PORTRAIT OF A LADYFilm of the Henry James novel. A free-thinking young woman travels the world in a luxurious lifestyle insulated from the everyday worries and concerns of ordinary people, collecting beautiful objets d’art and mixing with brilliant artists, witty conversationalists, members of the House of Lords and cold scheming amoral diabolical seducers. Also, a […]
David Cameron appears on Desert Island Discs this weekend and his choice of Benny Hill’s "innuendo-laden comic song" Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) has certainly attracted the most comment. Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn has written a Cameroon version of Ernie in his column today. An extract can be read on the right. […]
The Beckhams are famous for their lavish parties and, tonight, thanks to an invitation from Rebekah Wade, Editor of The Sun, David and Samantha Cameron have got tickets to the England captain’s World Cup Party at ‘Beckingham Palace’. Today’s Independent on Sunday spotlights some of the party’s 350 guests and wonders what David Cameron might […]
The last instalment of the Film Reviews included a number of items which by no stretch of the imagination could be considered wholesome family viewing. We have therefore confiscated our reviewer’s cinema season ticket and instead asked him to concentrate on something morally improving and uplifting: poetry. Alan Johnson is the new Education Secretary (only […]
THE A TEAMFor the last ten years a crack group of candidates have been rejected by the electorate for crimes they didn’t commit. These men – and women! – promptly escaped to a maximum security Priority List. Today, still unwanted in the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if […]
"…the former Defence Secretary, former Health Secretary, ex-Northern Ireland Secretary, ex-Scottish Secretary, one-time Party Chairman and Leader of the House, and, of course, now the new Home Secretary. John Reid, Who’s Who must struggle to keep up with your CV." John Sopel introducing John Reid on today’s Politics Show. Classic.
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE(UNLESS YOU LIVE IN TOWER HAMLETS, IN WHICH CASE HE’LL PROBABLY BE SKIPPING YOUR HOUSE AND CALLING 1,700 TIMES AT THE HUT DOWN THE ROAD WITH A LARGE SACK OF BALLOT PAPERS) No publicity material available at the time this review went to press. WAITING FOR GORDO The film of the […]
Ming may have had a disappointing night but he has succeeded in discovering what John Prescott will be doing now that the Deputy PM has lost all of his departmental responsibilities to Ruth Kelly. Ming found the Deputy PM’s new office in Twickenham. It looks like a hairdressers!
Not so long ago – under this comment – Simon C was having a little fun at the expense of ConservativeHome’s ‘home’ logo. Simon posted: "(1) The first image shows a house with pollution clearly being emitted from the chimney. What sort of example is this? Can you tell us whether the fuel source is […]
Ken Irvine emailed me the photo on the right – from John Prescott’s 2005 election battlebus website. Remembering that this is a family-friendly website your captions are welcome. All ‘after-the-watershed’ comments will be deleted!
Another change this week. Because there’s simply nothing happening in the news, you’ll probably want to spend your evenings in watching some DVDs of those classic TV programmes from the past. Here’s a selection we recommend highly: WHEN THE VOTE COMES IN A tale of grinding poverty-avoidance and struggle for survival by a plucky lad […]
So began David Cameron’s address to lobby journalists at lunch today. Apparently his daughter Nancy knows "Dave the Chameleon" as "the nice frog on the telly", and he drinks his tea out of a Dave the Chameleon mug. His relaxed handling of the attack seems to have worked well. Dave will have more willing "fellow […]
RESIDENT PARKING The film of the computer game. A fatal germ, the T-virus, escapes from a secret government New Lab which is controlled by a demented computer called The Red King. Once you’re infected you turn into a self-destructive zombie with an overpowering desire to stand as a Blairite candidate in your local council elections. […]
Nigel Farage MEP in his tank at Spring Forum
The President, First Lady and a big bunny wabbit at the White House’s Easter 2006 Egg Roll.