Worlds Biggest Speed Hump Bid Successful.

It seems Valentine's Day was earmarked for Britain's bid to create the worlds biggest speed hump.

And it was done in style, the driver of the Tarmac lorry flipping it onto it's side and landing on top of a car whilst expertly delivering his load across all three lanes of the motorway.

Its yet to be confirmed as the Worlds Highest Speed Speed Hump as its uncertain whether anyone drove over it at motorway speed, health and safety refusing to allow further stunts as it was unclear if anyone would survive the subsequent landing.

Surrey commuters on the M3 commented they were happy that at long last some new tarmac had been laid on the road surface and they were hoping for a smoother ride in future.

Big Confusion Over Cameron's Big Society

I'm confused: just what is "Big Society"?

To me, the concept should be that society itself takes back some of the functions that local and national government has "mission crept" into during the last few decades.

For instance, if you're part of a small community newly arrived in the UK and you want a community centre dedicated to your culture, you shouldn't demand that the local council supply you with one funded by the taxpayer. Instead you all club together and make one yourself. That's what my local Polish and Ukrainian community did back when I was a kid.

In other words, the message should be a crisp and clear "do it yourself", government shouldn't be funding this sort of thing.

But instead, in order to cushion the blow, we have the Big Society Bank and other concepts, which muddy the water enough so that these same communities and their supporting quangos are as equally confused as I am.

The lack of a clear message is allowing those averse to being weaned off the state teat to cry and bleat and stamp their feet. They will not leave the state funded sector quietly.

Its such a shame. Done right, taxpayers could reclaim some of the billions squandered on projects that shouldn't be government funded, but instead its doomed to failure.

Be Careful What you Wish For..

Well, Mubarak's gone and the media is stuffed full of talking heads and politicians full of praise for Egypt's public for reclaiming democracy.

Unfortunately, we all know that when it comes to democracy, the Middle East has a different take on what it means than us in the West.

Invariably it means that Islamic fundamentalists gain a foothold which they then manipulate to gain absolute power.

I'm sure behind closed doors in the West the hope is that the Egyptian Military can control the situation and manipulate it to allow a few carefully chosen puppets to fight an election in order to give the illusion of democracy.

A bit like democracy here, where each political party only occupies a narrow political spectrum, with any party at variance to that narrow ideology ignored by the establishment and their media cronies.

Anyone here fancy camping out in their town square in the name of revolution?