| BRANSON PICKLE It has grown rather quiet around Richard lately, other than his outrageous request to be given BA's Concordes. Has the bubble burst on his empire, now that the Virgin airways cash cow is drying up ? |
DUNCAN HAGUE - RESIGN ! Never in British Parliamentary history can there have been such a period where we have a Prime Minister, who so totally lacks wit, verbal dexterity and the ability to win arguements and yet who remains totally unchallenged. Not only that, but every utterance, every act lays him open to attack from the opposition. But wait ! Opposition ? What opposition ? Prince Charles, The Archbishop of Canterbury, even now the German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer - all have scored more Brownie points than has.... what's his name... Duncan Hague (not one thing or the other). There is quite simply no one to replace him in the Tory party either. I always had a soft spot for Ken Clarke, but the dear fellow has lost it. I heard him recently - no depth, no umph, no......What about Oliver Letwin some say. Well, he's not ready yet. A vintage to be laid down and used later, but I suspect he will be over the top by then. |
| POSH IN BOOTS Posh has grown too big for David's boots. He's lost it. A pity ! Let Rooney learn from this, although I suspect he'll never get it to lose it. |
| MAKING AN ASS OF SALAMIS I am astounded about the uproar about horse and donkey meat being used in the manufacture of salamis. This is old hat. I have been telling people this for years and they never believed me. But what's wrong with this ? Their meat is quite delicious. |
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| LORD HUMPHERY WELCOMES YOU TO AN INSIDER'S IRREVERENT VIEW OF POLITICS IN GREAT BRITAIN |
| WHAT A MESS THE PRESS I have used this head-line quite often, but then - nothing changes. The lads and ladesses of the press still have not realised that it is not what politicians say that matters, not in the least. What they don't say and the way they don't say it is all that matters. |
| A RAP FOR WILLIAM Our Poet Laureate Andrew Sentence I hear is writing a 'rap' for Prince William. His spelling is none too good. The 'c' in 'rap' is missing. |
| AN MEINE DEUTSCHEN FREUNDE Eine Warnung ! Herr Blair stellt sich dar sich als der Fuehrer des 'neuen' Europas. Das 'neue' Europa wie es George Bush vor kurzer Zeit formuliert hatte, das 'neue' Europa dargestellt durch die neuen Mitglieder der EU, Polen zum Beispiel oder die Baltischen Staaten, und als fuehrende Macht dieser: England, mit Blair am Helm als Fuehrer. Fuehrer - ein Wort was mir gar nicht so schmeckt - und alles nur fuer sein Ego. Last es nicht dazu kommen. Will er Euch antun was er uns schon seit 7 Jahren antut? Das Englische Volk leidet extreme unter seiner Misregierung, oder man solle sagen Mist Regierung. Worte... Worte... und nochmals Worte, aber keine Taten. Gut, Ihr habt aehnliche Probleme mit Euerem Schroeder, aber er ist nur ein Depp - der Blair ist gefaehrlich. ? Man muss sehr lange in der Englischen Geschichte zurueck gehen, um jemanden zu finden , der so viel Unheil angerichtet hat. Ich fordere Euch 'raus nach England zu kommen, nicht als Staatsoberhaupte oder Beamten, nicht als Diplomaten, nicht als Geschaeftsleute oder Toursisten - nein als Otto Normalbuerger hier fuer einige Wochen zu leben. Euch wuerden die Augen aufgehen. Blair als Staatsoberhaupt Europa's ? Ein wahre Witz ! |
| MAY / JUNE 2003 |
| CAN THE GUARDS GUARD THEMSELVES? The II Bt Scots' Guards' Record Book was stolen some time ago, whilst in the care of a young officer called French. This is an unique and highly significant record of their service. I was offered this whilst in a London market and after some negotiations bought it and returned it to the Guards in their palatial barracks in St James's. I was rather hoping they might repay me the �100 I had expended, but no, the tight firsted wooftas chose not to. I gather the Duke of Kent is Colonel-in-chief. Mr Duke, fellow wizzard and chief wizzard of them all,why don't you dip into your pockets. |