The Election (yawn yawn)!!!

So there we have folks. another week another load of political garb!

Margaret Beckett (former Foreign Minister) is to stand for speaker. This comes as little surprise, as she is not known for keeping too quiet as it is.

Gordon Brown is now trying to get a load of changes made in the voting system for the electorate, probably in an attempt to rig it better before the next general election, which people, may not be too far away, so prepare for the usual load of lies to come winging its way through your postbox, e-mail inbox, falling out of newspapers, sitting on the counter at the take-away and distracting you as you are driving! Which of course is less distracting than a mobile phone, as we know!!!!!

Give it a few days or so and the Liberal Democrats will be positively wetting themselves in anticipation of helping Brown to get the reforms through!

The BNP leader Nick Griffin gets a "You're not on the list mate" from the Palace garden party, and pelted with eggs all in the same year! How unlucky are some people??!!

Now on to the main rant of today for most people inside the M25 ring of evil:- The London Underground staff walk-out.

"London in chaos", "London gripped by tube walkout",
"It's quite irritating because I might have to take tomorrow off work if it's going to be as bad as today," said administrative worker Phoebe Wood, 24, who took an hour longer than usual to get in to work. (courtesy Yahoo news)

An hour longer? An hour? Bloody hell, these people have never had to travel in Glasgow on a packed 62 bus on the day of a crucial Old Firm match between Celtic and Rangers. And that is made worse when at Celtic park, as this is on the 62 route! Not pretty I can tell you!

As I mentioned on my good friends facebook status:- "Strikes, weather, what else can cause London to grind to halt, that wouldn't make the blindest bit of difference anywhere else?"
To which was replied "Boris Johnson" but thats a different rant for a different day!

"Adam Tibbalds, a 38-year-old banker, said his journey to the Canary Wharf financial district via riverboat had been delayed due to the sheer number of passengers waiting to get on board.
It does come across as a bit greedy at the moment to ask for a pay rise when every body else is taking pay freezes. I think they have misjudged what the public opinion of that might be," said Tibbalds." ( courtesy Yahoo news)

All I am saying to that is - Pot, Kettle and Black.

And now I leave you with news that 43% of people who currently have no home computer or internet access, would not want it even if it was free!

WALES :- "Students and researchers at Glyndwr University, Wrexham, have developed an intelligent kitchen to help those who have Alzheimer's disease remain in their own home." (BBC news)
Whats it gonna do? Lock and bolt the doors and windows until they have braved the inferno to turn the oven off?

SCOTLAND:- "Customs stopped stun gun import" (BBC news)
I wasn't aware Scotland had any form of border control! The border line was only theoretical in my understanding!

N.IRELAND:- "Incinerator vote may be invalid" (BBC news)
What? No equal voting opportunities for public incinerators now? What kind of a monster has the UK turned into?

ENGLAND:- "Mother 'claimed child is possessed'"
Oh quick, someone fetch a priest! Another child turning into a teenager, mis-understood to be under the influence of Satan!

So there we go friends. Thats my round up for today. Hope you all enjoy the England v Andorra match and catcha soon.

Dave