whitewash alert:

Sir John Chilcot to launch Iraq war inquiry.

This bloke has 'previous.' He worked on the Butler Inquiry in 2004, so don't expect an outcome that will indicate our glorious political leaders made any mistakes whatsoever.

new labour delusions

Delusional Darling believes Labour "can and will win" the next election.

Nurse! Nurse! Quick, the straight jacket.

bnp devoid of brit grit stiff upper lip

Richard Barnbrook, the BNP London Assembly member, is off work sick.

His bottom lip began to quiver uncontrollably as the hearing into an allegation that he brought his office into disrepute was about to begin.

So showing a true lack of Brit Grit he visited his GP and was signed off for two weeks due to 'stress.'

Where is your stiff upper lip Barnbrook?

eat my words

Well done England, and especially Mr Flintoff - being proven wrong has never tasted so sweet.

mayoral reply

Yesterday I received this reply, from Mayor Davies, to my email of the 8th June.

Thank you for your email, and for taking the time to contact me. I apologise for the delay in responding to you.

The Local Government and Housing Act 2007 introduced a number of changes that affected the operation of the governance of local authorities. These included the requirements for a referendum about a change from an elected Mayor to another form of leadership known as the executive.

The requirements for elected Mayors, and other forms of executive, are contained in the Local Government Act 2000. The 2007 Act makes the changes by amending the existing provisions in the 2000 Act. In Section 69 of the 2007 Act, Section 45 of the Local government Act 2000 is amended, limiting any local authority in England to having no more than one referendum in a 10 year period. This was originally five years. In addition, Section 64 of the 2007 Act adds a new Section 33G to the 2000 Act which provides that should a change of governance be approved in an authority which has an elected Mayor, the change can only be implemented three days after the date on which the next Mayoral election would have taken place, at the time the resolution was passed.

As the Council held a referendum on the 20th September 2001, the earliest date on which a further referendum can be held is the 20th September 2011, and any changes arising from the referendum could not be implemented until May 2013, when the next Mayoral election is due to take place.

Regards

Peter Davies
Mayor of Doncaster

bye bye freddy

Andrew 'Freddy' Flintoff is calling it a day for Test match cricket.

Good, and personally I wouldn't pick him for any of the remaining Ashes Tests. He's an average all rounder, and as the 'new' Botham, he's been a failure.

He has been designated as England's 'talisman' in recent years, and even had a couple of good seasons, but all in all he's never been a match winner. 75 Tests, batting average 31, bowling 32, only 5 centuries and just two 5 wicket hauls - certainly not much evidence of someone who can affect the outcome of a Test match there.

So bye bye Freddy, go back to your money making IPL contract and make a load of dosh whilst they still believe the hype that surrounds you.

swearing helps reduce pain

A study by Keele University researchers found volunteers who cursed at will could endure pain nearly 50% longer than civil-tongued peers.

Thank fuck for that, my twatting back hurts like a fucking bastard.

There, that's better.

foxtons guilty of sneaky grasping greed

Foxtons have been found guilty of sneaky grasping greedy practice in a case taken by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Perhaps time for another Class War picket.

drax 29

The Drax 29, including two Theos, a Felix, Bertie, Robin, Oliver, Jasmin and a Clemmie.

At first I thought;

Heirs to Thatcher's legacy - middle class interfering self appointed saviour bastards who wish to destroy the UK's coal industry - i.e. finishing the job that the old witch began.

But perhaps my mining village working class chip is showing.

Are the climate campers right, or does coal as an energy source, via clean coal technology, have a future - as I believe?

Or more to the point, are human beings, however well intentioned, capable of controlling the Earth's climate by the measures proposed by Theo, Bertie and Felix?

independence from america day

Unfortunately Clare Short will be there.

I've only ever been to one of these demos, pacifist demonstration organised by a Quaker, and there was at least one copper in attendance for every two demonstrators - and plenty of guns, horses and cameras by the dozen. Talk about over-reaction.

freddy patel suspended

Freddy Patel, the cops' favourite tame pathologist, who said Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes at the G20 protests has been suspended from an official government register and is under two separate investigations into his professional conduct.

I wonder if he'll eventually be charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, or will his defence of incompetence be enough to exonerate him?

u-turn davies

Another U-turn by Mayor Davies, this time he's back tracking over his promise to shelve the Civic and Cultural Quarter scheme.

I wonder how many of his election pledges he'll keep.

Is anyone keeping count?

squirm little piggy

According to an article in today's Guardian,

A senior police officer who investigated the death of Ian Tomlinson told his family that the officer who struck him at the G20 demonstrations could have been a member of the public "dressed in police uniform"

Obviously the dozy cop had not seen all the photographic that is now available, but blood and sand, did he really expect this excuse to have any appearance of validity?

Protest/demo police routinely and arbitrarily batter anyone who takes their fancy, as any senior cop knows.

However, if this excuse had been given any credence, it would have been the perfect defence for all future police assaults.