My Christmas day - so far

Happy Christmas everyone and before I forget here's your card

I got up this afternoon just in time to see the end of 'The Railway Children'. ( I'd been up half the night playing with my my son's new toys. Santa called early. ) The queen appeared on my TV this afternoon. ( Christmas message. ) She referred to the natural disasters this year and said she believed that it was religious faiths that teach people to have the desire to help one another. That was the end of that for me - I got up and switched it off! When you consider that most of the people in this country are not religious, I think it was a daft thing to say and didn't do her any favours. Just shows how out of touch she is. I have nothing against people having a religion but the suggestion that the rest of us don't instictively care about others and rally to their assistance, is ridiculous.

I don't watch TV as a rule and often wonder if I am missing out or not keeping up to date in some way. I need not have worried - Casablanca was on and although I've seen it so many times I sat through it again. It isn't a film you can switch off that easily is it? :-)

I've just had a quick look back at the BBC website re the Queen's Speech. I see that ID cards were mentioned. These things were bound to happen - There was never any doubt about that in my mind but what a waste of money and a load of rubbish they are. They will happen because people want them but once I've got my card, what is to stop me becoming a terrorist? We could almost end up with authorised terrorism. Waltz in anywhere with your I.D card and then blow people up! The Queen and her Government do not inspire me one little bit.