All that Glitters isn’t gold

News is that Gary Glitter has just got jailed for 3 years after abusing two girls. It’s not nearly enough! Plus his compensation payment to the victim’s families of £200 is a joke. The difference between values of currencies should be ignored and the local court should have gone for his ‘wallet jugular’.

Perhaps a better deterrent for paedophile cases where the evidence is beyond doubt would be to cut the offenders nuts off.

Liberal Democrat = Dreary

The Liberal Democrats didn’t have a lot of choice for a new leader did they? They had to choose between Norman, Norman and, er, Norman. The candidates all reminded me of that old Twix TV advert – you know “Norm’s the name and norms the game”. John Major, train spotter, grey anorak and sandals are all images that come to mind.

As someone correctly pointed out on BBC1’s Question Time last night – bring back the alcoholic! At least Charlie made the party remotely interesting…