England & South Africa Rugby World Cup 2007.

Good game, pity England lost but never mind, the Springboks have a good team. Very enjoyable game.

Comment on the week’s news and events.

Tonight the England rugby team takes on the Springboks in Paris fo the Rugby World Cup. The Springboks are clearly a tough team to beat but it is possible for the England team to win, we wish the England team well and hoope that they win the cup and bring it home. Rugby is such a civilized game, the referees are respected and there is none of the childish, anti-social behaviour associated with the fans and spoilt overpaid brats of English football. Rugby fans are by and large well behaved as are rugby teams.

The Lib Dems are now engaged in selecting a new leader having the given the previous one the stab in the back, it must difficult to lead a political party with muddle headed ideas and no vision.

The signing of the European treaty this week has brought considerable change to the government of the EU and our role in it. A referendum, promised by the Labour Party should be held. The general public are uneasy about the results. This is not about zenophobia, this is not some Tory conspiracy, many Labour supporters have been hesitant about supporting te EU project. Frankly, many of us distrust the EU an organization which cannot balance its books and is no more than a gravy train.

Mrs Benazir Bhutto’s return to Pakistan heralds major change in that country and hopefully the nation will find its way to a democratic path, clearly, islamo-fascist terrorism is an issue and one that needs to be defeated.

In Zimbabwe, Mugabe has nominated four possible successors to his throne, as far as he is concerned he has no interest that the people should choose. Dictators live in their own pathetic world, live in fear and care little about the country they rule. This is as true to Zimbabwe as it is for Burma, the people in both countries need support and encouragement, economic sanctions and political isolation is necessary.

The trial concerning the death of Ernest Norton who was stoned by youths while he was playing cricket with his son has reached its verdict, five boys aged now between 12 to 14 have been sentenced to two years detention. It is astonishing that firstly, the sentence is only two years detention and secondly, there appears to be more concern about sending children to detention, a family has lost a father that of course becomes forgotten. If a crime has been committed and a jury has made its decision following due process, then the sentence should be in some measure a punishment regardless of the age of who committed the offence.