The Queen

  • WTF Politics and Fashion Special

    Hallo Readers Hallo Readers and Happy New Year, In an environment where egregious falsehoods are peddled as part of the daily cut and thrust of political life, standards start to slip. But even by current political standards, or rather the… 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 Dead Cat Bounce Special

    Hallo Readers  Boris Johnson is saved for the nation! Of course he is – for now. Not overwhelmingly, but in the sneaky, scraping-through, abject, shambling sort of way that he gets through life – not gracious, not heroic, but it works… Continue reading

  • WTF Worst Week Ever Special

    Hallo Readers, It is an understatement to say that this has been one hell of a week, as if the world had fallen into a food mixer with the lid off, spattering disaster in every direction. Over the weekend, the… Continue reading

  • WTF Prince Andrew Special

    Hallo Readers, We live in an age in which charity, selflessness and generosity are met with cynicism. And so it is that when the royal formerly known as HRH Prince Andrew gave a woman whom he had never met £12 million for… Continue reading

  • WTF Chuckles Special

    Hallo Readers, It has been grim this week. Really grim. And by all accounts, it is going to get grimmer. So given that it is both Easter and Passover, let us stay away from blame, recriminations and bile; instead we will consider… Continue reading