Indiana Clegg and the Ballot of Doom.

Blimey! Council elections and a referendum on the same day. I voted earlier.As there was no UKIP candidate, and as I was not prepared to vote either Labour  or Green, I voted Tory rather than waste the vote.
It doesn't seem as though my enthusiasm for democracy is widely shared. The ladies at the polling desk told me I was only the fifth voter to show up in the first four hours. It will be interesting to see how the results pan out. The political system seems to be becoming increasingly volatile. The Tories are allegedly planning an autumn election with a view to dumping the LibDems. Among the LibDems, Chris 'Windmill' Huene is allegedly plotting to bring down Clegg.  Labour, as ever, is split from top to bottom; and the BNP is apparently dead on its feet due to cash problems.
The next election, whenever it comes, will be very interesting.

R.I.P. Yvette Vickers

She was the golden girl of fifties 'B' movies, bringing a ray of sunshine to stinkers like Attack of the 50ft Woman and Attack of the Giant Leeches. She was also one of the early Playboy centerfolds (above).
  She was in her eighties, and had apparently been dead for some considerable time when her body was discovered.How sad.


Fear no more the heat o' the sun,
Nor the furious winter's rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages:
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

Osama Bin Laden - A New Face in Hell

Well, they finally got him. The Americans swooped without (for once) informing their Pakistani 'allies' in advance. Result: he was not forewarned. He went the way he would have wanted: using his wife as a human shield.
   Councillor Salim Mulla, chairman of the Lancashire Council of Mosques, appealed to all Muslim communities to avoid any backlash.
He clearly knows more about the Muslim community than the rest of us  do.