With friends like these….

Meanwhile, back in Scamalot, Lord Sleaze is reported as stating in an email that Mr Bean is: insecure, self-conscious physically and emotionally, uncomfortable in his skin and angry This email was leaked just one day after Lord Sleaze stated: good-humoured Mr Bean was the best man to lead the Labour Party and Britain. The email was, according to Lord Sleaze, …

Astounding revelations

Hot on the heels of the astounding revelation that ducks like water, a new 178 page report commissioned by the Rail Safety and Standards Board has reached some astonishing conclusions.

Clinging to his perks

Obviously no chance of confusing the words ‘speaker’ and ‘orator’.

They want to watch you even more

The British Government seems to be abandoning the idea of one, huge Big Brother Database containing records of everyone’s phone call, emails and website visits. Instead, the Home Office will ask communications companies, from internet service providers to mobile phone networks, to extend the amount of information they hold on their subscribers and organise it so that it can be …

Here’s your chance

Petitions have always been a part of government life, either sent by post or delivered to Number 10 by hand. The official Number 10 Downing Street website contains, amongst many things, a section for e-petitions. These can cover virtually any subject, and they do. The website states: You can now both create and sign petitions on this website too, giving …

U2 reach Number 1 in UK charts

After commandeering the BBC for a week and then the David Letterman Show in America in an amazing publicity coup, the new album from U2 has reached Number One in the UK album charts. ‘No Line On The Horizon’ is their 12th album and the tenth to reach the number one spot, a feat which puts them in the top …

Allo, allo, allo

There are always new schemes being devised to prevent or detect crime these days. There have been such brilliant ideas as handing out bubble-blowing kits to drunks rather than arresting them, advocating the wearing of flip-flops by female revellers so they don’t fall and risk becoming disorderly if they have one too many, recruiting everyone from plumbers to whoever to …

And the taxpayer shall support the irresponsible

The median weekly wage in the UK for a 40 hour working week is around £460. Thirteen year old Alfie Patten and his fifteen year old girlfriend Chantelle Stedman have just made the headlines by having a baby. So how will it be supported? Very comfortably one would imagine if reports are to be believed. Chantelle Stedman, at fifteen years …

Someone has got to be kidding

A motorist has successfully sued a UK council for £20,000 over the ‘stress’ of receiving four parking tickets. Zun Noon refused to pay four £50 parking fines and claimed he suffered emotional distress after bailiffs were sent round to reclaim the money. Rather surprisingly, a court found in his favour. Mr Noon then gave the council a taste of its …