Summary: Here's Don's take on the week in the UK..... The price of fuel is under investigation in the UK with the big boys being accused of price fixing on oil…..we all know already that we are being ripped off as companies like Sainsburys and Tescos offer up to 12p off a litre when you spend a certain amount in their stores so they are obviously making a tidy profit to begin with….apparently the offices of the big oil companies have been raided and evidence gathered…this is after the Office of Fair Trading looked into the situation and found nothing wrong……a pointless organisation with no doubt highly paid staff…they are about as useful as a sponge hammer…. It’s all getting a bit out of hand with all these “researches”…the latest one is by The Institute of Economic Evironment ..or something…who have stated that their “research” has revealed that people who stay at work and don’t retire are healthier and happier than those who don’t…...Don wonders how much that cost…."I remember back in the day when I played squash…some geek who was a “Sports Scientist” clipped a load of electrical things on one of the lads and after his “research” after the game came to the conclusion that you are tireder after 5 sets than you are after three…I never went to Uni but I think I could have told him that before he started." …..someone has been trampled to death by a bunch of cows….apparently they were walking through a field with their dog and the cows attacked ….this is very tragic but of course the media are straight on to this…and during a phone in on the radio there were all sorts of similar tragedies with everyone jumping on the bandwagon….”cows forming semi circles and attacking”….”people getting chased by angry stampeding herds”……I am a walker and spend a lot of time hiking through fields of cows…if they have calves you give them a wide berth…which is obvious…and if you have a dog you give a bit of thought before disturbing a bunch of animals who wish to protect their young…..the nation are now programmed to think all cows are KILLERS…..the actual statistics are 10 people have been subject to fatal injuries from cows….in the last DECADE.….but I suppose it will make people think and act responsibly in the countryside…as well as being paranoid about cows. The government are trying to alter the law to make criminals who kill a policeman to remain in jail until the end of their days…this is due to the two policewomen who were recently murdered by a gunman while on a routine call out….whereas I totally agree with this I still think the stone cell and bread and water is the answer………I remember when killing a cop was a hanging offence….but they once got it wrong and hung the wrong bloke…hence it’s abolishment. ... on a lighter note….I have just spent a few days in Anglesey and have slowly come to the conclusion that the Welsh Tourist Board definitely need serious help….I visited Llanfair P.G. and had a wander around Pringles which is on the car park of the station with the longest name….I have never seen such a load of overpriced rubbish….people were arriving by the coachload and wandering around with blank looks on their faces buying NOTHING…..twacky overpriced clothes and tacky overpriced souvenirs…the place could be a goldmine if anyone had ANY idea……I also went to Caernarfon which consists of a wonderful picturesque famous castle and waterfront with a load of run down shops behind it….I just don’t get it…they should visit Chester or Shrewsbury and see how it’s done….if Llanfair P.G. was in Vegas it would bring in millions.
