Wednesday 29th August: Gordon is still reeling from his various setbgacks today as newspapers from Texas to Taipei are declaring that the honeymoon may be over. He is in London at the moment for the unveiling of Nelson Mandela's statue in Parliament Square. According to The Guardian, he called Mandela "the greatest and most courageous leader of our generation". No complaints here.
Diet Blair is desperately trying to remain relevant, with yet more "anarchy in the UK" rhetoric.
For some reason he chose the murder of Rhys Jones as the "line in the sand" to indicate to Gordon that society is on the slide. This after the murder of nearly 30 teenagers in violent crime since January 1st....
He also wants to give the police on the beat more power to stop and search. All well and good until a Community Support Officer gets a rush of blood to the head and ends up clapped for their troubles. Logic dictates that if you want to get rid of gun crime, than surely you should go after the people that supply the firearms. But that might lead to a few uncomfortable questions being asked, eh?
Peter Riddell's analysis in The Times offers Dave a light at the end of the tunnel. After a disastrous summer, he suggests that things had got as bad as they were probably going to get, so the only way the Tories can go from here is up.
Prince has been out and about in London again. While general consensus is that the length of the shows has dropped to the 90 minute mark, he's still wowing them night after night.
He's been a busy man, this week. According to The Sun, he popped up at backstage at Movida in London to offer advice to unsigned musicians after his show on Saturday. He's the superstar who just keeps on giving.
A diminished NPG line-up took to the stage at Indigo2 after last night's show, but once again made sure the job was done right.
Going back in time - it appears that Kate Moss approached Prince for a duet (The People), insisting that she'd done them before and that her presence "would only add to the show." Someone get Pete on the phone and tell him to come and get his girl because she's making a fool of herself...
I also came across a piece on www.idolator.com , which made the point that Sign O' The Times is a better album than Purple Rain. Fair enough. What I was intrigued with was the quote from The Rolling Stone's review of Dirty Mind, which suggested - and I quote - "Mick Jagger should fold up his penis and go home". Now, I've written reviews in the past. Some of them albums I liked, some I hated, but I never thought it my responsibility to use them as a platform to tell people what they should do with their genitalia....Well, I've told artists to forcibly insert their albums into their fundamental orifice, but everyone must have their limits. That, my friends is mine.
It must be nice to be chased by supermodels and showered with adulation everyday, but 3121.com reports that he won't be too poular with the residents of one London street after posting up in an alley in the early hours of this morning for a photoshoot, while bumping a CD of the aftershow party. Loud. The neighbours "screamed obscenities", at Mr. Nelson and he alledgedly fell out laughing. The photos are for a scrapbook planned for the tour's end.
Prince and The Rolling Stones, are also credited by The Evening Standard with making the O2 "London's most exciting new venue". If only they'd seen the state of it a few years ago...
