Dedicated... (Updated)

..to wash dirty linen in public.  Flash Harry walked on Friday.  On Saturday it was revealed John K Lund had been suspended for comments on the Nolan show (only one of a number of members who participated in that sorry affair) with the result he was quitting and predicting others would follow (UPDATE a correct prediction judging by 3000 versts latest post).  Now on Monday a Lisburn UUP councillor, Ronnie Crawford, asserts on Flash Harry's facebook page:

"When will the UUP get a grip of itself?  We are a total shambles."

Before attacking the Party Chairman for his negative comments about those who had quit (scroll down), David Campbell:

"Following today's conference it was confirmed we need more Flash Harry's and fewer rash Campbell's."

Campbell attacking those Westminster candidates who had subsequently left the party which made at least one of their Assembly candidates, Lesley Macauley, uncomfortable.  As mentioned before disciplinary action doesn't necessarily create a culture of discipline it needs a membership that grasps the basic common sense of it.

Jpeg of facebook comments below the fold

Fluster

The arty farty types have been tryng to develop a fluster around the DCAL Minister, Nelson McCausland, expressing his dislike of excessive swearing in a play.  My reaction was somewhat different particularly when I read the line:

"...some people are particularly prone to swear."

I can imagine my name crossing his mind as he typed that line.  I must admit to taking advantage of his dilike of swearing in the past.  He used to be my boss and I discovered that excessive Anglo-Saxon was a good way of getting him to go away a little quicker particularly when he was giving me some thankless task.

As to my present campaign to give up my vice, it has slipped back a bit but overall my langauge has improved.

You've come a long way

While getting ready for work my youngest's mandarin language CD was playing and the sixth story had a musical background with a very familiar and nice tune to be awakened by - the Londonderry Air.

That's another two tickets sold

The Black Watch play as part of the Queens Festival had interested me but I hadn't got round to getting the tickets.  However, this morning I was persuaded to rectify that situation and I'll be encouraging others to go along too.  The ability to wind up English literarure professors and 'critics' is always a good start and the fact it is to do with Ulster makes it doubly so.

The future's bright

In a belated marking of the Relief celebrations on Saturday, evidence that the future is bright for the old culturage:



What he has to aspire to in the future: