Updates from Oh-Blimey land

The brits love to hear someone talk. Just listen to the Beeb or the radio. They just go on & on inanely in their clipped accent. Here is a sampler of the top issues on the airways :
a. John Prescott confesses he secretly suffered from bulimia. Thank you sir! Now we have to suffer daily updates on where you ate, how you ate, why you ate. In a fine piece of investigative journalism, we also got to see that chinese restaurant where you allegedly ‘ran through the menu’; though the staff had a different version of you running through a set lunch menu. Now that is a revelation – he’s no better than many of us who diligently run through a set menu.
b. Today I heard a noon talk show on whether prisoners deserve good conditions while they are incarcerated. Good meaning whether they should be allowed to watch TV in their cells. One caller, claiming to have a vague military background felt that this was rich given that ‘our lads are on the frontline, with orders to kill & they don’t get to see TV, so why should prisoners’. Then there was a policeman who confessed that ‘hearing this debate, I don’t think I’ll go for a career in the prison service’! Yeah now that’s a major career downer for him – what a brave sacrifice to make!
c. Mayor of London – Elections are around the corner. There are 3 dudes in the race –the incumbent Kenny boy, the rabble rouser Boris & the lightweight whats-his-name? Mr lightweight is there to make up the numbers & is apparently openly gay & a liberal democrat (unclear which is the bigger disqualification). Everyone seems to be pretty cheesed off with Kenny boy because he keeps accusing everyone of being racist when they question some of his pals on how they spend their tax monies. Boris is – literally – the joker in the pack. Sample this – on a debate he was asked hwo he could stand for office when he had zero experience in public office & in running a tight organisation of any sorts. His aggressive response with just the right touch of indignation was that ‘it was downright untrue; he has hands-on experience in cost-cutting having sacked 20 people personally!’ I’m running scared man!