News and Spews

Spews being the operative word. Away from Willie Walsh driving British Airways into the ground for the sake of anti-union monomania we see this:

Israel attacks Gaza flotilla

Somewhere in the region of 10-20 people onboard the ship have been killed. Most outlets are repeating that Israeli soldiers were attacked with axes... yes that's axes versus assault rifles. I mean, the nerve! On Auntie's breakfast broadcast I heard one account where, apparently, one of the peace activists wrestled a gun from one the soldiers and wounded him with it. It's almost like he was afraid for his life.

This wouldn't be the first time hasty lies were used to cover up naked agression.

Stop the War have called a demonstration in London for 2pm, outside Downing Street. The Israeli embassy might be more appropriate, but then I think this one's going to run for a while. Those of you who make it there remember to put Nick Clegg's promise to the test.

Btw, 15 people in Israel were killed by Palestinian rockets between 2001 and 2008. The Israeli army have killed more people in one night of piracy than seven years of bottle rockets.