First we had the positivity flowing from Live8, followed by the elation of many at London gaining the Olympic bid. Then yesterday saw London under terrorist attacks (if anyone in London is reading this I hope you and yours are safe and well, my heart goes out to those who weren’t so lucky).
Despite that, the G8 quite rightly went ahead, and it seems achieved some promising results I’m glad to say.
It’s been a crazy, crazy week.
A baby died today only two days into life, due to the MRSA superbug. My deepest sympathies go out to the parents and family, I know what it is to lose a baby.
Something really needs to be done about this. It’s quite appalling that people are dying purely through a lack of cleanliness in hospitals. There is absolutely no excuse, it’s disgusting that cleanliness is seemingly such a low priority in NHS hospitals.
I’m sure, as this article suggests, MRSA is responsible for more deaths than we know about. Often it’s not reported on death certificates, yet clearly is the cause of death.
I know from personal experience how filthy some hospitals are. I once had to stay in hospital for a week. Obviously that meant I had to take my baths in hospital. However once I saw the state of the bath (it must have had 10 different dirt rings around it), I quickly decided on an overall wash instead.
My uncle contracted MRSA last year after having serious heart surgery. He was incredibly lucky to get away with his life, it was very touch and go.
The government really can’t get away with this, something needs doing about the cleanliness in hospitals, and it needs doing now!
Bet that title made you look! Aherm, sorry, just thought I’d pretend to be a reporter for The Sun…
It should really have read Bare breast protest greets prince.
In other news today, the BBC are investigating how an episode of the brand new Dr Who managed to find its way to the internet (I bet those pesky Daleks are at the bottom of it!) and a woman is appearing in court after being captured at Heathrow with 16st of snails on her (that would be 104kg in new money).
Eeeeew!
I was listening to James Whale and Mike Mendoza on TalkSport tonight (as I do now and again). Both of them mentioned the latest revelation about the BBC, which is that they’ve apparently paid the guy who burgled the home of Tony Martin (who, if you remember was sent to prison for shooting the burgler) for an interview.
Four and a half thousand pounds they’ve paid him. £4,500!!!!
Now, I’m sure this goes on and would be no suprise if it were the gutter press we were talking about (not that it makes it any better). But I think people expect more from the BBC. Especially when they’re paying for it via the outdated TV licence fee.
It does make you wonder what kind of society we live in that rewards criminals like this. Maybe I should go and attempt to rob a bank tomorrow, make sure I get injured in the process, and then try and get an interview.
Not the animal kind, but the Michael Jackson trial kind. The kind where two sides of the same story spout their version of ‘truth’. The kind where the media wet themselves at all the scandal. The kind where it stands a very good chance that justice will not be done.
I almost can’t stand to watch. I’m not a supporter of Jackson as such, but I also know that it will be very very difficult for this trial to be a fair one.
Jackson himself is in my eyes a tragedy, a victim of his own talents and success. It’s obvious to me (and perhaps everyone else) that he is either very eccentric or bordering on mentally ill. I suspect the latter is closer to the truth, but in this case I’m not entirely sure where the line should be drawn. Does odd behaviour alone count as being mentally ill? I doubt it. But I think living in a perpetual childhood probably does.
I can imagine Jackson being capable of both sides of the coin. I can see him inviting children in to his house, his life, his bedroom, in the same way a lot of kids today have ‘sleep overs’. Given his general mentality I can honestly believe that’s where it stops. Is it normal? Of course not. Is it acceptable? Hell no. But I have to say the question that constantly arises in my mind is ‘why on earth did the parents let their kids stay over?’. I certainly wouldn’t have, no matter how many ‘gifts’ he’d bestowed on my family. My daughter can’t be bought, not by anyone, and least of all by somebody like Jackson.
Of course I don’t discount the possibility that abuse did occur. In this scenario I imagine it’s a very fine line to cross. I really don’t think we’ll ever know the truth on this one. I certainly wouldn’t rely on this trial to tell me the truth.
I hate to think of either party being wronged on this one. I’d hate to think that simply because a guy was deemed odd or mentally ill or whatever, that he was tarred with the wrong brush. But equally I’d hate to think that the voice of an abused child wasn’t heard amidst all the money, fame and fancy lawyers.
