BASHING the bishops. I've often wondered about Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He was pictured in San Francisco dancing on stage, mid-air and arms and legs akimbo, at a candlelit vigil for Tibet. Is he the full shilling?
The same might be asked of Canterbury's roustabout Rowan Williams.
Now former Bishop of Edinburgh, Doctor Richard Holloway, he's more inclined to keep his feet on the ground.
He is actively involved in bringing to Scotland a well-tried system
from Venezuela that transforms the lives of children as young as three by introducing them to classical music.
Says Richard: "Sir Simon Rattle rates this the most important musical development on the planet and we'll use Stirling this summer as the template for, hopefully, other cities here. We need funding. Any of your readers got a spare million?"
A cinema buff, Doc Holloway, never to be confused with Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas) in Gunfight at the OK Corral, plans to catch up on Vantage Point, starring his favourite actress Sigourney Weaver. Maybe she has a spare million.
Anarchy in the UK. Enough to make you weep, this ban on wolf-whistling at women on our building sites. Some wimp at George Wimpey's bleating: "In the 21st century the wolf whistle is out of place. The general feeling is that women won't stand for being whistled at by builders."
Piffle. While they've still got their hard hats on, the lads should dig a hole for this upstart.
Ban this, ban that. Soon you won't be able to fart in Britain without a chitty from the Chancellor.
Where will it end?Where does it all end? Brings out the anarchist in me. I tell you we're drawing ever closer to the day when we'll have to rise up as one and declare that we ain't taking no more. Them versus us. It won't just be handbags at dawn.
Meanwhile, a YouGov poll carried out for Channel 4 reported that the vast majority of Britons believe immigration is diluting our culture and leading to the breakdown of society. If I haven't quite made your day, a Department of Transport report reveals that Britons have a one in 200 chance of being killed in a road crash.
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