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Politics

  • WTF Push The Boat Out Special

    Hallo Readers, This week Sir Nicholas Winton, an astonishing 105 years old and still sharp as a tack, was honoured by the Czech Government for his work 76 years ago when he saved 669 Jewish children by arranging their safe transport out of Czechoslovakia and… Continue reading

  • WTF Grayling Special

    Hallo Readers,  Former Lord Chancellors of this Sceptred Isle include Thomas À Beckett, Cardinal Wolsey, Sir Thomas More, Lord Eldon, Lord Halsbury and Lord Haldane. And now we have non-lawyer Chris Grayling, a man who would have to double in significance even to… Continue reading

  • WTF Jim-Jams Special

    Hallo Readers, Nothing restores you to good humour better than a Tory sex scandal and last weekend delivered in bucketfuls. Brooks Newmark, a balding millionaire who (in tabloid-speak) is 56 and a married dad-of-5, was caught out by a classic tabloid sting… Continue reading

  • WTF Long Lost Voters Special

    Hallo Readers, Autumn has arrived, making you wonder where the last 12 months went.  (As we gear up to start bombing Iraq, you wonder where the last 11 years went but that is another blog). The Party Conferences are upon us where politicians… Continue reading

  • WTF It’s a No Special

    Hallo Readers, It’s a No vote and Scotland remains in the UK – for now. But whilst WTF is happy about it, she has the following observations… 1. Westminster shouldn’t crow about this because they made a real mess of it. This was success… Continue reading

  • WTF Caledonian Special

    Hallo Readers, You know how it is. The marriage has been dysfunctional for a long time but you never thought it might actually end. You whinged and whined about her and she whinged and whined about you. Now divorce is looming with both… Continue reading

  • WTF Batchelor Boy Special

    Hallo Readers, Last year WTF wrote about the Police’s penchant for making arrests in the full glare of publicity and with cameras around to record the occasion for posterity. Last week, they were at it again, this time calling at Sir… Continue reading

  • WTF Principle Special

    Hallo Readers, No sooner had WTF landed back from her holidays  and shaken off her jet lag than two things happened. First, Baroness Warsi resigned as Minister of State at the Foreign Office (with special rights to attend Cabinet as she is female… Continue reading

  • WTF Pankhurst Special

    Hallo Readers, 15 July is Emmeline Pankhurst Day, marking the birth in 1858 of Britain’s most notable suffragette, the founder of the Women’s Political and Social Union in 1903 whose motto was “deeds not words”. Over the years their deeds repeatedly landed Mrs Pankhurst and… Continue reading

  • WTF Vanessa Feltz Special

    Hallo Readers, This week radio presenter, newspaper columnist and celebrity Vanessa Feltz disclosed that 18 years ago she too had been sexually assaulted by convicted pervert Rolf Harris. WTF wrote about him last week, you may recall. According to Vanessa, she was… Continue reading