‘This is a watching brief’. Is there a ‘watching length’ for those with a greater attention span?
Feet On The Ground
Saturday, 14 March 2026
Quick rewrite
Someone who pointed out that a quarter of the countries that signed up to Pres. trumPut’n’s Board of Peace are now involved in wars is suggesting it should be renamed ‘Bored of Peace’.
Static buzz from a static hate rally
The Home Sec has been foiled by the supporters of the homicidal Iranian regime. She has no power to ban their march if they don’t actually do any marching. They can gather somewhere and yell their little heads off, but they must remain stationary to get away with it.
Vowel confusion
When Labour talks about tranches of documents, does that really mean the trenches where the ashes of the Mandelsleaze papers which have been disappeared are buried?
Real or imaginary?
One of my correspondents is working on building a collection of weird events into what is now a rather long short story. I was reminded of this when I read that a NHS hospice in Norwich has felt obliged to consult an exorcist over paranormal events reported by staff members.
Stroppy setback
Bier Smarmer’s stroppy Cabinet ‘colleagues’ are refusing to hand over customer data needed for his digital I.D for all scam. A government spokes said: “Digital I.D will make everyday life easier for people” and failed to add: “to be abused by a Labour government.”