Shownotes Transcript
The boat tragedy in Missouri has been on the news....it was terrible....and I have always said that lifejackets should be compulsory when on water...like crash helmets and safety belts on roads...had this been the case all those lives would possibly have been saved...you see people in Chester on the river in peddloes and rowing boats with no lifejackets....it only needs 3 feet of water to drown in....water has to be respected....and those who hire boats out etc should be more responsible for their customer's safety....or face legal consequences.
2.On the subject of the law strikes which effect hundreds of innocent members of the community should be made illegal....such as train strikes and airport strikes....I appreciate they want better conditions and/ or pay etc but to make the general public suffer is virtual blackmail....they are quick enough to pass stupid laws regarding racism and sexism but laws that involve the wellbeing of the general public seem to go under the radar......strike by all means but why should it be allowed to ruin peoples lives?....having said that I was forgetting about the human rights brigade who would come out from under their stones.
3.Sir Cliff has been interviewed regarding his case against the BBC...and still seemed very upset...he overplayed it a bit but I am totally on his side...the BBC seem to think they have the right to ruin lives with no justification and just walk away...Cliff has received an initial amount of 210 grand in damages....which is probably less than the BBC paid out for the helicopter that intruded into the searching of Cliff's flat...and of course we then have a BBC representative complaining that this takes away the "freedom of the press"...naming people without any evidence of a crime?...freedom of the press?....don't make me laugh...what happened to "Innocent until found guilty"?......forget the law let's just sell papers and sensationalise our biased news bulletins.....I would celebrate if Cliff bankrupted the BBC...I for one wouldn't miss it.
4.I was browsing through Facebook and saw a photo of Donald Trump walking in front of the Queen...alongside a photo of Obama standing alongside her....with all the usual stupid misguided comments from idiots who obviously haven't seen the full video of the event where the Queen actually shows Trump where to stand....but oh no....they all jump on the bandwagon saying how rude he is etc....it makes one despair......................I have a bit of knowledge about the local history of the area I was born in so I put a posting on Facebook which included a block of flats which replaced a popular cinema....which I continued to tell the history of.....this caused a barrage of comments stating that buildings HAD to be knocked down if we are to progress....totally missing the point I was making....then there was a plethora of comments all arguing with each other......and on another occasion I nearly caused a riot with a comment I made about The Beatles at our local golf course.....some chap was saying what a wonderful song Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles was....to which I replied it wasn't the Beatles...it was Paul and a string quartet arranged by George Martin....John wasn't on the cello.....this caused an uproar with me being told how they wrote fabulous songs....despite my mentioning Yellow Submarine....Obla Di...Give Peace A Chance....Oh Yoko...When I'm 64 etc.....so I had to stand down and leave the ageing Beatles fans grumbling about me.
And finally...the P.C.Brigade have struck again....Punch and Judy shows are too violent for our little cherubs....how long have these been going?...300 years?....personally it is something I feel should be stopped...not because it is not P.C......because it's rubbish....like circuses...never saw the point.
The song this week is one I wrote as a tribute to a guy I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with...Bobby Vee....I opened two shows for him back in 2005 and got to know him....he was the nicest fellow you could wish to meet...he was a delight....and I have always been a fan....sadly no longer with us ...the song tells the story of how he stole the hearts of our girlfriends back in the day.....I give you "The Bobby Vee Song"