I feel this is a direct result of the ridiculous MMR scare that was being crapped about by all and sundry and the chattering classes who believed it and did not have their children vaccinated.

GP surgeries have been informed that as a result of the campaign there may be a bit of a surge of patients suddenly requiring the vaccination. One can only hope that they are correct.

All over the papers and the TV again, drives me up the wall.

Give us a break. Not everybody thought she was some kind of saint and couold see her for what she really was.

"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library."

So are a few good shags worth the student loan?

Have a think.

I'm not sure what to do,' says the devil. 'You're on my list but I have no room for you. You definitely have to stay here, so I'm going to have to let someone else go. I've got three folks here who weren't quite as bad as you.

I'll let one of them go, but you have to take their place. I'll even let you decide who leaves.'

George thought that sounded pretty good, so he agreed.

Go on - have a guess. Bet you can't get it!!!

Okay I will give you a clue.

It rhymes with Boney Flair.

Remember Iraq and Afghanistan? Anybody want to contemplate some more?

The following rings true like a tuned, tolling bell.

George Orwell said that decades ago.

Probably not something that you have ever heard of. What is it? It is the name of the military (sic) arm of the African National Congress. It is the organisation that planned and carried out attacks on the civilian population of South Africa in the cause of freedom for the black South Africans. These attacks were either bombings or shootings in the main. Indiscriminately killing men, women and children. Nelson Mandela was the leader of this organisation.

Nelson Mandela was also the man that led the black South Africans to liberation against a vicious, racist, apartheid regime.

So we have a dicotomy.

On the one hand a terrorist and on the other the salvation of a nation.

The world looks at Mandela now as the latter and forgets the former.

Never has there been a case of "One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter" which has proved the statement quite so effectively.

Interesting thought no?

I hope she can really sing because she has nothing else going for her.

Is she really popular amongst the youngsters of this country?

I don't know about boycotting her records until she stops doing drugs, but they should really boycott them until she agrees not to go and see another tatooist!!!!

He has been a member of the sporting fraternity for a long time. I told him that it wasn't only me that would remember him but a lot of others besides. He said then in that case he would be more alive when he is dead than he is now.

Thought that was a really lovely and poignant way of looking at things.

The sky was a stunning blue flecked with the very occassional cotton wool pure white cloud. The sea picked up the beautiful blue of the sky and reflected it back in a darker hue. The sand was a delightful caramel colour interspersed with multi-hued small stones and rocks.

It looked as though the celestial estate agent had polished up for a viewing by a very rich prospective buyer.

I can think of nowhere better to go and abuse my aging body than there.

We are now in the position where those who wish to shoot legitimately, sports shooting etc. cannot have a weapon to allow them to do that. This to the extent where our national shooting team have to go abroad just to practice. Madness!!!!

On the other hand if you live in Liverpool and know the right people you can apparently hire a gun for £50, no questions asked and go out and shoot at who you wanit, including 11 year olds. When guns are recovered by the police in the area there is ballistic proof that the guns have been used in 5 or more different crimes.Madness!!!!

Well she came out with the statement that the government is going to make the restriction of guns to the criminals a priority. They are going to try and stop the weapons coming into the country.

She said this really seriously, with all the gravitas that she could muster (not much I have to say).

So they have actually been FORCED to do something at last. The toss-pots have been in power for 10 years, presiding of the descent of this country into a violent place and NOW they decide to do something about it!!

What a fatuous entity they really are. Media led and media driven. Reacting to events and without the ability to foresee problems.

Totally bloody useless.

Oh and please don't tell me that this is a new government blah-de-blah. All of the members of it were members of the previous one. Why? Because they have not had the decency to have an election to allow the mass unwashed the ability to choose who we want for Prime Minister.

And so it goes on ....... Long live Emperor Brown.

I once tried the piano .... I wasn't good enough to be described as crap.

I once tried the guitar ..... ditto.

I have just therefore purchased a mouth organ and "How to play" book and CD from ebay.

Ah well at least the noise will probably frighten all the cats.

Is there nothing he won't do to win a few votes?

Hope he wasn't apologising on behalf of me. I wasn't there and didn't do it.

What bloody good has it done us? None. The courts can't keep up, the police can't keep up and it all becomes just so much hot air.

We don't need more laws, we just need the ones that we have got upholding.

Listened to the air-bubble Home Secretary Whats-her-name Smith on the tv tonight and all she can offer is some more tough laws.

How long before these wasters learn the lesson?

Probably never.

Remember the ASBOs (they worked well didn't they) well apparently they are now being seen as too tough by the liberal toss-pots in charge of youth crime and now there is something called a Good Behaviour Contract (something like that anyway. I was too busy vomitting to listen closely). Apparently the young hooligans, supposing they can read and write, are going to sign up to behave themselves. Yes right. Really going to work that is.

We are coming second in a race with only one participant.

One of the ilk, no doubt, has sunk low enough to shoot an 11 year old child in the neck, killing him!!

What is that all about?

Gangs, knives, guns, abuse, violence. A pretty picture of a large number of the youths of today.

A product of the Labour mantras, "Education, education, education" and "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime". This latest incident really puts that into perspective.

This will probably turn out to be an 11 year old being gunned down by a teenager. What on earth are teenagers doing with guns? Don't their parents have any idea what is going on? Do they care?

Drug users and pushers are viewed as victims and not as criminals, murderers and violent criminals are not punished but "rehabilitated". This outlook just is not working. Doesn't anybody actually understand all of this? Is there not a realisation that society has now become so liberal that it has started to disintegrate through lack of real structure?

Children having sex with children, producing children that they cannot provide for or bring up properly.

Is anybody in power going to do anything about this? Are the government going to remove the red tape and ridiculous human rights shackles from the Police Force allowing them to do their job properly? Or are we, the normal population of this country going to be expected to sort the murderous yob culture out. Taking back the streets and making them safe needs doing, and doing quickly. Government better sought something out before the population starts taking action on this. I really think this is going to happen. There appears to be a groundswell of opinion that leads me to this conclusion.

Emperor Brown are you listening?

Now I know that not all the youngsters of today are like that, I mix with them both in my working life and also in a sporting environment. This very fact means that we should be looking at making society safer and fairer for those youngsters who do participate in it.

I may be nothing more than an aging reactionary, but I will tell you one thing. In my youth there were not these problems. There was respect for society and those in it. People were more self-reliant and far more willing to behave in a way that allowed society to function, i.e. taking other peoples feelings and desires, wants and needs into account. There were rules to live by and a societal framework to live within. In large areas of our society today these have disappeared and we are now seeing the negative results.

Reported yesterday that more people have left this country and emigrated overseas in the last year than since 1991. Is there any wonder? Even those that have come to this country in the last 15 years to live and work are deciding to go home in ever increasing numbers, nearly 200,000 last year. Who can blame them?

I am sure that my legions of readers will have missed me!

"Why did you not tell us you were going?" I hear you cry. I did not want to upset you all before I went is the answer.

So fans, prepare to be tittilated, entertained and transfixed once again.