Happy Go Skateboarding Day!

If I thought I had minor hassles with over enthusiastic cops at least I'm not a teenage skateboarder. Happy Go skateboarding day guys!

At this point I would like to big up all the Police who do useful things, like those who attend traffic accidents, catch criminals, deal with the aftermath of terrorism, catch fraudsters, stop people beating up their kids/wives/dogs/cats etc,direct traffic- that sort of thing. People like these guys, especially the guy who is trying to reason with Abu Izadeen.



(cheers to Glen Jenvey for posting)

And Darcus Howe on Izzadeen's famous attack on the Home secretary:

...What angered my Pakistani hosts was that Reid knew nothing about the intense discussions that go on in their homes, small groups meeting in each other's houses to debate the political line offered them by al-Qaeda. Parents follow every move their sons make, lest they drift from legitimate dissent against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan into cauldrons of hate. They felt insulted and unrepresented.

I tried to calm them: it was only a stunt, a cynical preamble to Reid's bid for the Labour Party leadership at the upcoming conference. And Abu Izzadeen, they agreed, was way off-beam, a showman full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. All the young men there had visited his meetings once or twice, but his message had fallen on stony ground.

Off went Abu Izzadeen to the BBC the following morning, calling for sharia law in the Islamic state of Britain. And Reid? He played on cue at the Labour party conference. No no-go areas, he shouted from the platform. We will go where we please, he declaimed, as he laid down the law to Abu Izzadeen and any others who questioned his presence in their midst.

As it turned out, the Sky News clash was staged by Reid and his cohorts at the Home Office. They organised the meeting, Abu Izzadeen was invited in advance - his performance guaranteed - and the press was alerted to film and report the confrontation.

John Reid is not fit for purpose.