Tesco, The Vatican & Iraq

Track of the day Robot Car Song - Ceiling.

The police still haven't unearthed anything to justify Friday's decision to send 250 men and women to batter down the front door of a house in Forest Gate, London and the subsequent shooting of one of the occupants.

The search now appears to have been widened to include a Tesco store and the Royal Mail.

I'm sure they'll find something evil and way past its sell by date lurking at the back of a shelf at Tesco and who knows what they might find in the sorting offices of the Royal Mail!

Meanwhile a somewhat weary looking Tony Blair ended his hols in Tuscany with a quick trip to Rome and the Vatican for a private audience with the Pope. It's customary to exchange gifts on such an occasion. I bet the Pope was thrilled to bits with the Mozart CD that Tony handed over to him.

While Blair and family met the Pope at the peaceful Vatican, at least one of his soldiers in Iraq was deciding that he's had enough and is going to quit after eight years service.

"I'll probably become a postman, something cushy, as I don't mind early mornings. I don't think we get paid enough here. You don't get any 'danger pay' or 'Iraq pay'. You shouldn't get the same as if you were firing blank rounds on Salisbury Plain. We're risking our lives out here."

Yes, that's definitely one of the drawbacks of a career in the armed forces.