I have had it with Wavy Davy

Wavy Davy Cameron has just persuaded me that voting Conservative at the moment is a waste of time. He has claimed that the UK has caused many of the world's problems. NO IT HAS NOT.

He also insists that we should still send a huge amount of foreign aid to Pakistan, even though they are just launching a new submarine fleet for £1billion. What with his feeble surrender to the Lib Dums on such things as repealing the appalling Human Rights Act and his brown nosing of all things European, I can no longer see my way to vote Conservative until they get rid of this lunatic and replace him with a proper Conservative leader. In the meantime, UKIP beckons!

Bad, but nowhere near as bad as it could have been.

Cyclone Yasi duly hit the Northern Queensland coast in Australia as forecast yesterday. It appears that a lot of damage has been done, but no one has yet been reported killed. I think that is good.

Fortunately, the worst of the cyclone missed the bigger cities, such as Cairns, but there are still possibilities of floods there. Since I have some Australian friends, and also know people who have emigrated there, I am pleased for them, although, as far as I know, they do not live near and were not near the storms when they hit. In any case, I hope the clear up goes well and as quickly as possible, especially as I will be going to Oz later this year.

Read about it here

Dreadful developments in the States

The shooting of Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of 6 others in Tucson Arizona was a tragic event. Immediately the "Liberal" press started going on about gun control, loony right wingers etc..

Unfortunately for the MSM the perpetrator turned out to be a completely loony admirer of the Communist Manifesto and a total pothead to boot. Also, Congresswoman Giffords was in favour of gun ownership. Given that, in the States, Liberal has come to mean "Rabid Left-Winger", it is nice see them hoist on their own petard!

It was a truly great American, Thomas Jefferson, who said, "When a government is scared of its people, that is democracy. When a people is scared of its government, that is tyranny!". We could do with a Thomas Jefferson in the UK right now!

A bit of a shame

Iain Dale, he of Iain Dale's Diary and one of the earlier political bloggers with a penchant for the Conservatives, has decided he will stop blogging as of now. I think this is a shame as I found his posts both amusing and erudite. I did not always agree with him even though he is a Conservative, but he was never nasty in the way most left wing bloggers are.

His main reason is because he has now got quite a few irons in the fire and does not have time to dedicate to maintaining the quality of his posts. Also, he said he was getting tired of the back-biting, but I guess that is par for the course in politics!

Oh, well

It does not really concern me that the UK was humiliated at the FIFA vote for the hosting of the 2018 Football World Cup. I am pretty sure the whole thing was fiddled, and the MSM did not exactly help with their exposure of the corruption of some FIFA members.

Far more importantly, we are hosting the Rugby League World Cup in 2013 and, even more importantly, the Rugby Union World Cup in 2015!

I feel old

Today, I reached the milestone age of 65. I am now an old git who is grumpy all the time. Actually, I have been that for ages, but that is what 31 years of Labour governments does to a chap!

It looks like Nigel has recovered

It looks like Nigel Farage has recovered from his plane crash. Here are his comments on the "State of the EU" speech by Barroso

Disaster looms on the Web

This news had escaped me until I read my Computing magazine today.

Apparently Gordon Brown has been given a position on the board of the World Wide Web Foundation. Should we open a book as to when the whole Web comes crashing down around us?

I would like to volunteer!

In the famous words of Corporal Jones, "I would like to volunteer, Sah!"

It turns out that, even if you wear the skimpiest of thongs, it is impossible to get a uniform all over suntan, because the bum has thicker skin than the rest of the body, and therefore does not tan so well. If any further research is needed, I am willing to put my scientific training to good use and aid the research team, but only if the research guinea pigs are nubile young ladies!

If only this had been Mad Hatty!

A wonderful picture of the new West British Australian Prime Minister has appeared. It appears she might be as gaffe prone as our recently departed Dear Leader!