November 2011 Archives

Was that too strong? I'm sorry but I thought I should get straight to the point. World football chief Sepp Blatter has outdone his own previous 'foot-in-the-mouth' moments this week by claiming that racism doesn't exist in football and that racial issues can be settled with a handshake.

What?!

The FIFA boss couldn't have picked a worse week to trot out his latest piece of rubbish; with separate high profile cases fought by Black players in England, Anton Ferdinand and Patrice Evra who accuse John Terry and Luis Suarez respectively of racial abuse.

I would love to know what qualifies this privileged White man from a different place and time to speak on issues of race. But I suppose him hurriedly digging out and releasing to the media fabricated photos of him cuddling up to the nearest Black man he could find makes everything alright again?

With so many football figures having criticised Blatter's latest gaffe, why can't the other national football authorities around the world join them and force the resignation of this horrible individual?

Football chiefs you need to grow a pair and get rid of Blatter. With all the issues that need to be addressed in society, we can do without a clown like Blatter muddying the water.

Warning all drivers! If you are brave enough to drive into a shop's car park, make sure you keep your receipts! The bad news is that even if you do, you could be hit up for £110, like our dear friends from ParkingEye tried to do to me after their cameras spotted my car legally parked up next to Morrisons in Solihull.

What gives these people the right to send intimidating letters demanding money without stating exactly how the rules were broken? What if I didn't have the receipt from that day's shopping - it was from a few weeks back?

Well, thank God I did but when they appealed against the decision, they told me they will send an official response in the post, which may not be actioned for 10 days and if I hadn't paid in 13 days, I would have to pay the charge of £80 plus £30 admin fee! Where do they get their figures from? Thin air, I think.

When I got their response, it was by email; so they make their own crazy rules and then break them.

By the way, they decided to "cancel the charge" as a "gesture of goodwill."

Goodwill?! Yeah right. I didn't do anything wrong!

Drivers beware!