Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and David Cameron. Trinny, Susannah and Mary Portas. Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. George Michael, Freddie Mercury and Marc Almond, Justin Fletcher, Mr Bloom and Grandpa In My Pocket. This is what it had come to. Tough, tough choices I can tell you. You see @Ladyblahblahs and I […]
Gordon Brown: the rest of the tape revealed
We all know what happened when Gordon Brown got into his car after his chat with 66-year-old Gillian Duffy in Rochdale yesterday. But did you know that the Prime Minister kept the mic on all evening? Here’s what you would have heard if the tape had kept running: Some grunting and very thumpy rhytmical noises. […]
A crunch issue on mumsnet
I settled down with interest to watch the mumsnet debate with David Cameron last week. It was a really unsatisfying experience. I sighed, unsurprised, and largely forgot about it. Then I saw that several papers decided that the Tory leader was ambushed by nappies as Brown got bombed by biscuits. It really gave me something […]
Mrs Janes and the PM part two
Handwriting – a treacherous business
Doctors’ handwriting was traditionally so bad they brought in computerised systems to make sure everything was printed and there were no mistakes and more advancement. My dad was a solicitor and his handwriting was dreadful but I think he had someone else to do the actual pen-to-paper stuff for him. I don’t remember anyone suggesting […]