Author: Leigh Banks

I am a journalist, writer and broadcaster ... lately I've been concentrating on music, I spent many years as a music critic and a travel writer ... I gave up my last editorship a while ago and started concentrating on my blog. I was also asked to join AirTV International as a co host of a new show called Postcard ...
IT’S ALL PANTS AS BORIS LEFT BLUE AND ANGELA SEES RED OVER THIGH-IN-THE-SKY COMMONS BATTLE

IT’S ALL PANTS AS BORIS LEFT BLUE AND ANGELA SEES RED OVER THIGH-IN-THE-SKY COMMONS BATTLE

THE NOs HAVE IT AS LABOUR WIFE’S LEGS SEND FREEDOM INTO A TALE-SPIN

A Tory MP says that Angela Rayner has admitted using her legs to bamboozle Boris at Prime Minister’s Questions.

But Mrs Rayner is apparently livid over the whole thing. Cross, like she is accused of doing with her legs.

However, we all have to accept it is a real news story when a leading opposition member of parliament ‘flirts’ in the upper echelons of power, in public view, with the leader of our country.

And if you are one of the new media gurus – maybe you work at McDonald’s or Nandos and did an ology in modern media, so you believe you are qualified to comment on twitter and tick tock – then look around…

The supposedly non-story about Labour’s deputy leader sex-bombing the PM with her squeaky silk calves and thighs, means somebody somewhere has to ask ‘what is going on here?’

Social media doesn’t ask questions like that – it simply sends out course messages, hatred and childish memes instead.

What Angela has lifted by her impromptu impersonations of Sharon Stone and Kenny Everett in Parliament is the lid on ALL office flirtations. But, in Angela’s case, it is fair to ask, why is she bothering in the first place?

She is in a strong relationship and Boris is a married dad!

So, what is going on?

Are they just having a laugh? Yes.

Are they throwing enticing shapes at the doors of infidelity? Probably not.

Is it a detriment to politics in this country? No, not at the moment.

Does the world need to know about it. Should it be talked about publicly, in a light-hearted manner but with a serious edge? YES! YES! YES!

Yes, it matters, of course it does – and here’s the clue, social media has spent far more time misspelling the situation, accusing Angela of acting like Sharon Stone, sending out childish memes, posts and insults than any of our National Press has written on it.

Angela herself has podcast on the subject and a scaredy-cat MP, who wants to remain anonymous despite his privilege to speak his mind out, thought it was important enough to do the dirty and report her.

But now the poundland press pundits are snarling and hurling invective at the real media saying it is sexist, it is tacky, it is misogynistic, it is offensive women …

Hang on! Hang on!

It wasn’t David Dillon, editor of the Mail on Sunday, who had been flapping his legs about, he just thought it was a good story … which could have deep ramifications.

And now he is not only in trouble for doing his job, he has been told to appear before the hanging judges and publicity vultures of The House and explain his decision.

But good old David has taken another decision, another good old fashioned one.

And that is to tell Parliament to go and stuff itself like the woke, bleating chick-chick-chick-chicken it is rapidly becoming under party-boy Boris’s opportunistic leadership.

Don’t shoot the messenger for God-sake! It would be like shooting your postman and allowing your sausage dog to drag him off down the garden to bury him – and then complain because he doesn’t bring you letters any more!

DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER!

The Mail on Sunday too has revealed three MPs – including one woman – have corroborated the account of Mrs Rayner’s remarks.

And in a podcast in January, she herself raised claims that she had copied Sharon Stone to fluster the PM – and, while saying she was left mortified, she also joked about it in the most vulgar vernacular.

Yet for democracy to function effectively, journalists must be free to report what they are told by MPs about Westminster.

The Speaker has plumbed new depths. Why should newspapers fear having their wings clipped by Parliament, because some find a story unpalatable and others think they can make political capital out of it?

Oh, and of course, there are those who think they should stand up for freedom of speech by going on social media demanding that the Fourth Estate is muzzled so we can all say what we want as long nobody reports on it …

#ANGELARAYNER #BORISJOHNSON #SHARONSTONE #KENNYEVERETT #PARLIAMENT #WOKE

THE HUMAN STORIES BEHIND PUTIN’S INHUMAN WAR ON UKRAINE

THE HUMAN STORIES BEHIND PUTIN’S INHUMAN WAR ON UKRAINE

The truth about the war on the Ukraine is too hard to take. It’s not a fake war and it wasn’t wholly unexpected.

But it has been devasting and awful and inhuman. And with his impassiveness, his reptilian eyes and lips as thin as a snake’s Putin has secured his place in history along-side Hitler and Saddam.

Politics, rhetoric and propaganda do not defend-eth the monster … ‘it’s nothing personal,’ the monster says on his Syberia breath, “it’s just war…’

Here at The Society we have tried to look at what is really happening to people and their lives as Putin and his generals cross the Rubicon.

The stories below are harrowing and shocking. But each one has a basic theme … and that is that each of these victims has become an inspiration, in one way or the other, to the Ukrainian people, to the rest of Europe and the World.

Here at The Society we will keep publishing these stories until this bloody war is over and Putin, one way or the other, is cast from this world, the only memory of him being a mass killer.

PLEASE READ AND SHARE THESE STORIES:

https://leighgbankspreservationsociety.blog/2022/04/05/war-propaganda-all-is-phoney-help-us-tell-the-russians/
https://leighgbankspreservationsociety.blog/2022/03/22/blasters-of-war-never-ending-hope-as-bobs-mate-charlie-joins-ukraine-protest/
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES FOR VICTIMS OF PARENTAL ALIENATION

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES FOR VICTIMS OF PARENTAL ALIENATION

WRITTEN BY CAMPAIGNER ANDREW JOHN TEAGUE

Today is the 25th of April – PA day.

For 6 years we pushed to finally get it recognised throughout the UK and in 2019, because of dads and naap it made the mainstream news.

Dads, mums, grandparents and others marched the streets of London then stopped at Downing Street.

The awareness and education is needed to end the non-accidental pycholoigal injury in the child. There are no physical signs but the damage is life-long and life changing.

A question we should always ask is if the aligned parent knew exactly what their child/children would go through. Would they still inflict the injury on their child?

Just because there is no bruise cut or visible sign doesn’t mean the life-long injury isn’t there. It is actually worse because its not seen it is far too often ignored. During the years of going through this and indeed helping so many others i took time to research and research and learn. The catastrophic damage left behind for children is life long life changing and potentially life threatening.

Childrens’ future mental health is serious crises. Teaching children the wrongs can leave the consequences on the children.

What is the non accidental psychologic injury in the child. Well in short child abuse.

In brief anyone 1 single issue that warps controld or neglects the childs free will.

Empowering the child as in adulification/parentising 

Brainwashing /indoctrination 

Allowing a child to witness domestic abuse any form

Forcing a child to denigrate the other parent 

Neglecting the childs needs 

Relaying a false narrative for ones own benifit.

Using a child as a pawn leverage tool weapon through family dispute 

Robbing a child/children of half their heratage.

Leaving a child/children with the void in their life abondonment issues attachment issues through out their life.

There is far too much at risk to ignore 

Childrens future 

Dedicate to educate from the bottom to the top. 

Save the sensless abuse put on children 

Save the children 

They are our future lets give them a future

Stop the family court induced child abuse 

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YOU’RE NOT ONLY AN EX … YOU’RE AN EX-HUMAN BEING IF PARENTAL ALIENATION IS YOUR WEAPON OF CHOICE

YOU’RE NOT ONLY AN EX … YOU’RE AN EX-HUMAN BEING IF PARENTAL ALIENATION IS YOUR WEAPON OF CHOICE

Parental Alienation Awareness Day is here once again … and how many people really know about it?

PAAD is a major part of a global awareness campaign aimed at making the general public, judges, police officers, mental health care workers, child protection agencies, lawyers and social workers aware of one of the biggest unchecked crimes in the world today.

We’ve all been through break-ups. And in fury we’ve grabbed, metaphorically speaking, the nearest ‘blunt instrument’ to get back at our ex, make him/her suffer and make them know what they losing by leaving you.

But the weapon you chose should never have been the love, the heart and the mind of your child.

Using your child as a weapon of crass destruction is child abuse, psychological abuse, it is selfish, cynical and shameful.

Ask yourself one question … how can you possibly claim to love your son or daughter when you brain-wash them into insulting, attacking, abusing – or even just ignoring – their other parent.

If you abuse your own children for your own satisfaction and to punish somebody else, what kind of human being are you?

Ask yourself that question and answer it honestly. Face yourself in the mirror of your child’s heartbreak.

That reflection, if you look deeply into yourself, will show that you are no better than the family courts, child maintenance organisations, CAFCASS and social workers.

These are the organisations that work rarely for the child but almost always work for the bitter, dispossessed and dumped ex.

Yes, you are the parent with care but the simple fact is, if you are an exponent of parental alienation, you truthfully and honestly DO NOT care.

And still today it is difficult to get the world to notice you and what you and the courts are doing…

We, at The Society, along with Andrew John Teague, from NAAP and D.A.D.s. have been fighting for almost a decade to get things put right. So far, we haven’t reached the end of the road or, in John’s case, the top of the mountain.

But we’ll both keep going.

The idea for PAAD was introduced in Canada by Sarvy Emo in late 2005, with the original date being March 28, starting in 2006. This date was changed after the start of the campaign to coincide with the appearance in Toronto of parental alienation expert Dr. Richard Warshak.

In 2011, Bermuda, Seventeen U.S. states (New York, Maine, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, West Virginia, Indiana, Oklahoma), many Canadian towns and cities officially recognized April 25 as Parental Alienation Awareness Day. The day has since been arranged in 25 countries.

#parentalalienation #children #families #courts #cafcass #socialworkers

CANTERBURY FAILS… COUNCIL IDIOTS TELL EX-SOLDIER TO TAKE DOWN UKRAINE FLAG FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY

CANTERBURY FAILS… COUNCIL IDIOTS TELL EX-SOLDIER TO TAKE DOWN UKRAINE FLAG FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY

In my life I have rarely met a good civil servant, council official or little tin-pot local authority ‘enforcer’.

And, one way or the other, I have had to work with them all my life.

It’s not big and clever to go and work for your council and it’s not demanding on your quotion of intelligence… although it does help if you have an ology or two, an ill-fitting trouser suit and dirty flat shoes for the gals, a milky cream shirt, red tie and off-the-peg business suit for the chaps.

Real-life to them can be as wild and untrammelled as a half of lager at Wetherspoon on the way home from work…

Electric cars and dim caring from those who are paid to look after us and support us.

Well, here’s a tale from Canterbury which even Chaucer couldn’t have made up…

The Canterbury council c*nts have told a former soldier to take down his British and Ukrainian flags because of health and safety … yep, health and safety.

Canterbury City Council in Kent want Nigel Hart, aged 33, to take down his 14ft flag pole due to ‘health and safety’ fears.

“It might fall on us heads,” a concerned neighbour said.

But Concerned Neighbour and Canterbury council, do you actually know what is falling on the heads of people in the Ukraine as we talk about World War Three, evidence of mass graves, rape, starvation, devastation, a country blitzed, lives and homes in ruins … the world in anticipation and fear.

And you want to take down a war-torn country’s flag as Putin’s deadly madness pollutes all of our air and soaks blood into all of our God-given land.

All because of health and safety, you idiots.

Despite being told the pole must come down as it is in a communal area, Nigel remains defiant about showing his support for Ukrainians and fallen British soldiers.

He said: “I feel really strongly about what’s going on in the world, being a former soldier myself. What’s going on in Ukraine is like World War Three.

But the city council told Mr Hart to take it down, saying the space is designed to be used by all their tenants and it could injure someone if it fell down.

Leader of Canterbury City Council, Cllr Ben Fitter-Harding, said: “Having watched the images on the television and listened to the harrowing stories and witness testimonies of those directly affected by the war in Ukraine, you cannot fail to be moved by the plight of its people and inspired by their courage.

“We have no doubt Ukrainians living in our district will be desperately worried about the safety of their friends, family and loved ones.

“While Ukrainians focus on the fate of their country and the real human cost of this war, I am proud to say thousands of our residents have been asking what they can do to help despite being 1,500 miles away. I would expect nothing less.”

But you’d expect this Ukraine flag in Canterbury to be taken down, eh mate?

#canterbury #canterburytailes #army #ex-soldier #flag #ukraineflag #banned

FOR THE LOVE OF MY PAPA … RUMER WILLIS SHOWS US ALL SUCH A TENDER MOMENT

FOR THE LOVE OF MY PAPA … RUMER WILLIS SHOWS US ALL SUCH A TENDER MOMENT

Rumer Willis shared an old picture with her dad Bruce, almost a month since the family announced he’s retiring from acting due to aphasia.

It is a picture of love and tenderness between a dad and one of his daughters. A family snap really, something we all have somewhere, at the back of the drawer, in a cardboard box in the attack or languishing on your mobile, unclicked for years.

It’s not a good quality picture – particularly when you consider Bruce is still at the top of Hollywood’s A-list. But it tells a story so powerful few can fail to be moved.

The snap, taken about decade ago, also brings home what life is like for the victims of aphasia and their families.

But it also shows that our love for partners who have fallen to this disease will never end.

Rumer shared a new post to her Instagram account on 21 April. Taken when she was a child, the image shows her father kissing her on her forehead. She captioned the image “P A P A”.

Aphasia spokeswoman Carol Dow-Richards, ARC Director, said with a sense of hope: There IS treatment. People should indeed seek treatment from a licensed Speech Language Pathologist.

I believe that the CBS report stating there is “no treatment” for aphasia takes hope away from the 2.5-4 million with aphasia.

Their report also stated there were two million in the USA with aphasia. According to the white paper published by AphasiaAccess, those numbers are likely much higher.

There IS treatment. While there is not a cure, there is treatment!

Aphasia is NOT rare. There are more people with aphasia than Parkison’s and muscular dystrophy. However, few Americans know what aphasia is.

Many with acquired aphasia improve over the years.

Those with PPA may decline over the years as it is a degenerative brain disease, very different than acquired aphasia from a stroke or brain injury.

It is imperative that the narrative is accurate. Whether PPA or acquired aphasia, people should seek treatment from a Speech Language Pathologist.

We all appreciate the focus on aphasia. We want to be sure the narrative isn’t out of context and confusing the public or people with aphasia.

Aphasia is a devastating diagnosis and disability. We believe that lack of public awareness creates a secondary disability for people trying to re-engage in life with aphasia. Communication is the bridge to community engagement – and education is key!

There is hope! People with acquired aphasia can and do improve.

People with PPA and their families can benefit from therapy and education from a licensed Speech Language Pathologist to offer support strategies.

Bruce’s acting career began in the early 1980s but he did not become a household name until later in that decade – first after starring opposite Cybill Shepherd in the ABC TV series Moonlighting and then in his 1988 performance as John McClane in the first Die Hard film.

Since then, his films including The Sixth Sense, Armageddon and Pulp Fiction have grossed more than $5bn worldwide, according to Variety. He’s been nominated for five Golden Globes, winning one for Moonlighting, and three Emmys, winning two.

Several actors and other stars

#JOHNMCLANE #brucewillis #diehard #rumer #photo #aphasia

SOFT SOAPS AND SADNESS AS HELEN’S GRANNY DIES

SOFT SOAPS AND SADNESS AS HELEN’S GRANNY DIES

Helen Flanagan has written a tribute to her grandmother after she died earlier this week.

The Coronation Street star, aged 31, shared photos of her ‘Nanna Nancy’, who was in her 90s, to Instagram.

Helen – mum to Matilda, aged six, Delilah, three, and son Charlie, 13 months – ‘My Nanna passed away this week. I loved and love my Nanna so much. She was an amazing lady and I am proud to be Nancy’s granddaughter.

‘I am so grateful for the precious times we shared and that my Nanna got to see all three of my beautiful children that my Nanna loved so much and gave her so much joy.

I have the best childhood memories, holiday memories and memories with my babies with my Nanna that I am so grateful for. I wish I could see and give her one last cuddle and tell her how much I loved her but I think she knew x’

Her friends and fans were quick to rush to her support and shared kind messages alongside her Instagram post.

Michelle Keegan wrote: ‘So sorry for your loss Hels.’

Sally Dynevor commented: ‘Oh Helen I’m so sorry. Love to you and the family xxxxx’

Coronation Street’s Katie McGlynn added: ‘Sending so much love my darling.’

Helen is from Bury, Manchester, originally but now lives in Prestbury with  Preston North End winger Scott Sinclair 

#HELENFLANAGAN #corrie #coronationstreet #rosiewebester #gran

DO YOU THINK THESE’LL FIT ON MY NEW BIRTHDAY BARBIE, HARRY?

DO YOU THINK THESE’LL FIT ON MY NEW BIRTHDAY BARBIE, HARRY?

They blasted canons over her head, idiot grandson Harry dripped sweetness like a cracked coconut, Britain’s secret party-going politicians paid their fines and waved ‘yoohoo’ to her. And The Queen posed with two white horses and had some egg-nog.

And then they gave her a Barbie doll!

Well, at 96 when you’re not well, grieving for your husband, your son forked out a fortune to get away from the biggest sex scandal in years, you’re watching your family go up in the smoke of rumour, Buck House is looking a bit dingy and let’s face it, people no longer view it as the home of pageantry and pomp…

No, Buck House is little more than a big old knackered looking grace-and-favour city centre house by the side of one of the busiest junctions in the UK. And it’s full of blokes with guns and horses wearing what looks like Marge Simpson’s hair-do, but not in blue.

But don’t worry about our Queen though!

No! Harry – whose hair and beard are becoming to look more and more like a fluffy balaclava – is on the case…

And he’s pledge to protect Liz.

Yes, the 96th birthday of Queen Elizabeth is marked by the boom of war, a rest at Windsor, a drama, a doll and a doleful d*!k who is offering protection like a sneaky blinder.

So, let’s save parades and big bashes for June as we look forward to our longest-serving monarchy’s ceremonial birthday and Platinum Jubilee.

And all we have to say, at The Society, is let’s get it right this time. She deserves more than this.

In fact, next time you throw some thick Irish sausages on the barbie, think of Lisbeth sitting on the throne playing with hers!

And she can you know! It has a miniature tiara  based on Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara – worn by The Queen on her wedding day.

There are also medallions on ribbons inspired by the Royal Family Orders.

Barbie wears an elegant ivory gown with a swish blue sash and comes in a Buckingham Palace box.

The toy makers say it is to celebrate “the Queen’s extraordinary reign has seen her lead with duty, humanitarian efforts and a life of public service, unifying the nation in celebration, reflection, and community.”

Maybe Harry would like to play with it too!

It might give the self-obsessed, bonehead something to think about rather than inflicting more pain on his family.

Is the Guchi-shoed man mad? “I’m here to make sure she’s protected and got the right people around her,” he simpered in his latest Press junket despite hating the Press more than his close family.

What an insult to his father and brother who have actually dedicated themselves to their duties.

And then there are the staff who protected Her Majesty when Covid struck.

What can you do Harry? What did you do Harry?

Well, I suppose you could really show support for your grannie by helping her dress Barbie in the doll’s house world of deceit, anger, recriminations and silliness the Royal household has become.

#jubilee #queen #harry #meghan #charles #uk #buckinghampalace #barbiedoll

A CORRIE JOLLY AS BILL SAYS I’LL KEEP ON ACTING AT 90 (THAT’S GOOD BILL, YOU’VE NEVER MANAGED IT BEFORE – OH NO! DON’T SUE ME, IT’S A BIRTHDAY JOKE, JUST A JOKE…)

A CORRIE JOLLY AS BILL SAYS I’LL KEEP ON ACTING AT 90 (THAT’S GOOD BILL, YOU’VE NEVER MANAGED IT BEFORE – OH NO! DON’T SUE ME, IT’S A BIRTHDAY JOKE, JUST A JOKE…)

William Roache has said he has “no intention of retiring”. He’s 90 years old now and still crops up on our screens every week or so.

The actor, who will turn 90 on 25 April, has appeared as Ken Barlow in the ITV soap for more than 60 years and holds a Guinness World Record for the longest-surviving TV soap star.

The actor said: “People will say when are you retiring? Are you going to take a break? But then what happens. And I just carry on.”

Asked about the secret to his success and still working at 90, he said: “I suppose I always feel like I’m learning.

“You know, people ask me if the younger ones ask me for advice and I say no, they’re all so good and confident that I feel I should ask them.

“I always feel I’m still growing up. I never feel grown up in life anyway. And then I’ve always got things to learn.”

#corrie #coronationstreet #bill #billroache #kenbarlow #boring

Alan tells of his Moors search for ‘lost boy’ brother Keith Bennett

Alan tells of his Moors search for ‘lost boy’ brother Keith Bennett

The Preservation Society has been allowed to use much of Alan Bennett’s writing over the years about his never-ending search for brother Keith, a victim of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady.

I first met Alan way back in the early Eighties, although I doubt he will remember me particularly. At the time he was often surrounded by the Press and the police.

I personally admire Alan for his determination and his good nature and we will stand with him to solve this heart-breaking mystery.

Alan writes:

“I did eventually work out the main route Brady took with the police.

“One big shock I received was after the police first called off the search for Keith I told them we were going to continue.

“Topping had said despite all they had done he believed Keith was still there to he found. He tried to warn me off even though I explained I had sought professional help and I was going to be advised/taught how to search and what to look out for, just has the police had done.

“I was told when I first went to the Moor with Topping and members of the search what they had been told and where they had searched. I was also told every clump of peat had been replaced after they had searched an area, it had been logged and nothing had been left behind.

“I asked for a copy of the aerial photos and maps that they had logged everything on, only to find they didn’t exist. They had aerial photos but not for logging purposes and it was plain I wasn’t going to have them.

“I managed to get aerial photos of my own for my own use and to map the whole area and I started the search with family members. It was not long before we uncovered plastic sheets, plastic cups and ‘Hot cans’ the police had used to eat from.

“So much for logging and leaving nothing behind.

“It sounds as though I’m just having a go at the police and I suppose I am to some extent but I can only appreciate what they had done, obviously. “Just that bit more openness and understanding would have been nice. I never really got on with Peter Topping I’m afraid to say. I also have to admit a mistake I made when operation Maida got underway, that was the second official search of the area. I was asked to make sure all our equipment was taken off the moor so as not to disrupt their search.

“We used to bury our equipment in certain areas rather than carry it off and on the moor every time, except the special electronic equipment of course. I got a call from the police one day to ask if a probe they had found belonged to me, once they described where they had found it I had to admit it was mine.

“A bit red faced and proof, I was far from perfect.

“I am going to admit to something else as well here and this will have two friends of mine slapping there foreheads again and calling me the same complimentary names they did at the time.

“I bought some washing line to grid out an area for using a metal detector. Straight away the detector was continually beeping and the graph was going of the scale. It was only then I realised there was a thin metal wire running through the plastic cover of the washing line😳 . As Del Boy would say “What a plonker!”