Annual Leave

Have accepted a natural lapse in my August post frequency as evidence of a slow down on approach to my holiday and decided to close early. See you in September.

Zig Zag Dec 1980 - Johnny Thunders & Drugs

Playground - Resilience (CD)

	Going up to Edinburgh for a few days so I will leave you with Playground.
Playground - Resilience (CD) (Dirter Promotions DPROMCD5 1991) Hide Inbreds Two A Total Lack Of Sympathy Propriety Victoriapolis Insignificance Deveneration Hateball Calling The Animals Santa Dog Perfect Love Form And Function Sure Playground - pwd: c4ctusm0uth

If You've Nothing To Hide...

Children's Secretary Ed Balls has announced plans for CCTV in every UK home by 2015 to ensure that everyone is "doing what they are supposed to be doing".

Referring to his cunning plan Balls stated, "Initially this scheme will only apply to those sorts of families who model their lives on that 'Shameless' lot. You know, the sort of people who think giving heroin to kids is a good idea. But in time, once we have concluded another 'successful' pilot project, we hope to extend it nationally."

The Family Intervention Projects are set-up to ensure that children attend school, got to bed on time and eat proper meals. Ordinarily one might expect those tasks to be the responsibility of the parent(s) but, says Balls, where parents have failed to 'wash behind their offspring's ears' the Nanny State government will have powers to intervene.

"By sticking a CCTV in every home room in the house, we hope to eliminate ghastliness and beastliness from these shores." said Balls. "No longer will people be able just to carry on as they please in the comfort of their own homes labouring under the impression that it has nothing to do with anybody else."

Additional measures include private security guards who will be able to carry out home checks, commenting on your choice of home decor or laughing at your lack of widescreen TV while donning rubber gloves and asking you to 'assume the position'.

Responding to privacy criticisms Balls continued, "Who gives a shit? We've got away with all the anti-terror ID card stuff so far so why should this be any different? And remember to wipe front to back as I will personally be monitoring the toilet cams - they're my favourite."

Some commentators believe Balls is actually treating George Orwell's '1984' as an instruction manual as opposed to a work of fiction but he denied this adding, "That suggestion is doubleplusungood."

The Tory response from Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling that “This is all much too little, much too late.." was, frankly, terrifying.

Zig Zag Sep 1984 - Lloyd Cole & The Gun Club