Goodness me, it's been a busy week. But I think we showed a few people just what pensioners are made of. Retirement doesn't have to be about pipes and slippers. Together, we can make a difference. I'm not one of these OAPs who bang on about the war all the time. I might have been bombed out in the Exeter blitz but I never picked up a gun and fought. I can't claim to be a hero and I don't demand respect.
Thus speaks a correspondent in one of today’s papers. She might well be right about making a difference. The Chancellor is loosening us up for pension ‘adjustments’ by telling us that the Grey Wolves are increasing as a proportion of the total population. Problem will be that that Mandy Mandelson will push for influence from the Pink Pounders.
Are things going south for the Commissioner of the Met police? He has just been wounded by very swift publishing by the government of a letter that he wrote asking for special treatment of his (Anti) Terror Squad. Investigators were refused access by Met chief Sir Ian Blair to the underground station where innocent Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead. He kept the IPCC at bay and wanted them restrained. Now he is on about military Rules of Engagement for his armed forces. This might have made sense had he thought of this instead of waiting until the Shoot to Kill policy he so quietly introduced failed to make legislative or common sense.
If he does do the honourable thing and fall on his sword when the IPCC report the government will be able to offer him suitable employment. Will we see him next year as Chief Steward at the Labour Party conference?
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