“Well for those of you wanting more news on the weather, I’m sorry, but for obvious reasons we need to spend more time on the George Best story. Police in Cornwall have set up a Gold Control, and for those of you like me who didn’t know what that was, it’s a special incident control room…”
Oh dear. The passing of George Best is noteworthy, but the reality of Hundreds stuck on snow-hit moor is surely pretty urgent here and now for anyone travelling in the south-west, particularly with the evening commute fast approaching! While we’re at it, surely anyone who’s watched rolling-news coverage of any major police operation or the BBC’s own documentaries would have heard the phrase ‘Gold Control’ before, let alone a professional BBC journalist.
Mark,
I misread your comment at first, and I thought it said, “… and Mandelson pass away.”
And then, on reflection, it didn’t seem so absurd.
Mandela is completely ga-ga and senile, but you won’t hear a whisper of this on al-BBC, where he is revered as a living god. I imagine bien pensant opinion in Islington will declare a month of national mourning when the bloodsoaked old loony finally thuds from his perch.
For my money Ricky Gervais had it right about Mandela-la-land: he proves prison works.
After all, despite having been jailed for life for very serious offences, since being let out 14 years ago – he hasn’t reoffended!
We should try that with Irish and Muslim terrorists. Sorry – Irish and Muslim insurgents. What was I thinking?
TCC
I’ve yet to see a better attempt to solve a terrorism problem than that adopted in NI. Righties (correctly) tell lefties to forget their egalitarian economic ‘principals’ and join the real world. Isn’t this a case where they should themselves follow suit.
Far be it for me however to question the views of someone who believes badminton, tennis and snooker to encompass more skills than ‘soccer’ (btw – ‘guarantee a score’??? – please tell me you’re American). I wouldn’t dream of suggesting that your campness lead to you being picked last at school resulting in eternal resentment?
Cockney – I would suggest Cyprus is a better example. For over 30 years no Greeks have been able to kill Turks (or vice versa). There has been the odd pot-shot over the border of course but none of the vibrant inter-communal violence that the Greeks cant seem to wait to bring back.