It seems a long time ago but it was only on Friday when I heard on the news that there were to be no charges over the "Sale of honours" investigation, surprise surprise. Did anyone ever think that there would be?
The Tory party had come 4th in the elections, that was a bit of a surprise especially as one of their candidates was that special that he had only joined the party the week before and that after presenting the Labour party with a cheque for nearly £5 thousand.
The doctor that suggested that the triple jag maybe harmful was found guilty, that will teach him, he will not argue with the politicians again, ignoring the fact that Blair could not honestly state that his son had been given it and no opposition members dared to question this, of course not, they had all known that there were doubts over it and protected their own kids by paying for the single single jag.
A passing thought, One third of the earth is desert. The ice bergs are melting and our coast line will disappear. Why not build giant canals in the desert to take up the excess water and at the same time irrigate the land
jenray
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Did you see 'Athens' on Channel 4 last night? It was studying the foundations of Democracy...very interesting, and although we talk as if we're the inheritors of their form of democracy, we definitely are not...and theirs came to a bad end eventually because of an abuse of their power and wealth...corruption was impossible in Athens because nobody knew who was going to be chosen to be the equivalent of the Prime Minister for a month at a time from amongst the six thousands Athenians able to participate in the government...no women, no slaves so very fair
And, nobody knew who was going to be on the committees either for the running of the city again lasting a month at a time...ingenious way of choosing delegates - totally corruption proof - not like we have today where what you can get away is the name of the game...have you noticed practically the whole of the damned political parties have a predominance of lawyers in them - no wonder they find ways to twist the laws to suit their own needs and know they'll get away with in the end...hmmmm...deep weary sighs...re the canals...good idea, but won't the salt kill any plant life...didn't know you could grow plants in brine...