Hillsborough victims let down by new labour

Marking their own homework?

The MP's press hit-man, anti-free-speech guru Leveson (apparently Sir Brian, and there was I thinking his first name was 'Thatwindbag') used the phrase “marking their own homework” to criticise the press' self-regulation.

That has now been recycled, used against the MPs who set Leveson onto the media. As more expenses and “Sexminster” scandals come to light, and with MPs setting their own agenda, self-regulating, and determining their own pay and conditions, that phrase has been used to describe the root of many problems with the people who want to tell us what to do (it's probably pretty apparent, but in the interests of perfect clarity, I have massive problems with being told what to do – murderous problems with it).

I don't think, actually, that MPs are in the position of marking their own homework.

I thinks it's more like this:

They're setting their own homework, marking it, and getting paid a fortune for doing their homework. They enlist the (highly paid) assistance of their families and friends to help with that homework, and they do their homework in taxpayer-funded, expensive properties within yards of the school gates.

And they're still getting caught cheating.

Some Tunbridge Wells tory (I'm not going to Google it, but I suspect that there's only ever been a tory representing Tunbridge Wells, such is the pointless nature of our voting system) said the system needs changing. By which he means tweaking. But he's actually hit the nail on the head. The system needs blowing up all to bits and starting again, with people governing themselves, not expected to do the bidding of a self-righteous bunch of power crazed morons.

The weekend kick-offs

If there ever was need of another reason to love football and hate the authorities, all the weekend's games have XX:07 o'clock kick-off times, in remembrance of the Hillsborough disaster, twenty five years ago.

The behaviour of Thatcher, her brown nose henchmen, and the police, over the events is nothing short of disgraceful, absolutely abhorrent, immoral and inhuman.

There's a long overdue second look at what happened going on now, but I was talking to MM about this. Over twenty years of new tory labour rule, and it speaks volumes about their attitude that they didn't re-open the case, either:

1. because it was the right thing to do, in every way; or:
2. from simple political cynicism, a great opportunity to give their opponents a hiding.

Further ammunition, were it needed, for the Frank Zappa “Don't Vote It Only Encourages Them” case that what you have is minor variations of unacceptability. Why Waste Your Time deciding between a sh*t sandwich with or without pubic hair in it?