Darkest Before Dawn

It seems this is doing the rounds of the playgrounds
Tony Blair
You are scum
You stole money from my Mum
Spent in on a bloody war
We don’t like you any more.
Oh it is sung to the tune of “This old man”

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I have just received the BBC news e-mail alert announcing the death of George Best age 59.
It is a sad end to a life that had great talent, although from what was being said this morning at least his suffering of the past few months is over.
I was lucky to see George play for Hibs [...]

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I woke up to the sad news about Rosa Parks this morning BBC News
“Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.” Rosa Parks

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Labour conference organisers are facing complaints they were too heavy handed in throwing out an 82-year-old heckler.
Complaint over heckler treatment
I am appalled by the scenes on TV of 82 year old Walter Wolfgang being bundled out of the Labour Party conference. It was the reaction you expect from a Dictatorship not the British [...]

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This has been the week of the ‘No Crisis Petrol Crisis’ BBC News
The long queues of cars at the petrol stations caused me a major inconvenience as I had to wait for ages to fill up my crate of lemonade bottles, then the staff were really sniffy about selling me a box of matches!
I have [...]

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