Kay Burley is still at it. The obnoxious and patronising Kay Burley was in good form again yesterday. In response to a comment from an interviewee about her outrageously biased questioning, Burley spat out "Oh get over yourself. Just answer the question". This odious apology for a television interviewer/presenter should be fired, but Sky News (and Fox News) seem to treasure these rude and ignorant employees.
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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/26/jimmy-savile-abuse-stoke-mandeville-hospital-inquiry Jimmy Savile abused 60 people at Stoke Mandeville hospital, inquiry finds The report published yesterday, reveals perhaps only part of the extent to which Savile carried out his odious sex abuse over many decades. The report contains many recommendations in respect of measures to be introduced covering monitoring of volunteers in the NHS, reporting incidents of suspected abuse, and a number of other proposals most of which Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, accepted during his statement to the House of Commons yesterday (26th February 2015). During the same statement Mr Hunt issued an apology on behalf of the government and NHS, on at least three occasions which now seems to be standard practice as if in some way, saying sorry makes every thing all right. It was also noticeable that the report contained detailed descript...
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/24/britain-to-send-military-advisers-to-ukraine-cameron#comment-48036283 Britain to send military advisers to Ukraine David Cameron This is a very bad idea. Not from any pacifist or pro Putin/Russia ideal, but from the viewpoint of practicalities. "Advisers" are invariably shortly followed by "support units" who are again invariably followed by "aircraft in a supporting role" and so on until, low and behold, someone suddenly realises that we have a full blown military presence in region. As was the case in Viet Nam through to Afghanistan and Iraq, history has always shown us that "mission creep" is not a question of numbers, it is a question of timescale. There are those in this country, as many of the comments in this section demonstrate, who are clearly of a gung ho mentality and still believe that we should bomb and smash the Russians as that great political thinker Kenny Ev...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/egypt-coup-leaked-tape-proves-defence-minister-tried-to-conceal-morsis-true-location-in-military-prison-say-forensic-scientists-10066042.html Egypt coup: Leaked tape proves defence minister tried to conceal Morsi’s true location in military prison With all the experience that America has in organising coup de tat in other peoples countries, they seem to have missed a few points when advising Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his gang of conspirators. This revelation of new evidence will not make one iota of difference. The al-Sisi cabal will continue their ruthless suppression of all opposition and their obscene show trials of Innocent people and the Americans will continue to deny that the events of 2013 were in fact a coup de tat, which will allow them to carry on pouring armaments, aircraft and cash into the Egyptian military machine. A corrupt and rotten administratio...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/22/victoria-coren-mitchell-prime-ministers-questions-miliband-cameron#comment-47905385 Ed Miliband, your idea is out of the question Victoria Coren Mitchell Spot on Victoria. To reprise what I wrote in February 2013, (because nothing has changed since then or is likely to change in the foreseeable future) the kindergarten of PMQ's continues unabated. Questions to the Prime Minister. The weekly excursion into the world of “Yaboo” politics where each side of the House of Commons can indulge themselves in mindless baying and snide remarks from one side, no doubt shouted in order to provoke reaction from the other side or to draw the “referee” Mr. Speaker to intervene with “Order, Order” or a phrase that Mr Bercow has taken to using over recent years of “The honourable member should calm down”. Questions to the Prime Minister now demonstrates for around 30 minutes each Wednesday, everything that is wrong with Britis...
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/broadchurch-review-the-stakes-are-finally-high-but-can-we-forgive-the-implausible-plotlines-10049584.html Broadchurch: Can we forgive the implausible plot lines? Last week, I posed the question "I shall continue to watch as the programme cannot get any more unbelievable.Can it?" and doubted if this "serial soap" could get any worse. I was wrong, because not only has it got worse,it has also become the vehicle for yet another gay affair/relationship. It also is incredible that the story line persists with the pacemaker nonsense of Alec telling people that he thought that he would not recover from the anesthetic. I realise that the programme was recorded some time ago, but a pair of scissors to remove this glaringly mistaken line would have not have even been noticed. I repeat what I said last week "Why Alec Hardy was lingering at deaths door and under general anesthetic...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/us-student-in-intensive-care-after-being-gored-by-bull-during-spanish-festival-10048220.html US student in intensive care after being gored by bull during Spanish festival Mr Miller was gored multiple times Is this article supposed to generate sympathy for 20-year-old Benjamin Miller, of Georgia? If he and the 45,000 to 50,000 other people who attended this "Carnaval del Toro" wish to indulge in this barbaric and cruel activity, then they must accept that they run the risk of being injured. There seems to be no reports of any other attendees at this "fiesta, which includes afternoon bullfights and bull-running events" being gored or otherwise injured, which is a pity because a good goring or more is what they all richly deserve. Any compassion which people may have should be directed towards the Bulls, who have no choice but to take part in this a...
The NHS and the Ambulance Service. Credit where credit is due as they say. There has been much criticism of the Ambulance service recently, particularly in Dorset. Stories of hours spent waiting for assistance to arrive and then long delays in A&E frequently appear in the media. However, we recently required medical assistance and can only praise the NHS personnel concerned. The first responder arrived within 10 minutes of the 999 call with the paramedics and ambulance arriving less than 5 minutes later. This timely response was in spite of the thick fog on the A35. The A&E staff at the Dorchester County Hospital were very efficient and resolved the problem. No hanging around for hours on the hospital trolley. On this occasion, a big thank you to the NHS, particularly in the ambulance service and the DCH.
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/feb/01/primary-school-maths-grammar-nicky-morgan-education#comment-47016794 Primary school pupils face new maths and grammar tests under Tories Why is this latest "set of punitive policies" labeled as a new initiative from the Conservatives? Teaching children multiplication tables and how to read by the age of 11 is not new, neither is it unique. Some years ago, more in fact that I care to remember, I attended the Ruby Street Primary School in London. The classroom of 1B, my first year class under Miss Cox, had posters around the walls with "Times Tables" on each of the posters ranging from 2 to 12, which had to be learned. Every child in the class (classes usually had 48 or more children at that time) had to learn by heart each of the tables and then had the daunting challenge of standing in front of Miss Cox, (and the assembled class) and reciting 2x2=4 and so on through to 12x12=144. Not all at t...