Archive for November, 2007
What is a Geronimo ?
November 19th, 2007 | 
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Every year we have our crop of Seagull chicks and I must admit that I am fond of them. By the time we see them, they look as big as an adult although this is really down to their brown, rather downy feathers and can fly quite well. They generally start out as a group of two or three then gradually split up over the months but they are amusing. Just like children, they have enormous curiosity about most things and each, an individual character so that they are great fun to watch as they explore the world around them. Read the rest of this entry »
White Egg, White Paper
I recently wrote a general e-mail to my mates to let them know that I was now posting a blog and the reasons behind it. The following is a quote from that, the comments in brackets were not included, they know all that:
“Not asking for any sympathy here so don’t offer it, the job is the job (looking after my parents in their old age), but obviously in terms of going out and getting intellectual stimulus, things for me at this time are rather restricted so my world has to be the web. And strangely as I keep my technical “skill set” current (my working background being IT), odd coincidences can happen and the results, can be beneficial even under restricted circumstances.” Read the rest of this entry »
Extending the 28 days…
There is absolutely no case for extending detention without charge beyond 28 days and even that (28 days), is questionable in itself. I would suggest that Parliament generally and the Labour Government specifically, have completely failed to grasp the core issues here. Everybody needs to stand back and reassess the whole issue from a different perspective, a perspective of protecting society as best as possible without destroying what you are trying to protect, namely freedom, democracy and the rule of law.
Sparrow Hawks
This is a picture page with explanations but I mainly hope you like the images. Read the rest of this entry »
Growing Old
There is a journalist who writes for the Telegraph named Bryony Gordon, a cheerful and attractive young lady who is not yet thirty. She wrote an interesting article based upon how we treat old people which was occasioned by her own Grandmother having to spend a little time in hospital and her experience of visiting her and observing the other old people there. Read the rest of this entry »
Yes Minister, David Miliband and the EU
Although this entry is also political, my main thrust is about life and having a sense of humour. I will start it with a few things that cause me great amusement and I feel that I might try and share. In the 80′s when Maggie was PM, she was apparently very found of a BBC TV series called “Yes Minister” which was a comedy centred around a Tory Minister “Jim Hacker” and his two closest Civil Servants. Read the rest of this entry »
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Britain and the EU, Different Roads to Travel
Although there may be one or two people who are, there is no xenophobic core of British citizens who “hate” our European neighbours, the majority of us are fond of the variety of customs that we meet there when we travel. Unlike our Fathers and Grandfathers, we come from a generation where “battle” is carried out on Soccer and Rugby pitches and not in mud and blood filled trenches, in this respect we Europeans are inheritors of the peace won then by our forefathers. Read the rest of this entry »
Illegal Immigrants Working in Government Security
It is true that unlike in the distant past, over the past couple of decades the former Home Office had become far too unwieldy for one Government Minister to handle so that the splitting of it into a Home Office and a Justice Ministry probably makes some sense. As both Blunkett and Clarke found out to their personal cost, the Home Office that was had a propensity to spring nasty surprises out of the blue. In this context, the sudden discovery that civilian security jobs and Government clearance to do them, had been given to around 5,000 illegal immigrants is pretty much par for the course.
Gordon Brown Gives His International Vision
Yesterday evening Gordon Brown gave a speech at the Mansion House, an opportunity to lay out his “vision” for Foreign policy directions under a Brown Government. I will not dissect his speech, others may do a better job but, I noticed with some amusement that finally as Prime Minister, he actually wore a white tie whereas previously as Chancellor, he had deliberately dressed down for such events.