Carrie Symonds

  • WTF Coronation Special

    Hallo Readers, Last week, WTF told you that the Coronation would be a great spectacle and it was. When your place is in the world is diminished and you no longer have military domination and are down to your last aircraft carrier and… Continue reading

  • WTF Second Chance Special

    Hallo Readers,  Until 6 September 2022, Boris Johnson was Prime Minister. Well, sort of. He had in effect checked out on 22 July when he announced he would resign after the election of the new Tory Leader and between then and the handover to the next incumbent,… Continue reading

  • WTF Liz Special

    Hallo Readers,  No sooner had the new Prime Minister Liz Truss unpacked her dismal array of wash’n’wear dresses in the Master Bedroom of 11 Downing Street than Her Majesty the Queen Shuffled off this mortal coil. This meant that all political… Continue reading

  • WTF Going Nowhere Special

    Hallo Readers, Have you noticed how absolutely nothing works in this country anymore? It is so embarrassing. It is either too hot, or too cold, or the wrong sort of rain, or the wrong sort of snow, or the wrong… Continue reading

  • WTF Penny Dreadful Special

    Hallo Readers, Joni Mitchell once sang ‘don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone’. You have to say that she was right on the nail. Although Boris Johnson has not actually gone,… Continue reading

  • WTF The Fans Hit the Shit Special

    Hallo Readers, You may have noticed that the Prime Minister is going to resign once the Tory party elects his successor. Given that its efforts in recent years have given us Theresa May and Boris Johnson, it may be time… Continue reading

  • WTF Brexit Anniversary Special

    Hallo Readers, Big News! Boris Johnson finally managed to deport somebody to Rwanda – himself. Sadly, unlike the unfortunates who might find themselves flying there courtesy of the UK taxpayer, he has a return ticket for himself and his fragrant… Continue reading

  • WTF Sue Gray Special

    Hallo Readers, Is he sorry? Is he hell. But then in Boris Johnson’s mind what does he have to be sorry about? Yes, he popped in to party after party, not that they were parties, and yes he had a… Continue reading

  • WTF Beergate Special

    Hallo Readers, And so we stagger on in the long-running Whitehall farce that is Partygate. WTF cannot even be bothered to go back over the bollocks meted out to the British people where every day some hapless Minister, on the pain of being demoted to the backroom… Continue reading

    WTF Beergate Special
  • WTF Freddie Filth MP Special

    Hallo Readers, Over the years the esteem  in which the public holds Members of Parliament has become less and less reverential.  Heaven knows, there have been many low points recently including  Wallpapergate and Partygate. But this week we reached the nadir… Continue reading