There’s no shortage of commentators these days to bemoan the decline of British society and to point the finger at the self-centredness of the Me, Me generation. In particular today’s lack of consideration for others. I’m rather unconvinced about this perceived connection. After all, you’d have to go a long way to find people more individualistic and less considerate towards others than the Spaniards and yet Spanish society is undoubtedly superior. Perhaps this is because Spanish selfishness is a more passive variety, born of being doted on as kids, in contrast to the actively aggressive greed of Britain’s materialistic youth.

Talking of conundrums, I see that Madonna was performing at the Live Aid concert in London today. I find it richly comic that someone who charges 160 quid for a ticket to her shows should be so publicly concerned about world poverty. Asked if she’d ever been to Africa, Madge admitted she hadn’t but added she’d like to go when the time was right. Presumably this will be when poverty has been abolished and the punters can afford to pay through the nose to see her.

The Turkish police yesterday killed a would-be suicide bomber. Naturally, we had his bleeding corpse on the front page of the newspapers. It was reported he’d been shot and then left in the middle of the street for several hours, until the police were sure there was no risk of an explosion. The odd thing is that his hands are clearly tied behind his back.

My local Champion-supermarket-masquerading-as-a-Carrefour
-hypermarket appears to have a new strategy aimed directly at me. This is to be out of a different one of my staples each time I shop. If it wasn’t so damn convenient, I wouldn’t go near the infuriating place.

Here's a test photo, using Blogger's new service..... It's a nude picture of Ryan, of course