The Week in Nonsense

Hello again, and welcome to another week of nonsense in the news. First up is Poole Borough Council. They invoked legislation passed to track criminals and terrorists to keep tabs on a family over a two month period. The dastardly deed the council though these people were up to? Fraudulently claiming they lived in a school catchment area. The council admitted using powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) on six occasions in total. Just goes to show that all these laws being passed for our supposed protection, can, indeed are, being used to spy on the likes of me you. Still think ID cards area good idea? Sticking with politics, the abolishment of the 10p tax bracket has made the lowest earners poorer. The government for the working class strikes again. If they really wanted to rinse the poor they should have levied a 50% tax on track suits, at least they would have made them a bit easier on the eye. Of course they now need extra cash, after a high court judge ruled that failed asylum seekers can no longer be denied NHS treatment, as it breaches every body's favourite law, the Human Rights act. So all the people who have no right to be here, and have never, nor will ever, make any kind of contribution, will now be allowed free health care. Bet they won't have to queue up to find a NHS dentist. Makes you proud to be a tax payer.

Health and safety gone crazy. Prince William completed some kind of military thing this week, and was awarded a medal of description from his dad. But no longer does the proud recipient of such medals have it pinned to his chest. No, in our risk adverse universe it was velcroed to his uniform. Wouldn't want anybody pricking their finger now would we? Someone who could have probably done with a bit of risk assessment was the unfortunate Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, 33, known as Pippa Bacca. In an attempt to show she could put her trust in people, she decided to hitch hike from Milan to Lebanon dressed in a wedding dress. Alas, for our liberal thinking heroine she was found murdered in Turkey.

This week, instead of the usual waste of money spot, I would like to mention a true hero. Dot Reid is a 58 year old Grandmother who lives on Merseyside. Her problem is that Tescos and Everton Football Club want to bulldoze her house to replace the magnificent Goodison Park, with some anti septic all seater stadium, that will share a site with a brand new Tesco supermarket. The houses are to be demolished under a compulsory purchase order, so in retaliation she has applied to tear down Sir Terry Leahy's mansion in Hertfordshire. Give the greedy fucker a taste of his own medicine. Read the article posted on the BBC here.