Author: Max Frances
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The Six Million Follower Man
There seems to be a new trend on Twitter with posts commencing, ‘…now I don’t normally agree with [Person X], but…’ or, ‘It hurts to say it, but I agree with [Person X]. I have even withstood the visual assault of, ‘Four words I never thought I’d hear myself say: I. Agree. With. [Person X]‘.…
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All You Need Is Gove
Let the games begin. With Boris Johnson unable to function – and recovering from coronavirus into the bargain – some ‘untimely’ leaks regarding the PM’s nonchalance, even his negligence, have emerged. It was only a matter of time before somebody started to ginger it up for Boris. And you don’t need to turn up at…
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Clap Doubt
The 8pm clap from Westminster Bridge on Thursday. Flashing blue lamps from rows of emergency vehicles and officers standing shoulder to shoulder mingling with the assembled crowds to offer their own tribute to the NHS. The Police Commissioner was leading the throbbing mass to boot. And at a stroke, we witnessed the most public flouting…
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Musical Jeers
Another day, another piece of interference from Europe. Usually, we have to endure the hollow soundbites of ‘Renew the Union’ or some such tosh syntax fabricated to lay fresh rails for the chemin de fer du gravy. This time, however, it was different. The missive came from Angela Merkel who, while not everybody’s Tasse Tee,…
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Fastest Finger First
A new mini-series about the Ingrams who finessed their way to the jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is being screened in the UK. With an accomplice, they blagged their way to the jackpot through a series of coughs (correct answers) and nose blows (incorrect answers). It all unfolded on 9th and 10th…
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Cringe Hell
I remember when the TV series Grange Hill hit UK TV screens in 1978. The series caused controversy for its true-to-life, gritty portrayal of UK comprehensive school life, which differed from the idealised depictions of earlier such programmes. It got a right caning, and people wanted it banned and canned, but it stayed the course…
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Furlough Blows
Cometh the hour, cometh the charlatan. And in business, coronafraud is not just confined to online ads by individual twicers for non-existent supplies. It’s becoming part of corporate policy. As most will know, the UK Government has stepped up to the plate and will pay 80% of an employee’s salary, up to £2,500 per month,…
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Enough Rope
After a fluffy savaging from Ireland’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this week, the EU has spluttered into action (of sorts). Yes, dear Leo is still clinging to power, courtesy of COVID-19 and a level of incompetence in Irish politics that makes the new UK Labour Shadow Cabinet seem like a brains trust. Deliciously ironic when you…
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Shop and Search
So, the lockdown is being reviewed as promised but will almost certainly be extended – no surprises there, then. As time drags on in splendid isolation, and domestic violence, obesity, and suicides spike, we will doubtless focus on the slide that we vicariously permitted when our elected representatives pushed it all through into law without…
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Theory-Eyed
In a number of countries, prisoners are being considered for an early corona release, which is slightly bonkers when you consider that prisons are arguably best suited – indeed uniquely placed – to support isolation. Not exactly the best timing either, to be pouring criminals back out onto the streets, what with police resources being…
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