Around the world this afternoon, spin doctors celebrated commemorated the tragic events that took place in New York exactly one year ago.

Following American tradition, British celebrities came out in force today to cash in on the greatest bit of television since Princess Diana's welcomed death. Before a super-imposed Union Jack, (rescued from the World Trade Centre and handed back to Britain this morning before being hung upside down on the door of Downing Street by David Blunkett) Dame Thora Hird and Lord Jimmy Tarbuck sang a medley of wartime songs, whilst the late Les Dawson's wife, Tracey, read from a collection of Cyril Fletcher's Odd Odes.

How fitting a tribute. Uncommercial and almost as dignified as the countless cries of 'American Patriotism' that accompanied the selling of Star Spangled banners shortly after the original event.

It's hard to be cynical on a day such as this. It's also difficult to recall those events clearly now, despite last week's repeated, and some might say 'ghoulish', replays of all the deaths.

But let's not forget the people who died in the Pentagon...firstly from an exploding truck as the initial press release ran, and then later from a Boeing jet...so inexpertly landed that it left no scorch marks and created a hole that was less in stature than the plane's wingspan allowed...and then, from a wreckage point of view, just vanished entirely.

Let's also remember all those brave people who tried to retaliate against the hijackers of the jumbo heading towards Detroit. Those heroes whose last few minutes of life are now unclear...the two American war planes spotted by witnesses flying away from the carnage shortly afterwards, obviously unable to aid their struggle.

And before we move on...let's remember the thousands of innocent peasants in Afghanistan who died happy in the knowledge that the Allied campaign to misplace Osama bin Skywalker was doomed from the outset.

Or the countless millions who have already died in Iraq by the hands of an oppressive dictator and knee-jerk U.N. sanctions. Not to mention the millions more who about to die as General Tony and Darth Bush regroup their storm troopers for another strike.

My sympathies to all those who lost their families in the disaster one year ago. It must be terrible having to put up with the crass, unfitting bullshit that the world and his wife are displaying today.

On this special occasion (brought to you exclusively by CNN) I shall leave you with this final thought. "We learn from Star Wars that we do not learn from Star Wars."

And please don't forget...support the Anti-War Effort. Buy a pea sweatshirt now from The Scrag Ends On-Line Store.

God Bless everyone...unlike he did 365 days ago.

Brian