Summary: The fools who made a joke about the burning of the Grenfell Tower by making an effigy of it burning and which ended up on social media were taken to court and the case was thrown out....this has naturally not only caused distress to the victims it has also caused a public outcry.....but the point is there was no case because there was no offence.....the activity was sick and tasteless but didn't break any laws.........nowadays we seem to think you have to be careful what you say in case someone screams "racist" or "sexist" but what people don't seem to understand is unless you are likely to cause a riot you can say what you like.....because someone is offended doesn't make it an offence......free speech still exists and it's time we all realised that. The media are once again still attempting to wind everyone up with the recent cost of Prince Harry's and Meghan's flight abroad....they must search for hours for a pathetic story to fill their newspapers...or should I say toilet papers......this time it involved Prince William and his family who booked a "cheap" flight for their holidays.....which was obviously to "show Harry up"....and this is supposed to be NEWS....the fact that Elton John paid for Harry's flight doesn't seem to come into it.....they are major celebrities for goodness sake and as such are targets.....which naturally effects how they travel....even if they jumped on a bus the stupid media would have a go at them.....I'm not a royalist but I wouldn't have their job for a big clock....this sort of reporting belongs in a primary school magazine. I know I am from a different generation and fail to appreciate a lot of modern music but I feel sorry for the kids of today....everything these days seems to be based on repetitive meaningless lyrics with press button backing off a keyboard.....what happened to drums.?....they seem to have been replaced by a sock full of gravel hitting a cardboard box ...if you listen to the likes of ABBA or The BeeGees ....or E.L.O.....great songs,great lyrics and great drive......I want to hear real DRUMS...I've always said the drummer makes or breaks the band... .....and Tamla Motown is now travelling the country with live theatre shows.....I was never a fan of Tamla....it all sounded the same which is probably because the same backing band was on all the records...The Funk Brothers I think they were called....and in the sixties the Motown bands did a British tour which was pretty unsuccessful....however I did see a live Motown show a few year back in one of our theatres and I did enjoy it. I will never come to terms with the mentality of the British public....we have just had another bank holiday and for a change the forecast was very good.....so I decided to spend a few days in Wales....I went on Thursday to avoid the traffic and came back Sunday morning to avoid the traffic....had a straight run out and a straight run back.....however on the way back on the Sunday morning the traffic was gridlocked for miles going out.....and on the Monday it was gridlocked coming back....I know most people haven't got the luxury of sharing similar travelling times to me but WHY leave at 10 O'Clock on a SUNDAY when you know you will be bumper to bumper....and why come back at a time when you know the same thing is going to happen?....there are so many wonderful places to visit in this country but no....we all have to go to Llandudno or Anglesey where EVERYONE goes at the same time..... there aint a lot of imagination out there, And we must give a mention to the England cricket team....I have been watching the highlights of The Ashes which has sort of got me back into the game which I had lost interest in over the years.....what an incredible win....this is what the sport needs....no matter what all the "equality" brigade say WINNING is what it's all about...always has been always will be....and if sport is to advance in this country we need winners....as Bill Shakily once said "winning isn't everything....it's the only thing". The song this week is of my album "Stars Over 45" and is about everyone's favourite lady....Una Stubbs.....I wrote this song way back and got a publishing deal with a major company.....sadly the song didn't storm the charts so that was that....I decided to send it to Una as it was about her...and she actually rang me up and thanked me!!....she was a delight.....and I've got her signed photo on my studio wall......so here it is "The Ballad of Una Stubbs"
