Leapy Lee - chart topping singer of the 1960s and 70s

Every week I write and article for the Euro Weekly News, an English-speaking newspaper covering all the major resorts of Spain and the Balearics. You can pick up a copy on a Thursday ... or read it here every week.

Thursday 28 September 2006

One comment and three questions in the blurb this week. Firstly, the comment. The next time I hear a politician say he's made his position 'perfectly clear' I think I'll puke. The remark defeats its own object anyway. If the position has been made 'perfectly clear' the perp wouldn't then need to go on and laboriously explain the 'position' again, which they invariably do. If you ask me the only thing made 'perfectly clear' by politicians is the transparency of their lies and deceit. Cherie Blair's alleged 'liar' remark could have been aimed at just about any of them. They almost all lie through their teeth as they pursue their relentless quest for positions of power. Personally I seldom believe a word they say. Do I make myself perfectly clear?

First question. When are they going to make it illegal to own, breed, or keep - outside of a zoo - dammed Rottwiellers? How many more human beings need to be maimed or killed by these savage animals before a total ban is implemented? This beast is totally unnecessary in a civilized society and should be eliminated from our midst at the earliest opportunity. Frankly if any of my children were savaged by one I wouldn't hold too much for the chances of its owner, who are in the main, total inadequate's, strutting about with these drooling misfits for some kind of macho effect. The sooner we get rid of these horrible killers the better. We've already got enough of them strutting the portals of power if you ask me, and ain't that the truth!

Second question, aimed mainly at my Spanish readers (oh yes I do have a few). Perhaps one of them can explain why the Spanish deem it necessary, on a daily basis, to shift all the furniture around in their various abodes? Over the last 23 years I have had a large number of Spanish neighbours and almost without fail, endured the scraping (never lifting) of furniture across tiled floors. With all the best will in the world, I could never work out what large item had to be dragged across the bedroom floor before retiring and then dragged back again the following morning. Or which sitting room pieces had to be totally re-situated both in the morning and again in the afternoon. One I did manage to sort out was the nightly repast ritual of a family of 14 it was once my chagrin to reside under. These people obviously kept the table and chairs against the wall during the day and hauled them all out into the middle of the room at mealtimes. The sheer crescendo of scraping and bumping of this operation simply had to be heard to be believed. Even my own visitors would look at me in wide eyed disbelief if they were present during this particular exodus. When I finally inquired of them as to whether it could all be done a little quieter, I was met with that old blank stare and shrug we all know and love. If anything, from then on it was even louder. Any explanations out there? I'm all ears.

Third and final question. How much more British government interference in our family affairs are we going to allow before we tell 'em all to go forth and multiply? Their PC policies have been nothing short of disastrous for our youngsters. This Labour government has, destroyed school discipline, disrupted the family unit, bewildered our children, churned out a generation of muggers and thieves and meddled in family matters almost to the extent of Hitler's Nazi party. And this is no exaggeration. Hitler's organisation encouraged young family members to grass up their parents and siblings and this horrendous Blair brigade is doing exactly the same. Hitler maintained that to split up the family unit was the most successful way to divide and conquer and this, so called, British government is taking the same route. They have also to my mind, managed to give away the whole country without firing a shot. Let's hope common sense prevails and Blair's 4 th Reich is given severe marching orders in the next election.

And that's about it. I have just this minute however received a call from Ivy from Alicante, who informs me she is an old age pensioner who has recently moved here because she could no longer stand the state the U.K. was falling into. One final straw was when her son was feeling unwell and attended the local doctor's surgery. The Asian doctors accent was so bad he couldn't understand a word he was told. A week or so later, still feeling unwell, he revisited the surgery and this time politely enquired as to whether he could see a doctor he could understand. This request was denied and he saw the same man - once again hardly understanding anything he said. A week later he received a letter from the surgery informing him he had been removed from their patients list because he was a racist!

I don't think I need to add anything to that do I!

Congrats to Magalufs Hollywood bar and local artists for their wonderful cancer relief concert this week. Well done all. Keep helping each other out a bit, keep those emails coming, and whatever ya do, always.

Keep the faith

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