“Justice, is something that we as a country have been brought up to believe in.

Yet, at present, we are witnessing judgments and sentencing of cases coming before our courts that, to many people, are making a complete mockery of it.

We had Emdadur Choudhury charged with burning poppies and inciting hatred with his followers on Remembrance Day, but was he deported? No.

Was he imprisoned? No. He was just fined a paltry £50 and, as he’s on benefits, we’ll pay.

A judge sits on the bench in our name and is there supposedly to see law and order and public decency maintained.

Religion is something we like to think of as a good thing, but at the moment it’s so powerful, so disruptive.

Somebody once said there’s enough religion in the world to make folk hate one another, but seemingly, not enough to make them love one another and it’s so sad.

I’d like to think that in the end we all want the same thing — a safe world for us and our children to live in.

I am beginning to believe that religion and faith are two different things.

Another big story in the news is the controversy surrounding Prince Andrew.

Just what do people expect?

The government want, no need, a person of note of international standing to front meetings, to smooth the way; a person who dignitaries from other countries want to meet, someone exciting.

So they think, ideal! We can get Prince Andrew.

Now, take the people he has to meet. They’ve often climbed, clawed and struggled their way to the top, so are they going to be squeaky clean?

I think not. But, as with Gaddafi, we needed the business and he got it.

Now “they” want to someone to blame, It’s pathetic.

Let’s face it and accept the truth — in the hard world of commerce, hands that are shaken are not always clean.

However, glad to say I did shake a few clean ones at the excellent Hundred Women’s celebration on Tuesday; even more than that at the Prince’s Trust dinner on Thursday and lots more on Friday at the entertaining Variety Club murder mystery night.