Summary: .The BBC have dropped their intention to appeal against the Cliff Richard saga....one of the boffins was interviewed on "Newswatch" and asked if anyone had been disciplined or resigned...and guess what he could see no real wrong in what they did....in any other business heads would have rolled...."Newswatch" is a joke really...it is there for viewers to criticise the BBC....but it's ON the BBC...it should be on ITV with Piers Morgan...that would be far more interesting....Cliff ended up with a settlement of 200 grand....a tenth of Gary Linacre's salary....'nuff said. 2.The news has been showing clips of Teresa May "dancing" to music on one of her political travels...she was merely joining in and being friendly...so why try to ridicule her?....then it goes on Facebook which gives all the sheep a chance to try and be funny with stupid comments.....it seems you can't do anything these days without everyone jumping on the critics bandwagon....and in this country we always have to search for someone to BLAME for unfortunate tragedies which most of the time doesn't help the situation..............and before you can get on the Queen's honours list you have to have your tax situation in order....hence no SIR David Beckham etc......giving knighthoods to pop stars and sports personalities is a joke.....give them to REAL knights of the realm like soldiers who actually make a difference. 3.Out of interest I watched 10 minutes of the X Factor....or should i say The Simon Cowell Show....I haven't seen it for a long time basically because it makes me want to throw up....I thought perhaps they might have changed the format...but no...Granny and all the family are still in the wings drying their eyes as their young offspring hopes to be rich and famous...IT IS AWFUL!!!....what these youngsters don't realise is it is show BUSINESS.....10% show and 90% business if you want to survive....which in reality doesn't involve being judged by a panel of self obsessed plonkers....if you're any good get out there a prove it.....what these hopefuls don't seem to know is you really have to be different to separate you from the rest... so listeners know who you are straight away.....it's not about who can shout the loudest and who can ball out the highest notes....if you are copying the present trend you are one step behind the market. 4.Something that has upset the music biz is the upsurge of musicians playing for nothing in their bands which doesn't help those who do it for a living.....some actually pay to play so there is no hope.....I retired from gigging a few years ago but keep my hand in by jamming each week with a local fundraising organisation where all money raised goes to children's charities....which are the ONLY one's to benefit....we have the venue free of charge and the crowd have a good night ....which is different to lugging gear into a pub which gives you the honour of playing there free and who make a nice profit out of it..........then again I suppose it's a young world....and they are the ones trying to "make it".....but playing for nothing aint the answer....feeding your ego can be an expensive pastime. 5.The song this week is from one of my DVDs and one of my albums featuring my favourite river....the wonderful River Mersey...and as I was born on its shores it is a part of me so writing songs about it is a pleasure.....just like you it's "My Mersey Friend"
