The End was a Blessed Relief!

I’m talking about Have I got News For You? which is a perennial favourite tv programme of this blog. I wonder if there has ever been a poorer presenter of the show than tonight’s chairman Brian Blessed? The panelists spent most of the show with toes curled in embarrassment at the antics of the “larger [...]

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

Love him or hate him, it looks like it’ll be pretty difficult to ignore him for the next four years (at least). Here is a sample of his wit and wisdom
“No one obeys the speed limit except a motorised rickshaw”
“We are confident in our story and will be fighting this all the way. I am [...]

The Specials Ghost Town

Looking forward to the programme described below on Radio Scotland on Monday.

11:30 Songlines
1/8. John Cavanagh uncovers the story behind Ghost Town, by The Specials. A song that’s been described as the most prescient number one in British chart history.

It was the anthem for early Thatcherite Britain. I think it articulated [...]

United States of Europe

The wee ditty I uploaded the other day was an attempt at a tongue-in-cheek look at how things might work out but with a few things thrown in which are already on the agenda (E.g. it is already illegal in certain circumstances to criticise the EU or leading figures within it, Sweden have already adopted [...]