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Jul. 20th, 2007 09:37 am[spologies for lack of links - just read all these on Ceefax, and can't be bothered to chase them up]
No charges to be brought in Cash for Honours investigation. Another great use of public money and private influence there then - I would call the whole thing Machiavellkian, except that Machiavelli positedf a Government that actually worked
Severe weather warnings for most of UK today. Well, that should do for our third night's performance then...
Childline calling in extra staff shifts to cope with calls surge when Potter book released. Try as I might to make allowances for the feelings of the little darlings, I can't help feeling that:
i) when the repellent Esther Rantzen launched Childline, the emphasis was on helping children in trouble (at which it has been a colossal success, I believe). Children upset by stories didn';t come high on the list of priorities.
ii) more generally, one of the things this society is dangerously bad at these days is instuilling an understanding of the difference between fact and fiction. You can see this in the fretting about violence on TV, the "extreme images" pornmography rules which have so many people here up in arms, and in stories like this. Admittedly, in a country where it is deemed unexceptional for a man to endure the death of a loved one with silent stoicism, but weep when England get knocked out of the World Cup, what can we expect?
In more personal news, eating a spicy pizza at half midnight last night has predictable effects on my digestive system. Ouch.
No charges to be brought in Cash for Honours investigation. Another great use of public money and private influence there then - I would call the whole thing Machiavellkian, except that Machiavelli positedf a Government that actually worked
Severe weather warnings for most of UK today. Well, that should do for our third night's performance then...
Childline calling in extra staff shifts to cope with calls surge when Potter book released. Try as I might to make allowances for the feelings of the little darlings, I can't help feeling that:
i) when the repellent Esther Rantzen launched Childline, the emphasis was on helping children in trouble (at which it has been a colossal success, I believe). Children upset by stories didn';t come high on the list of priorities.
ii) more generally, one of the things this society is dangerously bad at these days is instuilling an understanding of the difference between fact and fiction. You can see this in the fretting about violence on TV, the "extreme images" pornmography rules which have so many people here up in arms, and in stories like this. Admittedly, in a country where it is deemed unexceptional for a man to endure the death of a loved one with silent stoicism, but weep when England get knocked out of the World Cup, what can we expect?
In more personal news, eating a spicy pizza at half midnight last night has predictable effects on my digestive system. Ouch.
