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Something For The Weekend 25
5th March | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
When you’re a leading light in a minority party and there’s a May 6 (yes, it’s still May 6 – yawn!) General Election looming, what sort of campaign would you mount to gain maximum media exposure? Well (call me cynical), stage a stunt, of course – the more outrageous, the better!
So, hats off to former UKIP leader turned MEP Nigel Farage (aka Nige) for his offering, which certainly livened up... -
Something For The Weekend 24
26th February | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Misguided Tory leader David Cameron (aka Dave) has come up with a jolly wheeze to reduce energy consumption – well, that’s what he thinks anyway.
If, as seems inevitable, the Tories sweep to victory at the May 6 (N-o-o-o-o, don’t mention ‘the unmentionable date’ again) General Election, families can look forward to being informed how much their neighbours are spending on electricity bills. Wow, that’s a pretty radical move, eh! But... -
Something For The Weekend 23
19th February | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It was enough to make even the most hardened holidaymaker choke on his ice-cold lager! And it did. . .
Sitting at a beachside bar enjoying a drink in the hot Canarian sunshine, there was a sudden splutter emanating from a lobster-hued British gent reading a paper on my right, followed by an expletive plus the words: ‘Bl**dy Elliot Morley! Who does he think he is’?Well, renowned for tact and diplomacy... -
Something For The Weekend 22
6th February | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Former Blairite Cabinet Minister Clare Short (aka Shorty) didn’t take long to tell the Iraq Inquiry what she thought of Tony Blair’s (aka our Tone) actions over taking this country to war – a move that eventually led to her resignation.
Now an Independent MP, Miss Short said he repeatedly lied to Parliament and members of the Cabinet in the run-up to the invasion and was prepared to use deception to... -
Something For The Weekend 21
29th January | 3 comments | 1 person likes this
His long overdue appearance – which, incidentally is expected to lumber taxpayers with a £250,000 security bill – comes at the end of a week during...
By the time this is online, former Prime Minister Tony Blair (aka our Tone) will have spent six – hopefully very uncomfortable – hours in the ‘red hot chilli pepper seat’ at the Iraq Inquiry being grilled by a committee headed by Sir John Chilcot. -
Something For The Weekend 20
22nd January | 0 comments | 2 people like this
Tiger Woods has finally found residential accommodation that will suit him down to a tee for the foreseeable future – in a top establishment treating sex addicts.
Yep, good old Tigrr apparently checked into the Pine Grove Behavioural Health and Addiction Services clinic in the remote town of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on December 30, to undertake a six-week ‘Gentle Path’ treatment programme.Ah! Well, that explains why he’s been out of the news... -
Something For The Weekend 19
15th January | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Alastair Campbell is a very clever man. As Tony Blair’s ‘spin doctor’ in the run-up to the Iraq War, he was – and still is for that matter – one of a rare breed of professionals capable of convincing anyone that a cesspit smells of roses!
Spin is a true art. Its definition is open to interpretation, but I have always regarded it as manipulation: sift through given facts, pick out... -
Christmas Something For The Weekend
24th December 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
‘Relax. Breathe deeply. Look into my eyes. Now, listen carefully to what I say: you are guilty of....’ Ah, ha! Some sort of a stage act involving a hypnotist, maybe?
No, ’fraid not! I’m out on the beat with PC Nick Presto (must try not to shout out ‘hey, Presto’, just to catch his attention!) who’s ‘doing his bit’ in the fight against crime by practising his newly acquired hypnotism skills... -
Something For The Weekend 17
18th December 2009 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
Jet some 115 world leaders – including our very own Big Gord (aka Gordon Brown PM) – into Copenhagen to ‘save the planet from global warming’ and what happens? Well, not only does the hot air they produce (verbally and from their mode of transport) contribute to the very problem they are trying to solve, it drifts over to the UK and dumps a whole load of snow on us!
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Something For The Weekend 16
11th December 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
As the country continues to sink in a sea of debt, doesn’t it just warm the cockles of your heart to learn that certain financial establishments in the City still seem hell-bent on doling out massive bonuses to staff who are already paid small fortunes?
And isn’t the generally perceived smokescreen from bank chiefs of: “Well, if we don’t reward them, we will lose them” wearing just a little bit thin...
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Phil Wadley
Journalist Phil Wadley is a former assistant editor at the West Sussex County Times in Horsham. He started his career as a reporter with the East Anglian Daily Times in Ipswich, before joining Britain's most northerly newspaper, the Shetland Times in Lerwick. After five years he winged his way back South, eventually landing at the County Times via an unplanned detour into the world of commercial aviation with British Airways! Phil is a dedicated follower of news and current affairs.
