Janelle Monae
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WTF BBC Special
Hallo Readers, All week, the BBC has had the loveliest time talking about itself – its own favourite subject. And there is always a lot to talk about. It has ever had an unrivalled ability to pick the wrong people, employing… Continue reading
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WTF SUMMER STINKER POLL 2025
Hallo Readers, Last week, President 47 said he would decide whether to attack Eye-Ran within two weeks with a view to dropping bigly-bunker-bonker-busting-bombs to take out that country’s nuclear capability. And 48 hours later, the said bigly-bunker-bonker-busting-bombs were duly dropped… Continue reading
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WTF HABEMUS FOEDUS COMMERCIUM SPECIAL
Hallo Readers, And so after weeks of speculation and conjecture, the white smoke has appeared out of the chimney. We have a trade deal. The various factions had huddled together led by Cardinal Richelieu, now going by the name of… Continue reading
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WTF Rochdale Special
Hallo Readers, Welcome to the Labour Party election candidate hokey-cokey. First, you pick a candidate called Azhar Ali for a seat in Rochdale which has a high Moslem population. It would be unlikely, to put it mildly, that anyone would… Continue reading
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WTF Silliness Special
Hallo Readers, So how excited are you about the coronation on Saturday? Are you busily baking your coronation quiche? (Query – if it is vegetarian, why has it got bloody lard in it? What is the point of being King… Continue reading
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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
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WTF Super-Enormous Oscars Special
Hallo Readers, Forty years ago, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Acknowledging the failure to prevent this debacle, Lord Carrington, the Foreign Secretary, promptly resigned and John Nott, the Defence Secretary, proffered his resignation but Mrs Thatcher refused to accept it. The days when people behaved with honour have long… Continue reading
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WTF Snouts in Trough Special
Hallo Readers, You may recall that in September 2015, just after David Cameron was elected as Prime Minister for the second time, someone published a trashy book alleging that, as a student at Oxford, he had poked a pig’s head as part of an… Continue reading
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The Death of Shame, Volume 99
Hallo Readers, Those of you who are kind enough to read this blog regularly will know that WTF is obsessed with the death of shame in public life. This week brought two more stark examples to recoil from. First, Fiona Onasanya MP… Continue reading