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I have no moral objection to ID cards or e-passports but I do worry about the reliability of the technology, the competence of the bureaucrats who will oversee implementation and finally the cost of any such scheme.
Kwik-Fit did the tracking wrong on my car once with the result that the new front tyres wore right down on the outer edges within a very short time. When I went back to complain they denied any responsibility and added they couldn’t check the tracking because the equipment was away being repaired! I went to ATS, who confirmed that the tracking was way out and rectified the situation. So anything that makes life difficult for Kwik-Fit is good in my books!
Admitting that the tracking equipment was away being repaired was, to say the least, self-incriminating on the part of Kwik-Fit.
Hopefully Britain will be a republic by the time William would be likely to succeed to the throne. But if he leads a good life then, if he stands for president, he might win – I might even vote for him.
Long Live the UDA/UFF
But they are Irish too. They’d kneecap you just as quick as the IRA if you crossed them!
The people of the British Isles (I use that in a geographical sense, for want of a better term to describe the islands of Great Britain and Ireland) should be growing closer together not pulling apart. It’s another case of my ‘lock gates theory’ – when the water is level on both sides it’s much easier to open them. Growing friendship between the two nations will be easier as past quarrels are set aside.
The indiginous people of Britain and Ireland are basically from the same genetic stock. One recent article describes how genetic testing has shown that that 75% of our genes come from pre-Celtic Ancient Britons who migrated to these islands from before 6000 years ago. This figure is about the same in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
The Celts, Romans, Danes, Angles, Saxons and Normans all invaded our lands and took control but none of them made a large contribution to our gene pool, apparently.
The Celts came a few hundred years before the Romans and brought their culture. Next the Romans invaded most of England and the Romano-British culture developed and the ‘Celtic Fringe’ was born. Angles and Saxons (or were they really Frisians?) also invaded England. Then the Normans conquered England and later Ireland, so England and Ireland were united even before Wales or Scotland joined. Wales voluntarily united with England and finally Scotland took over the whole lot when James 6th of Scotland was crowned James 1st of England and moved his throne from Edinburgh to London.
There was a man in UK who had spent 22 years in prison for setting fire to a curtain in a church when he was a teenager. That was some time ago – I wonder if he’s still inside – he was detained ‘at her majesty’s pleasure’ and so could still be.
The red and blue are similar hue to the window frame and bikes in the background. I can’t explain but, assuming the photo hasn’t been manipulated, I imagine it’s a digital hiccup and not something that was there in reality. The best amateur scientist guess is that light from behind your husband was refracted as it skimmed the edge of the perspex visor. I wouldn’t have thought it would have been bright enough to do that, though.
I’ve heard more info on bluetongue which seems to correct some earlier inaccuracies on here including some uttered by me.
Bluetonge is apparently a serious disease that makes animals very ill and is fatal to a significant proportion – particularly among sheep.
While this disease can’t be spread directly from animal to animal, it can be spread via the midges that bite an infected animal and pass on the disease to other animals they bite.
If these facts are true, then culling and restricted zones make more sense.
With FMD and bluetongue about, I wonder if there will be some poor hapless beast that is found to be suffering form both.
Ireland was part of the UK until 1922. Most British people have some Irish ancestry and most Irish people have some British ancestry. We should never hate each other. We can hate SOME Irish people with justification, just as we can with some British people – but because of something they as individuals have said or done.
They are still killing infected animals (and stating that this is to halt any spread of the disease), yet it can’t be spread from animal to animal and in any case the animals recover. Duuuuurrrhh!
Sounds like he should be made persona non grata in the comedy world alongside the late Bernard Manning, Jim Davidson and Billy Connolly (after his sick joke about murdered hostage Ken Bigley)
