Compare and contrast

Bernard Manning R.I.P.
I was sad to hear of the death of Bernard Manning. I was born in Salford and used to hang around with friends in Moston near the famous club. We were going to watch him one evening but chickened out at the last minute because he sometimes picked on young fresh faces in the audience, and his wit could really bite!

I thought he was a fantastic guy, a funny comedian and well liked in the area. He knew who he was and was comfortable with that. He did not presume to tell anybody what to do, nor what to say. Truly a great British entertainer.



Trevor Phillips
The man who thinks that Members of the British National Party should not be allowed to work in the public sector (or indeed seen in public), the man who thinks that his fellow "British" citizens should be treated as less than human, believes that the height of humour is to make tasteless jokes about our late Queen Mother.

Delivering an after dinner speech at Imperial College London's centenary ball, Phillips said:
"I was asked to escort the Queen Mother for the evening. One of the things I had to do was dance with her."The security people came a few days before to explain what I had to do."There was a clearing of throats and shuffling of feet."One of them said, 'Mr Phillips, I need to share something with you. When you're dancing with the Queen Mother you will have to lay your hands on her.'"I said, 'Yes, that's what happens in dancing. But I'm not going to grope the Queen Mother.'"He replied, 'You have to be careful about where you put your hands. You have to be careful about the colostomy bag.'"

In September last year, Mr Phillips was announced as chair of the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights which will be officially launched in October. SHAME!