All bets are off

Without Bush, Howard and Blair, the 'Coalition of the Willing' is no more

It’s a different day.”Without Bush, Howard and Blair, the 'Coalition of the Willing' is no more. Now with the global economy in tatters, it is significant that this has been made public.

In an exclusive interview with Telegraph TV, ahead of a speech at Chatham House on Wednesday, Morris Reid, a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, said: “The special relationship (with the UK) is over and dead. It’s a different day.”

Reid’s speech entitled “Europe must show leadership and stop waiting on the United States” will make the point that “it is not smart for European politicians to think the American President needs to care about their concerns. And it is also not smart for Gordon Brown to expect Barack Obama to do the things he needs to do at home.”

In other words, all bets are off when it comes to creating a 'New World Order' allowing England the freedom to support the economic structure and global warming policies that best fits their own circumstances.

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• Clinton praises special relationship (guardian.co.uk)

BBC - Air bag jacket 'could save lives'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7886000/7886427.stm

The jackets are the equivalent of car air bags and inflate if the rider is thrown off during a crash.

There are different types of air bag jackets on sale in the UK, which cost up to twice as much as standard jackets.

With pricing like that, bike airbags should become commonplace.

One version, sold by Point Two, is attached to bikes by a lead and, if the wearer falls off, that triggers a small gas canister that inflates the jacket in less than one fifth of a second.

Newsbeat gave one of the jackets to Rob Hunt, a stuntman for 12 years.

He said afterwards: "It just stops you from going anywhere. It's tight. It's protecting all around my ribs."

"It felt as though I was picked up off the floor and I was on the air bag. It was just like gliding on air.

"It stopped me from rolling as well. It stops the bounce. I think it's the bounce when you're crashing at speed that hurts you."

I was visualising the fallen bikie bouncing down the road like a giant ball.