Just bits of news

Well GMTV news anyway.

Okay, diet pills approved that have been linked to depression, oops sorry suicides. Except a) that's for people who have a tendency that way; and b) there was someone on Ch4 who pointed out that loosing large amounts of weight can lead to depression anyway.

The official report on flooding has come back stating that neither government, councils, or insurance companies were prepared for it. It then went on to state that the Pope is still Catholic and that bears do indeed defecate in the woods. [sigh] Okay a bit unfair we really did need this official report to beat them over the head with.

A couple who are still coping with the after-effects of the flood claim that their house would have been done if the builders concentrated on just one house at a time instead of doing a load piecemeal; hahahahahah. Okay playing nice - doing multiple houses at once means that more families get a chance to start to move back into their homes, but of course we know that's not the reason they do it.

If the builders did one at a time then the other houses would be done by other builders and they'd lose money likewise if they did them one at a time they'd have to hire equipment multiple times over rather then for one long stretch and move it around and they'd lose money. Getting specialists in over long periods of time is also cheaper then pulling them in one at a time to do otherwise would mean they'd lose money. Oh sure if they concentrated on one house they'd get it done quicker and have a happy customer, but what the hell has the customer got to do with it?

On news from Wimbledon we had Croft talking about Maria "...yesterday Maria Sharapova revealed those wonderful new shorts out on Court 1 and a sort of tuxedo-style shirt which got everyone talking about it as it was rather see-through out there, but she still looked stunning so she is through to the second round" Two points - despite wearing a see-through top she was still stunning and from context she made it through to the second round because of her fashion sense? Silly me I thought they were playing tennis.

On a different note we had some fuss over the new unelected body who would oversee planning regulations. This is of course completely different from the current situation where we have an unelected body overseeing planning appeals. Oh though this interview did have several gems from Hazel Blears that 'ministers should be accountable to the electorate' well that's a damn nice concession of her and that 'ministers don't make decisions based solely on politics, they're bound by laws' I've no idea how she kept a straight face for that one.