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  • WTF Rayner Special

    Hallo Readers,  First of all, let us distinguish between tax evasion, tax avoidance and making a mistake. Tax evasion is deliberately seeking to get out of paying tax, knowing that it is due, by dishonest means; for example, in not declaring… Continue reading

  • WTF Cabinet Special

    Hallo Readers, Legend has it that King Canute was disgusted by the sycophancy of his courtiers, and their constant assurances that his majestic powers meant that he could do anything he wanted. Canute was a deeply religious man and he… Continue reading

  • WTF Covid Inquiry Special

    Hallo Readers, In 2021, Boris Johnson’s Government appointed former Court of Appeal Judge Lady Hallett to chair a ‘forensic and thoroughgoing’ inquiry into the UK’s response to the Covid pandemic. You may think that this would be a relatively straightforward… 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 Summer Stinker Poll 2022

    Hallo Readers, It’s here! The coveted title of the WTF Summer Stinker Poll 2022 is up for grabs with you, Readers, voting for the winner and, if you like, adding unpleasant comments to go with your votes. We will come back to… Continue reading

  • WTF Send Her Back Special

    Hallo Readers, In Dickens’s Martin Chuzzlewit, Mark Tapley, Martin’s manservant, does his best to remain relentlessly cheerful despite the many vicissitudes which meet man and master.  One suspects that even Mark would currently struggle to maintain his equilibrium. War still… Continue reading

  • WTF Bears Defecate in Areas Full Of Trees Special

    Hallo Readers, This week brought news so shocking that Britain will never be the same again. Counselling is being offered to those affected. Black arm bands are being worn.  It turns out that our Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, lied to none other than… Continue reading

  • WTF Summer Stinker Poll 2019

    Hallo Readers, Usually the annual WTF Summer Stinker Poll is a politics free zone, but it would be impossible to publish anything this Friday without mentioning one of the most ridiculous weeks in British history. We all knew it was coming, but it… Continue reading

  • WTF Law and Order Special

    Hallo Readers,  Luton’s answer to Nelson Mandela, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, or, to use his nom de brutalité, Tommy Robinson, is a racist thug with more than a passing acquaintance with the inside of Her Majesty’s Prisons, having been variously banged up for assault, financial and… Continue reading

  • WTF Kiddies Special

    Hallo Readers, Up until Wednesday evening, the USA was separating children from their would-be migrant parents in compliance with what we were assured was the law of the land. Attorney-General Jeff Sessions, the malignant hobgoblin, assured us that not only is it… Continue reading