January 10, 2005

Well, another day, another Blair/Brown feud. The Observer headlined that they had gone “out of control” yesterday – my first reaction was along the lines of “Gordon was so furious with the Prime Minister that he nearly said something”. And frankly, I just get bored of this stuff – “Sources close to a senior Government…

In Albania, of all places. Chuckle we may, but don’t forget that back in 1997, Albania’s government basically ceased to exist for several months in a upburst of popular rage after a pyramid scheme scam robbed thousands of people. The arsenals were looted, which helped to create the KLA not long afterwards and also helped…

It’s been a good few months for celebrity twits. First up, we had Jeanette Winterson’s food shop in Smithfield Market. How sweet! How, er, lefty! Unfortunately it turned out the shop that sold food from “local producers” actually imported its eggs from Tuscany. (An idea: the Waste a Ton of Jet Fuel prize for the…