Brexit
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WTF Sidney Carton Special
Hallo Readers You remember Sidney Carton. He is the hero of A Tale of Two Cities, set at the time of the French revolution. He is deeply in love with Lucie, but she is in love with, and was loved by, French émigré… Continue reading
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WTF Baked Beans Special
Hallo Readers, When WTF was at about ten, she used to ensure that she sat next to a boy called Andrew B whenever baked beans were on the school lunch menu. This is because WTF hated baked beans with a vengeance,… Continue reading
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WTF Brexit Update Special
Hallo Readers, Here is your Brexit update as at 11 30 pm on Thursday 14 March 2019. Parliament does not want to Brexit with Mrs Maybe’s deal. It has now said so twice. No one wants her crap deal, not… Continue reading
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The Death of Shame, Volume 99
Hallo Readers, Those of you who are kind enough to read this blog regularly will know that WTF is obsessed with the death of shame in public life. This week brought two more stark examples to recoil from. First, Fiona Onasanya MP… Continue reading
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WTF Brits and Bobs Special
Hallo Readers, The British Body Politic, which had been ailing for some time, has finally succumbed to massive organ failure and is currently on life support, hooked up to those machines that go beep, beep, beep, like you see… Continue reading
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WTF Reading Special
Hallo Readers, Of all the things that enrage WTF about Brexit, which is pretty much everything, is the new era of do-it-yourselfery, where anyone with barely two brain cells to rub together can pontificate without bothering to learn more about the issues… Continue reading
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WTF Knacker’s Yard Special
Hallo Readers, This week Parliament finally got to vote on Mrs Maybe’s Brexshit deal. To the surprise of absolutely no one, Parliament rejected it. To the surprise of quite a few, it did not just reject it, it jumped up… Continue reading
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WTF Grayling Special
Happy New Year, Readers, But is it? In any sane country, Chris Grayling, Secretary of State, would long since have been consigned to a home for the terminally useless, where he would present even the most skilled… Continue reading
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WTF Revelations Special
Hallo Readers, This week brought a number of revelations, all of them surprising. Revelation number one. The German word for ‘shitstorm’ is ‘shitstorm’. It appears that our main contribution to the EU will be the word ‘shitstorm’. What a legacy. As Christina Rossetti… Continue reading