. . . and his name is Sir Gulam Noon, who became a self-made multi-millionaire by popularising Indian ready meals and allegedly donating £250,000 to New Labour in the mistaken and unfounded misunderstanding that this would earn him a peerage. Sir G, a genuinely impressive self-made monument to bootstrap free enterprise, says that Britain is [...]
Category Archives: Culture
Send in the snatch squads
November 28, 2008 – 9:50 am
Last week the government claimed that ‘over 80%’ of sex workers were slaves, a claim hotly denied by the English Collective of Prostitutes. Harriet Harman, Deputy PM, spoke on Woman’s Hour urging Womens’ Institute (WI) members to report newspapers carrying escort advertisements, since the oriental and East European escorts on offer may be the victims of trafficking. [...]
The wonder of Woolies is that it hasn't been nationalised
November 27, 2008 – 1:56 am
The latest nightmare recession headline is that Woolworths is about to go bankrupt (again) with the loss of more than 30,000 jobs and 860 store closures across Britain. Have the government thought this one through? Where are we going to spend the windfall cash bonanza that Gordon and his elves have earmarked to save the [...]
Ahoy there me hearties…
November 24, 2008 – 9:55 am
Pirates are suddenly everywhere: Indian Navy sinks Pirate Ship, Somali Pirates Hijack Saudi Oil Tanker: Cadbury’s Old Jamaica chocolate bar futures are set to surge. Why the sudden interest? Piracy is not new. Nor is this revival of interest so ephemeral either. We have had quite a few Pirates of the Caribbean to contend with [...]
Lateral thinking about city job losses and traffic calming
November 14, 2008 – 9:40 pm
The financial meltdown has resulted in obvious job losses in the oxymoronic investment banking community, with the result that a lot of loutish oafs can no longer afford to go to strip clubs after work. This has caused collateral damage to the pole dancing community, many of whom have been laid-off by employers such as [...]
What about Pikey Police?
November 14, 2008 – 2:02 pm
This morning on Radio 4′s Today programme I heard about yet another report calling for a study into why more Muslims aren’t joining the UK police or getting promoted to grand wizard or something. ‘Muslim police chiefs are calling for “urgent” action to boost the number of Muslim police officers in Britain, to help tackle [...]
It does not have to be that way
November 4, 2008 – 10:49 am
THUS aims to consolidate fresh thinking about life-changing issues, bridge the truth gap left by today’s political and business coverage and add fact-based appraisal of the best forward thinking from a host of informed sources. It will do so with good humour, optimism and empathy. You should not need a PhD to understand or enjoy [...]