Wee Streeting, moved to the Defence Department, will be spending more money on the Armed Forces. But there’s not a clue on offer about where the cash will come from.
Saturday, 25 July 2026
Rend-off, not rip-off
A good thing to avoid is a jar of dried chives offered by the firm Schwartz. They are on offer at a price equivalent to £2,000 per kilo at supermarkets, and £2,150 per kilo on the Schwartz website.
● Supermarket own brand products are available at just 15% of the Schwartz price.
Good to know
The new Chancellor Duchess of Lancaster, who has a fraud conviction, won’t be handling the part of the job that involves fraud oversight. Much too embarrassing.
Loose wheels
Our new Pretender Fantasist was splashing the cash around to buy votes right away. But, like his plan and the rest, we’re not allowed to know any details. Such as where the money is coming from. Which tells me that Jonah doesn’t know either. And it’s all just cosmetic puff.
● His abolition of 5% VAT on electricity is also unfunded. Even more tax rises to come?
● The VAT cut will be swallowed up by the rise in the energy cap.
● No cut for Northern Ireland, which is still in the dead grip of the EFU as far as VAT goes.
Rather suspicious
One of my correspondents had received an official booklet about the election for a new mayor for Greater Manchester to replace the lying sod who swore blind he’d serve his full term.
The seven candidates are listed alphabetically early on. But their individual plugs aren’t. The Conservative plug is last, even though the party name is first alphabetically and the man himself is in the middle of the candidate list.
Political bias in a Labour area?
Still out West
Friday nite’s helping of CFL was the Stampeders in Winnipeg. First score to the visitors; a TD. Add a rouge from a punt. The Blue Bombers got to scoring range, picked in the CS end zone! Defence into Q2 and a TD for the BB in the first minute, 8-7.
Bomb pass by Adams, wide open receiver, TD Calgary. A 58 yard BB FG try missed and was returned . . . for a TD!!! 22-7. Olivera in the 13th minute, 22-14. The Stamps had time to kick a FG, and so did the BB, 25-17.
In Q3, the Stamps went from their own half to a TD. Close for the BB, sacked to a FG, 32-20. Inside the 10 for the Stamps, TD pass, 39-20. The BB fumbled the ball but got it back, dash for the end zone by Olivera on the next play, 39-27. Sack, fumble by Adams, BB ball, FG to open Q4.
A pick stopped a BB drive and set up a CS FG, 42-30. Another pick by the Stamps, another FG; missed. The Stamps kicked a FG with 2 minutes left, 45-30. The BB were stopped, another TD for the Stamps, 52-30 at the end.
Common ground
Something the Bond continuer, John Gardner, has in common with the Cussler family, Clive and his son Dirk, is a tendency to over-explain everything. A good way to bulk out a book, it can get very tedious for the reader.
That last sentence is a good example of Clive Cussler’s A.I style. Dirk can do it less obtrusively.
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