“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
Henry Thomas Buckle
Last week’s Hidden Britain presented by Michael Portillo was a fascinating guided history of the Bradford Odeon, back to a time when Bradford was a place to be proud of.
Could the re-emergence of this beautiful old building drag us into a brighter future? Anybody interested in a potted history see here…it is a fascinating story.
No name has yet been chosen and the building has had several – New Victoria, The Gaumont and most recently The Odeon – but what about The Palace of Dreams as Portillo referred to it? Even in Bradford we should be able to dream.
Take a look here at how it will look.
Utterly Useless Windbag
I knew, having cheered the Mets’ new initiative tackling scroats on mopeds, it would not be long before some whiny, liberal, leftie came up with the usual apologist rubbish.
Predictably it was the incomparably useless Dianne Abbot, MP who whined it was “potentially very dangerous”. That she is Shadow Home Secretary is beyond any sane person’s imagination. I know the Tories are a bunch of in-fighting posh twats but the other mob are so scarily incompetent it beggars belief.
Closer to home news of four wheeled mindless vandalism at Baildon Golf Club – see here – made me wonder what her response would be to this; perhaps they need more open space to spin their untaxed and uninsured cars?
The Police are quoted as saying the car owner has been “spoken to”. I suspect a few members would like to share that conversation and maybe offer a 3-wood or two to the bodywork of the car, a sort of restorative justice.
Having seen some of the footage from moped attacks, mainly in London, most are horrifying. Responses from politicians immune to this crap have to be measured and representative of real people. It does not help if you are thick as a post.
Four Years On
In late 2014 I wrote about the ridiculous politically correct plan to waste millions revamping a knackered old cricket ground led by the English Cricket Board, Sport England, Bradford Council and Yorkshire CCC.
And before you question the conflict of championing the resurrection of the knackered old Odeon, the business cases are poles apart.
Entitled The English Cricket Board’s Big Dumb Idea this has now become part of the so-called South Asian Strategy which, in itself, is the biggest play on words you could imagine.
The driver here was a packed 2019 cricket schedule with a World Cup and an Ashes test at YCCC’s home Headingley. Park Avenue was touted as a venue for first class cricket once again. So where are we?
The official response from the ECB is as follows: “ECB continue to work with Yorkshire CCC on their strategy for outgrounds, including the continuing redevelopment of Bradford Park Avenue amongst other grounds around the county. We are next due to meet them in early 2019, when we expect to have certainty from the ECB board around strategy for 2020-2024.”
Anybody hear a big fat can being kicked down the road? Fortunately, our useless Council has not thrown anymore money at this during the summer (Freedom of Information Act) but then £362k considering they are skint is not small change.
Free Press?
Johnston Press, owners of a raft of regional newspapers including The Yorkshire Post, recently went into administration only to emerge like a high-board diver, fresh from the choppy waters, new life to breath. Or maybe not.
Saddled with debt from an acquisition splurge, Alex Brummer, City Editor, Daily Mail writes “the transfer of ownership of a large national, local and regional news organisation…into the hands of hedge-fund owners cannot be a good thing.”
What price the free press or will this be a slash and burn asset strip? Thank God you all still have The Trumpit!
BBC Waste
The BBC want your views on how they will fund free TV licences when the Government ceases support. If computers really are going to take over the world can they start with Nicky Campbell first?
More Waste
Most writers dream of penning a major novel or maybe a timeless classic song; some have to satisfy themselves with a lowly blog. Somewhere in between is the jingle writer, so imagine how you must feel when your boss hands you the latest challenge.
“Strutting my stuff for the whole gym to see. Senokot Max helped me feel free. Natural Senna, double strength, helped us back to normality.”
I have often been accused of writing but rarely instigating…stop!
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