest critics nominating him for eviction next week. I guess he should...
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I would like to ask someone in the damned ConDemned coalition why am I paying to fly the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Business Class to the Far East?
Did he not say, only days ago that it would be Economy or Second Class only?
What are we supposed to believe from these gangsters? Perhaps the demise of Mr Laws frees Mr Osborne from their...
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Why is Nick Clegg looking so glum? He sits next to his new best friend, the Prime Minister, at PMQ's but he does not appear to participate.
The Prime Minister throws his old Etonian jokes back at the Labour Party and sometimes the jokes are funny. Nick doesn't laugh. Is he playing both sides at the same time?
Perhaps he is still hiding his fu...
The Prime Minister showed his contempt for an elector today. A perfectly reasonable woman, in Rochdale, asked him some relevant questions.
The lady even said she would still vote Labour. What does Gordon do - he calls the lady a "bigoted woman" in his car. The mic was still on and obviously transmitting. Now he is being pinned to the wall by Jeremy Vine on radio.
The poor woman is dreadfully...
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I hope that it is acceptable to the Editor to quote a line written by Chris James as my headline. I applaud his excellent article on our brave soldiers.
Our brave young men are fighting a war thousands of mile away from home. Some will lose their lives and many will be physicaly injured. Others will suffer from mental health problems. The young soldier who could not forget killing one other man...