A week is a long time......

There has been a lot going on.

The World Cup got the final it deserved. It was by far the least exciting I can remember, and in some of the better ones, England failed to qualify , so their early exit was not a contribution. It was just dull football. The final was awful, enough said.

The Government seem to be tackling a few aspects of society which I have written about before. The classic, though, is their plan to introduce two year degree courses. Given the first year of a degree course is usually tailored to educating the dim and dimmer in the basics they should have learnt at school, why don't they just call the two year course 'A' levels, and be done with it?

The people of Rothbury must now be mightily relieved the siege of their village has ended. The police were clearly influenced by earlier events in Cumbria and could not risk a further massacre. The subsequent photo opportunities at the death site and on-line hero worship was way over the top and correctly condemned by our Prime Minister.

He is right on track again this week with his views on health and safety, school trip restrictions and the general nanny State initiatives which have spread through society. If he can reintroduce controlled danger for the next generation of inquisitive kids, he will be doing well.

Real and present danger does, of course, still exist in Afghanistan as demonstrated almost daily. With our brother-in-law about to embark on his tour of duty at the weekend, there could be many long weeks ahead.