The Great Architect

Oil prices reach a record high last Friday of a little over $135 a barrel, which obviously means that Petrol and Diesel have gone up again. It doesn’t seem all that many years ago that I remember the entire country up in arms at the prospect of Petrol reaching 90p a litre, and every HGV known to man was out on Britain’s roads in protest.

It’s gone up to £1.30 a litre for Diesel in my neck of the woods today, and what action is planned? Zip. I live in a rural area with infrequent public transport and rely on the car for just about everything. (unfortunately) Can anything be done about it? Is there anything that will help Darling realise that he is excessively…

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is set to reclassify Cannabis as a class B substance, elevating it from the class C status it ‘enjoyed’ under Tony Blair. Full story via the BBC News site can be found HERE, and the poster on Jacqui’s wall presented here…

It has been suggested today that School-leavers should be encouraged to swear an oath of allegiance to Queen and Country as a mark of respect, and also to make them feel like they ‘belong’ to society. I personally can’t think of a better role model for all Teenagers, and expect that the details of the ‘oath’ will reflect that…

Story to be found HERE

I’m a bit late on this whole business of the Inland Revenue losing 25m personal records linked to Child Benefit payments

- see story and details HERE -

All because I’ve been too busy with the Christmas shopping. Trust me to leave it until the second week in November when the shops have been reminding me since April to get it done…

However, I’ve found the perfect gift for the family this year…

Haven’t had much chance to get on the blog this week and do anything, especially not concerning the two ‘big’ Downing Street stories of the week. (If you believe the press coverage)

Firstly, The Chancellor has brought his Cat – Sybil (a female cat named after Sybil Fawlty) – to live in his flat above No. 10 , and then Gordon invited Baroness Thatcher over for Tea and Cake – much to the dismay of the Conservatives. (as they’d already taken a party loan out to buy some Battenburg)

Given all this high profile and high volume traffic through the door, a small suggestion to No. 10 for future occasions…

Both ‘news’ stories can be found HERE for the Old Cat, and HERE for the Old Bat. Both stories via the Telegraph website.

So, one of the new arrivals to Downing Street this week was a solitary animal, sometimes friendly to others, but always with the ability to unleash its claws when remorselessly hunting and feeding on the life of innocent creatures within its territory, and has perfected the art over a long period of time of laying in wait for her prey and establishing herself as a lone predator…

…and the other is a Cat

Thanks to keeping up with all the latest goings on over at Beau Bo D’Or’s site and in particular, this post, it seems that the campaign for Boris to become mayor of London starts today. Having a look at his campaign banners, posters and downloadable campaign material, I couldn’t resist a cheap gag as follows…

… There is evidence to suggest that it may have already jumped species and is currently in more populated areas…

Expect one of these leaflets to be winging it’s way through your letterbox soon if you live in London…

Click HERE for a brief history of Boris.

Done all the tinkering with it now, so it should scan better.

…and apologies to Billy Joel. Obviously

Year 1: Exposure
Year 2: 1998 Air Strikes against Saddam
Year 3: Millennium Dome
Year 4: Fuel Protests
Year 5: Bush & al-Qaida
Year 6: Iraq
Year 7: Hutton Report
Year 8: Admission there were no WMDs
Year 9: London Bombings
Year 10: Cash for Honours

/Never thought I’d be saying this, but if he’d have hung on for just 2 more days, I’d have had the perfect joke… bah!

Beau Bo D’Or has done a similar (and much better) variation on the theme HERE