Summary: We are being bombarded with the "increase in crime" situation and how the police are loosing their grip....an example given was burglaries are no longer priority yet a case of a transexual who was deeply offended on social media because someone used his original male name has been investigated......so there you go....I don't know what is expected of the police as they can't make a move without "human rights" being thrown at them....they are expected to wrap thugs up in cotton wool instead of giving them a taste of the good old truncheon .... one of the wonderful things the EU has given us............even kids don't fear or respect anything as the teachers daren't make a move that might offend the do-gooders......not to mention the constant unnecessary violence on TV dramas....THAT is why we have an increase in crime....the police haven't lost their grip....the stupid politicians have....human rights...don't make me laugh. 2.There was an item on the news regarding designer kennels for dogs....costing 6 grand.....now correct me if I'm wrong....to completely satisfy a dog don't you simply throw a stick and let it bring it back?.....you can also get designer "kennels" for cats for the same price.....the people who pay out for these are in the same bracket as those who look at a canvas in a modern art gallery upon which someone has thrown a bucket of paint.... and see a message....and actually BUY this trash......the real art is capitalising on these fools and making your fortune. 3.I was driving along during the week listening to the radio and on came "Every breath you take" by The Police....and it struck me how we take music for granted....this particular song is a masterpiece if you really listen to it....the apparent simplicity of the arrangement and the subtlety of the strings and the great lyrics will by-pass most people....I have been writing and recoding songs for 40 odd years so I know what goes into a recording and can appreciate bass lines keyboard and guitar riffs and drumming etc.......so I am in a fortunate position...and because most people take for granted what is thrust at them we now have the situation where popular music is slowly going down the drain.....with constant repetitive meaningless lyrics with a backing resembling a dustbin being hit with a hammer. 4.With Poppy day approaching we pay lip service to those who lost their lives in past world wars......we really need to think about this in depth....I once met a chap who fought in the first world war and he showed me photographs and told me stories which made me realise what these men went through....to be up to your waist in water in a trench for several days then being ordered to attack knowing you are going to get killed is beyond imagination.....perhaps the politicians of the day should have tried it out first instead of watching from a safe distance....when I see the graves of the fallen I ask "why?"....buying a poppy isn't enough we need to think deeply about it....and as for the stupid woman who wants to ban poppies....she isn't worth discussing. 5.The song this week is one I wrote in the 80s and it was taken up by the local council to promote the area....it was part of a vinyl E.P. and is called "Wirral Splendour"....I like to think my local songs are musical portraits of the area....I remember looking out from the coast at Hoylake and coming up with "where the sandbanks reach the horizon...where sea and sky collide...and fishing boats are set afloat on each incoming tide"....which sums up the view in one sentence....which,to me,is what a song is all about.
