White Out

Look, I've said it before and I'll say it again, stop giving this bad weather so much TV coverage - you'll just encourage it.  Believe me, if we deny it the oxygen of publicity, it will soon go away and won't return in a hurry.  But will the media listen?  Of course not.  The chaos caused by this bastard snow is just too good a story for them not to sensationalise.  Take my local BBC new programme for example:  half an hour of 'news' telling me that there had been heavy snow across the entire region.  Really?  I hadn't noticed.  Then later on this evening, the BBC gave us a whole half hour of national snow news.  Why?  We were all there.  We know it was bloody snowing.  But really, why do we allow ourselves to be held to ransom by this white bastard every winter?  It isn't as if we shouldn't be ready for it by now, yet, no matter how much warning there is, roads remain uncleared, trains delayed and airports closed.  This defeatism is contagious - today even I gave up the fight and finished work early, as it seemed that the snow had closed down the whole of Crapchester.

But what I want to know is what David Cameron is going to do about this recurring wintry weather, (apart from blaming it on the poor or the last Labour government)?  Will he pledge to reduce the snow by at least 50% by the next election?  It's no good telling me that there's nothing that can be done to avert these outbreaks of snow.  That's just nonsense.  The government should be authorising the RAF to send its jet fighters up to intercept incoming weather fronts suspected of bringing snow, and escort them from British airspace before they can cause chaos.  If they refuse to comply, just shoot the bastards down.  I can only assume that the failure to issue such orders reflects the facts that this governments defence cuts have left us wide open to rampaging cold fronts.  Tory bastards!  That said, I've yet to hear Ed Miliband make any commitments regarding snow policy if Labour were to win the next election.  We need clarity on this issue.  Write to your MP now, demanding a crack down on snow illegally freezing the nation.