Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Modern Britain

Without wishing to sound too much like Peter Cuthbertson, modern Britain is rather depressing today.

The England football captain said he deliberately got booked to ensure his suspension was concomitant with his absence from the game through injury, and says this proves he has 'brains'.

The remains of a grandmother have been dug up by animal rights extremists because she was the mother-in-law of a brother who run a farm where guinea pigs are bred for medical research.

There is one cheering piece of news. For the first time the Telegraph has refused to run a Mark Steyn column, and a good decision it is too. The column, which I won't link to, was about how one should behave if kidnapped in Iraq. I won't tell you how Steyn says you should behave; I am sure you all have your own views on how Steyn would behave.