Mandy Lifeboats

Yes and no. European Human Rights documents use the wording "free expression". But if you continue reading it goes on to define what that means. That includes the right to receive and impart information. As speech is one of the main ways to do that its commonly called free speech. But let's get something very clear. The HRA includes qualified rights. For instance you have a qualified right to privacy. It's qualified and not absolute. Your right to privacy can (and often is) revoked in order to protect others rights and for the general public good. The most obvious example being Police CCTV filming you whilst shopping. In the same way your right to impart information is balanced with everyone else's rights and all other laws. Painting an offensive message on a wall could not be defended using the right to free expression. At its most basic level it's balanced against the wall owner's right to own a wall without you damaging it.

This is a perfect example of the reasonable man test. A reasonable man could do this with a group of colleagues that he knows have similar type of humour. It's less reasonable to put it on an open Twitter account that might be viewed by anyone. It would be unreasonable to put it on an open Twitter account that you know is followed by a large number of Jewish People. Personally I would not class the Nazi Noughts and Crosses as a crime. Nor posting it on Twitter. It's not what you did it's the how and the why.

I think I have posted this explanation before. Much of our law is based upon the test of a reasonable man. If I want to express a viewpoint I can. But only in a reasonable way. An action in my own home might be reasonable but the exact same action outside an infant school might be wholly innapropriate. Our right to reasonable free speech is as strong as its ever been. But we are quite rightly cracking down on idiots who think they have the right to express any view at any time they wish, wherever they wish and in a manner of their own choosing. It's one thing to tell your MP that you feel Muslim immigration is harming the UK. Its another to scream that at the top of your voice outside a mosque.

If your profile details are correct it was a song you heard in the prime of your life.

Name a UK number 1 single where the lyrics are all questions. * * the backing singers sing certain parts of those questions as part of the harmony. Those don't count.

Serious question- Worcestershire. Would Cher Lloyd have sold more music than Elgar? Short popularity but modern v long term popularity.

Ian "Sludge" Lees. One that the Tiswas generation will remember.

1. I don't want to rule the world. 2. I haven't got a hungry heart. 3. I wasn't dancing in the moonlight.

Motels where I have heard someone yell "Just put the knife down and no-one will get hurt" at 3 am.

An outbreak of measles?

King of the mountains.

Sorry to break the news but I think Villa are short of cash. We might have to sell some players.

OK. .....you got me.

Cooking classes are a decent place to meet people. Even if you don't you'll learn a skill that will help when you do.

A colleague produced a report which was needed to include the death rate in a particular postcode. His conclusion》 0.99' per person.

I once contacted British Gas and spoke to someone who was helpful.

To find colonoscopy simply follow the coloured line on the floor. It's brown with streaks of red.

A finite number that nears infinity or 1 or any number. Near infinity - A straw is made of atoms. Atoms are a nucleus surrounded by a cloud of electrons. Each gap in that cloud can be interpreted as a hole. It is impossible to count them. 1 - But two connected holes become a single hole. Any number - But you cannot guarantee that every hole is connected to every other hole at any moment in time. It's feasible that every number could exist at any moment in time. I need to get out more.

How old is the Queen? We might be getting the day off anyway.

FFS - Throw a sickie. I've already started to lay the groundwork. Today I casually mentioned that the warm weather is giving me headaches. Tomorrow I'll have lost my appetite. Thursday will see me experience a crushing pain in the chest and numb left arm. Friday is scheduled to see a sudden fear of water and slight frothing at the mouth. Saturday I shall email my boss asking if I should walk into the light. Trust me.......it's foolproof.

I have identified 3 Blues Fans that work for my organisation. For the past few years I have downloaded the Villa fixtures into their calendars so they get a cheery reminder the day before. This year I've gone DEFCON 1 and downloaded a motivational message to appear on various days. My personal highlights are》 17 December. You can count the days until Xmas on one hand. 24 December. Get down the Poundshop early. The best presents will not be there for ever. 31st September. (To appear on 1st October). I told you that BCFC calendar wasn't right. 21st June. Your hours of darkness curfew is at its least effective. 5th November. Keep moving or risk being thrown on the fire. 1 Jan. Bon Marche sale begins today.

It's too hot for anything like that.

A vampire can only enter a house if invited. So don't. If you leave the cellar door open it allows cold air to circulate. But that does allow the children to escape and contact the authorities.

Probably the best tip I've ever been given. If it's hot and you live in a house, leave your loft hatch open. Hot air rises and it definitely reduces the heat of bedrooms by a few degrees. Try it. It works.

I just about remember the summer of 76. Our school field had the canal running along one side. There was about 3 feet of grass on that side. The rest was scorched grass or dirt. I spent most of the summer in a plastic paddling pool in the back garden. Those weren't the days of pool chemicals and cleanliness. My first task every day was to remove the grass cuttings, dead insects, dead hedgehogs and frogs that had found their way into the pool overnight. I suppose a cover might have helped, but this was the 70s and germs never hurt anyone. Of course there was a hosepipe ban and the only way to fill up the pool legally was dozens of trips using a watering can. The can had probably been used to deliver weed killer to the garden and liquid fertiliser......but who cares about a few chemicals. It hasn't had a lasting effect on me. Spoons didn't talk as much as they did in the 80s and the voices in my head weren't as violent as they are now.