Guns Don't Kill People...

... the police do apparently.  Only joking! Although I often made my views on the shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes very clear to anyone that would hear them, it seems that the recent police shooting of Mark Saunders was fairly justified.  However, the Guardian have run a piece about how he was shot 'a number of times' as the police disabled him. The family are also quoted as saying 'he didn't endanger anyone at all to my knowledge'. 

Sorry, but the man had a shotgun which he was using to shoot at his neighbours houses.

From the reporting so far, it seems that the police officers has just cause to shoot the man. I agree that when dealing with these situations, the officer should always aim to disable the target - preferably not killing him, but if the target sustains fatal wounds then it really can't be avoided. 

I know this post sounds really a little right-wing, and for that I apologise, I really do, but people really shouldn't be walking around with shotguns. I know he had a license for it, but why are we even still issuing licenses for firearms? 

And who needs a shotgun in Chelsea?

My new home

Oh dear. Today I found out that the city I will be living in from August will be run by a cartoon character.

We British officially now have no right to make fun of Americans electing celebrities as politicians. At least Arney was in Terminator 2, which was much more of a success than our friend Boris could ever hope for from his TV appearances (which mainly consisted of him being humiliated by Paul Merton and Ian Hislop on Have I Got News For You).

From watching interviews with Boris supporters from around the city, I get the feeling that people have incredibly short memories. This is a man who vehemently opposed gay marriage, attacked Liverpool so soon after the beheading of Ken Bigley and is essentially a racist - not really a great choice for the face of London. Just look at the controversies section on his Wikipedia page! 

But oh well, in the words of Charlie Brooker 'ROFL!! LOOK AT HIS FUNNY HAIR!!!! LOL HE IS A LEGERND!!!!11111'

Ahem...