One of the joys of a Sunday is reading the Sunday newspaper (or, should I say, reading some of the paper and leaving the magazines and supplements for later in the week.)
In today's Sunday Times there's a report about a plan to introduce women-only taxis and segregated compartments on trains. It doesn't surprise me.
Some people don't seem to understand the concept of equality before the law; that any law should be applied equally to everyone irrespective of gender [or race].
Of course, being an Englishman in England I'm no-one's priority and am at the bottom of everyone's list when it comes to accessing benefits or services, or attempting to participate in, and contribute to, society.
And then there's the constant ridicule of men in the media and the fact that I can't even identify myself as English on most ethnic monitoring forms...just to mention two recent observations.
If you're English, male, white, northern and law-abiding in England in 2005 you just don't count...nobody wants to know!
GREENKEEPER
Even if I were on piecerate
Maybe I'd still divert
Around the crocuses.
BALANCE SHEET
Closed in a kiss
The day sleeps
Contentedly.
