Don’t trust others? Report them…

We’ve been having a met(Metropolitian Police) Anti terrorism campaign in the UK for the past few weeks, here’s one of the adds:

There are a few others. Is it just me or is this fear mongering on a grand scale? There’s a lot of invasion of privacy going on at the moment, all in the name of crime prevention/anti terrorism, Dna databases, Registering your foreign travel details, stop and search, arrest for just taking pictures, CCTV cameras etc.

Anyway heres another take on the above add:

And another:

And another:

And finally:

And on another subject:

And finally for good measure:

More pictures can be found at the rather excellent BoingBoing site.

Chao’s. Apparently.

London has been hit by it’s biggest snowfall since 1991.  Of course the whole transport network fell flat on its face as a result. Usually I’d be the first to criticise those who run the privatised transport system in this country for probably thinking that we would never get hit by snow like this, so why should we spend money on snow clearance equipment we may not need?

But I won’t. The heaviest snowfall fell in the Thames valley which has the largest population concentration in this country and as such a transport network to match.

The media made a song and dance about, interviewing the usual disgruntled travellers trying to get to work and businessmen complaining about how much money has been lost in the economy as a result.

As I said before, we haven’t had snow like this for eighteen years, If snow like this was a regular occurrence and everything ground to a halt, then yes there would be cause to complain.

Get over it. The snow will be gone in a few days and it will be business as usual.

Red Boris.

This is from the ToryTroll blog.

The British National Party have abandoned their previous support for Boris Johnson after he told a Muslim newspaper that he is both learning Arabic and studying the Qur’an.

“When Johnson found out about his Muslim ancestry, he feels that “with more understanding there would be less conflicts”.

Of course the BNP are naturally Upset about it:

“London mayor Boris Johnson has given a startling insight into his true political leanings and the shameless way he is prepared to sell out native Londoners to pander to the Islamic vote. His words will also be a stark reminder to those who still believe that David Cameron’s Conservatives intend to sort out the country’s problems. In a quite astounding interview, Johnson promised the Muslim News that he would carry on in the footsteps of his predecessor, Ken Livingstone, by supporting the myriad of diversity and equality projects foisted on Londoners by Red Ken.”

Judging by the hilarious comments on the BNP website:

I’m glad I don’t inhabit the planet they are currently living on.

Of course Boris wasn’t going to say anything about this before the election, because he wouldn’t have won via the BNP’s secondary votes.

Cynical? Me? Perish the thought.