Ain’t it great wot billionaires find to do with their money. Or, in the case of Jeff (Amazon) Bezios and Elon (paypal) Musk, wot they do with our money.

They’ve been competing to produce the first rocket that can go into space and come back, unscathed, upright and intact. Oh, and on land. No prizes for ‘yeah it was fine and in perfect condition… when it sank in the Pacific’. Because its all about re-usability.

And Amazon won. Bezios’ rocket, catchily named BE-3, soared up 62 miles high and landed just yards from the ‘bullseye’ on the landing pad. Wow, 62 miles! But that isn’t very high, in real terms. The moon, for instance, is at least 135 miles away. At least. The sun, probably almost as far away as Australia. So 62 miles is basically a rocket that (were it to fly horizontally) could take you to Milton Keynes. In about 1 minute.

Which is really good news, potentially, for Spurs fans, who may end up spending a season, when they rebuild our stadium, playing at Milton Keynes. And we’re all worried about the journey time and wasting days on the M1 in traffic jams. Well here’s the answer. A rocket. That can travel 62 miles, land safely, AND, being reusable, it can bring you back again. Landing in your own back garden. In one minute.

Its the dream.

How much can rocket fuel cost anyway? Surely be cheaper than a British Rail weekend return ticket.

And George Osborne, another man great at spending our money, has made a famous U-turn on scrapping the tax credits for the lowly waged. And the rule is: when ‘we’ do it, its called ‘listening to the public and parliament and responding to what people are saying’. And when ‘they’ do it, its a U-turn; the ultimate cop-out for any mp. I’m not sure about George Osborne. But I am sure about his opposition, John McDonnell. I’m sure he is an absolute and total wanker. Who should be on the next text flight of any rocket going anywhere and not coming back.

Happy Thursday

A xxxx