Tube workers in bunch of slack bastard cunts non shocker! That’s the New Year fucked then. Cheers, you selfish, overpaid slackers. Update: London Underground bastards – forgot about that, but it remains perfectly true.

Via DK, looks like an off-the-cuff comment I made at his place about Blair’s EU budget deal is quoted in The Guardian today. Don’t know if/when I’ll et around to jotting down more considered thoughts on the whole thing, so … Continue reading →

Call me a fascist by all means, but I’d say if a killer has “incomplete moral development of mental functioning” (a description that could be applied to most, if not all murderers, surely?), they should be locked up for the … Continue reading →

To blow up a passenger airliner you will need the following: 1) A large canister full of petrol 2) A match Alternatively, just go for 3) A bomb of some description. The difficult bit is smuggling the bastards onboard and … Continue reading →

Jacques Chirac misusing the office of the presidency? Surely not! “while [director Ron] Howard and [producer Brian] Grazer were in Paris auditioning actresses for [The Da Vinci Code]’s female lead, they got a call from the office of French President … Continue reading →

One man dead after public body rules his killer not to be a threat? Inquiry ordered by Charles Clarke. Over fifty dead after public body rules their killers not to be a threat? Inquiry ruled out by Charles Clarke.

It’s nearly 3am, I’ve just finished writing 4,000 words worth of film reviews (and a fair few cans of Stella) in one sitting, and I’ve worked out the perfect alliterative description of any government statement ever, so have to get … Continue reading →

You are cordially invited to a public carol service in Parliament Square at 6pm on Wednesday the 21st of December 2005. This inclusive service will contain both Christian and secular verse, and is expected to last no more than an … Continue reading →

Can’t remember how I found this poll asking for views on how the Met should respond in the wake of July’s terrorist attacks, but it closes on Monday, so not much time to get your views across – hence another … Continue reading →

Well, that didn’t last long. But this (ta, Paul) is simply too good not to link to: Anatole Kaletsky on Britain’s EU rebate: “the rebate, far from being the glorious triumph claimed by Margaret Thatcher, was always a pyrrhic victory … Continue reading →

It has got to that stage of the year Where tedium’s sunk in, I fear. When I read in the papers Of politicos’ capers I think “sod it, I fancy a beer”. So I slag off our our crap government … Continue reading →

Hey – I’ve got a great idea! Why don’t we compile everyone’s most important details on one vast central database and issue them one single form of ID in card format that allows them to demonstrate who they are for … Continue reading →

Cross-border corporations, eh? Looks like Gordon Brown’s going to have to revise his figures again now that Marks & Spencer have got a favourable ruling allowing them to offset losses in other EU countries against UK profits: “These cases are … Continue reading →

OK, this Pope can stay. He’s stating the bleeding obvious and it should be entirely unnecessary (“Man of God in ‘hurting people is bad’ shocker!” etc.), but sadly it looks like every reminder that, erm, torture and stuff may not … Continue reading →