Last night on the telly (1)

I saw various bits and pieces which are worth mentioning or which reminded me about other things I'd been meaning to mention:

1. On the earlier news (on Channel 4), they showed footage of Nick Clegg coming out of his house, jumping into a big black ugly hatchback limousine type car, then cutting to the same car sweeping into the car park at the Houses of Parliament. For some reason they pixellated out the number plate, despite we all know where he lives and works, what he looks like and so on. What extra protection this pixellation is supposed to afford him is unclear to me.

Later on (on the BBC News channel) they showed a similar montage, however the car registration plate was not pixellated, and I can hereby inform you that the number he was using that day was PK60 PXG. But he's the Deputy PM, no doubt he can organise a new number at the drop of a hat so I doubt this will compromise his security too badly.

2. He then waffled on about the Tories wanting to position the UK in the mid-Atlantic. Geographically, this is nonsense of course, and politically it is a false comparison, just because you don't like the EU does not mean that you want the UK to become the 51st state of the USA either. Twat.

3. They covered the Frozen Planet fakery. I never bother watching any of his programmes, the footage might be impressive but the explanations provided are largely hokum. David Attenborough is, frankly, either a liar or an idiot - he recently claimed that towns are swallowing up hedge rows, for example. He went on to defend his fakery, and despite having worked in television all his life, clearly never read that part about wearing long socks so that when you're sitting down and cross your legs, the viewers are spared the sight of a few inches of pale naked flesh twixt sock and trouser leg. 'Astronaut socks', they are sometimes called.

4. The weather girl on ITV News was Becky Mantin. You can't see her legs when she's on telly, but going by her elbow line/waist relationship (various pictures here), they must be awesomely long.

5. Lenny Henry appeared in an advert for some hotel chain. His Wiki page describes him as "actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter". He clearly can't act, I've no idea what he's ever written and yes, he is occasionally on the telly. But what really puzzles me is the reference to him as a "comedian". To the best of my knowledge, he has never said anything in the slightest bit interesting or intelligent, let alone or funny. Can anybody actually remember ever smiling, giggling, laughing etc at any of his 'jokes' over the past three decades?

The War On David Bellamy

There is a fairly weird article in The Metro saying that wildlife filmers 'breach animals' right to privacy', which mentions David Attenborough (the population cull fanaticist).

Well, maybe they do, maybe they don't, but for some inexplicable reason, they illustrate the article with a picture of David Bellamy, who hasn't been on telly for years because of his refusal to go along with the global warming nonsense.

Hmm.

"UK butterflies need good summer"

Truly amazing.

The BBC have published an article, explaining that butterfly enthusiasts are hoping for a warmer, drier summer to help butterflies recover after last year's 'wash-out' .... I know what you're thinking ... how are they going to blame that on global warming? ... well they don't. (Well, not until that crack-whore Jo Abbess has had her way, of course).

They leave that up to 'Biodiversity Minister Joan Ruddock' who would appear to be superbly unqualified for the job, even by Nulabour standards:

"Butterflies are a vital element of the British summer (1). Their numbers indicate whether or not there are problems in the countryside (2). Butterfly populations also indicate the speed and extent of climate change (3). We will provide every encouragement for those working to conserve them (4)."

(1) Sorry, as pretty as they are, I didn't even notice that their numbers had fallen. They are thus not a vital element. Notice how she slips in the word 'British'?

(2) This is half-true, I am sure that there are some 'problems in the countryside' that would reduce butterfly numbers, such as massive chemical spills, but other problems, such as the housing shortage for agricultural workers, EU regulations and the fox-hunting ban would have little effect.

(3) Woah! We daren't say 'global warming' any more, seeing as how the butterfly conservationists are hoping for a warmer, drier summer. And butterflies are a lousy indicator. The article explains that some of these butterfly populations might be snuffed out for good. So even if weather returned to normal, the butterfly population wouldn't. I think all in all, stuff like thermometers and barometers are better for measuring the weather.

(4) Well, of course you would. Set up a quango, buy some votes. And if by some miracle they manage to reverse the decline (despite adverse weather) this would make butterfly numbers an even worse indicator.