THE IMMORTALS

I had a few thoughts on the tragic Amy Winehouse but Simon Cooke over at the View from Cullingworth said pretty much exactly what I was thinking.

Obnoxio The Clown wrote a really poignant piece. I don't think he's suicidal but showing how any one of us could find ourselves taking that wrong turning, standing in the same shoes, but no one but ourselves can change our course. Sometimes it takes the courage we haven't got or the will we can't summon but we are all masters of our own destiny and sometimes we must.

I've heard others say that Winehouse wasted her life. I think she did far more with the time she had than many of us will achieve in a lifetime. She might even become a member of the 27 club.

RIP Amy. Thanks for your music and your individuality.

PUBS NEED SMOKERS!

It seems smoking is a dirty word these days so playing the antis at their own game by changing language seems a fair method of getting some balance back into society and a bit of freedom for those currently oppressed by Nanny Britain.

Yes, I'm all for Freedom Rooms. It sounds a great idea.

They should have a big sign outside saying "it is against the law to invade this space with the stench of anti-smoker righteousness" but that may not happen as it appears anti-smokers are too dumb and mentally incapable of avoiding places where smokers go.

I'd like it all in my Freedom Room, please. A cup of tea and a smoke, a Lincolnshire sausage bap if one's going, live music and a juke box, food because it tastes so much better when a meal is finished off with a fag, and ventilation so that we can have it all. A safe, fun place to socialise with our own kind.

The antis can stick their dark and gloomy BO, perfume, gum, beer, and dusty stinky hell holes where the sun won't shine. They can then be happy once again, moaning that they haven't got the whole world to themselves.

Meanwhile, download this poster and take it to your local landlord.

He or she will already know that Pubs Need Smokers because research tells us that smokers use pubs more than anti-smokers. After all, the puritans are terrified of anything that isn't organic, fair trade, or certified "safe" by Nanny so they really wouldn't miss out.

And while I'm on the subject of intolerance, it's great to see the Medway Hitler Youth have backed away from their obnoxious (sorry Obo)campaign aimed at inciting hatred and violence against smokers.

FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE

Ha ha ha - this made me laugh as Obnoxio often does.

http://obotheclown.blogspot.com/2010/01/talking-balls.html

... but this I don't find funny at all from Iain Dale. http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2009/12/exclusive-ukip-tries-to-muscle-in-on-tv.html

Why on earth should UKIP not take part in a leaders' debate on the BBC? Oh, that's right, I forgot. The electorate is not allowed choice but bullied, cajoled and conned into thinking that there is only really a choice of two, or three if we want to appear democratic. Strange choice of words from Iain as well who says that UKIP is "trying to muscle in on the debate." That shows exactly what contempt there is out there for democracy.

Dale also states that UKIP will not even be putting candidates throughout the UK.

WRONG Iain. They will and if the electorate is permitted to know that they have a choice by seeing what is on offer in the leadership debates, then it will cost the Tories votes.

I am afraid that what Cameron or Brown or Clegg fail to realise is exactly what sort of change the British people want. It is radical and life changing which can only come by breaking the three party system we have at present. Anything less than this kind of change is simply more of the same.

And when it comes to debates on Europe, immigration, etc.. then let's not forget that the British trust UKIP far more than the other main parties hence it's astounding second place win at the Euro elections.

Here is my prediction : If the main parties do not start listening to the electorate and don't stop treating voters with utter contempt, then 20 years from now the two main parties in the UK will be UKIP on the right and the BNP on the left.

If you think this claim is outrageous, then just remember there was a time when Labour never won elections until Ramsey McDonald became PM and the Liberals/Lib Dems/ Socialist Democratic bollox or whatever it calls it's irrelevant self these days, has also come further in Parlt then any of us expected 25 years ago when the seeds of this new party were sown from disaffected old Labourites and old Liberals.

Finally, I note one of the commenters on Dale's blog calls UKIP " a Tory presure group."

Ha ha ha. Dreamers and fools and that's why many of us old Labourites, disaffected Conservatives, non traditional voters, and freedom lovers, looking at where we can now put our support would never vote Tory.