Posts Tagged ‘UK’
For Once We’re Being Sensible
It’s always frustrating to miss out on the top spot of something and end up in second place, but you have to give Britain credit for punching above its weight. In the world rankings, we’re solidly on course for the silver medal behind the good old US of A. Admittedly, the specific competition we’re talking…
Read MoreBoris Johnson’s Edifice Complex
Boris Johnson, a man with an empty void of droning Latin phrases where his soul should be, wanted to be Prime Minister his entire life. Then he managed it, the end. Except that it wasn’t the end. It was only the beginning. Boris entered 10 Downing Street, ascendant, triumphant… and then realised he was still…
Read MoreWhat The UK Needs Now
Henry Ford once said, “if we’d have asked the public what they wanted, they’d have said ‘a faster horse.’” In spite of this warning, British Chancellor (effectively Vice President) Sajid Javid has decided to launch what he is calling a competition, based on the idea that Britain’s exit from the EU will allow the slashing…
Read MoreBritish Election Fallout
As a resident of the UK, it falls to me to comment on the election of Boris Johnson. What’s more, my editor has prissily informed me that “screaming until my eyeballs haemorrhage” isn’t a proper response and that I’ll have to put my thoughts in writing. I guess I’m just too avante garde for some…
Read MoreUK News: Corbyn Isn’t Kosher
For those who have been too busy following the ongoing impeachment proceedings in the US – or for those who have understandably been ceaselessly pointing at the news channel and shrieking ever since 2016 – the U.K. is due to hold an election next month. This is a chore for all British citizens, as the…
Read MoreBoris Can’t Even Trump Right…
Greetings from the glorious Republic of Boristan, where our Great Leader Boris Johnson has remade the country in his own image! Gone are the drab days of Theresa May and of the defeatist attitude that Brexit is an iminent national catastrophe! Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the son of…
Read MoreUK and European News.
Although it’s entirely subjective, I think the funniest event in human history happened on February 3rd, 1969, when Allen Funt boarded a plane. Funt – whose name is already objectively funny – was the host of Candid Camera, the hidden camera show that played pranks on the public. Unbeknownst to him or anyone else, two…
Read MoreThe Gathering Storm: Brexit and the Return of Tony Blair.
Tony Blair once privately complained that Britain is a country that doesn’t like success. Which is an odd thing to complain about, as a huge chunk of Britain would view Tony Blair as a failure, which means, by his own logic, that he should be held in great esteem by his people. He’s not, of…
Read MoreVova, too small for his shapka?
by Colette Hartwich Editor’s note: Vova is the Russian diminutive of the name Vladimir. A shapka is a brimless fur cap. The Kremlin midget, Vova, in his psychotic efforts to become a Tsar and revive the Russian Empire may have gone too far. The non-fake facts on which the non-Russian specialists agree –…
Read MoreRussia: Business As Usual
The problem with conspiracy theories is that the world is, broadly speaking, exactly the way it seems to the average person. This was hammered home recently when the Russian government attempted to assassinate a former KGB mole in the UK. There are people out there who would have you believe that the nefarious Russians would…
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