Knives, blades and ‘BB’ guns are being locked up by Lewisham businesses to help protect the public. There are 28 businesses – including shops and butchers – which have signed up to a Responsible Retailers Agreement in the fight against knife crime in Lewisham. Larger kitchen-type knives, lighters and age-restricted toys such as ‘BB’ guns will be kept locked away and out of sight. I wonder what happens if you…
Back in February I wrote a very angry sweary blog post about airport scannersand about how the Australian federal government had decided that they’d be installed at all Australian international airports, and I explained, not for the first time, how that would influence my travelling decisions in the future. PASSENGERS at airports across Australia will be forced to undergo full-body scans or be banned from flying under new laws to…
It was on the news here the other day that residents in expensive apartments in East London are up in… well, not arms exactly because they don’t have any, but up in something because someone’s suggested arming their apartment block with missiles. Resident Brian Whelan said those who lived at the site were wary about the plan. “From the few people I’ve spoken to, and the security we have here,…
Rage warning – the article that prompted this post provoked one of the Angry Exile’s periodic descents into red mists, from where only the sound of his his almost incessant swearing could be heard. This post therefore contains greater than usual quantities of foul invective and horrible oaths. Oh, great. PASSENGERS at airports across Australia will be forced to undergo full-body scans or be banned from flying under new laws…
* Bad language warning: in this post I live up to my name and include a Penn & Teller clip – the F-bomb will be dropped * This weekend marks a date we’ll all be expected to remember. The papers will be full of it, it’ll be mentioned on every news and current affairs show, the blogosphere will no doubt add its contribution (and in a way this post is…
Click for linky Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur nails it yet again, as does Cracked.com with a list of four reasons why instead of treating terrorists like evil masterminds and making getting on a plane ten times as big a pain in the arse as it needs to be we should actually be laughing ourselves silly at them. A lot of people have a strong interest in portraying terrorists as dedicated,…
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