I concur with Adrian, The continuing saga of Westphalia-on-Sea (twinned with Pessimisme, France) is absolute genius. It might not actually be about Torbay, but if it's not, then I pity the poor gits in the other town that have just as bad a track record as us. The first chapter In which we learn how Westphalia-on-Sea went into terminal decline ( Read more... )

First up, the Lib Dem leadership thing. Ming's resigned, so be it, spilt milk, my opinion had been hardening against him the more crappy media coverage he got, yes, they were OTT, but a decent press team could've turned some of it around, I can only conclude he didn't know what image he wanted to present and thus came across as dithering. As to ( Read more... )

a_sanders_myspc went to the Brit Award ceremony in his role as a Culture, Media & Sport Committee member. He's completely right about one of the headline acts: The Killers were great, Snow Patrol impressed, and Oasis were… well many describe Oasis as a great rock n' roll band; to me they are just a wall of sound fronted by a couple of plonkers.
Never could stand ( Read more... )