BNP: Bad day for politics and tolerance/Shakespeare country

It's a bad day for Britain and Europe. The BNP have representatives at the European Parliament.
I put the blame squarely at the door of our Westminster politicians. Their shameful behaviour over expenses meant not so much a protest vote as no vote at all at the Euros,
The result? The dangerous extremists of the BNP are not drowned in the deluge of the mainstream.
They kick their nasty little heels and on a tide of bewildering proportional representation they sneak up the pipe to Brussels.
And we are stuck with them. Gordon Brown, hang your head in shame.

I went to Stratford upon Avon at the weekend. It rained. Incessantly. Hour after hour.
Fortunately the lovely spa facilities at the Welcombe Hotel meant Morgan and I could swim while Lynne became yet more beautiful.
I had a golf lesson amid the torrent. I've cracked it. Watch this space.