Final segment of the John Pilger documentary ‘The War You Don’t See‘
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The BBC have struck contemporary drama gold with this one. Mark Gatiss is behind it – writer/producer, with Steven Moffat. Good combo. (Excuse the guff code, BBC at it’s new tech onine best…)
WFT!! Ex-soldier Faces Jail for Handing in Gun A former soldier who handed a discarded shotgun in to police faces at least five years imprisonment for “doing his duty”. Paul Clarke, 27, was found guilty of possessing a firearm at Guildford Crown Court on Tuesday – after finding the gun and handing it personally to [...] Amazing collection of photos taken during the WW2 and nowadays. The WW2 photos were taken during the invasion of Normandy on and after D-Day. I’m not a fan of the Daily Wail and I certainly wouldn’t snaffle an entire piece (other than to rip it to shreds), but this piece tickled me… with the final paragraph being quite apposite:
As France rejoins NATO, a humorous reminder of why we never missed them With typical flamboyance [...] Back in the 80′s, when I was a more slender being, I was on the entertainment’s committee of an infantry unit, albeit part-time, both the unit and the committee. One task was to arrange parties for all ranks to attend. Apart from the booze, the most important task, as far as the men were [...] |
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HMG Moving Closer to Stasi State…
What the fuck is going on in this country, or to be more precise in this country’s government? And more to the point, where does Erich Mielke fit in with Home Secretary Jacqui Smith & Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw? I thought that old git was long dead! Seems not… Hello Stasi 2.0 [...]