Good old plain English!
In a recent statement while on a tour of the Indian continent he is quoted as saying the following:
'And therefore I am also seized that we face new challenges.....'
and
'By being prepared to use hard power as well as soft power, by not resiling from the need in certain circumstances....'
Seized? Resiling? it even confused the spellchecker!
Well, it confused me too, so I looked up the mystery words and 'seized' means being aware of, while 'resiling' apparently means recoiling. Whatever happened to the plain English campaign?
If as expected, he becomes the next Prime Minister of this country, it will be funny to watch the residents of the House of Commons rushing to their local WH Smith store to purchase a dictionary.
Not sure what the grass roots supporters of his party will do though.... continue to read The Sun?
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Goody or Baddie?
The generally accepted evidence against her seems to rest on whether the specific words she spoke about fellow housemate Shilpa Shetty were racist comments, but is racism about individual words or is it about an 'attitude' towards someone from a different culture or race? Either way, is it not all bullying in it's most basic form?
Jade took the public flak for being the most vocal and visible in the CBB house. Her outburst against Shilpa was true 'car crash' TV and I am sure the producers of the programme were popping the champagne corks while congratulating each other for their fine casting and manipulation of the growing animosity being shown by Jade and her cronies towards Shilpa. They must in turn share the guilt.
Jade's two closest allies, an ex-singer and a silly girl who lives with a footballer (that's celebrity?) were just as guilty as Jade but relied on making comments behind Shilpa's back - their mimicking of Shilpa's Indian accent was particularly juvenile.
So does Jade deserve the treatment she is getting? Hell yes. She was guilty of bullying whether it be racist or otherwise and that should never be tolerated.
If it is the end of her career - which I do not believe for a second, as the UK public has the memory span of a goldfish - she will be able to console herself with the millions she has accumulated from a career being seen as thick. Her ego will be damaged because she has allowed herself to believe what her sycophantical PR agents have told her - hence her delusional claim to be the 25th most influential person in the world!!
But, whatever opinion you may hold about the latest goings on in the big televised house on Channel Four, you have to stand back and be amazed at the ballyhoo from around the world about what is in essence a very silly programme!
Another disgrace in Iraq!!
I
made a conscious decision not to comment on the
hanging of Saddam Hussein and the extraordinarily
barbaric scene at his execution. Firstly, because I
was sickened by the images on the front pages of the
dailies. Secondly, because for his trial to be fair
it should have taken place away from the bias and
bigotry of the differing sides in Iraq and thirdly,
because the Americans abdicated their responsibility
by blindly handing him over for his execution without
first making certain it was handled in a professional
and dignified manner.
In short, it was a bad day in the development of the human race.
The Iraqi government eventually claimed they could not understand how people had got in to observe the execution while carrying their mobile phones - despite the fact it was a maximum security area.
Well today, they have managed to do it all over again to two of Saddam's closest aides, except this time they have learnt from their previous error and filmed it with no sound so that any allegation of jibes or insults aimed at the condemned men could not be proven. In addition, they have gone even further towards proving they are not responsible enough to administer their "justice" in the dignified manner expected by the civilised world. They did not just hang, but actually managed to decapitate one of the men.
The Iraqi government is quoted as saying the beheading was accidental.
Yeah right!!
It is now way beyond time for the international community as a whole to condemn this latest "incompetence" by the Iraqis and point out that the mentality behind their present behaviour is no better than that of which they accused their predecessors.
In short, it was a bad day in the development of the human race.
The Iraqi government eventually claimed they could not understand how people had got in to observe the execution while carrying their mobile phones - despite the fact it was a maximum security area.
Well today, they have managed to do it all over again to two of Saddam's closest aides, except this time they have learnt from their previous error and filmed it with no sound so that any allegation of jibes or insults aimed at the condemned men could not be proven. In addition, they have gone even further towards proving they are not responsible enough to administer their "justice" in the dignified manner expected by the civilised world. They did not just hang, but actually managed to decapitate one of the men.
The Iraqi government is quoted as saying the beheading was accidental.
Yeah right!!
It is now way beyond time for the international community as a whole to condemn this latest "incompetence" by the Iraqis and point out that the mentality behind their present behaviour is no better than that of which they accused their predecessors.
Dick by name.....
He is quoted as saying: "I think the message that the president sent clearly is that we do not want (Iran) doing what they can to try to destabilise the situation inside Iraq.
That seems a bit rich coming from one of the leaders of a country that has not only 'destabilised', but completely destroyed, the infrastructure, morale and basic human rights of the people of Iraq. It has also caused lawlessness and secrarian violence to increase exponentially.
With the increase in numbers of US troops being sent to the country who would bet against a 'show of force' aimed at the Iranians, with the intent of 'liberating' yet another oil rich country?
If there is one thing in life that is a constant it is that politicians do not read history books!