Brexit
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WTF Dumb and Dumber Special
Hallo Readers, WTF has not commented much on Brexit recently, partly because she has been consumed more than ever with events across the Atlantic but also because it is such a car crash. But we are obviously going to do it… Continue reading
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WTF Dog Whistle Special
Hallo Readers, The former British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has fallen out of the obligations, not that he observed them much, of life in the Cabinet, and bigly back into the schmaltz of citizenship, starting with a fat paycheque from The… Continue reading
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WTF Humble Pie Special
PHallo Readers, Admittedly like the rest of the population, WTF is suffering from some sort of advanced heatstroke, but try as she might, she simply cannot remember Brexiteers telling us that if we voted leave, we might be leaving without a deal. Nor… Continue reading
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WTF Hello and Goodbye Special
Hallo Readers, Apparently Boris Johnson could not stomach Mrs May’s Brexit deal that he had apparently agreed to last Friday, saying it would be like trying to polish a turd. And? We had a turd as Foreign Secretary for two years. Johnson… Continue reading
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WTF World Cup Special
Hallo Readers, To everyone’s amazement, Engerland made it through a penalty shootout to the Quarter Finals of the World Cup, and will face Sweden tomorrow afternoon. We are all very excited, apart, that is, from the Scots, the Irish and the Welsh, nearly… Continue reading
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WTF Civility Special
Hallo Readers, Since the twin disasters of Brexit and Trump’s election, political discourse has sunk to depths previously accessible only to cavers, deep sea divers and submarines. Anything goes. Nothing is too rude or too unpleasant. Twitter has become a home for those… Continue reading
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WTF Somewhere Over the Rainbow Special
Hallo Readers, A border is a thing that marks the difference between your land and someone else’s land. That is yours, this is mine. It might be a fence or a wall or a river; it might be barbed wire… Continue reading
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WTF Met Gala Mega-Nonsense Special
Hallo Readers, Democracy is a pain. You have to put up with idiotic decisions made by other people because they are more of them. Or, in the case of the USA, there are less of them but the cockamamie system lets… Continue reading
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WTF Chumocracy Special
Hallo Readers, It has been a bad week for the Johnson Brothers, Boris and Jo. And a worse week for the taxpayer who had to pay for their mistakes, not to mention the enquiries into their mistakes. Both have been roundly… Continue reading
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WTF Furious Special
Hallo Readers Last Saturday, WTF was so outraged by everyone and everything that she practically exploded. She was put on the Twitter naughty step and was generally homicidal and downright furious. (Admittedly, this was not helped by Arsenal losing at home to Manchester United).… Continue reading