Friday 11 September 2015

It could be a very interesting weekend, with the winner of the Labour leadership election being announced tomorrow morning; if it's Jeremy Corbyn that is elected, as I hope, then potentially there will be a leader of the Labour Party with the majority of Labour MP's not supporting him but massive support amongst the membership (a membership that will never forgive or forget those MP's if they bring down his leadership), or a Labour leader with the majority of MP's supporting them, but massive numbers of ordinary supporters opposing them!

It's always a strange time of the year when summer is coming to an end and we start to move into autumn - we are in the last days of the cricket season, and it seems a longtime ago now since England regained the Ashes. We are now well into the football season, and that initial optimism around the Mariners has begun to disappear but the reality is there's plenty of time. However, Grimsby Town need to win tomorrow against Aldershot and improve their level of consistency and build on last week's victory at Boreham Wood.

This time of year is when our television screens are bombarded with mass produced rubbish - from X-factor to Strictly. However, local actor and Town supporter, Thomas Turgoose returns to our screens on Sunday evening on Channel 4 in 'This is England 1990'.

The main issue in recent days and weeks though has been the refugee crisis across Europe, which has been shocking, especially the way David Cameron has done everything he can to avoid doing anything to help until being shamed into it! There are many people doing what they can to help, such as those taking aid to Calais - if you want to help you can pledge money at crowdfunding.justgiving.com/humankinduk.

Finally, today is the anniversary of 9/11, and as someone who lives in aa high-rise, Garibaldi House my sympathises go out to them as usual.

Captain Haddock

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