The Barber of Brussels?

Most of work now consists of dealing with the media and research. I often wonder what it would have been like should I have been elected to the European Parliament in June. This week for instance I could have been questioning Sir Paul McCartney, as Nick and Andrew will be able to, at a special event in Brussels.

To quote the exact blurb:

The European Parliament will host a major event on global warming and food policy on 3 December where Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri and environmental activist Sir Paul McCartney will urge legislators and experts to focus on what an individual can do to fight climate change, for example by eating less meat.

The "Global Warming and Food Policy: Less Meat = Less Heat" hearing takes place on 3 December, in Parliament's plenary chamber, in Brussels, from 10.00h to 12h30, chaired by Vice-President Edward McMillan-Scott. The opening speech is to be delivered by Parliament's President Jerzy Buzek. It will be followed by a press conference.

I happen to have quite a lot of respect for Sir Paul with regards his stance on animal cruelty and I've told Nick not to be too hard on him as it would be counterproductive. We will see what happens though as to attempt to latch onto the global warming bandwagon in this particular case is, shall we say, somewhat ambitious.

Had to take the car into the doctors this morning and as a result had been dreading the phone call detailing all the extra work that would be needed. Thankfully though that call never came and with new front pads, replacement rear spring and full service setting me back £440, it was a good job it never did.

For the first time ever I have had to resort to buying logs. At this time of year with limited daylight hours there simply isn't the time to saw and chop my own and my stores have run right out. At £2.90 a sack they are not cheap, but you really notice the difference between seasoned and unseasoned wood. Currently it is 0.3*C outside and dropping and with just the small stove burning I presently have a +27*C advantage on the critters outside.

The Daily Star today reports that Bonnie Greer is in negotiations with the London Royal Opera House with regards the production of BNP, the Opera. No, I couldn't believe this either but it would seem sitting next to our chairman on Question Time has had a profound effect upon her. As such I'll be calling tomorrow to see just how serious she is about the whole concept and whether she would like our help to make the project more authentic. I find it hard to believe that I have just written this paragraph and take the opportunity of providing you with a photo of today's paper just in case you thought I was losing the plot!

Dodgy Science

Following on from the front page article in today's Observer the Press Association were on to me first thing this morning to get a further insight. The rest, as they say, is history as another major BNP-related story ripples across the globe as I type through the BBC, SKY,ITV, Daily Telegraph, The Times....Don't you just love it when that happens?

Watching the review of the newspapers on BBC Breakfast News this morning, the Observer piece was the first item they came to. Charlie Stayt quite correctly nailed the ubiquitous politically-correct guest automaton by stating that it was, "surely a good thing that someone with different reviews should be present to help the debate". Debate, that's the last thing the advocates of one world government want the inconvenience of having to deal with!

The only disappointing thing about the earlier coverage today was that it did not differentiate between our views on the concept of man-made global warming. Never mind though and as I took a long walk today to see the Severn flooding, as it always has done, the political irony of the ducks and swans adapting to their new territory was not lost on me.

I suppose at this point in time you would like the links to the Observer piece and the subsequent feed through the PA, instantly gobbled up by the Daily Mail? Go on then, but I'm not telling you which is which!

By the way I hope you liked that "dodgy science" bit, not bad for Sunday morning, after a Saturday night. Rather conjures up images of Del Boy in Denmark opening up the case for the Climarxists.

As I indicated earlier, today has provided a chance for some serious birding. Despite the cold and wet air it as not been a bad haul with literally hundreds of fieldfares and redwings to be seen feasting on holly berries. This morning a greater spotted woodpecker seemed positively bemused by the multitude of feeding opportunities provided for it. In the end it settled for the fat balls which it must have decided provided and instant energy hit, not being troubled by the concept of cholesterol, blocked arteries or for that matter, global warming.

Stars & Copenhagen

As you can see I am simply not clever enough to turn this photo the right way around, but I am sure you get the picture. Speaking of Copenhagen look out for the Observer tomorrow as there is a strong possibility that it may contain some BNP/climate change matter.

You might also want to keep your eyes on the Sunday Express. Yesterday their reporter starting banging on about Lee Barnes and what he had written on his blog. He was a little annoyed when I implied that he did not understand how the Internet worked. You see it is Lee's own blog and nobody forces you to navigate to his own part of cyberspace. However, plenty of people do enjoy his cutting edge, hard-hitting content that takes no prisoners and is totally unique.

Being a bit of a techie nerd can be hard at times but it does have it's rewards. The scorn and ridicule is easily compensated for by the pleasure derived from such a thing as Starmap for instance.

Here we have an iPhone ap that actually uses the built in compass to furnish you with a map of the stars and planets as you point it to the sky. Beautiful, but no good whatsoever on a cloudy night like this.

John Walker mercifully breaks up my DIY experience this morning with an astute observation. He wonders whether or not UKIP, with their new penchant for "islamophobia" will attract the same kind of attention we do from the so called "anti-racist" hordes. Well it is going to look awfully suspicious if they don't is it not?

500 secs for Friday Night

Friday night arrives again and with it the opportunity to provide you with over 500 seconds of audio so fresh, it is still sizzling. Just back from Strasbourg I catch up with Nick this evening who seems as proud as punch on being the recipient of yet another accolade for his outstanding contribution towards political incorrectness.

Barnsley

I very much enjoyed speaking in front of a large South Yorkshire audience last night even though I never got back home until 1am.


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Hardliner?

My second speaking engagement of the week takes me up north tonight and consequently far, far away from my computer. Thoughtful and considerate blogger that I am though, there's a strong possibility of a "live" photo or two from my iPhone.

In the meantime here's a little piece from the Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News that was published today. I hope all of this DNA business isn't turning me into a hardliner!

British National Party deputy leader Simon Darby defends use of Sir Winston Churchill in campaign material amid criticism from Ben Jones, prospective Conservative candidate for Halton

blah,blah,blah..extremist..blah,blah lies....blah,blah bigotry

Simon Darby, deputy leader of the BNP, said Churchill would have shared many of his party’s views.

He said: “We believe if Churchill had the same political outlook now as he had then, he’d be thrown out of the Conservative party.

“Under mainstream parties we’ve seen the sell-off of British gold, and seen the loss of more freedoms to the EU.

“Thatcher took us into Europe and ensured we were wrapped in the tentacles of the EU federalist monster.”

He added: “If he were here now, we’d be the only party he could join.”