When people had a crisis, it was a mid-life one in the Good Old Days. But the GenZers can’t wait that long. They’ve decided they need to have a quarter-life crisis. Which gives them some practice for tackling a mid-life crisis and then another in later life.
Feet On The Ground
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Major legal flop
The paedophiles and sex offenders on Labour’s early release list can adopt a new, and legal, identity extremely easily after getting out of gaol. Despite Parliament being full of lawyers, none of them has spotted this; until their noses were rammed into it recently, and no government has been bovvered about tightening up the law.
Action replay
The current Chancer of the Exchequer is getting a booting for kite-flying and doing irreparable damage to pension savings with threats of yet another Labour tax grab on them.
● Alternative title: Achtung! Replay!
Cute delusion
One of them there studies found that 38% of the men surveyed think they could reach Olympic standard if they had training and coaching for the next 4 years. Many of them think confidence is more important than a natural talent for their chosen sport.
Designer cruelty
Animal experts are warning about the current trend for breeding Frankenstein cats with a ‘cute’ deformity. They include Siamese cats with a very flat face and cats with folded ears.
The deformities create life-long debilitating health ishues in the unfortunate animals.
More Jonah Effect
After our bringer of disaster was made Prime Fantasist, the wildfires got worse. Now, we’re being threatened with a deluge of rain in the coming autumn and winter and floods everywhere.
Confidence shaker
Last week wasn’t a very good one for railway companies. After a spectacular derailment on Thursday, we were assured that railway lines are safe in hot weather. Cue another derailment on Friday.