Budget day today. Not the budget Rishi Sunak thought he was going to give, when he got the job a couple months’ ago, but a different one. This is the world’s first Coronavirus Budget. I think he’ll put a 20% tax increase on anyone getting the virus and then they’ll think twice before contracting it, – Read More-
It’s Purim today. Did you know that? It’s a Jewish holiday where you make a lot of noise and eat little poppy seed cakes. Jewish holidays are always defined by the food. Always. And on Purim you dress up. Fancy dress. Because that’s what God said. Purim celebrates the salvation of the Jews in Persia. – Read More-
Where’s ‘international men’s day’? Why don’t we have one? There I am with my almost ‘equals’ sign (another 4 months’ of physio and I should make it) and then I find that women get not just a ‘day’ but an ‘international day’ in celebration of… of… of women. I celebrate them every day. Except when – Read More-
I know that the Duchess of Sussex (Meg) is quite a divisive character. Marmite (nothing racist in that word). People hate her and people love her. I’m a lover. For although she has broken our royal family asunder, has upset Her Majesty the Queen, has shown disloyalty to the throne of England, is taking our – Read More-
I’ve made a decision. On behalf of the whole world. That anyone who uses the word ‘woke’ not in connection to having been asleep, is a tosser. Of such magnitude that they should be arrested, publicly stoned (in the violent sense, he’s probably already in the other one), or eviscerated with a wooden post. Or – Read More-
Spurs lost a match on Wednesday night. I’d just finished playing bridge when the penalty shoot-out started. ‘Watched’ it on text stream because I couldn’t find it anywhere. There again, I’m not the best at finding anything: keys, phone, ‘that bill I put somewhere and needs payin’’, my shoes… And we (faaaarrrrkin!!!!) lost. To bottom-of-the-table – Read More-
This lady is Kim Yo-jong. Who was first seen in public at the funeral of Kim Jong-il and assumed to be Kim Jong-un’s wife. But in fact is… (pause for effect and suspense like they do on game shows…) his SISTER!!! Which doesn’t mean they don’t sleep together, who knows what happens in North Korea. – Read More-
I was talking to a ‘die-hard red’ yesterday. They’re all ‘die-hard’ until they start losing. Then they become ‘suffer-a-lot’ reds. But I felt his pain. Not saying I sympathised with it, but I felt it. Because, even with his beloved Liverpool a massive 22 points ahead of Manchester City at the top of the table, – Read More-
So we all have a decision to make. Do we ignore the Coronavirus altogether and keep on with what is known as ‘life’? Or do we convert to mask-wearing sneeze-averse, cling-film wrapped paranoids, avoiding all possible contact with anyone, working from home, having the Ocado geezer leave ALL THE SHOPPING AT THE END OF THE – Read More-
Priti Patel is at the centre of a storm. She is in fact that storm. Allegations of bullying, lying, harassment, abuse, demeaning, rape (I just added that for drama) and tyrannical behaviour have led to calls for our Home Secretary to explain herself to parliament. Well, Labour have called for that, so she probably won’t – Read More-