PM, parties, and views

The last two days have produced a drawn test match. I think Sri Lanka outplayed us. Nuf said.

England have a new football coach.. This time an Italian. It seems that English football suffers with too many foreign players, and coaches. I think the top six clubs all have foreign coaches (I include Scotland is foreign for this purpose).

Gordon Brown did an amazing disappearing act. He arranged a meeting after the date had been set for signing the European treaty, and was not there for the signing in Portugal, sending a boy to do the mans job. Why didn't Brown go? Does he not agree with the treaty? Was he worried he has sold us down the river to Brussels? Is he ashamed at back tracking on a referendum? Was he scared to append his name to it? Or was he just showing bad manners to the other European heads?

Poor old Jacqui Smith the Home Secretary, another debacle, this time with figures of persons given permits to work in the security industry, even though they should not have been in the country. The words in a brewery, a p**s-up, organise, couldn't, spring to mind.

Went to a good Xmas party with my wifes colleagues from Dewsbury Ambulance station last night to Leeds Royal Armouries. An excellent venue, good DJ, brilliant night.

Today is my dad's birthday. He is called Owen and lives in Guernsey, where I come from initially. He too was a police officer before he retired. Runs in the family. Work for me at the estate agents was pretty quiet, so I delivered leaflets. And thats it for today.

Day Off and Back to Work

Yesterday was my day off, so I did some shopping, tidying around etc. Pretty boring stuff. Today I am back at work.

Spoke to my parents last night. They live in Guernsey. For any-one not familiar with it, Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands, and is situated nearer to France than England. It also happens to be my birth place.

My youngest son also rang from London where he is studying journalism - broadcasting at the University of Westminster for his Masters degree. My eldest son is a teacher of modern languages in Stockport.

The news, well the Darwin family seem to feature alot, the tale gets worse and worse.

The race fixing trial collapsed, and Kieron Fallon has had his case dropped. The trouble with sport is that when large betting syndicates get involved, then allegations appear.

The Daily Mail had an interesting piece in it yesterday about incompetent or inept Police Chief Constables. I agree with alot of their comments. The chiefs seem to get too involved in politics, social issues, instead of fighting crime, and preserving the peace. Law enforcement seems to have gone down the list of their priorities.