Yes, OK, I get it. We live in interesting times. The world is teetering on the brink of nuclear armageddon. Or not, depending on who you believe. Your guess is as good as mine. Either way, Mad Vlad’s deranged invasion of Ukraine
Bob Dylan got it wrong. Who says you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows? These days you don’t only need a weatherman, you need the Department for Transport, the rail companies, the bus companies, the police, the
As if the imminent threat of World War III kicking off in Ukraine wasn’t worrying enough, Britain’s national security now faces a far more serious danger closer to home… Smart meters. It turns out that these fancy gizmos allegedly designed to save
So much for June 21 being Co-VE Day, marking our final liberation from lockdown. Councils are continuing to recruit Covid marshals on contracts stretching into 2023. Hertfordshire is spending £3 million hiring 60 Warden Hodges wannabes to patrol the streets from July
As a former high- kicking Tiller Person, Betty Boothroyd will have had first-hand experience of sexual harassment. Backstage at the London Palladium, Manchester’s Palace Theatre and Blackpool’s Winter Gardens, she’s bound to have attracted unwelcome advances from lascivious ventriloquists and half-cut comedians.
Fingers on buzzers. Here is your starter for ten. What’s the significance of today, Friday, April 23? No conferring. I’m going to have to hurry you. Anybody? Sorry, time’s up. The answer is: St George’s Day. You could be forgiven for not
Pity I can’t cancel my Spurs season ticket twice. I’d already decided not to renew it before the news broke that Tottenham Hotspur were joining a so-called European Super League. The final straw came at the recent home game against Manchester United
Good news at last. My second jab has successfully negotiated the speed cameras on the M4 and the lane closures on the Surrey section of the M25. Provided the Dartford Tunnel is behaving itself and there are no emergency roadworks at the
Mass vaccination was supposed to be our get-out-of-jail-free card. We should be so lucky. Despite the fact that Britain’s rapid inoculation programme has been a spectacular success, the Government is taking no chances. The parole board is having second thoughts. We’re not