SECURITY, LIKE CHARITY, SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME MR MILIBAND
Posted by Caledonian Jim in Daily Posts
According to the incompetent, out-of-his-depth UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, The Afghan government headed up by recently “re-elected” President Hamid Karzai (pictured above) could fall within weeks if NATO pulled out its troops out of the country. Miliband was warning British opponents of the war to give the fight to rebuild the country more time. In an interview at the end of a his visit to Kabul for the recent Presidential inauguration of Karzai, the Foreign Secretary said: “If international forces leave, you can choose a time – 5 minutes, 24 hours or 7 days – but the insurgent forces will overrun those forces that are prepared to put up resistance and we would be back to square one.” What is it with cretins like Miliband, seemingly determined to be charitable to undemocratic cheats like Karzai ? The average Brit doesn’t give a toss about Afghanistan – they do however care very deeply about the futile deaths of our brave soldiers being sent ill equipped and poorly resourced to prop up a corrupt dictator. And if the argument is that the troops are somehow preventing terrorism in the UK by being in Afghanistan, perhaps they’d be better utilised in that objective by patrolling inner city areas looking for home-grown terrorists in places like Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
The Head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams met privately with the Pope today (pair pictured above, although I’m not quite sure what a miniature Darth Vader is doing in the background) in an effort to ease tensions over the Vatican’s recent move to “poach” Anglican clergy. Dr Williams held talks with former Hitler Youth and Nazi anti-aircraft gunner Pope Benedict XVI, in Rome, in what the Vatican called, “cordial discussions”, to consolidate relations between the 2 churches. It it was the first time the two have met since the Pope approved an unprecedented decree to accept Anglicans into the Roman Catholic fold. After the 20-minute meeting the Vatican issued a brief statement saying that the two leaders “turned to the challenges facing all Christian communities; and the need to promote forms of collaboration and shared witness in facing these challenges.” Leaving all that ecclesiastical bollocks to one side, surely Dr Williams has a clinching argument in stressing the incompatiblity of the 2 sets of clergy : Church of England vicars tend to favour same-sex relations between ADULTS.
Another New Labour cop-out. This time it’s their proposals to counter teenage gang culture (above). New anti-social behaviour injunctions – dubbed “Gangbos” – aimed at tackling teenage gang members as young as 14 are to be introduced as part of the new crime and security bill, the Home Secretary disclosed yesterday. These “softly-softly”civil injunctions will include bans on meeting other gang members, wearing gang colours, going to certain locations or having a violent dog in a public place. Breaching a “Gangbo” could require the offender to report to the police regularly, obey a curfew enforced by an electronic tag or attend anger management courses. What a load of mealy-mouthed cowardly nonsense – why not just lock them up ? Or is New Labour worried in case it alienates a large part of its voter base, the parents of the little sods ?
In the UK a facially disfigured campaigner has become a public favourite after reading the news on Channel 5 for a week. Founder of the charity “Changing Faces” James Partridge (pictured above) was badly burned in a car accident when he was 18 and went through more than 50 operations in 5 years to try and lessen his scarring. Since appearing and presenting the news he has developed a strong fanbase after being invited by Channel 5 to front the lunchtime news for a week in a bid to weaken stereotypes about appearance. More power to him – they should give him a prime time slot if he’s a good presenter and never mind his appearance.
Another in our occasional series, “Britain has gone completely mad” . Perhaps the ultimate in political correctness – one of the world’s most famous children’s toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover – wearing a burkha. Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby’s for Save The Children. What next ? Detachable hands to punish dolls who steal ? Miniature stones to chuck at them if they commit imagined adultery ? Miniature corsets containing semtex ? The mind bloody boggles.
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Loving your take on the Barbie dolls. There is no end to the political correctness, and this proves it. Classic.