RANDOM THOUGHTS

I see the Botox has worn off, and then some!

I was thinking today that the British doctor who was killed, or died, in Syria, was an example of just how the "clout" that BT likes to brag we have everywhere, gets things done.

His brother explained that he had been in touch with the FCO to try to get them to do something. Other European countries had moved quickly to secure the safety of their nationals. Germany in particular had done this very effectively. Britain seemed strangely powerless by contrast.

Some idiot junior minister or bag carrier from the FCO was trotted out to say that they had asked for consular access, but nothing had been forthcoming, but it was a scandal that the man had been murdered by the Syrians.

That clout we have in the world truly is frighteningly powerful... Our enemies fear us and our friends admire us... Hmmm yeah.

Sounds much more like one word from London and wee Willie, and ...erm.... sod all happens…

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You hardly need to think about it.
For heaven's sake who would trust this man with the tea fund?

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Margaret Thatcher dies - Cameron says she was his favourite all time leader.

Nelson Mandela dies - Cameron says he was his favourite all time hero.

Peter O'Toole dies - Cameron says he was in his favourite all time film.

Ronnie Biggs dies - Still Waiting to hear if he was his favourite all time criminal.

Silly really, he has many many close friends who are on trial at this very moment. Surely one of these must be his favourite...Lynton, Andy, Rebekah, Charlie....?

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Ye gads! That's not the SPIV Cameron approaching one, is it?
Quick Camilla, pretend one is one...

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It was interesting to see that Danny Alexander has found a black hole in his head.

Well, to be honest, he didn't find anything, as locating his arse with two hands would be a real break though as far as he is concerned.

However, his poor staff at the treasury have apparently found a black hole of billions in John Swinney's  costings for an independent Scotland. Leaving aside the fact that the white paper was informed by some seriously clever economists and academics (not likely to be found at the treasury), one question popped immediately to my mind.

Would this, I wondered, be the same treasury that oversaw the complete collapse of the economy only a few years ago not having foreseen it one tiny little bit, and the treasury which has since consistently failed to forecast one single thing right, except maybe what time the tea lady would bring round morning coffee, or what their bonuses would be? Yes it could. So...maybe just a tad dubious then? Or maybe even a load of horse manure?

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Oi! Where are you off to Baldy? What you going to do about all these
 poor people your half arsed schemes are killing every week?

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At the risk of becoming boring on the subject, the seemingly serial thief, His Noble Beardyness Lord Hanningfield, bless him, has been on the fiddle again, nipping in to the House of the Walking Dead, signing in the book, taking a quick subsidied snifter and sodding off again £300 richer. 

Quite clearly the greedy old Tory doesn't learn a lesson very quickly. He was sent down for 9 months for being a thief less than 2 years ago, but, as is the wont of these people, he pulled a nervous breakdown out of the hat and hey presto... was out of stir within 9 days.

Possibly the fact that prison warders didn't greet him with a respectful "good morning my lord", and bow as he passed in the corridor, was too much for his aristocratic sensibilities and brought about his complete collapse.  

Once out of stir he was able to get himself back together with a good bit of expense fiddling... After all, if you only get 9 days, it's probably worth the risk. He says he paid back all that he stole, so obviously the man has to start getting it back. 

£300 a day x 5 over say 35 weeks of the year when the lazy old buggers aren't on holiday = £52,500 tax free, plus cheap booze and grub and a pile of free toadying servants... Nice one your old faker.

Talking of old fakers, I wonder how Margaret Moran's nervous breakdown is going now that she got off with stealing all that money. Back to being a plump middle aged dolly?

Here are some pictures to remind us of the unlovely old fraud Mags...

Before, at the time of, and just after the trial, which she was excused as she was deemed unable to plead because of severe depression:

Before the trial (left) looking like an overweight 50 year old with a strange orange flower growing out of her head; at the time of the trial having aged by 30 years, now looking like a podgy old bat. And below, the week after the trial that she dodged, looking remarkably better and not a day over 60 (although still a bit on the plump side).
This old witch, who stole £53,000 of taxpayers' money, could give master classes on how to avoid justice.

Leaving the pub and out for a walk with the dog only days
after being diagnosed as too ill to stand trial.
Depression is a terrible thing.