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Something For The Weekend 26
12th March 2010 | 1 comments | 3 people like this
What is thick skinned, stubborn – and NEVER wrong? Yep, you’ve got it: a politician! And all those qualities might come in mighty handy if you find yourself the target of an inquiry into how your actions may have adversely affected a war – the Iraq War, to name but one.
So, it came as no surprise that after Prime Minister Gordon Brown (aka Gord), head held high in the face... -
Something For The Weekend 25
5th March 2010 | 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 2010 | 2 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 22
6th February 2010 | 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 2010 | 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 2010 | 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 14
27th November 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
It’s a situation you might expect to come across in a bad-taste comedy sketch: heart transplant patient – tubes everywhere, chest opened up – on operating table; surgeon examining grisly-looking donated organ.
“Don’t quite know what I can do with this,” he mutters. “Wasn’t quite what I was expecting. Still, I’ll do my best...”Of course, this would never happen in real life, would it? Erm, well...it might not be that far from the truth with... -
Something For The Weekend 13
20th November 2009 | 0 comments | 3 people like this
It’s a case of ‘here we go again’, as all of us – not just motorists – find we are being held to ransom by greedy oil traders who have eclipsed the very companies themselves in manipulating the ‘black gold’ market, to send prices rocketing by Christmas.
Now, in keeping with a monetary theme, here’s the million dollar question: Will any government – not just the current one – ever do... -
Something For The Weekend 11
6th November 2009 | 3 comments | 1 person likes this
Like him or loathe him, Alan Sugar never minces his words. Whether heading up BBC TV’s The Apprentice or acting as Gordon Brown’s business tsar, he always says what he thinks.
But was ‘Big Al’ (or Lord Sugar, as he is now known) justified in publicly dismissing owners of small struggling companies as ‘moaners’ who live in ‘Disney World’ when turned down for a bank loan – all at a time... -
Something For The Weekend 10
30th October 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Hopefully, Tony Blair’s ambition to become ‘El Presidente of Europe’ has suffered not one, but two political kisses of death in the UK this week!
The first nasty ‘smacker’ on Tony’s cheek came from public schoolboyish character David Miliband (he who apparently sees himself as the former prime minister’s campaign manager), immediately arousing suspicions that this enthusiastic show of support was merely to put him in a good position to land...
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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.
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