* I'm going to visit some reprobate friends to try and persuade them to turn their lives around and become productive units for SS Great Britain. I expect I shall be totally unsuccessful and have a great time instead. I will be lugging my excellent Takamine guitar with me and some jam sessions should be in the offing. This blog will therefore not be updated for about a week.

* The BBC announced that some new story books for young children are to be introduced into primary schools. What kind of stories are these you might wonder. Well one is about a child who has two mums, another is about two male penguins who fall in love and get an egg to look after. How I roared. What is the purpose?
It is part of an anti-bullying campaign for children with two mums and two dads. The real reason is part of the PC culture to provide very young children with the positive ideas about gays. Typically the BBC didn't ask the obvious question how many children are likely to be subject to such bullying i.e. Live with gay couples. I mean how big a problem is it? The BBC then did its usual trick of interviewing some members of the public. Why not poll people so we can get some statistics? And, where do the BBC find these 'typical' members of the public? I get the feeling that they are either married to members of the BBC or they're friends of members of the BBC. We were presented with one anti and four pro these stories. Some drone from the government came on to squawk some rubbish about bullying even though its about positive imaging.