WE can take it that media personality Janet Street-Porter did not enjoy her “staycation” this summer. She claims to have had a rotten experience all round, although I suspect we can also take it that Miss Street-Porter might be rather more demanding than your average holiday at home punter.

IT’S the most tragic and futile waste of all. The waste of young lives like those seen recently in the television documentary The Trouble With Girls, which followed the stories of three 16-year-old girls on a Rochdale council estate as they faced up to adult problems. During 12 months of filming there were three pregnancies.

IF I ruled the world of course I would do all the stuff about ending wars and abolishing fanatical religions, reducing poverty in the Third World and addressing intolerance and ignorance in its many forms.

YOU need a licence to drive a car and to own a television set. At one time you even had to have a licence to keep a dog.