Children in Need

I have been watching Children in Need all evening. It has been super entertainment. The pledges of money that have been made have been phenomenal. School children all over the UK are giving their pocket money, going to school in their pyjamas to raise money and reputable BBC and ITV news readers singing and dancing raunchy dances! The Cast of Eastenders were performing short musicals, what a talented bunch!

This is true British spirit. What better cause than to raise money for disadvantaged children. It made me think of the children in orphanages in other parts of Europe which I have spoken about before, there is no Children in Need night for them. All they can look forward to is squalor and misery for all of their young lives. Sadly,there is always a child in need somewhere in the world, no more so than here in Britain, as in the case of baby P. that has been in the news this week. 17 months old with a broken back and too many injury's to count, all inflicted by his mother and her boyfriend, so badly injured that he eventually died.

Well done to all the performers for their time and talents and to ordinary Joe Public for giving of their hard earned cash for such a vital cause.