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Braking News from St Custards
With my customary apologies to Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle. You may or may not recall that the last time I wrote, St Custards was under the control of a feirce dicktator from the US of A and skool life was … Continue reading
The Night Before Freedom
Twas the night before Freedom Day, all through the House Not a Tory was maithered, not a one having doubts. The sanctions were left far behind without care, In hopes that Immunity soon would be there. The MPs were nestled … Continue reading
The Battle Hymn of the Republicans
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the LordHe is carted round the fairways like some ochrous golfing gourd;He hath loosed a drive like lightning, for a hole-in-one reward*:His Lie is marching on. (Chorus)Glory glory, allez-Q-ya!Glory, glory, allez-Q-ya!Glory, … Continue reading
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The Curious Case of the Gove in the Daytime
The continuing absence of Michael Gove is raising eyebrows. It’s the biggest mystery since Cotton Eyed Joe‘s origin and destination. I decided to investigate. In verse, obvs. When into view he did not hove The whereabouts of Michael Gove Became … Continue reading
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A Short Script for Populist Leaders and Their Supporters
Populist leaders: We are going to do X because X will do Y! Supporters: Yay! We love you for promising to do X and making us Y again! Populist leaders: Our plan for X is a great plan and it’s … Continue reading
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50 Ways To Fake The Death Toll
Watching Donald Trump bluster and wave charts around in his interview with Jonathan Swan, I couldn’t help but feel that, at any moment, the latter would zone out in a Randy Rainbow style musical reverie. But which song? There can … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Moralities
President Trump is putting non-medically-trained “experts” in charge of the COVID 19 problem. What could possibly go wrong? ♦♦♦ Night was a clammy blanket over the jungles of Nambia. In the poorly-constructed corrugated tin hut that passed for the medical … Continue reading
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Wokeness: Elitism, Compassion or What?
‘Wokeness is elitism masquerading as compassion’ ********** Laurence Fox’s foray into Question Time’s chicken run, and the subsequent fallout, has certainly set the cat of disdain among the pigeons of wokeness. Wokeness, it seems, is a problematic condition, because … Continue reading
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Have I Got News For You
Originally posted on Kind of Lime:
The current spell of cold weather seems to have put the media into an all-round tizzy. This morning I watched Good Morning Britain to see how they would report it. What follows is, I’d…
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Back to the Eighties
I set myself the task of writing a song that evoked that most tasteful* of popular music decades, the Eighties. Here’s the result. I’d be interested to see which influences you spot. Why Don’t You Need Me? Your e-mail … Continue reading
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