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THE TATTOOED MAN
Alan Moir the resident cartoonist at the Sydney Morning Herald chose as his character for the cartoon
on page 36 of the Saturday edition, 21 June 2008 , a broad backed man with a face resembling
Premier Morris Iemma.
Tattooed on the man's back (he looks like a walking art gallery) is a heart with the words " NSW ALP", ,
a worm with "Orkopoulos", a heart with "Development for Donations", a Orange with the words
"Orange hospital farce", a knife with "Bega Butcher", another heart with "Wollongong" and the words
scattered here an there - "Tripodi", "Reba", "Scimione" and "Cossi".
The cartoon maybe able to be viewed for a time at the Sydney Morning Herald's website cartoon page.
Goodness knows where Moir got the inspiration to draw an inhabitant of the NSW bear-pit complete
with tattoos.
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Alan Moir the resident cartoonist at the Sydney Morning Herald chose as his character for the cartoon
on page 36 of the Saturday edition, 21 June 2008 , a broad backed man with a face resembling
Premier Morris Iemma.
Tattooed on the man's back (he looks like a walking art gallery) is a heart with the words " NSW ALP", ,
a worm with "Orkopoulos", a heart with "Development for Donations", a Orange with the words
"Orange hospital farce", a knife with "Bega Butcher", another heart with "Wollongong" and the words
scattered here an there - "Tripodi", "Reba", "Scimione" and "Cossi".
The cartoon maybe able to be viewed for a time at the Sydney Morning Herald's website cartoon page.
Goodness knows where Moir got the inspiration to draw an inhabitant of the NSW bear-pit complete
with tattoos.
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RAMSEY RAMPS UP
Whilst Belinda neal didn'tmake it onto the front page of the Daily Telegraph on Saturday 21 June 2008,
over at the Sydney Morning Herald she made it onto the front page and scored a special article by
Alan Ramsey titled Pause for a communications breakdown .
Whilst many people have taken a sympathetic view of John Della Bosca MLC in relation to Iguana Joe's affair -
viewing him as a loyal partner acting out of love, Alan Ramsey has taken a different view.
He says :
There is a strand of thought at play in the multiple difficulties besetting Belinda that poor old John has had to cop the ugly backwash of
his wife's equally ugly if disputed behaviour. Forget it. Della Bosca has only himself to blame. He put her into the nation's parliament -
him, nobody else - in March 1994, where she remained a senator more than four years without ever being endorsed by the voters. How
did he do this? Because, as general secretary of the NSW ALP, Della Bosca ran the right-wing-controlled State Labor machine.
see also : Phillip Coorey & Dylan Welch, Bombshell from Neal's defector , Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 2008, p.1.
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Whilst Belinda neal didn'tmake it onto the front page of the Daily Telegraph on Saturday 21 June 2008,
over at the Sydney Morning Herald she made it onto the front page and scored a special article by
Alan Ramsey titled Pause for a communications breakdown .
Whilst many people have taken a sympathetic view of John Della Bosca MLC in relation to Iguana Joe's affair -
viewing him as a loyal partner acting out of love, Alan Ramsey has taken a different view.
He says :
There is a strand of thought at play in the multiple difficulties besetting Belinda that poor old John has had to cop the ugly backwash of
his wife's equally ugly if disputed behaviour. Forget it. Della Bosca has only himself to blame. He put her into the nation's parliament -
him, nobody else - in March 1994, where she remained a senator more than four years without ever being endorsed by the voters. How
did he do this? Because, as general secretary of the NSW ALP, Della Bosca ran the right-wing-controlled State Labor machine.
see also : Phillip Coorey & Dylan Welch, Bombshell from Neal's defector , Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 2008, p.1.
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FOI & TAMWORTH HOSPITAL
We recently wrote how Tamworth based MLC, Trevor Khan , intended to make a freedom of information application
in an attempt to get truthful answers to the question of when construction of the Tamworth Hospital would commence -
following conflicting statements from Treasury and Premier Morris Iemma. We wished Mr Khan the best of luck. IT seems
he will need the luck of the Irish, or at least act like a Hetty Johnston terrier, if he is to get the required information.
Matthew Moore, the Sydney Morning Herald's FOI expert, wrote :
In Morris Iemma's NSW, the Government has grown so obsessed with secrecy it has blocked access to a document it has already
released.
Mr Moore could only think of one reason why the Premier's Department would block access to a document which was already in the public
domain was :
The only explanation is the Government response to FoI requests is programmed into its DNA; when it gets a request, it must find a way
to say no.
AND remember this was all from the Department under the control of one Morris Iemma - who told the NSW parliament
that the process of preparing a Rural Impact Statement into the electricity sell-off would be "open and transparent".
Do you believe in "flying pigs" ? We don't.
SOURCES :
Matthew Moore , So many people, so little detail , Sydney Moring Herald, 21 June 2008. p. 40.
Is Iemma F***ing Draper Too ?, JUNE 2008 PAGES page 24, www.independent-nsw.com
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We recently wrote how Tamworth based MLC, Trevor Khan , intended to make a freedom of information application
in an attempt to get truthful answers to the question of when construction of the Tamworth Hospital would commence -
following conflicting statements from Treasury and Premier Morris Iemma. We wished Mr Khan the best of luck. IT seems
he will need the luck of the Irish, or at least act like a Hetty Johnston terrier, if he is to get the required information.
Matthew Moore, the Sydney Morning Herald's FOI expert, wrote :
In Morris Iemma's NSW, the Government has grown so obsessed with secrecy it has blocked access to a document it has already
released.
Mr Moore could only think of one reason why the Premier's Department would block access to a document which was already in the public
domain was :
The only explanation is the Government response to FoI requests is programmed into its DNA; when it gets a request, it must find a way
to say no.
AND remember this was all from the Department under the control of one Morris Iemma - who told the NSW parliament
that the process of preparing a Rural Impact Statement into the electricity sell-off would be "open and transparent".
Do you believe in "flying pigs" ? We don't.
SOURCES :
Matthew Moore , So many people, so little detail , Sydney Moring Herald, 21 June 2008. p. 40.
Is Iemma F***ing Draper Too ?, JUNE 2008 PAGES page 24, www.independent-nsw.com
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TOOMELAH
An informative article in the Sydney Morning Herald examines what has happened at Toomelah since Justice Einfield carried out his inquiry in
the 1980's.
see : Damien Murphy & Joel Gibson, Toomelah lesson , Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 2008. p. 31.
Additional reading :
Joel Gibson , 'Muppet' minister's 'rolling out' one part-time worker across the state , Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2008 [ ONLINE ]
Joel Gibson and Alexandra Smith , Muppet master declares two counsellors , Sydney Morning Herald, 20 June 2008.
Joel Gibson , Too inept to save children , Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2008.
Karen Plummer , Toomelah , [1988] Aboriginal Law Bulletin 40 [ ONLINE ]
Editorial, Jury still out on intervention, Northern Daily Leader, 23 June 2008.
Aurora Daniels, Crying shame , Northern Daily Leader, 23 June 2008.
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An informative article in the Sydney Morning Herald examines what has happened at Toomelah since Justice Einfield carried out his inquiry in
the 1980's.
see : Damien Murphy & Joel Gibson, Toomelah lesson , Sydney Morning Herald, 21 June 2008. p. 31.
Additional reading :
Joel Gibson , 'Muppet' minister's 'rolling out' one part-time worker across the state , Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2008 [ ONLINE ]
Joel Gibson and Alexandra Smith , Muppet master declares two counsellors , Sydney Morning Herald, 20 June 2008.
Joel Gibson , Too inept to save children , Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2008.
Karen Plummer , Toomelah , [1988] Aboriginal Law Bulletin 40 [ ONLINE ]
Editorial, Jury still out on intervention, Northern Daily Leader, 23 June 2008.
Aurora Daniels, Crying shame , Northern Daily Leader, 23 June 2008.
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TOP COP INVESTIGATES
Lisa Carty reports that Assistant Commissioner Lee Shearer, based in the Hunter, is taking a keen interest in the
police investigation into the Iguana Joe's affair.
As we have said before we would be most surprised if any charges were laid as a result of the police investigation,
mainly because of the difficult burden of proof the police must carry in a "he said/she said" dispute.
The real responsibility for determining what happened, so far as John Della Bosca MLC is concerned lies with Premier Morris Iemma - not the
police. The real responsibility for determining appropriate standards of behaviour for Iemma ministers rests with Morris Iemma - and definitely not
the Police. The real responsibility for imposing sanctions for breaches of appropriate standards lies with Morris Iemma - and certainly it has
nothing to do with the Police.
However, Morris Iemma's pattern of behaviour since he has been Premier, demonstrates he has no consistent ministerial standards and further
he is a "ditherer" - who wishes the whole damn thing would just "go away".
see :
Lisa Carty, Top cop oversees Iguana inquiry , Sun-Herald, 22 June 2008.
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Lisa Carty reports that Assistant Commissioner Lee Shearer, based in the Hunter, is taking a keen interest in the
police investigation into the Iguana Joe's affair.
As we have said before we would be most surprised if any charges were laid as a result of the police investigation,
mainly because of the difficult burden of proof the police must carry in a "he said/she said" dispute.
The real responsibility for determining what happened, so far as John Della Bosca MLC is concerned lies with Premier Morris Iemma - not the
police. The real responsibility for determining appropriate standards of behaviour for Iemma ministers rests with Morris Iemma - and definitely not
the Police. The real responsibility for imposing sanctions for breaches of appropriate standards lies with Morris Iemma - and certainly it has
nothing to do with the Police.
However, Morris Iemma's pattern of behaviour since he has been Premier, demonstrates he has no consistent ministerial standards and further
he is a "ditherer" - who wishes the whole damn thing would just "go away".
see :
Lisa Carty, Top cop oversees Iguana inquiry , Sun-Herald, 22 June 2008.
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SENSATIONAL CLAIMS OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN NSW
Before examining the sensational claims made in the Sunday Telegraph of 22 June 2008 lets look at
some background.
Police have a very difficult task . They must prove things to a very high standard - beyond reasonable
doubt
The easiest way of proving a crime is when a person says " Fair cop guv, I done it". When that happens,
all the DNA, finger prints and eyewitness accounts in the world add little to the case.
Less easy, but a still helpful,way of proving something is by the concept of "consciousness of guilt". For
example a person says "I wasn't there guv - I was in Perth". Now, if the police conduct enquiries and find
the person was not in Perth, but in the general area of the crime scene, the police can
argue the person lied as to his whereabouts, and this lie was told because of a consciousness
of guilt (to attempt to place the person as far away from the crime scene as possible) and further anything the person says can't be believed
because, as he lied on this point, he is capable of lying on other points - and why wouldn't he. This at best gives the Police a "leg up" in
prosecuting the case. For example, the person may be totally innocent - but lied about his whereabouts because he was conducting an illicit affair
which he didn't want anyone to know about, but otherwise he was telling the rolled gold truth. BUT without the "leg up" provided by the lie, the
police may not have much to go on.
NOW the third situation - is where the person of interest exercises his/her right of silence - and refuses to say anything.
When that happens - for the police prosecution to succeed the police must cross all the t's and dot all the i's. The DNA, the finger-prints, the
eyewitness accounts etc must all stack up and leave only one possible explanation - that the customer "done it". It is much more difficult than
when the customer "talks", and thereby provides either an admission or material from which a "leg-up" might be gained. The right to silence is a
fundamental principle in protecting citizens against an abuse of power by the state. There are overwhelming and substantial policy reasons why
the right to silence should be retained (too complex to go into here). FURTHER - it is a fundamental principle that when a person exercises a right
to silence - no adverse inference can be drawn from it, it indicating only that a person has exercised a right available to him/her.
HOWEVER, many other legal systems do not adopt the principle of a right to silence - or have watered it down. EVEN in the British model, for
policy reasons, the right to silence may not apply in some circumstances or to certain people - those who have a positive obligations to provide
answers (e.g. a minister in parliament has an obligation to answer questions and cannot invoke a right to silence - although Premier Morris Iemma
consistently fails/refuses to answer questions).
IN an article by Andrew Chesterton and Linda Silmalis , Staffer buries Belinda Neal , Sunday Telegraph, 22 June 2008 the newspaper makes
the following claims -
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Before examining the sensational claims made in the Sunday Telegraph of 22 June 2008 lets look at
some background.
Police have a very difficult task . They must prove things to a very high standard - beyond reasonable
doubt
The easiest way of proving a crime is when a person says " Fair cop guv, I done it". When that happens,
all the DNA, finger prints and eyewitness accounts in the world add little to the case.
Less easy, but a still helpful,way of proving something is by the concept of "consciousness of guilt". For
example a person says "I wasn't there guv - I was in Perth". Now, if the police conduct enquiries and find
the person was not in Perth, but in the general area of the crime scene, the police can
argue the person lied as to his whereabouts, and this lie was told because of a consciousness
of guilt (to attempt to place the person as far away from the crime scene as possible) and further anything the person says can't be believed
because, as he lied on this point, he is capable of lying on other points - and why wouldn't he. This at best gives the Police a "leg up" in
prosecuting the case. For example, the person may be totally innocent - but lied about his whereabouts because he was conducting an illicit affair
which he didn't want anyone to know about, but otherwise he was telling the rolled gold truth. BUT without the "leg up" provided by the lie, the
police may not have much to go on.
NOW the third situation - is where the person of interest exercises his/her right of silence - and refuses to say anything.
When that happens - for the police prosecution to succeed the police must cross all the t's and dot all the i's. The DNA, the finger-prints, the
eyewitness accounts etc must all stack up and leave only one possible explanation - that the customer "done it". It is much more difficult than
when the customer "talks", and thereby provides either an admission or material from which a "leg-up" might be gained. The right to silence is a
fundamental principle in protecting citizens against an abuse of power by the state. There are overwhelming and substantial policy reasons why
the right to silence should be retained (too complex to go into here). FURTHER - it is a fundamental principle that when a person exercises a right
to silence - no adverse inference can be drawn from it, it indicating only that a person has exercised a right available to him/her.
HOWEVER, many other legal systems do not adopt the principle of a right to silence - or have watered it down. EVEN in the British model, for
policy reasons, the right to silence may not apply in some circumstances or to certain people - those who have a positive obligations to provide
answers (e.g. a minister in parliament has an obligation to answer questions and cannot invoke a right to silence - although Premier Morris Iemma
consistently fails/refuses to answer questions).
IN an article by Andrew Chesterton and Linda Silmalis , Staffer buries Belinda Neal , Sunday Telegraph, 22 June 2008 the newspaper makes
the following claims -
- POLICE have been told federal MP Belinda Neal helped draft the Iguana-gate statutory declarations by her dining companions.
- Some people who signed statutory declarations handed over by John Della Bosca MLC are exercising their legal right not to be
interviewed. - Ms Neal was to play in a football match between federal and NSW MPs at Sydney Olympic Park at the weekend, but withdrew on
the advice of ALP officials. - .Ms Neal was also scheduled to play today at Ourimbah Oval with her team, Umina United, after serving a two-match suspension,
but pulled out voluntarily.
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OTHER SENSATIONAL CLAIMS
IN other sensational claims made in 2008 we had this one - made either by Peter Draper MP (Tamworth) or someone
in his office :
I am no a great speller but I know fact from "crap" .
Email to Alex Turvey 23 February 2008.
The claims are sensational because it seems, on some occasions Mr Draper and/or his office are unable to distinguish fact from crap. For
example, the information he was supplied upon which he relied to make an outrageous defamatory attack upon the alternate Health Minister, like
the information he was supplied by ministerial staffers about water representations which was false and questionably the information he has
been supplied by Premier Morris Iemma and "the Minister" regarding construction of the Tamworth Hospital - which remains in contention
because of conflicting Treasury information - and which now is to be the subject of a FOI request by a Tamworth resident.
AND I say - "Fair cop guv - I am not a great speller either - but I am trying to do better . "
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IN other sensational claims made in 2008 we had this one - made either by Peter Draper MP (Tamworth) or someone
in his office :
I am no a great speller but I know fact from "crap" .
Email to Alex Turvey 23 February 2008.
The claims are sensational because it seems, on some occasions Mr Draper and/or his office are unable to distinguish fact from crap. For
example, the information he was supplied upon which he relied to make an outrageous defamatory attack upon the alternate Health Minister, like
the information he was supplied by ministerial staffers about water representations which was false and questionably the information he has
been supplied by Premier Morris Iemma and "the Minister" regarding construction of the Tamworth Hospital - which remains in contention
because of conflicting Treasury information - and which now is to be the subject of a FOI request by a Tamworth resident.
AND I say - "Fair cop guv - I am not a great speller either - but I am trying to do better . "
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WHAT's HAPPENING IN UPPER HOUSE ???
For the hymn What a Friend we have in Freddy - go to June 2008 Pages page 11.
This hymn is sung daily by the Terrigals - particularly on the "darkness days" of the last few months.
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008, described by Clover Moore MP (Sydney), as "the worst legislation I have
seen in 20 years", and which she says " reduces communities' say in local development and transfers planning decisions from elected
representatives to bodies predominantly hand-picked by the Minister, or by developers, to make decisions behind closed doors." has been
debated in the Upper House - and to the detriment to the NSW community passed, with amendments (to which the Legislative Assembly agreed)
on 17 June 2008.
SO HOW did the numbers stack up in Upper House ?
Well the Greens did a stack of work on the Bill. They proposed numerous amendments. All were unsuccessful and voted down. They were the
only MLC's to vote in favour of their amendments.
Meanwhile Fred Nile MLC was busy negotiating with Frank Sartor MP to get some amendments to the Bill. Those amendments were agreed to.
WHEN the Bill as amended by Fred Nile was put to the vote - it was passed 18-17.
The Shooter's Party MLC's and Fred Nile voted with Labor to make up the 18.
The Greens and Rev Dr Moyes MLC voted with the Liberal and Nationals MLC's to make up the 17.
SO in summary the Bill (which will now become an Act) is the baby of Frank Sartor and Fred Nile - with the Shooters having a significant part in
the conception as well.
Some have described it as an unholy alliance of Sartor, God and the Devil .
SOURCES :
NSW LA Hansard, Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008, 3 June 2008 :
NSW LC Hansard, Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008, 17 June 2008 :
Fardell & Draper give more power to Sartor, JUNE 2008 Pages page 4, www.independent-nsw.com
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For the hymn What a Friend we have in Freddy - go to June 2008 Pages page 11.
This hymn is sung daily by the Terrigals - particularly on the "darkness days" of the last few months.
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008, described by Clover Moore MP (Sydney), as "the worst legislation I have
seen in 20 years", and which she says " reduces communities' say in local development and transfers planning decisions from elected
representatives to bodies predominantly hand-picked by the Minister, or by developers, to make decisions behind closed doors." has been
debated in the Upper House - and to the detriment to the NSW community passed, with amendments (to which the Legislative Assembly agreed)
on 17 June 2008.
SO HOW did the numbers stack up in Upper House ?
Well the Greens did a stack of work on the Bill. They proposed numerous amendments. All were unsuccessful and voted down. They were the
only MLC's to vote in favour of their amendments.
Meanwhile Fred Nile MLC was busy negotiating with Frank Sartor MP to get some amendments to the Bill. Those amendments were agreed to.
WHEN the Bill as amended by Fred Nile was put to the vote - it was passed 18-17.
The Shooter's Party MLC's and Fred Nile voted with Labor to make up the 18.
The Greens and Rev Dr Moyes MLC voted with the Liberal and Nationals MLC's to make up the 17.
SO in summary the Bill (which will now become an Act) is the baby of Frank Sartor and Fred Nile - with the Shooters having a significant part in
the conception as well.
Some have described it as an unholy alliance of Sartor, God and the Devil .
SOURCES :
NSW LA Hansard, Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008, 3 June 2008 :
NSW LC Hansard, Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008, 17 June 2008 :
Fardell & Draper give more power to Sartor, JUNE 2008 Pages page 4, www.independent-nsw.com
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TAKEOVER TARGET FADES TO FOURTH
Takeover Target, the 4/1 favourite, looked the winner 200m out from the post,
but then faded to pull up 4th in the Group 1, Golden Jubilee Stakes run over
1200m at Royal Ascot on the last day of the carnival - Saturday 21 June 2008.
The race was won by Kingsgate Native (Mujadil (USA) - Native Force (IRE) ) ,
a 3 y-o colt, who finished 4 1/4 lens in front of 9 y-o Takeover Target.
The winner started at 33/1, having finished 10th in the King's Stand Stakes, the
race Takeover Target had run 2nd in, on 17 June 2008.
Meanwhile the Queen of Australia, Queen Elizabeth II was the proud owner of
the winner of the first race on the last day of the carnival.
Her colt, Free Agent (Dr Fong (USA) - Film Script (UK)) won the Listed 2-Y-O
event, Chesham Stakes by 2 1/2 lens, starting a 7/2 equal favorite.
Free Agent looked to have no chance at the 400m mark , running a clear
last, but then started to thread his way through the field, hit the front and was
going away from the others on the line.
SOURCES :
ABC News, Takeover Target fails to place at Ascot , 22 June 2008.
Kingsgate Native takes Golden Jubilee Stakes , Times-on-line, 21 June 2008.
Press Association, Royal delight at Ascot. 21 June 2008.
Queen Elizabeth lands 20th Royal Ascot win , guardian.co.uk , 21 June 2008.
Leslie Wilson Jr, Kingsgate Native bounces back , gulfnews.com, 22 June 2008.
Giles Hattersley , Class division wins by a country mile at Royal Ascot ,
Times -on-line, 22 June 2008.
Takeover Target, the 4/1 favourite, looked the winner 200m out from the post,
but then faded to pull up 4th in the Group 1, Golden Jubilee Stakes run over
1200m at Royal Ascot on the last day of the carnival - Saturday 21 June 2008.
The race was won by Kingsgate Native (Mujadil (USA) - Native Force (IRE) ) ,
a 3 y-o colt, who finished 4 1/4 lens in front of 9 y-o Takeover Target.
The winner started at 33/1, having finished 10th in the King's Stand Stakes, the
race Takeover Target had run 2nd in, on 17 June 2008.
Meanwhile the Queen of Australia, Queen Elizabeth II was the proud owner of
the winner of the first race on the last day of the carnival.
Her colt, Free Agent (Dr Fong (USA) - Film Script (UK)) won the Listed 2-Y-O
event, Chesham Stakes by 2 1/2 lens, starting a 7/2 equal favorite.
Free Agent looked to have no chance at the 400m mark , running a clear
last, but then started to thread his way through the field, hit the front and was
going away from the others on the line.
SOURCES :
ABC News, Takeover Target fails to place at Ascot , 22 June 2008.
Kingsgate Native takes Golden Jubilee Stakes , Times-on-line, 21 June 2008.
Press Association, Royal delight at Ascot. 21 June 2008.
Queen Elizabeth lands 20th Royal Ascot win , guardian.co.uk , 21 June 2008.
Leslie Wilson Jr, Kingsgate Native bounces back , gulfnews.com, 22 June 2008.
Giles Hattersley , Class division wins by a country mile at Royal Ascot ,
Times -on-line, 22 June 2008.
