So . . . shortly after G and Helly's departure, Abilene's blog goes base-over-apex and from what I can gather from the cryptic comments moblogged on the current homepage . . . doesn't look as if it's coming back.

Last week I also saw one blog favourite of mine on the telly - PC Dave Copperfield (of A Copper's Blog) explaining how he was terrified of being sacked for revealing that most of his time was taken up with paperwork. A fact strenuously denied by police (see the Panorama transcript and decide for yourself), but I was always tickeld by the link under "Police Equipment: 'World of Pens'".

Our own "Law is a Donkey" PoliticalUniform has been forced to call it a day, and the roll call of "new bloggers" seems to throw up an ever-increasing amount of flogs for business products and scam sites.

Or maybe I'm just jealous because in three fucking years I've never been on the fron page . . .

Hmmm.

Anyway, what with Gordon Blue calling a snap election sometime soon, close enough on the backs of all the "Labour will do this!" soundbites about popular issues (and yes, the fucking sheeple will all fall for it again, wont they?) I wonder what the future holds for rights and free speeches.

We've already seen a pensioner bundled out and almost charged as a terrorist for heckling at a Labour Conference. Here's where it's at in the US, when someone (brandishing a copy of "Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast) asked Sen. John Kerry a couple of questions that he didn't want to answer.

It seems that democracy only goes so far . . . yet, in the US again, if you happen to suggest that talking snakes should not be taken literally, you can lose your job.

Questioning a fairy story - grounds for dismissal. Questioning the non-action of mass disenfranchisement of black voters - tasered and charged with "inciting a riot".

This is the world we live in now. I'll bet Moron Gordon's rubbing his hands in glee at what he thinks he can do with us.