As the annual mid winter revelry gathers momentum discarding all sense, reason (or Christianity- whatever that is) it’s nice to see that recent recruits to
la Vice anglaise, Patrice Evra & Luis Suarez have stepped up to this Sceptered Isle by wholeheartedly entering into our seasonal pantomime spirit (oh no they didnt).
What? a Dick
In case you’ve been on Mars (or shopping) , Msr. Evra (Dick Whittington) a native of Senegal accused Sr. Suarez (Wishy Washy - a Uruguayan) of addressing him as
(El) Negrito , 11 times during the October (football) match between Manchester United
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On the day the greatest (Muhammad Ali ) celebrates his 70th birthday it is poignant to look at the state of Race Relations in the UK.
The denouement of the Stephen Lawrence murder trial last week descended into a characteristic moment of high Dickensian farce ; The week following the cold blooded execution of a Indian youth ( for being Indian), the press’ latest obsession became Diana Abbott’s Twitter account with the accusation that the honorary member for Haringey was a Racist.
It has taken 19 years for the Lawrence family to achieve any
2011 perhaps won’t be celebrated as a vintage year that will go down in the annals of history, but the temptation to reminisce about the past 12 months, proves as irresistible as an old itch.
As another Black History month (Oct) slips away, with that characteristic Northampton indifference, it’s interesting to note that the Deputy Prime Minister thought it opportune to bring up the vexed situation of racial discrimination in … football? With the assiduous timing of an alzheimic Slepp Blatter, the government announces the sell off of Northern Rock to Branson, casually losing the odd half billion, whilst attempting to hike civil service pensions by 6%.
Ombudsmen exist to deal with complaints from citizens about certain public bodies or private sector services.
The services provided by ombudsmen are free of charge although you have to shed a lot of blood sweat and tears to get to the final outcome.
Each ombudsman scheme operates under slightly different rules, but in general an ombudsman does not consider a complaint unless the organisation, business or professional standards body concerned has first been given a reasonable opportunity to deal with it.
If the ombudsman decides to conduct a formal investigation, a written report on the investigation will be issued, and will normally set
As we head into a winter of malcontent (hopefully not as severe as the previous two) , death spreads it’s inevitable grip.
While few tears will be shed on Gaddafi’s 9mm dispatch from this mortal coil, the media has been consumed with recent untimely appointments with our maker.
