Blueknight's Blog

Vengeance is mine saith the Lord

2010-09-09T22:09:00.004+01:00

Not sure what burning the Koran will achieve beyond proving that the Taliban don't have the monopoly on fundamentalism.

In my country we.......

2010-08-30T21:43:00.006+01:00

Bank Holiday Monday found me enjoying the sun in Brighton. I was the only one. Everyone else it seemed was there to cheer on the English National Alliance/English Defence League, or to boo them, or to make sure that the booing and cheering did not turn physical.

A young Chinese lady approached me and asked me what was happening. I told her it was a demonstration march. She wanted to know who was demonstrating and why.

I explained that the E.N.A. thought that their English culture was being destroyed and that they thought that immigrants were getting treated preferentially when it came to housing and benefits. I explained that whether this was actually true or not was immaterial. The important thing was that people believed it.

Then I remembered that any discussion on the subject of immigration results in cries of 'Racist'. The legacy of 13 years of Nulabor.

In the back of my mind I was thinking that any such demo in China would result in an immediate application of baton and summary arrest on the marchers, counter marchers or both.

I was waiting for her to say, 'In my country we.....'. But she didn't, she was too polite.

Vive la France

2010-07-29T21:09:00.003+01:00

President Sarkozy said that illegal Gypsy camps ‘will be systematically evacuated’.

He also pushed for a change in France's immigration law to make expulsions for reasons of public order easier.

This comes after last week's riot in the small Loire Valley town of Saint Aignan where dozens of gypsies armed with hatchets and iron bars attacked the police station, hacked down trees and burned cars.

The riot erupted after a gendarme shot and killed a traveller who had driven through a checkpoint.

If it had happened in Britain, the IPCC would have a field day

Today, the President was accused of using language with chilling undertones in a country where authorities rounded up Gypsies and sent them to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation in World War II.

(Like many other countries in Europe in the 1930s and 40s)

But at least he is talking about it. Just hope they go East and not across the channel to us.

Day out

2010-07-17T23:40:00.004+01:00

The news is that the Yorkshire Ripper could be released from Broadmoor to a less secure unit after doctors reported that his mental health had improved dramatically.

And doctors are never wrong

A tribunal judge has ruled that the ripper should be moved to ‘conditions of lesser security’, where he could even be eligible for day

release. And Judges are never wrong

Some one had better tell him to lose the beard if he wants to avoid being recognised and given a good kicking....

Go to jail

2010-06-30T23:02:00.005+01:00

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke launched an attack on the "Victorian bang 'em up" prison culture of the past 20 years.

He warned that simply "banging up more and more people for longer" makes some criminals worse and does not protect the public.

"In our worst prisons, it produces tougher criminals," he said "Many a man has gone into prison without a drug problem and come out drug dependent. And petty prisoners can meet up with some new hardened criminal friends." It now costs more to put someone in prison – £38,000 – than it does to send a boy to Eton.

He has a point even though he has not explained it very well. The prison system we have now does not 'work'. It also expensive.

The prisons must be made drug free, even if that entails some initial extra cost. The benefit will be less addicts on the street

The prison regime must be tougher. The first function of prison is to punish. It should not be like a holiday camp. The prisoners should also be taught basic job skills and basic reading writing and arithmetic. The first part of a sentence should be punishment and the second part rehabilitation.

One good way of cutting the prison population is to make it less of a doddle.

Battle of the Giants?

2010-06-01T22:50:00.006+01:00

HUMAN rights lawyer Michael Mansfield launched an attack on the actions of the Israeli Government after aid boats were boarded by Israeli commandos. The QC revealed that he would have been aboard one of the boats, but he had to cancel because of his appearance at a literature festival.

I am just imagining the righteous indignation that would have followed if said QC had been unceremoniously dragged off the boat and thrown into an Israeli prison. The QC would have quickly found out what the rest of us have known for years.

That the UK and a couple of other European countries are the only ones that take any notice of the Human Rights Act or have similar laws

People Power

2010-05-27T22:22:00.006+01:00

Residents on a housing estate took to the streets and dug a trench to stop travellers bringing their caravans into a nearby field.

A dozen police cars were called to the estate in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, where scores of residents had taken to a street to stop travellers entering the field. Something of this sort happened in Warwickshire last week.

Government take note, the people are fed up with illegal traveller sites and all that comes with them. Ignore it at your peril

Full story: -residents-stop-gipsy-invasion-

Who said that Magistrates are out of touch?

2010-05-15T23:15:00.005+01:00

A Magistrate is facing a disciplinary for calling two yobs in Court, scum

Austin Molloy told the 16-year-old louts what he thought of them as he sentenced the pair for vandalising a cathedral.

(And probably what most other right minded people thought as well)

Mr Molloy, 57, hit out after hearing the yobs daubed racist and sexual graffiti on prayer books and bent a valuable cross out of shape at Blackburn Cathedral, Lancs.

But court clerk Ms Christine Dean jumped up and told the JP, "It is totally inappropriate and unjust for you to use the term absolute scum in the Youth Court.

(Note the use of the word 'inappropriate', the left wing liberal catch all term)

Then the mum of one of the scum lodged a complaint, triggering a politically-correct inquiry that could land him in hot water.

(I bet she didn't do that all by herself)

The JP, sitting with two others in Blackburn youth court, told them: "Normal people would consider you absolute scum." The pair were fined and put under supervision orders.

HM Court Service will conduct the probe, meanwhile Mr Molloy was banned from sitting, but he defiantly insisted the yobs, who have records, "needed to be told off" and said the clerk over-reacted.

(Now, would the court clerk have been quite so 'offended' if these two scum had done the same thing in a Mosque? Thought so)

A new dawn

2010-05-11T19:41:00.003+01:00

It looks as if the new Govt will be a Conservative - Liberal coalition. I 'm a bit worried about the liberal side of the partnership. If there is anything that this country does NOT need it is more political correctness and a further softening of attitudes and values.

I hope the DC and his cabinet colleagues can hold it all together without having to sell out..... and if he can't we get another election soon.

X marks the spot

2010-05-04T22:50:00.004+01:00

This General Election is important. This is our big chance to make things better.

Vote, but vote wisely.

Stranded

2010-04-28T21:55:00.003+01:00

I have just got back from Japan. The volcano meant that I had to spend an extra week there. It was a bit worrying because the original estimate was that it would be 2 weeks.

I am still jet lagged. Whatever time I go to bed, I still wake up at 6 am and think it is lunch time.

At least I am back in time to put my X in the square that will save the country........

Why do we pay too much for fuel?

2010-03-17T22:00:00.004Z

I have just been to the garage and topped up my 'beast' with petrol. The fuel prices have risen.

Then I read this report in the Khaleej Times, Dubai's English language paper. ...

The price of diesel will rise by nine fils to Dh2.45 per litre in Dubai and Northern Emirates from Thursday.

Dh 2.45 converts to 43p. The Dodge truck in the picture belongs to the Rainbow Sheikh. Not sure what it does to the gallon but he should be able to afford 43p a litre. - And so could we.

Whodunnit - What wassit - Give us a clue

2010-03-04T21:32:00.005Z

The only thing we can be sure of is that the person formerly known as Jon Venables is back in prison.

What we do not know is,

* His assumed name

* Where he has been living

* If he still represents a risk to children or to anyone else

* What he did that required him to be recalled

* If 'someone' has messed up by releasing him early or not supervising him properly

It has been hinted that a recall which might compromise his anonymity would not have gone ahead unless there were very strong reasons for it. This suggests that he was involved in something serious.

The Home Sec. said that the details would be made public, but M.o.J. Jack Straw does not appear to agree.

We the public rely on the Govt not to release murderers who still pose a risk to the public.

How can we be sure that this has not happened in this case.

How can we have confidence in a system that is not open and honest. Think, he could have been living in your street.........

When we said we wanted to see the back of her...

2010-02-20T22:30:00.007Z

'.as big as this'

Harriet HARMAN the Minister for Women, who wants pictures of Page 3 girls banned from the workplace to protect the sensitivity of some staff, is an unlikely candidate for 'Rear of the Year'. (Ironic or what)

The Rear of the Year website has already received twelve nominations for her . (Keep them coming. What a laugh if she won)

The Rear of the Year organiser said: "These are not large numbers but a dozen nominations in one week usually indicates encouragement on a fan-based website or an organised group effort of some kind.

There is no truth in the rumour that Nulabor's 'Things can only get better' anthem has been replaced by this......

2010-02-11T22:50:00.005Z

I have been listening to the debate about the 'torture' of Binyam Mohammed.

We all know that torture is wrong, but could it ever be justified to achieve greater ends?

For instance putting a terrorist in shackles and depriving him sleep would seem a small price to pay to prevent your nearest and dearest from being bombed to bits in a bus or tube train.

......or we could follow the lead of the Spanish Inquisition.

Abu Hamza's holidays

2010-01-19T21:37:00.004Z

Hate preacher Abu Hamza has begun another expensive legal fight -this time to retain his British passport.
His appeal against a Home Office decision to remove his UK citizenship is expected to cost tens of thousands of pounds. (What a surprise)
This is in addition to the estimated £3.5million the fanatic has already cost the taxpayer, including £1.1million in legal aid.
Home Secretary Alan Johnson says Hamza, who has joint UK and Egyptian nationality, is unfit to keep his British passport. (Well spotted Minister!)
But 51-year-old Hamza claims this is unfair. (He would)
He is currently in a high security jail fighting attempts to extradite him to the U.S. on terror charges.
That case will come before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg later this year. (yawn)
His lawyer, Amanda Weston, told a preliminary hearing of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission that her client wanted the citizenship case heard while he was still in the UK and 'able to participate in proceedings'. (with her getting the legal aid payments)
James Strachan, for the Home Office, said the case should be put off until after the Strasbourg ruling.

Suggestions.

1.- Get a big pair of scissors and cut his passport into little bits and refuse to give him a new one .

2.- Repeal the Human Rights Act, or better still make it work for us instead of against us

3.- Make your vote count next time by getting rid of this politically correct crap.

Holiday

2010-01-10T19:55:00.002Z

I have just come back from a holiday in Sharm el Sheikh Egypt. It wasa a bit of a saga in that when we first should have gone, the travel company that arranged the flight went bust so did not pay the airline and we got to the air port to find there was no airplane.
It wasn't that we could not get on the flight, the whole flight had been cancelled. The travel agent had tried to ring us that morning (apparently), but we had left early to beat the snow and ice.
Fortunately the travel company managed to give us another holiday a week later, so all was not lost.
However, a day before we were to fly back, it snowed again. We were delayed by a few hours, but we did make it home eventually. The airplane could land but had no where to park and the taxi did not arrive.
But, all in all, it was a great holiday. Swimming in the sea and lounging round the pool. The food was good (they even managed to lash up some cottage pie one day). The people were friendly - and there was no health and safety or political correctness to ruin things....

Things can only get ?

2009-11-15T21:36:00.004Z

It looks as if the BNP will stand against Margaret Hodge (Lab) at Barking.
What will actually happen is anyone's guess, but the unpopularity of Labour's policies, the recession, the imposition of the Lisbon 'Treaty' etc, have given Nick the best chance he has ever had.
To avoid extreme embarassment, Gordon Brown is going to have to pull a very large rabbit from a very small hat...

Just when you thought things couldn't.....

2009-11-01T00:58:00.004Z

This video goes to show that nothing in life is certain. A few Politicians would do well to remember this at the next election....

I'm a lady..

2009-10-08T01:05:00.005+01:00

or a cage fighter.

A pair of yobs picked a fight with a pair of 'drag queens' got their comeuppance when the 'drag queens' turned out to be cagefighters out on a fancy dress stag night.

Dean Gardener, 19, and 22-year-old Jason Fender were left sprawled across the pavement.

Gardener walked up to one and hit him in the face.

But the victim's friend, leapt into action and floored both Gardener and Fender with lightning fast punches and kicks.

..and for once it was the yobs who ended up in Court as well. Good news for once.

The story of the Baroness and the maid

2009-09-17T23:55:00.004+01:00

The UK Border Agency announced that it would conduct an inquiry after receiving a complaint which said that Baroness Scotland appeared to have contravened legislation that she herself helped to steer through parliament.

Downing Street said that Gordon Brown had "full confidence" in Scotland and that she had hired the housekeeper in good faith. (He also had full confidence in the Speaker Michael Martin and Hazel Blears and Lord Myners)

Baroness Scotland, who is the government's legal adviser, hired Loloahi Tapui, 27, over the last six months to look after her family home in west London.

But she was forced to sack the Tongan national yesterday after it emerged Tapui had overstayed on a student visa. That meant Tapui was no longer entitled to work in the UK.

The incident is embarrassing for Scotland because, as a Home Office minister in 2006, she helped the government to bring in legislation tightening the law on illegal immigrants. (Maybe she forgot)

The Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act says employers can go to jail if they knowingly employ an illegal immigrant.

But they can also be fined up to £10,000 for unknowingly employing an illegal immigrant if they have not carried out proper checks. The act spells out in detail what checks are required, and employers have to see certain documentation, such as a passport, and keep a copy.

Steve Lamb, Regional Operations Director of the UK Border Agency said, We will not tolerate illegal working, .... - it undercuts British wages, exploits vulnerable workers and hurts legitimate law-abiding businesses. 'As long as there are illegal jobs, the UK will be an attractive place for illegal immigrants.

Well, actually he did not say it about Baroness Scotland. I found the entry on the UK Border Agency website under the heading, 'Employer faces £10,000 fine'.

Any bets on the Baroness getting off 'scot' free

Not all Judges are out of touch...

2009-09-04T21:25:00.003+01:00

Ministers have been urged to change the law after a top judge said prison sentences for dangerous and violent criminals were too soft.

Judge Ian PEARSON, says he and his colleagues often found their hands tied when it came to handing down hefty jail terms.

Sentences for GBH and dangerous driving, in particular, should be substantially increased, he said.

Judge Pearson, who has sat at Portsmouth Crown Court for four years, said: 'Dangerous driving is a maximum of two years when it should be at least five.

'You can get 10 years for killing by dangerous driving but only two if you maim them for life.

'Grievous bodily harm is a maximum of five years, unless made with intent which can be life. There's an argument for there being a mid-range offence carrying 10 years.

'If someone is glassed in a pub and badly scarred, unless you can prove it was with intent, you can only really give them three years.

'If you can prove it was with intent you can give them life - it's an anomaly.'

Judge Pearson, who has more than 35 years experience in the legal profession, said prison acted as a deterrent and that the courts 'shouldn't shirk away from imposing prison sentences when appropriate'.

'Obviously crown court judges can only sentence in accordance with the law and in accordance with the views of the appeal court, so we would like frequently to impose heavier sentences,' he said.

Judge Pearson also said offenders who breached community penalties, such as those who fail to turn up for unpaid work, had to be punished quickly.

'The public, rightly in my view, have some concern over community penalties,' he said. 'It shouldn't be a soft option. If they step out of line they will come back to court straight away.'

Somebody tell the Home Secretary, - whoever it is this week.

Most (un)wanted

2009-08-18T00:30:00.003+01:00

A discount retail chain is stepping up the battle against store theft by displaying pictures of suspected shoplifters in shop windows and on its website -(Good for them)
Home Bargains has introduced a new hardline approach to in-store theft by launching an online campaign to identify suspected shoplifters, as well as putting posters of the suspects up in stores.
The retail chain, which has 190 stores countrywide, estimates that shop theft costs it an estimated pounds 6 million a year and says it is determined to crack down on the criminals. -( £6M?, you would have to win at least 12 sexual/racial harassment claims to make anything like that kind of money)
But Simon Davies, director of the human rights organisation Privacy International, said: 'You can't just bring your own system of vigilante justice. -(If it works, why not?)
'The whole exercise is wrong-footed legally, it flouts the entire justice system.- (A bit like the Human Rights Act then)
Mr Davies said the company was potentially libeling the people shown in the photos, and that those identified could also bring action under data protection laws. He said that if company bosses think they can prove guilt through CCTV images then 'they must know better than the High Court'.
'The High Court has already said that convictions using CCTV are unsafe because there are too many flaws in the footage,' - (I'll remember that next time I get caught on a speed camera)
The naming and shaming aspect also contravenes Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to a fair trial. -(Or more likely a fair £80 fixed penalty ticket..)
If the Human Rights 'experts' try and take it further, it will be interesting to see what comes of this...

Not again!

2009-07-30T21:36:00.002+01:00

A convicted double murderer who killed an elderly Newhaven couple has launched a High Court claim for the right to have laser treatment to remove a "humiliating" birthmark from his face.

A judge said today the case of Dennis Harland Roberts raised important wider issues over whether prisoners are entitled to the same treatment on the NHS as the general public. (Not unless they are dying)

The court heard the delay in medical treatment had caused the 59-year-old Category A prisoner humiliation and led to depression. (Boo Hoo, I expect the family of the murdered couple probably felt a bit down as well)

The Prison Service had written a letter last July saying the number of escorts of prisoners to hospitals from Frankland Prison had risen dramatically and "operational requirements" had led to "non-urgent appointments" being delayed.

Today Adam Straw, appearing for Roberts, accused Justice Secretary Jack Straw of departing - "for no good reason" - from his policy of giving prisoners the same range and quality of healthcare services as the general public. (Except for the obvious reason that they are shits who don't deserve it)

Mr Straw also argued there had been a breach of Roberts' rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights not to be subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, and his Article 8 right to protection of his private life. (That's the bit I was waiting for)

The judge agreed to adjourn today's hearing for two weeks after hearing that the Justice Secretary still needed more time to fully prepare his case.

He said it was "a disgraceful, lamentable state of affairs" that it had been necessary for Mr Straw's legal team to seek an adjournment without even a "remotely satisfactory excuse".

He ordered the Justice Secretary to pay legal costs on an indemnity basis - the highest level available - to "send a message" to the Government to "get its tackle in order" in future similar cases. (Which we will all be paying for)

Each day brings another story of how the HRA is being misapplied and we are paying for all of it

Diversity and Adversity

2009-07-23T01:17:00.004+01:00

A male was imprisoned for manslaughter after strangling his boyfriend. On his release he attempted to rape a female and was imprisoned for life. During the second term, he began changing his sex, - hormone induced breasts and beard removed (by electrolysis?).
Now he wants to be transferred to a women's prison. This isn't a joke. It is happening now and we are paying.

The prisoner says doctors have forbidden him from having a full sex change until he lives as a woman for a long period, which will be impossible in a male prison. As a result the killer has launched a legal fight to be transferred to a female prison.

The transsexual claims his current incarceration among men is a violation of his right to respect for his private life, as set down in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. (I wondered when that would be brought up)

The Justice Department is having to use more TAXPAYER's money to point out that women prisoners are unlikely to welcome a pre-operative transsexual jailed for raping a woman. (Just in case anyone didn't think that already)

This the Human Rights Act in action. The 'claimant' is nearly always someone that either should not be here in the first place a prisoner or someone who would be in prison if there was any justice. The action is nearly always paid for by legal aid, which is another way of saying that the Govt pay for the claimant to take action against them.

Note to the next PM. Get rid of the Human Rights Act. It only ever helps the wrong people

Cycling - good healthy fun...

2009-07-15T23:57:00.003+01:00

This sounded like a good idea from Germany . Although it throws up some interesting points.

Telling your wife you going for a ride on the village bike, and meaning it

Cycling too far and too fast on the way there and being too knackered to get your money's worth

Explaining to the 'madame' that the red mark around your nether regions is only saddle rash not a social disease

After a long 'ride' being too tired to cycle home

Coming home hot and sweaty and telling the wife, 'I really enjoyed that ride'

Explaining to the wife that the red mark around your nether regions is only saddle rash, not lip stick

Telling the wife who has found a 'packet of three' in your pocket. 'I thought they were puncture repair patches'

Wife saying 'On your bike' and you thinking that's what got me in the s**t last time.....

Sounds fair to me

2009-07-07T23:15:00.002+01:00

If this outbreak of fairness is repeated it could put a stop to this . Well I think it is worth a try at least

It will all end in tears

2009-06-29T21:43:00.001+01:00

A couple of news stories made me think. One story centered around the fact that there is no money left in the 'pot' and as a result there will be cuts in the public sector. Including the police who may lose Officers from the frontline. (Although there will always be enough money to waste employers time in a recession by sending them false job applications to see if their recruiting policies are sound.)

The second was that some of the Officers on the G20 duty were untrained. Does this mean that they will recruit more Police so that there is enough manpower to allow more Officers to undergo regular and meaningful Public Order training? I am not holding my breath.

A Gay Day (or a Pay Day)

2009-06-20T08:01:00.000+01:00

Good luck to anyone who wants to march, but why does the NHS need to send their Paramedics ? The whole point of the march (I think) is that the participants want to be there, otherwise what is the point?
I am waiting for someone to decide that muslims are under represented on the march. Let's see someone try and pay them to go...