So much for transparency

Who was a Freebie Friend of Man City FC’s foreign owners? The city’s cosmetic mayor at the time. He’s supposed to have published a list all the presents he got but that hasn’t happened. No one surprised.

Very inventive

It would appear that Thames Valley Police bamboozled a judge with fantasy to get their search warrants for Prince Andrew’s gaffs back in February. And that’s why they were declared unlawful. But things are expected to be fixed retrospectively.

The titlers strike again

“The mountain . . . must come to my habit” was in the titles of an episode of Maigret. Makes a change from Mohammet.

Swipe Two

The Education Sec., boss of what is now the Department of Dope, claims to believe in the importance of clear communication.
    Small snag. Her speech on the subject was full of clichés and platitudes, and it had pretty well Nett Zero communication content.

We care

Our Foreign Sec., Wee Streeting, has ordered the US Defence Sec. not to abandon Ukraine on a jolly across the pond. The UK is having to bridge the missle gap left by the latest $thump tantrum.

No one sent home

Only the Labour party could give the job of Education Sec. to a woman who thinks ‘inclusion’ should be used to keep badly behaved kids at schools. Someone who wants the widen the narrow of what good is to include appalling.

Sunday Satisfaction

The Cowboys in Green Bay were stopped. GB got to the red zone, on to a TD. Cue an ad for something you can’t buy! A pick was battled to a TD by the Cowboys at the end of Q1? No, down by contact miles away. Into Q2 and a pick by the Pack. Inside the 10, just a FG, 0-10. A pick stopped the Cowboys. Charge! from the DC 1 in the last few seconds of the half. Ads before the replay, 0-17.
    Red zone for Dallas in Q3, to the 1, Charge! 7-17. Add a FG to the GB score, 7-20. Into Q4 after lotz of defence. Dallas out on downs. Red zone. FG, 7-21. Another pick? Roughing the passer, Dallas ball. 4th down made, red zone, no score. Close in the last minute, TD, no +2, 13-23, the end.