I am a big fan of Harry Hill’s TV Burp but, having just watched this evening’s episode, I feel it is time for action !
The programme featured a recent episode of ‘Freaky Eaters’ about BBC Radio presenter Chris Hawkins, who is afraid, yes afraid, of fruit and vegetables. I have never heard anything so ridiculous in all my life. Actually, come to think of it, I have. Only last week, we were treated to the news that Graham Calvert was suing William Hills for allowing him to run up debts of £2m.
Why do we allow people like this to have air time ? Why do we get taken in by such set-up programmes like Wife Swap and Holiday Showdown ? Why is tax-payers money being wasted by allowing foolish actions like Calvert's into the justice system ? The judiciary should take one look and tell him to go away and grow up !
So, I’ve decided to vent my frustration by starting my own movement – CRAPDADA (Crush Radio And Prevent Discrimination Against Deaf Audiences) !

I shouldn’t be surprised by now but, our so-called leaders continue to disappoint me. In the aftermath of the uproar caused by Linford Christie being invited to carry the Olympic Torch in London later in the spring, Ken Livingston tries to squirm his way out of the firing line by claiming that it wasn’t his idea. Pathetic !
By signing the letter of invitation, it is he who thereafter takes responsibility, whoever’s idea it was. After God knows how many years in office, he damn well knows that. It is laughable that attempts are made to dupe the public in a desperate bid to save face. Have a bit of back-bone, man, and just admit your error of judgement; your credibility will increase.

I have to smile with amusement at the over-the-top reaction to the Premier League’s proposal to play one additional fixture overseas. Some of the comments serve only to demonstrate why football has simply lost its way and those either involved directly, or indirectly – the fans, are failing to see the reality.
Football is, for the most part, very boring. Do you remember last season’s FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Manchester United ? How dull was that ? Apart from supporting your own team, people watch the sport – including me, I hasten to add – because occasionally you witness something exciting (e.g. Liverpool’s unbelievable come-back in the 2005 Champions League Final); something exceptional (e.g. Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent free-kick against Portsmouth) or something explosive (e.g. Cameroon’s Andre Bikey astonishingly assaulting a medical official). Apart from that the ‘product’ served up by overpaid, postulating, prima-donnas is pretty dire.
Compare that to Rugby League’s Super League, where you have athletes going hammer-and-tong at each other in 80 minutes of non-stop entertainment for the spectator. Sometimes it is difficult to recall all the incidents in a game, as there are so many. It is interesting to note, therefore, that here we have a sport that is continually changing its rules and regulations to make the ‘product’ even more exciting for the observer. This now includes playing an extra fixture each year in Cardiff; an experiment that has proven very successful. Everyone involved realises that unless you go forward, you go backwards…….there is no standing still. No pathetic whingeing from the fans about losing the soul of the sport etc. etc. No moaning that playing this 'odd' game may cause relegation. Yes, it might but, guess what, life is not perfect ! I speak as a Castleford Tigers fan, who suffered relegation when we didn't even finish bottom. The sport is bigger than one club !
OK, so Cardiff is not the same as going to the Far East but, the status of both sports is on a different level, too. Football fans surely have to realise that unless changes are made, on and off the pitch, their precious game will die. And all this diatribe about not being able to watch their team play, if they go to Manila……what tosh ! I have just witnessed on the television Aston Villa fans booing because the opposition were keeping the ball from their team in a very high quality exchange of passes. This demonstrates very clearly that football fans are not interested in watching the ‘game’, they are only interested in the result. So, whether their team win in Birmingham, Barnsley or Beijing, they wouldn’t really care.