Flights of the butterfly

  • JUST STOP OIL – RUBBISH

    I see they’re at it again. Usually, proudly obstructing traffic and stopping people getting to hospital or a loved one’s funeral. Smug behind they’re banners – made from Synthetic Material Produced From Oil. In Hi-Viz jackets – made from Synthetic Material Produced From Oil. With slogans – printed with Synthetic Material Produced From Oil. Sitting…

  • LITERALLY ANYBODY ELSE

    I am so happy to see that somebody in the United Sates is hoping to run in the presidential elections under the above name. I wish him luck and hope he wins. It would be a wonderful comment on the state of politics, throughout the world, not just in one country. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t make…

  • The Speaker Apologizes

    The Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has apologised to parliament over his handling of an amendment procedure. There are two people who need never apologise to parliament: the King, and the Speaker of the House of Commons. The King agrees not to comment on or interfere in the affairs of Parliament, the body professing to run…

  • JOKES

    Difficult to know where to begin. Looked at the paper this morning and thought I’d opened a jokebook by mistake. Bojo will tell the Covid Panto that he delayed lockdown “amid concerns that people would tire of the restrictions and flout the rules”. Shorthand for “he thought they would be as greedy, self-centred and stupid…

  • FAKE NEWS

    This is from a posting on YouTube, by “New Newspaper Today”, titled “Italy now! A snowstorm with terrible winds buried cars and houses disappeared in the Aosta valley”. It seems somewhat strange that road signs in an Italian location are in English. How very cosmopolitan the Italians are. And how unfortunate for these tourists who,…

  • HS2, The Wonderful Railway to Nowhere

    There is a lot of kerfuffle going on as TDATS finally realise what a mess this is. To fully understand what is happening, I am afraid we need to be serious and even do a little history. So, if you want fluffy kittens, look elsewhere. Steam engines started being used in 1712. They were static…

  • Newspeak

  • Reporting

    Once upon a time, a self-styled environmentalist was interviewed on a current affairs programme. He has, or had, supposedly, a house on the main road through the middle of Wales. He complained about “motorcyclists from all over the country racing along the road at night at 100mph”. The interviewer gushed, emoted and cooed sympathetically. But…

  • Quote of the day: CH4

    Channel 4 News Trial of Kevin Spacey Gushing reporter: “If all the world’s a stage, then Southwark Crown Court is a thousand miles from Hollywood” It’s about 5,400 miles, Stupid. if you’re supposed to be a reporter, try and get some of your facts right. If you can’t get that right, how can we trust…

  • Wildfires

    Heat and wildfires are raging in Greece and Southern Europe. As I have said before, I cannot imagine what it feels like to lose your home, perhaps your entire neighbourhood and even, God help us, your loved ones. My words would be sham to the point of hypocrisy, so I will not write any. But,…