What do we say Norman? Mmm?

It’s nice to see, among the media furore surrounding the return to the UK of Norman Kember, that General Sir Mike Jackson has pointed out something really quite simple – Norman forgot to say thank you.

You may well have been imprisoned for four months, you may well have just had the house you were in stormed by marines, oh yes it’s all very distressing, but where are your manners, young man? It does seem to be a strange omission. If I’d been hostage for four months and got rescued, I’d be kissing the soldier’s feet.

Norman’s a member of the Christian Peacemaker Team, a name which makes them sound like a tambourine-banging form of the Thunderbirds. His forgetting to thank his rescuers pales next to the Christian Peacemaker Team’s constant whittering on about the power of prayer on the news for irritation value, but even that’s nothing on the Sky News reporter telling us he had a chicken escalope on the flight. Really, who gives a crap.

Norman’s anti-violence, and apparently Christian Peacemakers don’t want to be rescued by the military. So he may be prepared to stay where he was, but the British media won’t stand for it! We’ve got a bunch of cameramen and a news chopper waiting for an emotional return! We’ve got Andy McNab and Terry Waite hanging around waiting for interviews! Bring ‘em back alive!

Did I just hear someone say “If it’s so annoying, don’t watch the news!”. Oh. It was me.

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