Day 156 - Tuesday 5th June - Thats It then?

So the end of the Jubilee weekend. Thank god. Jesus that was the most over hyped show of mass mediocrity I've seen since BGT.

A load of Cliff Richard style fans queuing up at 6am in tents to bag a spot on the Mall to catch a glimpse of the Queen. Who are these morons? Oh yes, the sort of people you tend to try and avoid in the local neighbourhood, the ones who wear lots of badges or are so frighteningly dull you would rather stab yourself in the eye with Prince Phillips bladder infected pecker than spend time with them. The sort that actually send letters into newspapers.

This weekend was crawling with them. Plus that concert last night. God help us. The biggest bunch of middle of the road mundane acts since the last Royal concert - Cheryl Cole and Gary Barlow duet? give me Benson and Hedges any day. Or Hale & Pace. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robbie Williams, Cliff Richard? Fuck me, i think Prince Charles obviously came up with that set list to try and push her into assisted suicide off the throne.

Granted she's 86, so i guess they played it safe, but she had earplugs in so you could have had Megadeath, Napalm Death and the sound of a drilling brain and she still wouldn't have known the difference. Mind you those ear plugs came in handy for Cliff Richard's set. Plus please tell me the only thing Cheryl Cole should have been doing was noshing off Prince Harry for Chip money. She shouldn't be anywhere near a stage. Prince Phillip's bladder has got more going on inside it than her brain. Dismal.

And whilst I'm at it what was with that VIP box. Royals, Cameron, Clegg, Brian May and Angie from Eastenders. 60 years as Head of State, to have a bunch of knuckleheads with her. I bet she yearned for Churchill. He may have been a scandalous corporate right wing animal, bit at least he was a manic depressive, alcoholic insomniac. He would have had Barlow/Lloyd Webber/Cole/Richard/Williams arrested for massive wanker holism.

The whole thing was just so Daily Mail. Yes the visuals on the Palace were amazing and fireworks cool, but proud to be British? Why? They wheel out McCartney to sing Let it Be at the end of every big national concert - why can't he take note of his own lyrics? Lennon was shot and remains a legend, McCartney slides ever more into looking like a Thunder bird puppet. Joke.

Elton John just looks wrong. Stevie Wonder is a total legend but i just thought - SAGA when i saw him, The only one who was vaguely interesting was Grace Jones who has no idea what the fuck is going on and doesn't care. I've always hugely fancied her, she still looks hot at 64 to me. Wrong.

Now i know I'm being cynical. Not so much about the Queen or Royalty, I'm pretty neutral about them really. Both for and against i can see the merits. But the utter mass hysteria of middle class celebrations breaking out. Egged on by the media. Like some mass Tim Henman match at Wimbledon. Grim.

Yes tonight is a bit of a ranting blog. Why? Well obviously because the Queen didn't extend the Bank holiday to the rest of the week. Work tomorrow. Is there really any point? It's Weds. Nearly the end of the week. No point in going in now, may as well bugger off for the rest of the week really. In fact it's the Olympics soon so I'll go back in October, after the paralympics. Not that I'm interested in them of course, which i would never admit in Public as it's un PC of course, but just because it's like women's football really isn't it. I don;t mind the actual Olympics but the Paralympics. Nah.

Still although it's work tomorrow, at least the reality of double dip recession, plummeting mortgage market, Eurozone crisis, rise in unemployment, cuts to public services and pissing rain will be softened by the memories of the amazing concert and celebrations on Monday.

Austerity Measures? fuck that Cheryl Cole duet ting with Gary Barlow. Double Dip recession - Ha, Cliff Richard medley thank you very much. Disenfranchised and broken society - sod it, we've got Robbie Williams opening.  Makes you proud to be British doesn't it?  Now wonder we;re fucked, Roll on the Olympics.

xx