Cannes Film Festival
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WTF Out of the Woodwork Special
Hallo Readers, It has all gone quiet on Prime Ministerial Putsch, the UK’s favourite TV game show – that is, at least until the new edition of Celebrity Traitors starts again. Andy Burnham is busy fighting the by-election which he… Continue reading
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WTF Yenems ist Besser Special
Hallo Readers, WTF’s father had an excellent turn of phrase. One of his favourite sayings was “yenems ist besser“. Roughly translated from the Yiddish, it means that spending other people’s money is much better than having to spend your own. And… Continue reading
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WTF Cannes Film Festival 2025 Special
Hallo Readers, Many apologies that the subscription button is not working. Please leave a comment below with your email address and you will be subscribed from this end and receive the blog in your inbox every Friday. Meanwhile… When the… Continue reading
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WTF Ukraine Peace Talks Special
Hallo Readers, Friday 16 May was supposed to be the day when the President of Russia and the President of Ukraine sat down together in Ankara and talked about peace. It was Russia which proposed the talks in the first… Continue reading
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WTF VP Special
Hallo readers, The American Presidential election is getting nearer. Trump and Biden have even agreed the dates for them to debate with the first one as early as June. Biden accepted Trump’s challenge to debate him “Anytime anywhere” in a… Continue reading
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WTF Cannes Red Carpet Special
Hallo Readers, Those of you who peruse this column regularly (thank you, thank you, thank you) will know that WTF is no fan of Suella Braverman, the woman who puts the gung-ho into Home Secretary. She exudes a blend of… Continue reading
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WTF Joffrey Special
Hallo Readers, The political drama playing out in Downing Street, in Chequers and in Westminster is like a prep school, cut-price version of Game of Thrones with a dollop of Whitehall farce. It is sadly a version where, in the interests of economy, or… Continue reading
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WTF Mings Special
Hall0 Readers, Sometimes a moment is so perfect that all you can do is lie back and gurgle with pleasure like a new born baby with a freshly changed nappy. Sadly this is not the moment when Harry Kane scored… Continue reading
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WTF Failure and Farce Special
Hallo Readers, Theresa May did resign last week, as predicted, but she did not take WTF’s advice, which was to get out of Dodge before Monday, when the flatulent orange fantasist that is Donald Trump lands here on his State Visit. Instead, she… Continue reading
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WTF Shame of Thrones Special
Hallo Readers, Game of Thrones came to an end this week but there is no need for fretting and withdrawal symptoms! Welcome to a thrilling new story, Shame of Thrones, a tale of political machinations set in the mythical kingdom of Westminsteros. In… Continue reading
