Sometimes I struggle to believe how awful our government is. Then they do their best to remind me. Johnson knows that a fine and bad publicity is coming, so he heads off to Ukraine to pose as a key player in a tragic war. World-beating this, leading the way that, spending this, blah, blah, blah.
Shoring Up
The response to his visit was not as he had hoped, and the
bad press kept coming. So, next up, a ludicrously expensive dog whistling...
This little walk is just across the road from me. It is called the Bourne Rivulet. I presumed it must be French. So, I was down by the village cricket ground the other day and I got talking to a local type. I told him I had just been on a lovely walk along the Bourne Reev-oo-lay.
“Where?” He said. “The Reev-oo-lay”, I replied, already fearing the worst.
“You mean the Riv-u-let…it’s the Bourne Riv-u-let”, he chuckl...
Well, it’s not been a great week for Rishi Sunak, has it?
There has been a lot said about his wife’s tax affairs, but one thing is for
certain, they are not illegal. But does that make it all okay?
In my opinon it comes down to standards and how cabinet ministers set them. Sunak’s wife is the daughter of a billionaire. She utilises a tax loophole that means she is only liable to pay tax in the country where she has earned it. In this ...
Channel 4 is being sold by the government. So why would that be? It is state-owned so you could argue that it costs the taxpayer money. The problem with that argument is it doesn’t cost the taxpayer a penny. It is independently financed with over 90% of its resources coming from advertising.
Why Sell it Off?
So why would the government want to sell it? Well, one of
the towering political figures of our times, Nadine Dorries, says the ...
I find understanding anything beyond basic finance a bit of a struggle. I do know how to stay in the black and out of the red (do the opposite to Bullseye is my theory) and how to make basic profit margins in my business. Beyond that, I get a bit bored, if I am honest.
Fuel for my car is a fine example. I have never indulged in scouring the local garages for great deals, mainly because I can’t be arsed. I have always gone with the notion ...
