I wonder who he think would be suitable for that role? Someone else? Nope. Himself? Yep. Of course!

From BBC News: Tony Blair has floated the idea of having a President of Europe directly elected by people across the continent. The former UK prime minister made the suggestion in a speech to the Council for the Future of Europe in Berlin.

"Out of this European crisis can come the opportunity finally to achieve a model of European integration that is sustainable," said Mr Blair. "A Europe wide election for the Presidency... is the most direct way to involve the public," he added.

He acknowledged that the European Union's institutions were seen as too distant by many people around the EU. "An election for a big post held by one person - this people can understand. The problem with the European Parliament is that though clearly democratically elected, my experience is people don't feel close to their MEPs."

However, he added: "I can't see any new political settlement being acceptable without direct popular consent through referendums. Ultra-eurosceptics - by which I mean those essentially in opposition to the whole Europe project - are on the wrong side of history. The 21st Century case for Europe is based not on war or peace but on power or irrelevance," Mr Blair said.

Mr Blair, who was UK prime minister from 1997 to 2007, said that "the present situation is the most serious to have faced the EU since its inception. And as we speak, the crisis persists." A stronger EU was the solution, he said. "We should recognise that the underlying, profound rationale for Europe and its union is stronger than ever."

In response, Nigel Farage MEP, the leader of the UK Independence Party, said: "This is the man who would sell his country, for the bauble of EU office."

He added: "The ideas contained in Blair's speech do however show that even he is giving up on his old dream of Britain being at the heart of Europe, it isn't and it cannot be. He hopes that the EU can in some way have one speed while travelling at two, it just isn't possible. His hopes will be dashed, as I hope will his ambitions."
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I really loathe Tony Blair. I'm not a Labour voter, and I'm not a Conservative voter, or a Lib-Dem voter. I vote for the party who promises to deliver the best solution to the country's problems. Tony Blair ran a government that bollocksed us up for years to come, and handed over the reins to a dickhead who sold our gold reserves at their lowest ever value. They fucked up.

The EU doesn't need a president, it needs a kick up the arse! They want to increase their budget by 5% ABOVE inflation at a time when national budgets are being squeezed, and we're closing old peoples' homes, cutting benefits and closing hospitals. The EU can Fuck. Right. Off.

I fucking love this show! It's so good. One of the best shows on TV. Great writing, great acting, amazing scenery. Really terrifying stuff.

Don't watch alone, with the door unlocked, or with the lights off.

And only religion, it would seem.

Seriously, when are these religious nutjobs going to wake up and understand that their 2000 year-old book is 2000 years out of date?

We have the head honcho in Scotland saying it is a "grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right". Cardinal Keith O'Brien also said: "Since all the legal rights of marriage are already available to homosexual couples, it is clear that this proposal is not about rights, but rather is an attempt to redefine marriage for the whole of society at the behest of a small minority of activists." Activists? By that I assume he meant to write, "humans".

Oh, and he also wrote this: "Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father." Yeah, because every gay couple has children. No, dickhead. A gay couple who never want kids are not depriving a child of a mother or a father. There is no child of which to deprive. The Cardinal is confusing marriage with procreation - a common mistake among the truly stupid. Marriage is not about procreation. If it was, the Cardinal should be annulling any heterosexual marriage where the couple cannot conceive, or choose not to have children. Understand, Cardinal? Do you get it yet?!

And then we have the Pope. El Poperino. The Grand Mufti of Catholicism. The big cheese. The old dickhead.

Mr. The Pope warned of "powerful political and cultural currents seeking to alter the legal definition of marriage". Err, The Pope, please understand that the legal definition of marriage is a civil matter for governments, and not for one old c*** in a golden palace.

He also urged the bishops to emphasise to their Church that premarital sex and cohabitation was "gravely sinful" and "damaging to the stability of society". And, erm, child molestation is perfectly acceptable, is it? No? Then why are you in charge of an entity that nurtured, protected and hidden the vilest of humans? Because they were Catholics?

Face it, religious people are annoyed that their time is over. They had their go at running society, and they blew it. We call it the Dark Ages - a time when people could be burned alive for merely sneezing in Church*. Religion does not hold the moral authority on life, the universe and everything. It barely has a grip on its own morals.

* This is likely untrue, but you get the idea.

My lovely cat, Ozzy, is ill. He's currently staying overnight in a vets. They think he has either a bladder infection or acute renal failure. If it's the latter it can be cured with fluids. Hopefully he's going to be fine, the little tyke.

If anyone's keeping up, Ozzy is now fine again. Apparently, cats haven't evolved to digest wheat properly, so the dry food I'd given him recently wasn't really the best (IAMS and Purina One). He got struvite crystals in his bladder and got a little blocked up.

I encourage you, if you *think* your cat is ill, take it to the vet to get it treated.

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, and CEO until recently, has passed away from Pancreatic cancer.

Say what you will about Apple, call me a fanboi if you like, but there is absolutely no denying that Steve Jobs was a visionary.

Without Steve Jobs you wouldn't be touching the screen of that phone in your pocket. Without Steve Jobs you wouldn't have the iPod - the greatest (and best-selling portable music device ever). Without Steve Jobs you wouldn't have tablet computers actually selling in the marketplace.

The man was amazing.

Rest in peace, Steve.

From the Daily Mail:
I read the Koran every day, says former prime minister Tony Blair who claims it keeps him 'faith-literate'
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Reading the koran just makes you a dickhead, Mr. Blair. No one cares about your own faith or beliefs, because you aren't important anymore. However, we do like to keep an eye on you because it's people like you who cause massive problems in this world. And to say that, "the [Islamic] Prophet Mohammed had been ‘an enormously civilizing force’", simply shows that you haven't actually bothered to read the other 90% of the literature that makes up Islam. The hadith - the collection of sayings and actions of Muhammad - show how he once personally beheaded HUNDREDS of people. How is that a 'civilising force'?!

Mr. Blair, you're a prick. Away with your nonsense.

From The Telegraph:
A committed Christian GP has been accused of harassment and told by the medical regulator that his behaviour was unprofessional after talking about his religious beliefs with a patient.
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In the video he tries to explain how giving his patients a way of helping themselves with faith is perfectly fine to do. No, dickwad, it's not okay. You are a GP. You are not supposed to be proselytising to your patients. They go to you to help them with their health problems. That is your fucking job! Telling them your own personal beliefs about the origin of the universe have fuck all to do with treating their health conditions.

Let's say you're shopping in Sainsbury's and the Muslim girl at the checkout is putting your bottle of gin through the till, and then tries to get you to go to her mosque to learn about her faith and how Islam could help you with your 'alcoholism'? Would you be happy to listen to her, or would you be annoyed that someone has decided to inflict their personal religious beliefs upon you while you were trying to get your shopping done? I mean, she's just done the same as you. She just made an assumption that her faith could help you with something she perceived was your problem. You did the same thing.

You should be reprimanded for this.

From The Mirror:
David Cameron faced a furious backlash last night after claiming Jesus was the original founder of the Big Society.

His remark - made to Christians at a Downing Street reception - provoked astonishment among religious leaders, charities and politicians.

Labour MP and former Anglican vicar Chris Bryant said: "It's ludicrous and offensive for ­Cameron to try to recruit Jesus to the Tory cause. He is just using decent people in the church and charities to mask the unfair way he's cutting services for the vulnerable."

Mr Cameron told church leaders they would be "absolutely right" to claim Jesus founded the Big Society 2,000 years ago, joking: "I'm not saying we've invented some great new idea here."

He added: "One of the best things about our country is that people step forward as individuals, as families, as communities, as organisations, as churches, and do extraordinary things... helping to build a bigger, richer, more prosperous, more generous society. And all I'm saying is, 'Wouldn't it be great if we did more of that?'"

But Jonathan Bartley, director of Christian think-tank Ekklesia, said Mr Cameron's brutal cuts ­programme was attacking the poor and the weak - and would not have had Jesus's support.

"Jesus's harshest words were reserved for those who had wealth and power and who failed to protect the most vulnerable," he said.

A senior Labour source added: “We know politicians like a big-name endorsement but this seems to be going a bit far."
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Christians are so happy to push their religion into our faces, and then they get upset when someone tries to directly link politics to Christianity...? Yes, and fucking right too! Stop linking religion with government. The government is here to govern everyone in the UK, not just the fucking meely-mouthed Christians. How much more religious bullshit is going to be forced upon those of us who are not religious?

Fucking Tories.

TwitPic is a very popular service for Twitter that lets users upload photos and attach them to their tweets.

I use it.

I *used* it.

TwitPic have decided to change their terms of service so that they can make money off any image you upload to their site, but they won't pass this on to you. You retain copyright to the image, but they are free to sell it to anyone.

This is bad.

I've moved all my images to Yfrog whose Ts&Cs are more liberable and much more friendly.