In the real world, if someone forged their expenses it would probably be deemed as gross misconduct and that person would be sacked. If you’re an MP it seems that you are protected from reality and you just get a fine. Will that fine go on an expenses invoice too I wonder? Are some MPs…
Some things in life are sure to happen. Apart from death and paying taxes, you can be certain of other events taking place along the way e.g. getting cold calls, visiting a Doctor, grazing a knee, getting more cold calls, getting cut up on the motorway, receiving a Christian Aid envelope through the door and thinking…
To the people who govern the European Union. Look, we’re terribly sorry about all the confusion and ineptitude of the people who are supposed to represent us. It’s not really the fault of the British people so please don’t think that our Parliament is an true measure of what we are like in reality. Yes,…
In days of old, we had kingdoms that were ruled by kings.We had empires that were ruled by emperors.Now we have countries, ruled by er……..
Modern life is confusing. In my lifetime, the growth in media channels and output they provide has been fierce. Growing up in the 60s & 70s our sources of information were 2 TV channels, the radio, newspapers and Ethel. Ethel lived across the road from us and had the only house in the street with…
Boy George once said that he’d much rather have a nice cup of tea instead. John Lydon – or Johnny Rotten as he was at the time – referred to it as ‘Two minutes and fifty seconds of squelching noises.’ So is doing the horizontal quickstep really worth all the fuss? As a middle-aged bachelor,…
I read a fair few news articles these days – yes my life is that damned sad. Very often I see phrases of the type “30% of people believe….” or “People feel that….”, “People have complained about…” and “People are outraged over…” A simple question – who are these ‘people’? Where do they come from?…
I was recently ‘invited’ by the local NHS to have my lower bowel screened for cancer in a fortnight’s time. Thankfully the invite did not include a ‘plus one.’ Dear Reader, I apologise now if you’re eating. In order to prepare myself on the day of glory, I have to give myself an enema and…
Much is being made of Shamima Begum’s attempts to come back to the UK. On the one hand we have people saying that we should show the world how tolerant we are and let her come ‘home’. On the other hand, people are saying that she shouldn’t be let back in. Normally I am all…
Gender. What is it with bloody gender these days and why are people so prissy about it? Don’t get me wrong, I am pleased for people to be who they want to be but if you innocently use the wrong term in a Facebook post or miss a letter from an acronym, you get pilloried…
