The Pig Troughs Deep Enough For Many Snouts

When George Orwell wrote the book Animal Farm, he set the pigs as the ‘politicians’, and never has the aptness of that analogy been more amply demonstrated, than this week, with the unedifying spectacle of our UK politicians, being exposed with their snouts firmly in the public funded trough.

Political Pigs ....

This came to light, following a sequence of events that illuminate the self-interest and hypocrisy, at the very heart of the self proclaimed “Mother of Parliaments”.

Rainbow Nation bows to Chinese Power

As we noted before, South Africa has long ceased being the "Rainbow Nation" and now looks increasingly like just another corrupt African nation.

This view was reinforced, when the South African government refused a visa to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

How any 'democratic nation' could allow Chinese pressure, stop a visit by a Nobel Laureate, and which was being made at the invitation of South Africa's three Nobel Winners (De Klerk, Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu), is something that only they are able to justify.

The visa had been declined, because the Dalai Lama's presence "would not be in the best interests of South Africa at this time", according to government spokesman Thabo Masebe.

They have fallen a long way since Mandela was President .... the conference was called off.

Chinese Brutality Exposed In Tibet

Following a nice story from Tibet, sadly film has emerged of Chinese occupiers beating defenceless Tibetan prisoners ...... China denies it.

Hard to see what they are denying from the film, the violence, or the fact that someone filmed it.

Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa, the Dalai Lama's representative, said the footage showed "police beating protesters. The footage clearly shows the beating of Tibetan captives even after they are handcuffed and tied, a violation of international norms" said the representative.

The government-in-exile also said the footage featured a Tibetan called Tendar, who died after being beaten by the Chinese security forces.

Year of the Gadfather

As mentioned in earlier blogs we are keeping a beady eye on the Gadfather (aka Colonel Muammar Gaddafi) in his role as "King of Kings", African Union chairman and all round international world and universally acclaimed leader.

Reports suggest that someone is heading for concrete shoes (or at least a cellar in Tripoli) as the Gadfather has fallen out with the AU's Peace and Security Council ...... we await the explosion.

Addendum: Hardly had I posted this when stories came out that the Gadfather stormed out of the Arab League summit in Qatar yesterday after denouncing the Saudi King and declaring himself "the dean of Arab rulers". He took the microphone and criticised King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, saying "You are always lying and you're facing the grave and you were made by Britain and protected by the United States".

When the Qatari emir tried to calm him, Col Gaddafi, the Africa Union chairman, insisted he be allowed to speak, saying: "I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the King of Kings of Africa and the Imam (teacher) of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level."

Go Gadfather Go! ..... glad to see that he hasn't let his fans down.

"White Blue Eyed Bankers"

Short Blogs this week as I had a very heavy weekend on the Beers, and lost an hours precious kip, when we went to British Summer Time..... not a lost weekend just a bad one ;-)

President Lulu of Brazil was misquoted this week when he accused the White Blue Eyed Wankers of being the cause of the collapse of the worlds financial system.......

We tend to agree with his original sentiments.