George Osborne's standard first class move

• Osborne gets a pleb pass but travels first class. Plebs around the country feel robbed.

George Osborne travelling First class on a standard ticket

Chancellor, George Osborne, worth an estimated £4.6million, today bought a pleb ticket (standard class) but travelled first class.

Unfortunately for Osborne, the Virgin ticket master was one pleb who refused to bow down to the cantankerous demands from one in control of the country's budget, charging  the full ticket fare of £189.50.

We no longer live in the era of "off with their heads" and blind servitude. Serfs now have say in the 21st century too.

What on earth possessed George Osborne to think he could get away with such a cheap stunt? So bold was he in assumptions and delusion of non pleb-grandeur that he sent his assistant to promptly notify the ticket inspector of his actions as he could not be expected to travel in cattle class...with the congregation of plebs.

Is that a message to the rest of the country in this dire economy times; that perhaps we should try to cut corners to get certain benefits?

Big Society...with plebeians on the outside circle.

Pleb Power! former Chief whip whipped into resignation

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A sense of decency has been whipped into the former Chief Whip, as he made the right move resigning over the pleb gate scandal, which has engulfed Downing street over the past four weeks.

The whole country can now rejoice as we see the amalgamation of posh boys slowly disintegrate. Pleb Power! 

From Coulson, Brookes, Mitchell, etc; Cameron's closest drop rapidly like dead flies. What fresh embarrassment for Cameron, whose face remains permanently red from the political faux pas of his comrades- he stands the risk of looking like one inflicted with rosacea.

Lest we forger, this is not an elected government. The Tories did not win the last election. It was a hastily convened alliance, synonymous to a short gun wedding.

Mitchell, in his resignation statement, refutes strongly the allegations he called a policeman a "pleb":

"I have made clear to you – and I give you my categorical assurance again – that I did not, never have and never would call a police officer a ‘pleb’ or a ‘moron’ or used any of the other pejorative descriptions attributed to me. "

This, from a man known for his volatile use of language. and  love of VIP treatment while on foreign trips.

Either Mitchell or the Police are not telling truth. In this instance, each should hold the other accountable for libel and defamation.

Miliband, should perhaps consider a future as a crystal ball reader, after correctly declaring Mitchell as 'toast' during the last PMQs.

Democratic Britain: whereby Prince Charles' letters to government officials banned



"The Prince of Wales is party political neutral. Moreover it is highly important that he is not considered by the public to favour one political party or another." Dominic Grieve, Attorney General.




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The attorney general's decision to block the publication of Prince Charles' letters to senior governmental officials makes a huge mockery of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In fact the move is similar to those found in autocratic regimes, with a poor democracy track record.

Dominic Grieve in his statement said Prince Charles' letters, popularly known in Whitehall as the black spider memos (a  nod to ones scrawling write style which resembles spider legs) were of a "particularly  frank" nature which if revealed, could "undermined his position of political neutrality".

And there you have the riddle of the  great mysterious royal letters, revealed. Is one safe to assume His Neutral Highness has been meddling in affairs of the state?

Oh what would Nana Lizzy say!
You have been a very naughty Prince, and must now be relegated to the back of the stairs obscured from public view. One must now get  ready for kingship.

Dominic Grieve's pretty wordings appears to be nothing more than a shield, protecting Prince Charles and the Royal family, from a tumultuous year of scandals. First the naked prince, then the naked princess and now the potential naked thoughts of a prince?

One must do all in their power, to protect ones modesty.

Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal: daily bread to most females

Jimmy Savile's epiteth should read:

"Prolific sexual predator and molester of young girls, who slithered his way like a slimy green mamba snake, camouflaging through hierarchy for decades going unnoticed; abusing hordes of vulnerable budding teenagers."

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The catalogue of abuse cases against this once revered figure of the entertainment world is revolting and stomach churning. Each day over the last few weeks brought  fresh cathartic revelations of Savile's despicable past. The rotten worm who gnawed away "invisibly" at the core,  destroying the lives of so many young girls who were unfortunate to have met his hellish acquaintance.
The careless recklessness with which he abused his victims with relative ease, showed a demonic figure who thought (and perhaps rightly so) that he was above the law.

How could such a dark satanic character, known to have sexually molested a brain damaged girl, gone unnoticed for the two decades he worked at the BBC?

 Savile's undiagnosed paedophilia together with his horrendous acts of sexual violation and harassment, have received nationwide condemnation.
However, thousands of women remain daily victims of sexual harassment in the UK.  Over 40 per cent of women  living in London have publicly suffered sexual harrassment

The Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005 amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 to provide that a person subjects a woman to harassment, including sexual harassment, if:

“(a) on the ground of her sex, he engages in unwanted conduct that has the purpose or effect –

(i) of violating her dignity, or

(ii) of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for her,

(b) he engages in any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that has the purpose or effect—

(i) of violating her dignity (Pinsent Masons)

This weekend I was sexually harassed by a disabled man in a wheelchair, on two separate occasions.

Walking across the shopping center, the said man manoeuvred his electric wheelchair purposely towards  my direction, smiling in a suggestive leering manner as he offered lewd sexual comments.
Ignoring him, I moved swiftly away to the safety of a nearby Super Drug.
Undeterred  he waited for me outside, once more blocking my path as I exited the shop; this time making unwelcoming expletive comments about my physique.
Clearly infuriated at this point, I proceeded to address him in a language more colourful than the rainbow. My stalker retorted with instant vitriolic comments flowing  from his orifice faster than he wheeled his electric chair.
At this point, we had attracted attention as people stopped to witness the evil woman attack a disadvantaged man in a wheelchair. The poor paraplegic bastard.

"Do you realise you are sexually harassing me!", I shouted.

And that did the trick on this prick.
He quickly wheeled himself away in embarrassment,  meandering through the throng of people who had gathered, no doubt in search for his next victim.

I have been sexually(verbally) harassed more times than I can remember...sometimes physically too.
Sexual innuendos and inferences to my physique have plagued me since my teenage years. From teachers to work colleagues. Most times I laughed it off, albeit nervously; inside,I cringed from embarrassment.

But I have decided to tackle sexual predators who cross my path with these powerful words:

"Do you realise you are sexually harassing me?."

Say it LOUD. Say it slowly. Most importantly, report any incident to the police immediately.

I didn't lodge a complain with the police. My family especially my sister, were quite angry and have urged me to report it.
" Imagine if it was the other way round!", fumed my sister.

After all, there can't be many lascivious lechers in a wheelchair parading the shops of Slough.

Constance Briscoe arrest: picture profile

Given how skewed my views are on almost everything, I am focusing on how Constance Briscoe is being portrayed by the various UK media outlets following news of her arrest  by Kent police.

Ms Briscoe is one of the UK's few black judges.

 We live in a virtual visual world where we are mostly judged by how we look and write,I have taken particular interest in caption photos which accompany the newspaper stories. 

Without reading the ubiquitous headlines "High profile judge arrested" would you have married the images to the headlines?

With the exception of the Daily Mail and the Guardian, the rest of the photos depict a strained woman who could be the poster ad for Schizophrenic Anonymous. The disarranged hair, startled-rabbit-caught-in-a -headlight- look, sheepish smile, etc does no justice to the accolade of adjectives used to describe Ms Briscoe in some of the articles.

I would  like to know what you think after  going through these pictures. 

The Daily Mail has a picture of Ms Briscoe tallying with most of our mindsets about how a judge  looks like

The Guardian also has a respectable picture of Ms Briscoe

Channel4 News picture of "Top judge"

The Independent's "independent" view of one of "Britain's few black women judges"

The Telegraph's telegraphic view of Ms Briscoe, "high profile  judge"

The Time's timely portrayal of  "top female judge" 

The London Evening Standard's standard view

Print journalism:not for resuscitation

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If only print journalism could make its way to Dignitas.

Instead, it lies in a semi comatose state at the Intensive Internet Unit, battling for life against the rapidly metastasizing digital revolution.

A few weeks back on PM with Eddie Mair, Roy Greenslade, Professor of Journalism at City University, declared the next decade could signal the end of print journalism.

The steep decline of print publication against the rapid ascent of on-line print cannot be underestimated in this digital age. Johnston Press, the UK’s second largest producer of local newspapers, has so far been hit by three closures this year alone.

We live in a Virtual Age where print is almost Neanderthal, given today’s new generation of hybrid digital citizens. 

Google is the 21^st century modern point of reference. It replaces the encyclopedia or dictionary - which in Vogue terms, are so last season.

Why buy newspapers, magazines, etc when information can merely be gotten at the touch (or swipe) of a button?  

Want to know which MP allegedly called a policeman a pleb? Ask your phone.

Interested in knowing how our Eton educated PM floundered at a ‘basic’ (subjective) citizen test on a popular US TV chat show?  Go Google .

News as instant as instant milk can be found on the internet.  No waiting around for tomorrow’s papers churning out in effect what is old news by the time it has been printed.

Both the Guardian and Times newspapers have seen print sales drop almost 50% over the last decade; with popular tabloids like the Daily Mail and the Sun suffering a setback of almost 30% in losses. (Audit Bureau ofCirculation)

What are the implications for future journalists? Will they have to tap into an inner tech-geek persona, re-inventing themselves as virtual ninjas foraying into a world of digitally led news?

Anti gay marriage rally is homosexual harrassment

I am not afraid to to say I oppose gay marriage. As a Roman Catholic, it is against my beliefs and teachings.

However news that certain groups will be organising an anti-gay marriage rally to No 10 is harassment,  bullying and intimidation of individuals who choose same sex partners.

There is no mention of Jesus Christ organising anti-rallies of any sorts in the Bible. He didn't go out of his way to stigmatise, harass or intimidate people for their life choices. What he did was spread the message of love, forgiveness, repentance, peace and goodwill.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion( no matter how dented or skewed). Everyone should be allowed to practise whatever beliefs they deem believable, so long as it does not infringe on the liberties and rights of others.

The state shouldn't tell the church how it should run its affairs.
The church shouldn't cave in to the anal demands of the 21st century, going against its teachings.
Laws should not be imposed on institutions forcing them to abandon their beliefs and what they stand for. Institutions should not sideline certain groups for stigmatisation, bullying and harassment in any form.

The concept of living in harmony with mutual respect for each others different culture, beliefs and religion appears to be utopia...just like gender equality.

Mau Mau uprising haunts Britain 60 years on

The ruthlessness exercised by the British Empire over a century ago to suppress  anti colonial uprisings  has come back to haunt them like a ghost in the night.  Grim accounts of torture,sexual assault and a host of other nefarious acts committed by Colonial Britain puts them on par with today's brutal regimes. 

© Martin Rowson 2012

Paulo Muoka Nzili, 85, Wambugu Wa Nyingi, 84, and Jane Muthoni Mara, 73, have been relentless in their efforts in reminding  the world of Britain's shameful past. The heroic elderly Kenyan trio started out as a five man team from their humble beginnings, to take on one of the world's most well known and respected authorities: the British Government. The fourth claimant, Susan Ciong'ombe Ngondi, died two years ago aged 71, while a fifth dropped out.

Horrific accounts of abuse and torture carried out by British officials in former colonies have been laid bare once-more for any who have missed it in their life span. Such was the grand scale of atrocities committed by the British records shown during the 1950s Eoka uprising refer to British officials as 'Her Majesty's Torturers.'(The Guardian).

The British Government has acknowledged Colonial Britain's disgraceful role in the torture and abuse of the three claimants as "it does not dispute that each of the claimants in this case suffered torture and other ill treatment at the hand of the colonial adminstration." 

Hundreds of thousands died or disappeared during the eight year period of the Mau Mau uprising. It is then safe to say the Government accepting claims of torture from these three elderly Kenyans who live to tell their story, may as well accept the torture accounts of many other Kenyans during the Mau Mau revolution. It is hardly conceivable the almost decade long revolution saw only three victims of torture.

Documents which ordered the torture of Mau Mau fighters lay hidden in Hanslope Park- Her Majesty's Communication Center. It reveals the attorney general  of the British administration to Kenya, Eric Griffiths-Jones writing to governor Sir Evelyn Baring, upholding torture and emphasising on the need for complete secrecy conducting such opprobrious deeds .

"vulnerable parts of the body should not be struck, particularly the spleen, liver or kidneys", and it was important that "those who administer violence … should remain collected, balanced and dispassionate. If we are going to sin, we must sin quietly."(The Guardian)

However the Home Office feels its should not be brought into accountability over heinous acts carried out by it's predecessors as 'the time limit for bringing a civil action is three to six years ' plus the fact that 'key decision makers are dead and unable to give account of what  happened.'

Suffice to say waiting around for an apology will be equivalent to rounding up polar bears vote in favour of summer.  We should all just roll over our backs and forget the diabolical punishments meted out to people fighting for independence because it happened over a long time ago.

The story of this elderly Kenyan trio reminds us of Britain's ignominious colonial past mired in barbaric horrors of cruelty and grand scale inhumaneness which history has largely overlooked.

By hook or by crook, Hamza to leave UK soil with no further delay

Hooray! The US tax payers can now relief UK tax payers off this venomous parasite Abu Hamza. We had simply had it with Hamza and his team of lawyers using "breach of human rights" at every single opportunity to halt, slow and block the radical cleric's extradition process to the US.

It has taken between eight and 14 years with a million pounds bill footed by the public purse string; as Hamza exploited the law to stay in a country he once described as a 'toilet'. The sole purpose of a toilet is to flush out waste matter so in this instance, it is wholly appropriate the Great British Toilet flushed such trash unfit for re-cycling.

There needs to be an immediate reviewal of the extradition process to prevent such further misuse of the system by dangerous criminals. The words "Human Rights" have been courted by hateful extremists who use it as a platform to avoid the long arm of the law. 

'It is unacceptable that extradition proceedings should take more than a relatively short time, to be measured in months not years.It is also in the interest of justice that those accused of very serious crimes, as each of these claimants is in these proceedings, are tried as quickly as possible.' (Sir John Thomas -High Court of Justice, October 2012).

Why fight so hard to stay in a country which bears the brunt of condemnation in your speeches and 'holy teachings'? Surely it would be better to have resided in a country which welcomes and shares your vitriol of the West? There you would have lived together in harmonious blissful denunciation and hate of your mutual enemies: Britain and America.

The pro Hamza demonstrators gathered today at the High Court today are equally as guilty as this varmint hate figure. They should have been rounded up by the police for immediate interrogation and put under surveillance. The right to free speech ends the minute it glorifies and spreads hate. Any found to be listening or vaguely in support of it, should be watched closely like a hawk by the anti terrorist squad.

Section 3 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 makes it illegal to be a member of a group engage in promoting terrorism. Hamza's teachings promoted terrorism;  therefore his followers are supporters who uphold his views and really they breach this law. Why have they not been arrested?

Little drops make an ocean. Hamza et al may be off UK soil any minute from now yet the seeds of hate he sowed may have already borne fruits.

The former Soho night club bouncer who came to the UK aged 21 from Egypt because "The West was a paradise where you could do anything you wanted."

There are still some good teenagers out there

Not all teenagers are binge drinkers.
Not all teenagers make up the consortium of the Great British Chav (GBC)
Not all teenagers contribute to Britain's leading role as Europe's premier elite in teenage pregnancy.
Not all teenagers behave like highly sexual raging ramping rabbits.
Most importantly, they aren't all selfish.
Some are selfless and will jump into a house on fire to save a toddler from death...like 16-year-old Nelson Fonangwan.

The Cameroonian teen who resides in Southampton with his family gave no thought to his own safety when he smashed a window into a burning house to rescue  two-year-old Adam.
Giving a nod to multicultural Britain- Adam's mother; Polish native Aneta doesn't speak English.
When Nelson arrived at the scene, all he could understand was 'Baby';(The only  English word Aneta could tell the teen).
Thankfully the brave teen was able to quickly understand baby +burning house = danger. No interpreters were needed for such a task.
Adam was rescued and all at the scene came to no significant harm.
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We learn English men have bigger penises...than their French counterpart

Professor Lynn.

What refreshing news that  grace our eyes on this dull gloomy rainy English Morning.

We now know that those French bastard across the pond have nothing on us and our men. 

This week's Breaking News: Researchers have found out English men have bigger penises than French men! So much for French men being great lovers in bed huh?

The average English bloke measures in at 5.5 inches while nos cousins ​​Français come in at a lower 5.3. What a huge difference!

The brainy man behind such an important piece of research (which will no doubt help ladies and men in deciding where their next partner comes from) was conducted by the much revered Professor Richard Lynn. 

The erudite  Professor of Psychology at Ulster university  conducted his research and came to this conclusion by solely collecting data from websites. One wonders what type of educative and informative websites these may have been. Was Jackie Smith's husband on hand to help with the appropriate source of information? 

Note to all future researchers: data collection from websites is a most effective method way of conducting a non bias research. Clinical journals are Neanderthal.

Professor Lyn in his own words concluded  "Negroids were the best endowed and Mongolians the least".

For the average African penis is 6.3 inches long. Therefore one can assume English men in this research solely refers to Caucasians (We live in a multicultural society where English can mean African or Asian). Nothing is said about mixed race men.

In this penis drilling exercise, men from the Republic of Congo won a landslide victory; as the average penis length recorded for a Congolese is 7.1 inches.

It will be interesting to hear what multicultural individuals (both men and women) experienced across all boards and disciplines in this field have to say. No doubt they will be the best trial method in supporting this piece of educative work.

Well fear not lads...size doesn't matter. It's how you work it (or is it really?).

Source: Daily Mail

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