the veil

There has been a divided debate sparked by the House of Commons Leader Jack Straw as he has said that he would prefer if Muslim women not wear veils which cover the face..bbc news: 'Remove full veils urges Straw'

At the moment in the UK there is a little tension due to the recent suspected arrests regarding terrorism so I find the way he has sparked this debate to be puzzling.
Jack Straw had a high profile job in being Foreign Secretary until he started to make statements which weren't on the same page as Tony Blair, so in the reshuffle he got demoted. Since then he has been biding his time, Blair is stepping down and he needs to raise his profile, for better or for worse sparking this debate has done exactly that.

If people are not breaking the law how can you tell them how to dress. That is just plain nonsense. From what I have been reading Muslim Clerics are split as to whether Muslim women should wear the veil or not, so the choice is their own and Jack Straw knows that, but he also knows it is a devisive issue. Considering his constituancey is made up of roughly 25-30% Muslim residents I know this will get a strong reaction from some, but again Jack Straw knows how split this issue is and has gambled that it won't affect his seat.

Raising the debate is one thing, how he has gone about it has me scratching my chin.

Nintendo DS

My PSP got nicked...
So i picked up a DS as a replacement..And so far I haven't been disappointed.

I'll give some reviews to the games i'm playing when I have a minute.

I'm currently playing 'Brain Training' and 'Phoneix Wright Ace Attorney'...

Chess not Checkers

I've heard this term alot over the years and have only now come across a situation when it rings true.
Its amazing the sheer lengths some people will go to protect those things which they feel are the most important irrespective of the consequences for the greater good.

In the sector I work in one of the assistant directors has done just this. She for months in advance has set up a situation to protect a service which she favors by getting it certain accreditations, knowing full well fiscally the service should face cuts but because of the accreditations politically it would become difficult to make the case...

As far as she is concerned the other services could just land as they do..
Now the time has come for cuts to be made and guess what the consultants and politicians have so far fallen for it..

only time will tell I suppose

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Welcome to the Blue Monster of blogs LOL
Now what to write in this thing...I think I'll just write some rants and observations about what is going on around me, I suppose get out there some of my opinions etc..

Will anyone read this, who knows but whoever does I hope you enjoy it!