This is how it works. If you earn 25,000 quid a year and pay 20% tax, you are contributing £5k to the economy. Ok, that is sooooo simplistic, but iss just for illustration, innit. If you earn 250,000 a year and paid tax at 20% (in what world?), your contribution would be £50k. However, due – Read More-
In 2001 Roy Keane, the captain of the great, treble-winning Manchester United team, was annoyed with a Manchester City player who, Keane felt, had ‘disrespected him’. Which is a word generally used by people unaccustomed to so many syllables, as a declaration of a fight. Not even a declaration, more a prelude. And because Roy – Read More-
Just a quick summary of recent events, not counting the Queen bit, cos we’ve done that, been there, joined the queues, haven’t so much got the ‘t-shirt’ but I have a pocket full of money to remember her by. So Liz Truss became PM, killed her Maj so she could have 10 days to work – Read More-
And thus starts the most stressful time of the year. The first Arsenal versus Spurs match. I hate them. I’ve been to loads but they’re way too horrible. I’ve watched hundreds and its possibly worse on tv. No other match has this effect. So I’ve decided to play ostrich and bury my head in lots – Read More-
This week represents the most important, most serious, most spiritual and most… everything! week of the year. It is the week bounded by the Jewish New Year at one end and the Day of Atonement at the other. If we were catholics it would be ‘the week of deep shit’, but we do it a – Read More-
I’m not happy about developments. In a nuclear way. Russia is threatening (plus ca change…), and Iran, thanks to Barak Obama’s acceptance of their nuclear ‘ENERGY ONLY AND NOTHING TO DO WITH ARMS WHATSOEVER’ program, are 17 days away from nuclear armament, should that choice be made. And you know they want to. Apparently, at – Read More-
Well, you gotta hand it to Liz Truss; she used her 10 day ‘grace period’ well. With her Chancellor she worked out a system to take an economic situation which looked fairly precarious and managed, in just a few days, to plunge it into the depths of never-before-land. And I don’t mean necessarily about the – Read More-
Italy has a new Prime Minister today. And this is what she looks like. Not necessarily on the outside, but her inner depths are as dark and rotten as were those of El Duce himself. Who will be looking up, from Hell, with a big smile on his face. Even though his testicles are in – Read More-
Anyone can win a tennis tournament. Anyone can win loads of grand slams. Well, when I say ‘anyone’, I mean those who play the game even more betterer than wot I do. And possibly speak better English too. And here’s two guys who have won way more than ‘their fair share’ of tournaments. Possibly more – Read More-
Liz Truss was blessed. She had an unprecedented 10 day period of ‘grace’ after becoming PM, due to a dead queen. She took the reins and before anyone could attack her for anything, she was given 10 days to work on her plan as we were all mourning, queuing and crying. So she has no – Read More-