More things which may have been overlooked - - -

It turns out that Walsall Council has come up with some entertainment
for the town youth over the summer - an exhibition of knife throwing.
Do they need instructions now?
(PoliticsHome Blog 17/7/08)
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A SEAGULL is rescued for £800. Two cows get airlifted off a cliff for
£25,000. Another £60,000 is spent shifting 17 rare newts to safety.
Don’t these creatures know we’re skint? (Sun 18/7/08)
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has today been accused of breaking his
own ministerial code by publishing 10 written statements on the last
day of business before Parliament breaks for the summer recess.
Paragraph 9.3 of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, states that
‘every effort should be made to avoid leaving significant
announcements to the last day before a recess’.
In total, there are 30 written ministerial statements released
today, including announcements of gifts received by ministers and
guests entertained at the public expense at Chequers. (PoliticsHome
22/7/08)
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Speech-less
GORDON Brown hates it when Labour is accused of governing by gimmick.
Yet what else can he expect when a policy that won headlines in
February is abandoned as Parliament goes on hols?
Mr Brown had ordered that foreign spouses MUST learn English before
being allowed in.
An excellent idea. But yesterday it was scrapped. Instead spouses can
come in but may face checks on their English.
Laughable. Is it any wonder people find it hard to believe Labour?
(Sun 24.7.08)
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Well, Maybe Not as We Speak
"As we speak, cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting
the ice caps in the Arctic . . ."--Barack Obama, Berlin, July 24,
2008 SEE--->
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"New data from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute shows that
there is more ice than normal in the Arctic waters north of the
Svalbard archipelago. In most years, there are open waters in the
area north of the archipelago in July month. Studies from this year
however show that the area is covered by ice, the Meteorological
Institute writes in a press release."
--(Barents Observer, Kirkenes, Norway, July 24 08)
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Personal thinking-out-loud
When Brown first became prime minister he was reported to be taking
lessons on how to smile (not 100% successful) . But nobody obviously
bothered to tell him when not to smile . That rictus now appears
at totally inappropriate moments, such as when dealing with the
latest Brown-made disaster or sometimes tragedy. (29/7/08)
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German court curbs smoking ban in bars
Germany must ease its ban on smoking in bars, only months after it
was introduced, following a ruling by the constitutional court, the
country’s top legal body. (FT 31/7/08)
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Italy’s Enel opens new coal-fired power plant
The move from the power utility comes amid the centre-right
government’s plan to reduce reliance on more expensive and
‘politically unreliable’ oil and gas producers. [We have coal and we
need power and we need security from foreign suppliers - Why on earth
not here too? Answer: because all our politicians would rather we
went dark and cold than abandon their daft Greenery -cs]
(FT 31/7/08)
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Cameron coy with Cornish Neighbour
David Cameron has found time on his holiday in Cornwall to give media
interviews and undertake a heavily oublicised visit to a Farmers’
Market, but he has managed to avoid Nigel Farage, the UK Independence
Party leader who is renting the cottage next door*.
“My son Tom was waiting for the bus to Padstow ioutside the
Constantine Bay stores, wehen Cameron rolled up” Farage tells me.
“He said hello and introduced himself as Tom Farage to which Cameron
nervously replied ‘You must be Nigel’s so - jolly good mist dash.’ “
Adds Farage snr “If he wants to come for a few Sherbets down the pub
or join me fishing fishing I’d be delighted to see
him.” (‘Mandrake’, Telegraph 2/8/08) * knowing the area well, the
cottage next door is not as near as that might seem. And I wonder
who it was that told Mandrake that “Cameron nervously replied” ----
Fishy!
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And finally...
The Speaker had his official portrait changed after he complained
that his nose had been painted too large - (The Sunday Times 27/7/08)
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