June 2009 Archives

Dismay and hostility has surrounded the appointment of the new Speaker of the House of Commons.

Which overlooks a crucial point.

John Bercow says he wants to be the face of the House.

Which makes him the perfect choice.

Read on to find out just why ...

The Home Office is inviting us to be shocked and amazed that the number of women fined for being drunk and disorderly has risen by a third in the past three years.

What we should be outraged about is that the numbers aren't even HIGHER.

The statistics show that total number of females who paid a penalty for being legless reached just 7,930 in twelve months.

That's a mere 21 a night for the entire nation.

An enthusiastic young copper could find that many female drunks in any town centre on any Friday night.

Boys as young as 12 are to be given "condom cards" so that they can pick up free contraceptives.

We are all supposed to be taking our share of the blame for the TV abuse that has left Susan Boyle in a luxury psychiatric unit.

Well, hang on a minute.

Seventeen million people watched the final of Britain's Got Talent and maybe they should cop for a twinge of conscience for their part in the most spectacularly profitable freak show ever staged.

And, of course, you can add in Gordon Brown who shamelessly attempted to use the plight of the collapsed 48 year-old virgin spinster in a an utterly hopeless attempt to demonstrate that he is human and is in touch with popular concerns.

Barack Obama has now twice invited Subo to Washington. And, for that matter, her brother Gerry who relentlessly pops up to fuel the media frenzy.

But 43 million of us didn't watch the programme.

We certainly did not invite, cajole or encourage any of the contestants to take part.

In any case, the glare of publicity and the demands of celebrity are exactly what these people wanted when they filled in their application forms, wasn't it?

Just look at Rachel Rice, last year's winner of Big Brother.

She is now in the hands of an agency which is advertising her availability for parties and promotions at £500 a time.

What she wouldn't give for the kind of pressure and attention that leads to a couple of nights in The Priory.