On CCTV

A tasty debate on ConHome between the redoubtable Alex Deane of Big Brother Watch and Lord Ashcroft's right-hand man, Gavin Barwell.

Naturally I side with Alex. Episode after episode of Crimewatch has convinced me that CCTV is nigh on useless in detecting or preventing crime. Too many cameras are defective, switched off, point in the wrong direction or are not even monitored. They do not warrant the cost.

Far better to actually have some police undertaking preventative and/or investigatory work in our neighbourhoods - not, as I saw yesterday, having gaggles of plods with speed cameras trying to catch people doing 45mph in a 40mph zone.

Some reflections on snow, roads and climate change

Today Barack Hussein Obama, the first Kenyan-American President of the United States, has flown into Copenhagen to save the world (Gordon Brown, world saver, having failed to do so, in part because he led internet inventor Al Gore into the closet with him). Just as when Gore warned the world a few years ago that global warming was at risk of destroying humanity and it snowed incessantly as he was speaking, so it is today. You have to admire God's sense of humour!

And so to the state of play in Kent. This morning I set off from home at 7.45 for a meeting in Exeter at 1.30 - a journey that should take under 4 hours and for which I had allowed almost 6 hours. It took me 2 hours to travel 4 miles, all because Kent County Council and East Sussex County Council had not adequately gritted the roads and evidently do not have any snow ploughs. The police, banned from driving 4 x 4s because of politically correct criticism from environmentalists (with the emphasis on "mentalists"), were nowhere to be seen. The yummy mummies in their 4 x 4s and farmer in their Land Rovers were the only ones moving freely and with confidence on the roads. Quelle surprise.

Is it truly beyond the wit of man for us to keep the roads moving when we have a few inches of snow? And doesn't this episode just show what a load of bull the climate change zealots have been spouting?

Americans get to grips with death panels

A wry look at how Obama's socialized healthcare reforms will operate in practice (with thanks to Kelly):

John Bercow: a rotten candidate for a rotten borough

I see that John Bercow has floated the idea of a special parliamentary seat held by the Speaker of the House of Commons - known as St Stephen's - which would be safe from challenge by the main parties. If you didn't know any better you'd think he was frit - scared that Nigel Farage will oust him as MP for Buckingham at the general election, thus making Bercow the shortest-lived (and shortest) Speaker in recent history.

There are times when truth and fiction blur. For when I read of Bercow's daring (nay, cunning) plan, all I could think of was Blackadder III, "the robber button" and this quote:

"Prince George: He's not going to win is he?

Edmund: No sir, because firstly we shall fight this campaign on issues, not personalities. Secondly, we shall be the only fresh thing on the menu. And thirdly, of course … we'll cheat".

What else would you call rigging parliamentary boundaries to ensure you are guaranteed victory if it is not cheating?

The law is an ass - and this Judge is an asshole

Prepare to get very angry indeed. And remember the name John Reddihough - and pray that nobody burgles his home wielding a knife and ties him and his family up.

That awful ordeal was suffered by Munir Hussain, a muslim businessman. No wonder Islamic extremists find such fertile ground in the decadent West. He and his family were burgled, bound and attacked by Waled Salem, a career criminal - until Mr Hussain bravely escaped and meted out justice on Salem with a metal pole and cricket bat. Astonishingly while Salem was yet again spared prison, Mr Hussain was jailed. That's right: the homeowner was jailed while the burglar was spared prison - echoes of Tony Martin anyone? So much for an Englishman's home being his castle. Mr Hussain should have been given a medal, not a prison sentence.

So who is John Reddihough? He is the bewigged moron who sits in his ivory tower dispensing what he evidently sees as justice, despite lacking common sense. This judge does not have the wisdom of King Solomon, he has the wisdom of Stacey Solomon. This sentence needs to be overturned immediately before the law-abiding majority in this country lose faith in the very rule of law that Judge Reddihough professes to want to protect.

Homeowners' rights are simple: if you are on my property uninvited, you have no rights. And, as they say in the US, dead men tell no tales...

The Law Society: politically correct to its core

From the inept shower of fools that regulate the solicitors' profession today:

"The InterLaw Diversity Forum, the Law Society and the Bar Council are conducting a survey to identify barriers to seeking judicial appointment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) legal professionals".

Why? How about we actually have some competent, consistent judges, well-run courts manned by friendly and helpful staff and a speedier resolution of disputes? Wouldn't it be nice if the Law Society actually campaigned for that, instead of politically correct nonsense about judges' sexuality.

Classic Brown

Anglican Church says don't be mean about the Devil

How much more spineless can the Church of England become? Having had to endure the supine "leadership" of Rowan Williams for the past few years (the jihadist look-a-like who wants shariah law in Britain), now the Church's Bishop to the Armed Forces, Stephen Venner, has said that the Taliban should be praised for their loyalty and the strength of their faith and has said that they should no longer be demonised.

Has he lost his mind? This is the chaplain to the Armed Forces - the men and women who are putting their lives on the line so that we may live in freedom. And yet here he is saying that the psychopathic cowards who are stuck in the 7th century aren't all that bad really.

What next? We shouldn't as Christians condemn the Devil because we don't want to hurt his feelings and instead we should praise the strength of his views too?

44% want Bush back

An astonishing poll that shows how Barack Hussein Obama's popularity is declining but that hasn't featured in the UK media yet...

Bingo!

So the hapless Alastair Darling has cut tax - albeit only bingo tax. Nice: he encourages people who have no money to gamble in order to win some money. That should be no surprise as he, after all, is gambling with our futures anyway.

Cutting bingo tax, eh? So people can shout "house" as their house is repossessed. You couldn't make it up...

Jon Stewart on Climategate