Quote of the Day...

"It’s a good thing Admiral Nelson is dead because this would fucking kill him."

The ever eloquent Nick M over at Counting Cats perfectly sums up the the latest batch of cock waffle to eminate from Whitehall.

The things you see in the West Country.......

This article on the Telegraph website (H/T to Thaddeaus at Anna Racoons place) is undoubtedly one of the finest example of restrained reporting I have ever read. It tells the story of a transvestite (33) caught having sex, with a dog (age unknown), in the moat of Pendennis Castle in Cornwall.

Though to add further comment does seem fatuous the article does raise several questions:

What was the Transvestite doing there in the first place?

Why did he run when initially spotted by the dogs owner and her friend? what was he doing that made him feel the need to leg it or was it just a cunning ploy to make the dog chase him?

Is a caution for outraging public decency really the going rate for committing dog rape in a public area? at the very least shouldn't the man have been prosecuted for interfering with someone elses property?

And is the fact that the castle is managed by English Heritage of such central relevance to the events that took place that it need mentioning in the headline? You can almost feel the well masked indignation of the Telegraph hack that these events transpired in a castle manged by ENGLISH heritage.

Finally how sure is the spokesman from English Heritage that this is a "rare occurrence"? The crime did occur in Cornwall and neither bestiality nor cross dressing are exactly unheard of in those parts.

I couldn't have put it better myself....

"But if you find it is un-British to see someone in a burqa lounging in the park, consider for a moment quite how un-British it would be to see that person cuffed, and bundled into a police van – just for attending a picnic."

Mark Wallace on the Burqa.

Fayed, an Apology

In an earlier post I may have given the impression that I was less than fond of everyones favourite shop keeper.

Courtesy of Paul Waugh I now realise that this could have been a mistake and that Mr Fayed has valuable opinions that we should all listen to.