A Barbecue Is What You Buy When You Want It To Rain
We might consider this to be the new European upgrade to the older British thought, that an umbrella is what you leave at home...
Truism Of The Day – England Would Rather Lose Scotland Than Gibraltar
This is quite lovely, someone has done a survey wondering whether, post-Brexit, we English gammons would prefer to lose Scotland or Gibraltar. The answer...
Dear Lord, Don’t Use The Money Properly, Spend It!
A most amusing little insight into a certain cast of mind. There was a certain odd'un who, back in the 1920s, left a pot...
Not Everyone Does Agree About Brexit Mr. Hammond
How's this for a little litany which ends up insisting that Brexit shouldn't in fact take place?
Everyone agrees that Brexit must not harm our...
There’s A Certain Cheek In Mahathir Mohamad Pardoning Anwar Ibrahim
Yes, it's OK, we around here are indeed aware that a royal pardon in Malaysia comes from the Monarch of Malaysia, not from the...
Today’s Remoaner Claim – The Voters Are Ignorant
We have a varied palette of excuses why Brexit really just should not happen. Various commentators run through the rainbow of reasons over time...
Why Fiscal Policy Doesn’t Work – Because Politicians Are Idiots
There's that lovely theory out there which insists that governments can control the economy through their use of fiscal policy. Change the amount they...
We Used To Have Better Newspapers Than This – India Knight Edition
It's entirely true that what the Queen wanted for her 92 nd birthday might not have been Ed Balls. It's also true that what...
I Would Like To Declare That I’m A Socialist
I insist upon declaring solidarity with John Quiggin, the Australian economist, here. I too am a socialist and proud to declare myself as such:
In...
D’Oh! Facebook Moves 1.5 Billion Out Of Europe’s Data Protection
Just think a little, ponder for a moment, why Facebook might have done this. Is it because Zuckerberg is an evil genius? They wish...