Saturday, February 26, 2005
Army abuse
Shame on you!
I find myself being in a position of embarrasment and humility, my low esteem has been caused by Mark Cooley and Daniel Kenyon, two soldiers from the 1st. battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Along with Darren Larkin and Gary Bartlam they have been imprisoned and dismised from the Army for offences including the abuse of Iraqi civilians during their tour of duty in Basra.
The actions of Mark and Daniel, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne bring shame upon all geordies as well as the majority of British service personnel serving in Iraq. Their behaviour displayed none of the characteristics of geordies - community, hospitality, friendship, and strong kinship.
I hope they enjoy their stay in Colchester's "glasshouse".
Read the report from the Daily Telegraph here.
Cllr. David Potts
I am indebted to Cllr. Potts for kindly pointing out an error in yesterday's post about the opposition motion for next year's Council budget. Cllr. Potts is an avid reader of this blog and has been an ardent crusader on the Trow Quarry issue. David represents Cleadon Village and even as a Conservative he has been receiving plaudits from a wide audience if you read the letters to the editor page in the Shields Gazette.
I would like to think that a whole bunch of other local Councillors are reading this blog and looking at the Curly's Corner Shop Message Board, but I only know of two others for sure. They all know of it's existence, because each and every one has received emails from me over the past three months.
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I find myself being in a position of embarrasment and humility, my low esteem has been caused by Mark Cooley and Daniel Kenyon, two soldiers from the 1st. battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Along with Darren Larkin and Gary Bartlam they have been imprisoned and dismised from the Army for offences including the abuse of Iraqi civilians during their tour of duty in Basra.
The actions of Mark and Daniel, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne bring shame upon all geordies as well as the majority of British service personnel serving in Iraq. Their behaviour displayed none of the characteristics of geordies - community, hospitality, friendship, and strong kinship.
I hope they enjoy their stay in Colchester's "glasshouse".
Read the report from the Daily Telegraph here.
Cllr. David Potts
I am indebted to Cllr. Potts for kindly pointing out an error in yesterday's post about the opposition motion for next year's Council budget. Cllr. Potts is an avid reader of this blog and has been an ardent crusader on the Trow Quarry issue. David represents Cleadon Village and even as a Conservative he has been receiving plaudits from a wide audience if you read the letters to the editor page in the Shields Gazette.
I would like to think that a whole bunch of other local Councillors are reading this blog and looking at the Curly's Corner Shop Message Board, but I only know of two others for sure. They all know of it's existence, because each and every one has received emails from me over the past three months.
If you are a Councillor reading this blog, please let me (or others) know - why not leave a comment, either directly to one of the posts, or in the Chatter box in the sidebar.
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This is also available from the sidebar.
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