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Nanny Unbans The Sun II

2013-05-21T11:16:00.001+01:00

As we enjoy the veritable British "Spring heatwave" (12 degrees here on the Sarf coast!), and await "flaming" June, loyal readers will recall that a couple of weeks ago I wrote that Nanny may be changing her mind about the damage that claimed the sun does to us:

"..some wise owls from my old university, Edinburgh, who have conducted some research that suggests that sunlight helps reduce blood pressure, cutting heart attack and stroke risks and even prolonging life."

Well, it seems it's not just the wise owls from Edinburgh who have shown that sunshine is in fact good for us; there are also wise owls at King's College London, who have identified that the vitamin D created by exposure to sunlight may help those with asthma.

Prof Catherine Hawrylowicz is quoted by the BBC:

"We know people with high levels of vitamin D are better able to control their asthma - that connection is quite striking.

We think that treating people with vitamin D could make steroid-resistant patients respond to steroids or let those who can control their asthma take less steroids."

Ironically, she is of the view that the culture (promulgated by Nanny and manufacturers of sun creams) of covering up in the sun and using sun cream may have increased asthma rates.

What's the betting that Nanny tries to rubbish these findings?

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Prats of The Week - The EC

2013-05-20T10:18:00.001+01:00

Ooh the start of a new week, heralded by grey gloomy overcast skies.

What better way to lift our spirits than to award a Prats of The Week Award?

This week it goes to the ever "popular" and "respected" EC.

In their infinite "wisdom" the Gnomes of Brussels have turned their attention to that most pressing of problems, olive oil served in restaurants.

Normal people, such as ourselves, are quite capable of remonstrating with a waiter if the olive oil presented for dipping or pouring turns out to be petrol or some such derivative. However, in the minds of the Gnomes from Brussels such assertive customer action is not good enough.

The Gnomes have decreed that traditional olive oil jugs will be banned from restaurants across Europe as from 2014. Instead restaurants will be forced to use non refillable, pre-packaged factory bottles with tamperproof lids.

No more dipping, no more artisan specially produced olive oil; instead we will be forced to imbibe factory produced muck (doubtless the factory produced olive oil will be the same "high quality" type of shite that is used in processed foods!).

The fact that the EC chooses to focus on olive oil, rather than the more pressing issues of (eg) youth unemployment in Greece being at 64% or the fact that processed meat products contain all manner of shite, says a lot about the unelected Gnomes that rule our lives.

The EC, well deserving Prats of the Week!

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Prats of The Week - Radstock Town Council

2013-05-17T09:41:00.000+01:00

Goodness me it has been yonks since I have awarded my prestigious, and internationally renowned, Prats of The Week Award.

Therefore, without further ado, I hereby award it to Radstock Town council.

For why?

Well the "learned" town councillors have decreed that the flag of St George will no longer be flown over Radstock, because it is "inappropriate".

The discussion and decision arose as a result of debate over the repairs to the civic flagpole to ensure a Union Jack could be flown on Armistice Day.

Why is the flag "inappropriate"?

It seems that the councillors are fretting over the Crusades (that took place 700 years ago), and worry that Muslims will be offended by the flag.

Labour councillor Eleanor Jackson claims that its use during the Crusades of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries could mean the English national flag could be seen by some as offensive.

She is quoted by This Is Somerset:

"My big problem is that it is offensive to some Muslims but even more so that it has been hijacked by the far right. My thoughts are we ought to drop it for 20 years."

She suggested the Union flag was a more inclusive and suitable way of displaying national pride.

The council will also be flying the In Bloom flag at the Miners' Memorial Garden to celebrate the town's achievements in the gardening competition and the rainbow flag, the symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride movement, at "appropriate" times of the year.

There are also plans for a flag to be designed specially for Radstock.

What a load of bollocks!

By that token, the Union flag could be seen as being offensive to the French, Germans, Italians, Austrians and Japanese who we have all had bust ups with over the last two hundred years ever since the Union flag came into being!

I would also note that we were invaded by the Romans 2,000 years ago. Does this mean I should boycott my local Italian because the sight of the Italian flag reminds me of the "horrors" of Roman occupation (all those aqueducts, roads and bath houses - don't get me started!).

Quite rightly Nasima Begum, a spokeswoman for the Muslim Council of Britain, said it encouraged the flying of the St George's flag.

"St George needs to take his rightful place as a national symbol of inclusivity rather than a symbol of hatred. St George actually lived before the birth of Islam and should not be associated with any hatred of Muslims."

Well said!

Radstock Town council, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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Nanny Bans The Dambusters

2013-05-16T10:33:00.000+01:00

Today is the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters' raid on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams that were vital to the Nazi military industrial complex.

Seventy years ago 617 Squadron left RAF Scampton on its mission to destroy the dams.

To mark the anniversary there will be a sunset ceremony at Scampton attended by members of Guy Gibson’s (the squadron leader who led the raid) family, along with two veterans of the raid and the daughter of Barnes Wallis who invented the bouncing bombs that were used in the raid.

As well as events at Scampton, there will be various fly-pasts by the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and Friday’s international service at Lincoln Cathedral. Today the last operational Lancaster will fly down the Derwent Valley and strafe the Derwent Dam (which was used by the squadron as a practice target in their training for the raid).

Unfortunately many people who would like to watch this will be unable to.

For why?

Health and safety!

Severn Trent Water, which owns the dam, and other public sector ‘stakeholders’ have decreed that heavy traffic on country lanes would pose an unacceptable threat to the emergency services. So there can be no official event at the Derwent Dam.

The Mail quotes Mary Stopes-Roe, daughter of Barnes Wallis:

"It’s absolutely ridiculous. Do they think we’re all going to fall into the water?"

Where would we be now, if this absurd attitude to health and safety been prevalent during the war?

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Nappy Matters

2013-05-15T09:52:00.001+01:00

I see that some brand of nappies currently being advertised on TV now claims to have a "wet/dry" indicator.

It's purpose?

To "teach" the child the difference between wet and dry!

FFS!

If the child is so dimwitted as to not to be able to tell the difference in physical sensation between wet and dry, how the fark will he/she be able to grasp the meaning of a "wet/dry" indicator?

It is no wonder that we are breeding a nation of slack jawed dimwits.

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Horsing Around

2013-05-14T11:07:00.001+01:00

My thanks to a loyal reader who recently pointed me in the direction of a daft piece of Nanny nonsense concerning horses, Hi-Vis jackets worn by the horse rider and the words "POLITE" of "PLEASE" emblazoned across the Hi-Vis apparel.

Concerned about the number of accidents on the roads involving horses and cars etc, the British Horse Society has encouraged people to wear Hi-Vis jackets with the words "POLITE" or "PLEASE" to encourage drivers to give them some consideration etc.

Unfortunately some of the designs worn also includes a reflective blue and silver border.

Step forward the Association of Chief Police Officers, which has written to the British Horse Society warning them that the design too closely resembles the design of clothing worn by mounted policemen.

Assistant chief constable Ron Hanson, the association’s head of mounted policing, is quoted by the Mail:

"Anyone possessing these products is at risk of breaking the law, namely section 90 of the Police Act 1996.

Over recent months a number of examples of high visibility equine apparel have been brought to my attention.

These articles have caused concern to the police on the grounds individuals wearing them are likely to be mistaken for a police officer."

I can see his point. However, unless the non police riders deliberately attempt to pass themselves off as police officers, is this not a case of an over reaction?

On the other hand, the wording and chequered borders seem somewhat unnecessary; how hard is it not to see a horse and rider in Hi-Vis?

I suspect that where accidents occur, this is either down to lousy driving or lousy horsemanship. The addition of the words "PLEASE" or "POLITE" will not make the slightest difference to such lousy driving/horsemanship.

There is of course a greater irony here, the original design was approved of by Met police commander Bob Broadhurst, the ACPO spokesman on mounted policing (my thanks to a loyal reader for pointing this out).

He is quoted by the Evening Standard as saying that the law would not be breached “provided there is no deliberate attempt to impersonate police” and added that even if the public were mistaken, the sight of people in high-visibility clothing would offer “reassurance”.

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Not Nice Fag Tests

2013-05-13T11:28:00.000+01:00

As loyal readers know, Nanny hates fags and wants us all to stop smoking.

Oddly though, she is perfectly happy to make a nice little earner out of taxing fags.

Anyhoo, Nanny's latest anti fag campaign is being spearheaded by our old chums from Nice (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence). Nice want all expectant mothers to take breath tests, not for booze (yet) but for fags.

Errmmm..unless I have missed something, smoking has not yet been declared to be illegal in this country has it?

In the event that an expectant mother agrees or (more accurately) is bullied into taking the test, and she has been found to be smoking, what will Nanny do next?

Answer: bully the woman into quiting!

Given that the tests doubtless cost money, and that the offered "cure" for smoking also costs money, a cynic might wonder if Nanny and her minions had any financial interests in the companies that offer the test kits and/or "cures" for smoking.

Views on that cynical thought anyone?

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Oops!

2013-05-11T12:11:00.001+01:00

Nanny Bans Hopscotch

2013-05-10T11:40:00.001+01:00

I wonder sometimes whether the "powers that be" in this country have had some form of collective mental breakdown. That at least is the only conclusion that I can draw from the story that has appeared all over the media about Lily-May Allen's encounter with Ramsgate Police.

Lily-May is 10, and drew a chalk hopscotch grid on the pavement outside her house.

This is a perfectly normal activity for a child, and one which is indulged in throughout the country.

Unfortunately, for reasons that are completely unclear, some officers from Kent police allegedly informed her that it was criminal damage.

Bob Allen, her father, is quoted by the BBC:

"I'm so infuriated that they didn't come and knock on the door and ask to see me or her mum.

They've just gone and said something to her and then just driven off."

It is entirely possible that this was some kind of joke that the officers may have been trying to have that went slightly wrong, as Lily-May didn't see the funny side. As a police spokesman said:

"From the circumstances described, it would not appear to have been necessary to advise the young girl that chalking a hopscotch grid may be criminal damage and illegal."

This all seems very odd to me!

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Bin Brother - Brighton Binmen Strike

2013-05-09T12:01:00.001+01:00

Deep sigh!

Here in the Green "paradise" of Brightonia the binmen have gone on strike.

Call me old fashioned, but the one service that councils provide that absolutely everyone (resident and visitor) sees the results of, or comes into contact with, is that of refuse collection and street cleaning; ie it is the one service that the council really ought not to fark up!

Ironically councils throughout the land manage to fark it up on a regular basis!

Anyhoo, here is the council statement:

"None of our refuse, recycling or street cleansing crews are working today as a result of unofficial industrial action by our workforce in relation to pay negotiations. Today is the second day that the service is not operating.

If you were due a refuse or recycling collection yesterday, Wednesday 8 May or today, Thursday 9 May, it will not take place.

Around 40,000 households will be affected by this disruption.

The communal refuse and recycling vehicles are also not operating. We are aware that this is resulting in bins overflowing.

Given the scale of the disruption we will not be able to collect missed refuse and recycling until your next scheduled collection day.

Currently we expect collections to take place as follows:

Date	Refuse / Recycling collections
Wednesday 8 May	No collections. We were due to collect refuse and recycling normally collected on a Tuesday in line with our post Bank Holiday collection schedule. The next scheduled collection is Tuesday 14 May
Thursday 9 May	No collections. We were due to collect refuse and recycling normally collected on a Tuesday in line with our post Bank Holiday collection schedule. The next scheduled collections is Wednesday 15 May
Friday 10 May	We are expecting recycling and refuse collection crews to be working tomorrow.

This may be subject to change and we will update this page regularly with the latest available information.

If your collection has been missed we advise you to take your rubbish and recycling to one of our household waste sites on Wilsons Avenue in Brighton or Old Shoreham Road in Hove or to wait until your next scheduled collection.

We are working hard to hire in extra vehicles and agency staff for next week to be able to deal with the extra volume of waste and recycling as a result of the missed collections.

Due to the disruption we are not taking any reports of missed collections and we will not be able to give you any additional information over the phone.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Service disruption FAQ

Why can't you hire in extra staff and vehicles to catch up on missed collections?
We employ over 100 staff on refuse and recycling who are out every day making refuse and recycling collections from 20,000 households. They use a fleet of more than 30 specialist HGV vehicles.
Our staff know their rounds and are trained to drive and operate our refuse and recycling vehicles. Because of this specialist knowledge and equipment we can not simply hire in 100 agency staff and 30 refuse and recycling vehicles to catch up the missed work.

What we are doing is trying to recruit agency staff and additional vehicles to make sure we collect as much of the extra waste and recycling on the next scheduled collection day. "

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Nanny Unbans The Sun

2013-05-08T11:53:00.002+01:00

As loyal readers know Nanny has something of a bee in her bonnet over the dangers of exposing ourselves to the sun.

Despite the fact that in the UK the number of sunshine filled hours per annum amounts to approximately 2, and despite the fact that sunshine is an excellent source of vitamin D and acts as a most effective anti bacteriological cleansing agent Nanny has long held the view that we should not venture into the sunshine.

That view has been rigidly held until today.

Step forward some wise owls from my old university, Edinburgh, who have conducted some research that suggests that sunlight helps reduce blood pressure, cutting heart attack and stroke risks and even prolonging life.

Oh, and by the way, sunlight also helps with psoriasis.

Dr Richard Weller, a senior lecturer in dermatology at Edinburgh University, is quoted by the BBC:

"We suspect that the benefits to heart health of sunlight will outweigh the risk of skin cancer.

The work we have done provides a mechanism that might account for this, and also explains why dietary vitamin D supplements alone will not be able to compensate for lack of sunlight.

We now plan to look at the relative risks of heart disease and skin cancer in people who have received different amounts of sun exposure.

If this confirms that sunlight reduces the death rate from all causes, we will need to reconsider our advice on sun exposure."

Another piece of Nanny "scientific fact" consigned to the dustbin!

Next week Nanny will announce that smoking is in fact good for you, and will make it compulsory.

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Nanny Bans Knobs

2013-05-07T11:14:00.001+01:00

Oh dear I see that Nanny continues to believe that we are not capable of controlling our appetites and, as such, she must do it for us by rationing our food intake.

This time Nanny's gimlet eye has fallen on portion sizes of biscuits, doughnuts, cakes and milky drinks. Nanny wants food manufacturers, cafes and supermarkets to reduce the portion size of these items.

However, even Nanny has realised that these plans may in fact be bollocks.

Can you see the problem children?

Yes, that's right, people will simply buy more of the smaller portions. The Telegraph notes that even Nanny's Department of Health realises this.

The other obvious point (obvious to everyone except Nanny) is that customers will be ripped off by retailers et al, as the prices charged will not be reduced proportionately in line with the portion size reduction.

Nonetheless Nanny's Department of Health has created evidence (or has done "scientific" research - take your pick) that "shows" that biscuits alone contribute 6% of daily saturated fat intake of a child aged between four and 10.

Yawn.

Why doesn't Nanny simply issue us with some war time ration books, and be done with the pretence that she believes in individual choice and freedom?

Anyhoo, restrictions on the size of biscuits will meet fierce resistance from the knob throwers of Cattistock.

My advice to all and sundry is "hang on to your knobs, lest Nanny takes them away!"

Child Safety Cap Advice - Epilogue

2013-05-04T11:38:00.003+01:00

My thanks to all of you who offered advice wrt my problem opening a Mr Muscle drain unblocker.

For absolute clarity, I have managed to open such products before. However, there was clearly a fault with the child safety cap this time (my good lady also was unable to open it).

Therefore, having fortified myself in the pub last night with a modest selection of Red Stripe, vodka, wine and whisky I returned home to tackle the issue once and for all.

Using a pair of scissors I was able to pry off the outer cap to reveal the "child safety" secondary seal. Yet despite all reasonable attempts to loosen it, the secondary seal remained firmly welded to the bottle.

Therefore I was left with no choice but to stab at it with the scissors until a hole was created.

This method of opening the bottle that contains a rather corrosive substance seems a tad "unsafe". Anyhoo, the problem is now resolved!

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Knobheads of The Year - Dersingham Parish Council

2013-05-03T12:16:00.000+01:00

My thanks to several loyal readers who alerted me to the disgraceful story of Dersingham Parish Council reporting Kurtis Green to the police.

For why?

Mr Green has, for the last 12 years, tended the war memorial in his village, cleaning up rubbish and planting bulbs at its base.

In fact, according to the Mail, in January, the Queen congratulated the 19-year-old for his hard work revamping the memorial, near her Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.

However, Nanny's chums from the council were unimpressed and have reported him to the police for criminal damage and theft, after he installed some water pipes to feed the plants at the base of the memorial.

The police then interviewed him.

Quite absurd and disgraceful that it has come this!

Dersingham Parish Council are knobheads!

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Child Safety Cap Advice

2013-05-03T10:29:00.003+01:00

Dear all

Try as I might, I cannot open my newly purchased bottle of Mr Muscle drain unblocker.

The product's child safety cap will simply not budge.

Aside from me taking a hacksaw to it, does anyone out have any advice as to how I may open this?

Thanks

Ken

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Councils - Morons, Wardens, Misery

2013-05-02T11:36:00.001+01:00

My thanks to a loyal reader who recently poiunted me to a gemusing story in the Shropshire Star about a verbal two fingers stuck up to Shropshire council by the owners of a former independent music shop, which was forced to close because of high parking charges.

In a message placed in the shop window the other month, the owners said:

"Due to increasing costs, high rates, and the morons who make Shrewsbury’s parking policies and the wardens that enforce them making our customers lives a misery, we have decided to withdraw our business from the high street."

The majority of the message was removed on closure of the shop, except for three words:

- morons
- wardens
- misery

Councils are the enemies of the people!

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Nanny Abuses RIPA Yet Again

2013-05-01T10:29:00.001+01:00

Nanny has yet again abused the powers granted to her via the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).

In theory RIPA was brought in by Nanny on the pretext of catching terrorists.

In practice, as loyal readers know, it has been used by Nanny's orifices of state (eg councils et al) to spy on local citizens as a means of collecting debts and bringing "unruly" voters under control.

The latest example of the abuse of RIPA emanates from HMRC.

In March (on my HMRC site) I asked the following question:

"Where is whistleblower Osita Mba?"

By happenstance, on the 29th of April, The Guardian provided a rather detailed and interesting update as to what HMRC have been doing to Mr Mba.

It transpires that HMRC used their powers, normally reserved for catching serious criminals to search the belongings, emails, internet records and phone calls of Mr Mba and his wife.

For why?

HMRC wanted to prove that Mr Mba had spoken to the Guardian's former investigations editor David Leigh.

Seemingly HMRC could find no proof of any contact.

Cathy James, the head of the whistleblowers' charity, Public Concern at Work, regards this as "sinister" and is quoted:

"The actions of the HMRC in this case are very much a step in the wrong direction, more likely to result in a culture of silence with more anonymous leaking than anything else. It is a case of shoot – and silence – the messengers."

David Leigh, who retired from the Guardian last month, said:

"The revenue's decision to use these powers to try and find a link with a journalist when the disclosure was so obviously in the public interest was heavy-handed and foolish, and shows the level of paranoia over their tax deals."

Mr Mba's employment tribunal claim continues and is expected to be heard in the autumn.

As I have noted before, the more powers that are granted to organisations such as HMRC the more they will abuse and misuse them!

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Prats of The Week - Swindon Borough Council

2013-04-30T10:21:00.002+01:00

Ooh err missus, it has been quite a wee while since I have awarded my prestigious, and internationally renowned, Prats of The Week Award.

Therefore, without further ado, I am happy to award it to Swindon Borough Council.

For why?

Well now let me tell you a story.

Just off Newall Street in Swindon there is a very narrow alleyway, that is far too narrow for cars to pass through.

Some weeks ago, for reasons that were never clearly explained, Swindon Borough Council (or rather one of its contractors) painted double yellow lines on both sides of the alleyway (leaving a gap of 13 inches between the lines).

Suffice to say, no one was impressed and the council at the time said that the lines were a "temporary measure" and would in time burnt off.

Anyhoo, it now transpires that instead of burning them off the council has had them painted black.

Why not just save time and money and leave them there?

Ahah Nanny's chums from the council have an answer.

As per the BBC, a council spokesman said that they had been removed as the council wanted drivers to know that double yellow lines "are there for good reason and are capable of being enforced".

"These particular lines didn't get close to meeting either criteria.

The lines will be burnt off, but in the meantime they have been painted over as a temporary measure."

He added that the contractor had agreed to meet the cost and the council would "not be paying for the painting of the lines or for their removal".

What a remarkable waste of time and money (don't be deceived, somehow or other the cost of this will end up being charged to the local taxpayer).

Swindon Borough Council, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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Nibble Nanny's Nuts

2013-04-29T11:04:00.001+01:00

I was hugely gemused to read over the weekend that Nanny had exceeded herself wrt her own stupidity and blind subservience to rules and regulations.

Step forward the Food Standards Agency (FSA), which ordered Booths (a supermarket chain) to withdraw its own brand of Whole Hearted Roasted Monkey Nuts from its shelves.

For why?

The bags did not warn that the contents may contain nuts!

Well, OK, to be specific the bags didn't warn that they may contain peanuts; thus posing a risk to those with a peanut allergy.

That's all very well, except that "monkey nuts" is the term used to describe peanuts that have the shell/pod still intact!

In other words the bags did specifically tell people that they contained peanuts!

FFS!

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Booze Matters - Daily Testing

2013-04-26T12:47:00.000+01:00

My thanks to a loyal reader who pointed me to a pretty ghastly story about Nanny's desire to introduce daily alcohol testing (via a fingerprint scanner) at the workplace.

Nanny intends to start with public sector and security staff etc, then doubtless all and sundry will be targeted.

As anyone who has ever worked in the real world knows, half the workforce (especially in an office) turns up hungover each morning.

Once one has been found to be hungover in charge of the photocopier, what does Nanny (public sector or private sector) propose to do?

Sack you?

Such nonsense will require massive rewriting of employment contracts, and will turn the already dismal workplace into a soul destroying place of misery and drudgery.

The fact that technically the tests can be done done not mean that they should be done.

It is a terrible idea, and contrary to the basic tenet of a "grown up" society that an adult should be treated as an adult so long as he/she behaves in a responsible manner.

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Apologies

2013-04-25T11:00:00.001+01:00

My thanks to a loyal reader (Tonk) who pointed out that, owing to me adjusting the settings on this site, in order for people to comment they had to sign up to Google.

I have gone back to the original settings, and there is now no need to sign up to Google in order to post a comment.

Sorry folks, entirely my fault!

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Ooops!

2013-04-25T10:22:00.000+01:00

Nanny's Crass Stupidity

2013-04-25T10:18:00.001+01:00

The Prison Governors' Association (PGA) have told Nanny that her policy on Class A drugs simply isn't working.

Nanny's response, via her Home Orifice, is particularly moronic even by her standards.

As per the BBC the Home Office said drugs were illegal "because they are dangerous".

Errmm.....alcohol, nicotine and caffeine are drugs and are dangerous, yet they are not illegal (not yet anyway).

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Nanny Bans Public Porn

2013-04-24T13:17:00.001+01:00

I see that Nanny Cameron has said that he will ban Wi-fi from accessing porn in public places, lest kids et al access it.

All very jolly, maybe.

However, I have a couple of questions:

1 What is Nanny's definition of porn?

2 What is Nanny's definition of a public place, eg is a hotel (and by definition its bedrooms) a public place?

Teenagers know more about overriding blocks and controls than adults and the state, this ludicrous idea will fail before it is even enacted!

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Nanny Bans Baroness Thatcher

2013-04-23T09:58:00.002+01:00

Sometimes Nanny's spinelessness knows no bounds, as she kowtows to her perceptions of what is and isn't "controversial".

Step forward CBS Outdoor (a purveyor of advertising space in the London Underground), which has decided to ban posters of Margaret Thatcher due to be shown at Westminster Tube station.

The posters, six portraits of the late prime minister (including a depiction of her as Queen Victoria), were due to run from this week. The portraits initially ran in an exhibition at Gallery Different in central London, which opened last Wednesday, the day of Baroness Thatcher's funeral. They included a pastiche of Peter Paul Ruben's The Assumption of the Virgin Mary with Baroness Thatcher's face replacing Mary's.

For why has CBS Outdoor banned them?

It claims that running them would break Transport for London (TfL) guidelines.

The BBC quote a CBS spokeswoman:

"If an advert has messages or images that relate to public controversy or sensitivity it will not be run."

TfL, trying to avoid controversy itself, claims that the decision to ban the posters is down solely to CBS.

The decision to ban the posters on the grounds of them being "controversial" is of course utter tosh, art is meant to be challenging and controversial; not every piece of "art" should be suitable for the lids of chocolate boxes!

Thatcher herself would have been perfectly happy with the characterisations, political satirists of the day were far more "cruel" with their characterisations of her when she was Prime Minister.

Put the posters up, and unleash the controversy!

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