Superbug pandemic confirmed

Back in April last year, I revealed that the world was in danger of being overrun by the latest superbug Americanus 4nPolyC.

Well, I am sad to have to announce that in recent weeks the disease has reached pandemic status.

The bug has already been responsible for thousands of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there are unconfirmed rumours of an outbreak in Iran.

The recent events in Tunisia indicate that there may be the start of an outbreak there, and over the past week there have been many cases reported in Cairo. The authorities in Egypt have confirmed that there have been a number of deaths reported.

A spokesman for the international health organisation 'Mediciens sans Scrupulo' says that nothing much can be done under the prevailing circumstances and believes that regimes must change in order to bring this bug under control.

So far, the only country that seems to be uneffected is the United States. A White House representative told us : "4nPolyC has so far not worried us in the US. We believe that we have the finest system in the world for dealing with things and if everyone else did it our way, then the world would be a better and safer place."

Doctors warn that there may be a danger of the disease mutating into something far more worrying. Already another strain 4nCIA may already be in situ in other countries...

Superbug pandemic confirmed

Back in April last year, I revealed that the world was in danger of being overrun by the latest superbug Americanus 4nPolyC.

Well, I am sad to have to announce that in recent weeks the disease has reached pandemic status.

The bug has already been responsible for thousands of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, and there are unconfirmed rumours of an outbreak in Iran.

The recent events in Tunisia indicate that there may be the start of an outbreak there, and over the past week there have been many cases reported in Cairo. The authorities in Egypt have confirmed that there have been a number of deaths reported.

A spokesman for the international health organisation 'Mediciens sans Scrupulo' says that nothing much can be done under the prevailing circumstances and believes that regimes must change in order to bring this bug under control.

So far, the only country that seems to be uneffected is the United States. A White House representative told us : "4nPolyC has so far not worried us in the US. We believe that we have the finest system in the world for dealing with things and if everyone else did it our way, then the world would be a better and safer place."

Doctors warn that there may be a danger of the disease mutating into something far more worrying. Already another strain 4nCIA may already be in situ in other countries...

The murder of David Kelly

Nobody is ever going to convince me that UN weapons inspector  Dr. David Kelly was not murdered.

What makes me even more suspicious is that the inquest into his death was suspended and never resumed.

Lord Hutton concluded that "the principal cause of death was bleeding from incised wounds to his left wrist which Dr Kelly had inflicted on himself with the knife found beside his body".

But now some very knowledgable and eminent people are calling for the case to be reopened. Nine experts including Michael Powers, a QC and former coroner, and Julian Blon, a professor of intensive care medicine, said in a letter to the Times that the official cause of death – haemorrhage from the severed artery – was "extremely unlikely" as "insufficient blood would have been lost to threaten life."

Now prominent politicians, including former Tory leader Michael Howard and labour leadership hopeful Dianne Abbott, have called for the inquest to be resumed.

Furthermore, Hutton made a ruling to keep medical reports and photographs closed for 70 years. He said that he had made the gagging order to spare Kelly's family "unnecessary distress".

Bullshit. This is sparing no-one but the guilty. What you smell is a good old fashioned political cover up.

New Labour's house of cards has already collapsed around its ears and this whole affair reeks of the sort of manoeuvre that Francis Urquhart would have been proud of. The state cannot hold itself out to be above the law.

Something needs to be done about this right now...

The murder of David Kelly

Nobody is ever going to convince me that UN weapons inspector  Dr. David Kelly was not murdered.

What makes me even more suspicious is that the inquest into his death was suspended and never resumed.

Lord Hutton concluded that "the principal cause of death was bleeding from incised wounds to his left wrist which Dr Kelly had inflicted on himself with the knife found beside his body".

But now some very knowledgable and eminent people are calling for the case to be reopened. Nine experts including Michael Powers, a QC and former coroner, and Julian Blon, a professor of intensive care medicine, said in a letter to the Times that the official cause of death – haemorrhage from the severed artery – was "extremely unlikely" as "insufficient blood would have been lost to threaten life."

Now prominent politicians, including former Tory leader Michael Howard and labour leadership hopeful Dianne Abbott, have called for the inquest to be resumed.

Furthermore, Hutton made a ruling to keep medical reports and photographs closed for 70 years. He said that he had made the gagging order to spare Kelly's family "unnecessary distress".

Bullshit. This is sparing no-one but the guilty. What you smell is a good old fashioned political cover up.

New Labour's house of cards has already collapsed around its ears and this whole affair reeks of the sort of manoeuvre that Francis Urquhart would have been proud of. The state cannot hold itself out to be above the law.

Something needs to be done about this right now...

War - a fresh perspective

Seems there have been one or two fuck ups lately on the warfare front.

First, Nick Clegg stands up in his first Prime Minister's Questions and describes the Iraq War as 'illegal'. Oh dear. Sharp intakes of breath from the Tories behind him who voted for the war.

It should, however, be remembered that the Lib Dems have always regarded the war as illegal. It should also be remembered that just because someone voted for the war, that didn't make it legal. Show me the dodgy dossier and persuade me that Blair has integrity (difficult in my case), and I might have voted for it. But that still doesn't make it legal - so I reckon fair enough, Cleggy.

Then Call-me-Dave pops across the water to liaise with the great black hope. Unfortunately, he then pisses off the yanks by describing Britain's presence in Iraq as a 'supporting role'. True, but not very palatable. It's America's war, they're fucking it up and we seem to be covering all the difficult stuff. Truth hurts!

But just to show that he's not biased, Dave then pisses off his own veterans by saying that Britain played a junior role in World War II. Well, Dave, that's bollocks because if the Japs hadn't bombed Pearl Harbour we'd still be waiting for the yanks to arrive - just like in the first war.

So, all in all, I reckon that's 2-1 on the war front. Not a great result, but a result nevertheless...

War - a fresh perspective

Seems there have been one or two fuck ups lately on the warfare front.

First, Nick Clegg stands up in his first Prime Minister's Questions and describes the Iraq War as 'illegal'. Oh dear. Sharp intakes of breath from the Tories behind him who voted for the war.

It should, however, be remembered that the Lib Dems have always regarded the war as illegal. It should also be remembered that just because someone voted for the war, that didn't make it legal. Show me the dodgy dossier and persuade me that Blair has integrity (difficult in my case), and I might have voted for it. But that still doesn't make it legal - so I reckon fair enough, Cleggy.

Then Call-me-Dave pops across the water to liaise with the great black hope. Unfortunately, he then pisses off the yanks by describing Britain's presence in Iraq as a 'supporting role'. True, but not very palatable. It's America's war, they're fucking it up and we seem to be covering all the difficult stuff. Truth hurts!

But just to show that he's not biased, Dave then pisses off his own veterans by saying that Britain played a junior role in World War II. Well, Dave, that's bollocks because if the Japs hadn't bombed Pearl Harbour we'd still be waiting for the yanks to arrive - just like in the first war.

So, all in all, I reckon that's 2-1 on the war front. Not a great result, but a result nevertheless...

The Manifesto Song 2010

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I've decided that we should commemorate manifesto week with a musical look back over Labour promisses of the recent and distant past just to prove that nothing has really changed at all. Some of these posters are classics!

Who could forget that great manifesto of 1997? After all, don't forget that "Things can only get better"...

Suggestions for other songs I can butcher in my own inimitable way are always gratefully recieved

The Manifesto Song 2010

Click image to play

I've decided that we should commemorate manifesto week with a musical look back over Labour promisses of the recent and distant past just to prove that nothing has really changed at all. Some of these posters are classics!

Who could forget that great manifesto of 1997? After all, don't forget that "Things can only get better"...

Suggestions for other songs I can butcher in my own inimitable way are always gratefully recieved