Boris Johnson

  • WTF Corona Cockup Special

    Hallo Readers, So how is your lockdown going? If you have a partner, are you planning on consulting a solicitor the moment the siren blows and we can all venture outdoors again? Are you fantasising about putting the kids up for adoption? Are… Continue reading

  • WTF Corona Chic Special

    Hallo Readers, So weeks after anyone who knew anything about anything knew that this was going to be big, and that it was going to be bad, and that the best way to avoid it was to stay indoors for the foreseeable… Continue reading

  • WTF Corona Clowns Special

    Hallo Readers, WTF is bringing out the blog for as long as there is something to write about, even though the fashion part might get a bit scarce, given that everyone is locked down. But while we can still manage a smile, let us try… Continue reading

  • WTF Where’s Wally Special

    Hallo Readers, Welcome to another dismal week in the still-but-only-just United Kingdom. It is freezing cold and although the blossom is out, it will not last long in these temperatures. We have had Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis, and now half the country is under… Continue reading

  • WTF Weirdos and Misfits Special

    Hallo Readers, We want to hire an unusual set of people with different skills and backgrounds to work in Downing Street … The categories are roughly: data scientists and software developers; economists; policy experts; project managers; communication experts; junior researchers one… Continue reading

  • WTF Mega-Bumper-Oscars-Nonsense Special

    Hallo Readers, It may be Valentine’s Day today, but in Westminster there is precious little love around for Judges. Why? Because it appears that they are interfering with the right of politicians and civil servants to cock up, dissemble, and abuse their powers. The impertinence! We… Continue reading

  • WTF The New Normal Special

    Hallo Readers, This is the last rant of the year, because next week, post-Christmas, we shall be enjoying the WTF Christmas Turkey Poll 2019, with some truly terrible fashion fiascos for your delectation and selection. And this rant finds WTF feeling truly miserable.… Continue reading

  • WTF Bigly Umbrage Special

    Hallo Readers, This week the American President came back to Blighty to take part in the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO, and to showcase his unique brand of mendacity, meanness of spirit, and braggadocio, not to mention his extraordinary day-glo burnt umber… Continue reading

  • WTF AMAs 2019 Special

    Hallo Readers, Welcome to the General Election version of Snog One, Marry One and Throw One Over the Cliff. Only in this one, you get to throw them all over the cliff. It is just that the one that is least annoying gets… Continue reading

  • WTF Rees-Mogg Special

    Hallo Readers, Old Etonian and Oxonian Jacob Rees-Mogg, a character P G Wodehouse would have rejected as too outlandish for his Jeeves and Wooster books, is a multi-millionaire (some inherited, some acquired through marriage, and the rest made himself through financial trading).… Continue reading