DaC driver Chas Kissin (P99J) may well have been sitting where Mayor Livingstone is now but withdrew from the Mayoral race to give others a chance! Chas now looks at the world from his lofty perch in the front seat of a TX1 but is available should the Mayor need him..!

Firstly let me wish my Jewish readers a Happy New Year and well over the Fast, and to my non-Jewish readers, I wish you everything that you wish yourselves.
   In just this past one month, September, we have finally seen through the Emperor's new clothes! How we were all taken in by this clever con artist and his disciples of New Labour. It took the Conservatives eighteen years of rule to become arrogant and patronising, to think they could do no wrong and still get away with anything. It has taken Labour (new or old) only two and half years to reach the same point. Now that's what I call fast tracking!
   From the rail crashes, to the Dome, to the fuel crisis - no one wants to take responsibility. Well the buck has to stop somewhere, because it must be somebody's fault - and it certainly ain't mine!
   With all that in mind and the fact that Blair and his cronies seem to be rewriting history, I thought that I could have a go at re-writing something. So starting at the top, I thought I would rewrite the Ten Commandments according to Blair (who seems to think he is the new messiah anyway...).

POLITICALLY INCORRECT

The Original Ten Commandments
1. I am the Lord thy G-d and thou shalt have none but me.
2.Thou shalt not make any graven image.
3.Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain.
4.Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
5.Honour thy father and thy mother.
6.Thou shalt not kill.
7.Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8.Thou shalt not steal.
9.Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
10.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods.

The NEW Ten Commandments
1. I am the Prime Ruler and thou shalt have none but me (especially Gordon Brown).
2. Thou shalt not take photos of my family except when I say so.
3. Thou shalt not use my name as being responsible for anything.
4. Remember me on Polling Day to keep me in position.
5. Honour the Bureaucrats of Europe.

6. Thou shalt not kill because the police are snowed under with paperwork and according to the
CPS, it is not in the public interest.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery, although this is unenforceable as nobody gets married today.
8. Thou shalt not steal (See new commandment number 6).
9. Thou shalt not lie, especially to the DSS about your savings and workings within the black
economy or whether you really are a political asylum seeker but not just here for the benefits.
10. Thou shalt not be jealous of thy neighbour or my mates namely Lord Derry Irving, Peter
Mandleson, or Lord Faulkener, because it is your money they are squandering.

If you keep these Commandments he will lead you out of the Land of England and into the Land of Europe where you will be swallowed up quicker than Jonah was by the Whale...

Chas Kissin

Join Bernie Pressman while he charts some of London's history via its 'Blue' Plaques..

.BERNIE PRESSMAN'S LONDON PLAQUES

As we drive around day-to-day concentrating on the job in hand, many of interesting 'blue'
wall plaques either go unnoticed or are hidden just out of sight. I'd like to tell you of some
that might be useful when you next take visitors on a tour or somewhere of special interest to them.
   Next time you are passing The Bedford Hotel, look out for the square plaque that records a 112 pound bomb falling on the steps of the old hotel in one of the first air raids of WW1 killing a total of thirteen people. The date was Sept 24th 1917...
   Not too far away at 52 Gower Street, two doctors - Joseph Clover and John Snow - administered to a patient the first anaesthetic. That was certainly a welcome relief 'cos before that, you had to grit your teeth and grin and bear any pain from surgical operations. Some patients even had to be tied down or filled with booze...
   Moving west to number 20 Upper Berkeley Street, living 
Bernie Pressman

and working there between the  years of 1836 and 1917 was a quite remarkable woman. Against all odds and no little prejudice, in 1865 she became the first woman to be registered as a doctor and surgeon in Great Britain. From a humble beginning, born in Commercial Road in London's East End, she established a hospital in 1866 that was actually named after her and later was elected to become the first lady mayor in England at Aldeburgh in 1908. She was Elizabeth Garrett Anderson...
   A must for any Americans that you may be showing around London is the plaque attached to 62 Gloucester place W.l. It records that Major General Benedict Arnold lived there 

from 1796 until his death in 1801. A former U.S. revolutionary  soldier, he moved to this house in 1796 and died there in poverty. He was a merchant in New Haven, Connecticut, having distinguished himself in battle and being promoted to major general. He later became a commander at Westpoint. He famously plotted to betray his country by fleeing to the British lines in 1781. There he was given a command and later came to England. He is regarded in the USA as one of their biggest traitors.
   And to end, a plaque that appears on a house in Spitalyard, Bishopsgate E.l. It tells of Susanna Wesley, mother of the famous preacher John Wesley. She married Samuel Wesley in 1690 and over the years gave birth there to 17 children. She outlived her husband and died in 1742. They liked big families in those days!

You can find out more about the subject by reading 'Discovering London Plaques', written by Derek Sumeray and published by Shire Books


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