Easy Answer to Deadly Driving

I've got a solution to would-be killers who use their cars as weapons - grab them. Right there and then. Take the means to murder out of their hands.

William Ray, 23, was doing 149mph in his Porche Boxter on the M25 when he was caught. He's now disqualified for just six months. Motoring organisation boss Simon Best said: "149mph equates to two and a half miles in a minute. If anything goes wrong you are unlikely to walk away and you are a grave danger to innocent road users around you."

Do you want to share the road with this lunatic when he gets behind the wheel in a few weeks time? Thought not.

If we took away his prized Porche, at the time of the offence, no argument accepted, then he would have to walk home. Ban him too. We could sell the car to help victims' charities. If idiots like him realised this was the inevitable outcome of his lethal driving would he slow down? I think so.

Teachers Take Holidays in Term Time Too?

Fair cop - I did it. Took the kids out of school in term time. For snow days. or holidays, or even to visit their grumpy gran. Bad parent, but in fairness it never happened after infant school.

Except once, when we wanted to go to the States after one of us recovered from a life-threatening illness. We owed it to ourselves - but we had to jump through hoops because the rules had changed and without detailing the 999 calls, the surgery and the years of anxiety it was a no go. The head had the final say.

Was she right? Too many kids are kept away for silly reaons. What about the teachers? We have two in the family. If they want a holiday in term time is it ok for Tyrone to have a stand-in for two weeks when he is struggling with maths GCSE?

More than 200,000 parents have signed a petition seeking to change rules imposed by Education secretary Michael Gove. How about we just go back to the old days, when two weeks a year out of school was the limit. Fine the parents if they can't keep to that. That's fair and would save us all an expensive and pointless judicial review. 

Stephen Sutton And A Life Well Lived

So sad to hear that Stephen Sutton has died. His mum's heart is breaking with pride and pain.  Stephen knew he was dying but refused to fade away. He made a bucket list and lived his remaining days to the full, hoping to raise £10,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust. His courage  touched millions and he quickly passed the £3m mark

When he had to go back into hospiial as his bowel cancer took it's tolll, 19-year-old  Stehen  put a big smile on his face and said,"It's been a great life!' He showed no self pity, only gratitude for the days he lived to the full.

He even joked that he was sorry to disappoint the snipers who saw a brief respite in his condition as a sign that he was not as ill as he said. Stephen left the ward for only a few days before returning. He died early this morning. His mum mourns her " courageous, selfless and inspirational son."  What a man.

Gods Spit Fury

Allan is very angry. He is letting off steam to fellow god Jevon. "The stupid fools have let me down again! Idiots, all of them! Taken a whole lot of girls and sold them, sold them you hear, because they say I don't want women to go to school!"

"Tell me about it!" says Jevon, "I've had them killing thier own kids. Letting them bleed away the life I gave them! Doctors I bless with intelligence and healing have to sit by and watch. They've learned nothing! Zilch. Unbelieveable!"

"I thought I'd seen the worst of it when they flew those planes into tall buildings. Shouted my name as they did it! They reckon that got them right into my good books! They spatter bits of themselves and everyone else all over the street and my name is the last word they utter. 

"Makes me look like a right tosser!"