Off to Turkey - Back in 16 Days!

Well I'm off on holiday today to sunny Turkey - I can't wait to see the back of this awful weather.

Turkey of course is in Asia - not Europe - and will always be to me an Asian country despite the best efforts of the EU. Whatever happens it will of course always be geographically in Asia.

When I was in Turkey two years ago (in a little village called Yesiluzumlu twelve or so miles up in mountains inland from Fethiye - the same place that I'm going this time) the talk then in Turkey was of joining the EU, and to a man every Turk I talked to said that they thought this was a bad idea, and that they didn't consider themselves Europeans.

They thought that the Turkish politicians were keen on entering the EU in order to line their own pockets at the expense of the Turkish people. I think they were about right.

What the mood of the Turkish people regarding EU entry is now I don't know, but I'll find out.

And as for the Turkish people themselves - speak as you find - I thought they were very nice, very patriotic also with a statue of modern Turkey's founder Ataturk in every town and village.

Anyhow, I'll be back in sixteen days - happy blogging!!

BBC Anti-Semitism Reporting

Reported on the BBC website today (and elsewhere I presume) is the rise in UK anti-Semitism.
The story was all about the rise in 'racist' attacks on Jews, Synagogues etc.

But what got me about the whole thing (I don't condone anti-Semitism by the way) was the fact that as the main picture the BBC used a picture of 'a swastika daubed outside a Manchester Synagogue'.

Now this of course suggests (deliberately) that these attacks are the work of 'right wing' Neo-Nazi's - BUT - on reading the article it becomes perfectly clear that the vast majority (all?) of these attacks are the work of Muslims who are pissed off (for a change) about Israel and the middle east etc etc etc.

The BBC have - as far as I can reasonably tell - reported the truth, but by using the photo that they did have tried to muddle people's thinking and turn them against anyone who may 'lean to the right'.

A very cheap shot indeed.

Will they ever give up with all of this brainwashing rubbish?

Not unless they're made to.

Racist Police?

A report released today by the Commons Home Affairs Committee declared that there still exists in the British Police Force (I won't use 'service') racism.

The chairman of the committee - MP (disgraced of course - aren't they all?) Keith Vaz - commented on the 'blatantly disproportionate representation of particularly black people in the criminal justice system regarding numbers held on the DNA database'. (I paraphrase).

I'm sorry for pointing out the bleeding obvious but isn't there such a blatantly disproportionate representation of particularly black people in the criminal justice system regarding numbers held on the DNA database because particularly black people are disproportionately criminal?

This is a fact. For whatever reasons. But this is a fact. Proportionately black people commit more (many more) crimes than white people so there are going to be proportionately more of them on the criminal DNA database.

It's not racist to point this out.

What does Vaz want the police to do - let black people off crimes so as to balance things?

Probably.

Amir Khan's Connections

Last night in Manchester Amir Khan won a version of the World light welterweight title (WBA) by beating Ukranian Andriy Kotelnik on points.

Now I'm not going to knock Khan (I'm not going to mention the fact that when he was ko'd in one round by Breidis Prescott last year he said that some members of the crowd booed him because they were jealous 'I earn more in a few fights than they earn in their entire lives'), I'm not going to mention that - whoops!

Anyhow, my point is really all about the aforementioned Prescott.

As I have mentioned he ko'd Khan last year. And of course last night Khan won the WBA title (against a non puncher, Khan has been VERY carefully matched not facing any puncher other than Prescott) but on Friday night Prescott lost a split decision in Las Vegas on a nothing sort of bill to one Miguel Vazquez.

It's all about connections, Khan the darling of the British multicult media has them, Prescott hasn't.

If, for some reason you think my gripe is based on some sort of racist agenda against Khan you're wrong. I liked him when he turned pro and thought his naivety was quite engaging but has been replaced by a kind of arrogance.

Also on the race thing, one of my all time great sporting heroes is American boxer Marvin Hagler - who of course is black.

Also Prescott is Colombian...

Easy Divorce Tragedies

Man kills his five kids because his wife is leaving him, here.

This is happening more and more nowadays because of easy divorce and the laws in divorce being heavily weighted against men.

Another result of the do what you like liberal society?

A tragedy whatever the reasons.

Roma Driven out of Northern Ireland by ANTI Racists!

Very interesting, here.

Head of What?!

I received a letter today from my local 'Head of Schools and Inclusion'.
Inclusion???
Once again, I just don't get it.