The race for justice should have F1 pace.

“The controversial Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix has taken place despite continuing anti-government protests.
The race track has been heavily guarded by police, dogs and armoured vehicles to keep activists away.”

Full news item here.

The F1 race that shouldn’t have happened. The action of still going ahead with this race seemingly, to me, condones the action of the authorities in their suppression of demonstrations against the leadership.

Unfortunately, being a rich mans sport, it is clear that money talks loudly and the message this sends out is that effectively F1 can be brought at any price. This in turn masking the background actions of a regime under challenge. These are the times that sport can take responsibility for making a stand against unacceptable behaviour. To watch the powers that be hob knobbing with the teams, drivers and higher echelons of formula 1 does not help in empowering people to choose their own destinies.

Crime Scenes ‘R’ Us Inc.

“Private security firms could investigate some crimes and patrol neighbourhoods under plans being drawn up for police in England and Wales.”

Full news item here

I personally think this is a perfectly sensible move and worth serious consideration. I’ve often seen crime scenes on the TV and seen normally at least two fully trained police offers just standing in front of a tape or a doorway for hours and hours – not sure that you need a great deal of training to stand on the spot for hours and hours. Indeed, I’d suggest there are many unemployed who do this outside the off-licence/pub/jobcentre and would be perfectly qualified for this role.

The police services must be utilised in roles where there training counts and indeed where they are making a difference to the community they serve.

I hope this idea flies and we start to get the police actually policing like they used to.

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Killer of a court case.

“Five killer whales have been named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit which argues they deserve the same constitutional protection from slavery as humans.
A US judge is considering a complaint by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (Peta) against SeaWorld.”

Full news item here

Litigation once again wanders into the realms of bizarre. Is this a scene from Finding Nemo or something – it certainly reads like it although fortunately the whales are not representing themselves in court.

Whilst I accept the views around animal cruelty I would imagine these whales are either born in captivity or have spent so long there that they wouldn’t actually survive if they were for example returned to the wild. At the end of the day what would the point be of this case being founded and the whales whilst escaping the slavery that they toil under where just left to swim around in a pool all day with nothing else in their lives. Bottom line is that like it or not they have to earn a living like the rest of us whilst they are captive.

If this case found in the whales favour where would this stop? Are dogs not enslaved by being walked on leads? Are any domesticated pets not in the same boat and therefore we have to release them? Lets see where we get to then.

If this case is being brought in line with American consitution then I suggest the whales be consulted as they may want to “plead the fifth” and choose to say nothing. Otherwise considering their history after being freed from slavery they may then be charged with murder and imprisoned!

Beers gone to the head

“A beer named Top Totty and advertised with a picture of a scantily-clad woman has been withdrawn from a Westminster bar after a Labour MP complained.
Shadow equalities minister Kate Green said she was "disturbed" to hear it was on sale in The Strangers' Bar, which is where politicians can bring guests.”

Full news item here

Glad to see that our elected MP’s are so busy sorting out the mess that our country is in that they have time to concern themselves with such a trifling matter in the grand scheme of things. For goodness sake how can this picture honestly be classed as offensive. If so, then how do any of these people manage to go on holiday anywhere were women might be wearing a bikini for example!

Lighten up for goodness sake because for one thing, you’ve actually given this beer more publicity than they could have imagined in their wildest dreams.

Football kick off

“An Egyptian club coach has told how he was "beaten with fists and sticks" and saw fans killed during a pitch invasion which left 74 people dead.
Manuel Jose, coach of Cairo club al-Ahly, has returned home to Portugal following the riots which erupted at the end of the game against al-Masry in Port Said on Wednesday.”

Full news item here

A dreadful state of affairs in Egypt as it appears to descend into chaos once again with tragedy striking during this football match seeing many dead and injured. Whilst the fallout from this will doubtless enter into the political world I can’t help but also think how this would be treated and received by the footballing authorities if a situation approaching anything like this had either happened in England or involved English fans. I think there would only have been one outcome an immediate and indeterminate ban on English fans attending any games anywhere!

Lets see what happens whilst also wishing the Egyptian people well in their struggles.

A lesson in economics.

“University applications from UK students for the first year of higher tuition fees are down by 8.7%, according to figures from the admissions service.
With fees rising to up to £9,000 per year, the impact has been biggest for England's universities - down by 9.9%.”

Full news item here

I really don’t understand why the rise of fees would generate this impact on university applications. The way I see it, it’s no different for students attending university than me – deciding whether I take a loan out. Weigh up – do the benefits outweigh the debt incurred, if they do then take the loan out. In one way, they get the best of both words because if it doesn’t pay off and they don’t get a job above a certain salary band then they don’t have to repay the loan – I get no such “get out of jail” card.

C’mon people- you’re all above 18 and are classed as adults and are capable of making these decisions. In the case I’ve described above therefore I see no correlation between fees and applications – well there shouldn’t be unless students are believing the hype.

At the end of the day why should this education be given away at a price the country can’t afford – economic suicide.