Bit chilly when I took a walk out for the papers this morning - had a bad night but RGB says that will be due to the lack of alcohol, and all the toxins leaving my body.
So London is on an alert today as the circus comes to town for the G20 summit conference. It has been said before that they should all meet up on an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean somewhere to safe all the hassle. But every cloud has a silver lining , the Police get overtime, joiners get paid to board up windows, burger vans will do a roaring trade and the "porta loo" folks will have their little blue and green houses on every street corner - just a pity that the lefty anarchists, and no doubt countless yobs will use use it as an excuse to cause bother.
Looks like Mr Obama is doing his thing for global warming, just what size carbon footprint will two jumbo jets, three helicopters , umpteen limos, 200 plus secret service men leave. I hope they are all not expecting Jamie Oliver to make their meals.
Had a quiet night last night watching the Tv , so it was Eastenders where the script writers are milking the current story line to the extreme - just a bit beyond a joke.
Police reality series from the USA about "Predators" those twisted creeps who prey on young kids on the Internet chat lines, it was good to see a load of them getting captured including a Deputy from a neighbouring Sheriffs department - just a pity there no follow up to show what their sentencing was. The ones they got last night were all caught bang to rights.
On home ground, the "Night Cops" programme was good, especially as there was a bit about a fight and an arrest in the Cowgate of Edinburgh, and I knew the arresting Inspector. Mrs B,
was saying how terrible it must be for the Police, but in reality most of them enjoy the adrenilin buzz, it is much better than being bored all night. The worst bit is having to bite your tongue and wait for the "client" to say one word too many. It has taken England years to come up with an equivalent offence to our "conduct likely to provoke a breach of the peace" but the statutory fixed penalty of £80 is a joke, even NCP charge more for their parking offenders , which is just another example how of the motorist is penalised.
Way back in the mid 60's when the Regal Ballroom was at its peak in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian , and the streets were mobbed every Friday and Saturday night , with free buses to get the hundreds of dancers away, the local Burgh Court hit national headlines by imposing fines of £500 to £1000 for drunkenness and dishing out three month jail sentences for the rest - it soon calmed the place down, took about three weekends and some headlines.
We even had a zero tolerance period in Midlothian with task forces out all weekend just banging folks up - but we did not have all these so called Civil Rights numpties breathing over our shoulders.
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