Editorial

Telling it as it is!

Foot and Mouth 3(00)

The Government and agriculture minister (Nick Brown) thought that the foot and mouth epidemic would have peaked by now, but as we reach the 300th confirmed case of he disease there seems to be no stopping it.

Okay, I've covered this subject before and from where I sit at the moment I can see two winners at the moment. 1, Countries now being used as suppliers of fresh meat (such as France and Holland) and 2, Supermarkets who are 'hiking' up the prices of not only Pork, Beef and Lamb but poultry also.

Princess Speedy

Now I don't like to make 'digs' at the Royal family as I think that they are wonderful people who are an excellent example to us all....NOT.

But what justice is there when Princess Ann gets only fined £400 and five penalty points for doing 93mph on a duel carriage way (23 over the limit). What a farce and her excuse that she thought that the officer that was following her was her escort.

It just goes to show that the Royals are indeed above the law. She should have had more of a fine or at least lost her licence for a while. Had it been you or I that was caught at that speed the penalty would have been a lot different.

I don't want to Hear'say

It seems apparent now that Hear'say (that crap group created for the TV series Popstars) will be No.1 in the singles chart with their debut single nest week, but why?

Is the state of the music industry that bad that the only single that teens and preteens want to buy is the worst kind of bubblegum Pop?

Okay, it is no secret that I am against all kinds of prefabricated Pop, I mean Westlife, Spice Girls, S-Club 7 they all pretty much suck bad, but not as bad as Hear'say (and Atomic Kitten, but that's another story).

They were designed for a TV programme that was intended to show the making of a group that the producers knew would make a lot of money, it is all a merchandising con.

There are plenty of unsigned talented groups out there who write their own music, play their own instruments and are genuinely talented, but, the are not going to stand a chance of getting a record contract while the charts is dominated by the lowest form of music.

Celebrity Big Brother

Now I cannot say anything that bad about the celebrity version of Big Brother on the basis that it was for the Comic Relief charity and made for compelling viewing for many!

Jack Dee stole the show with his various escape attempts while the others seemed to be there to enhance the career or in the case of Anthea Turner and Vanessa Feltz lack of a career.

For the next version of Big Brother I would suggest placing me in The Big Brother House with Salma Hayek, Michelle Pfeiffer, Carrie Fisher and Natalie Portman for a week....cool!