Category: Politics

Promises

We have an election here on Thursday 5th May. There have been some boundary changes but don’t let’s get bogged down in detail. Fifty candidates are standing to be councillors.

Shifting

Bertie doesn’t sleep with me because he prefers to sleep with R.

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Z

Z has been adopted as a symbol of support for Putin’s army, because it is painted on the flanks of Russian tanks.

Rogue Male

The Wagner Group is trying to assassinate the President of Ukraine; three tries, no cigar.

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Linguistics and Politics

It’s part of a politician’s job to open their mouths and put their feet in it. I voted for Jeremy Hunt to lead the Conservative (and Unionist) party but I will never forget him saying his wife is Japanese on a visit there. (She is Chinese.)

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Pants on Fire?

“We all agreed tonight that we detest the Prime Minister, deplore his lack of judgement, disapprove of his henchmen; and yet we can do nothing – yet!”

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A Tawdry Tale

Tom Tugendhat is a Conservative Member of Parliament, representing Tonbridge and Malling, and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Don’t Tell Sid

The title of this post is an inversion of the slogan used when British Gas was privatised in November 1986.