Vladimir PUTIN Are you going to ruin our economies again Barack?
Barack OBAMA Might do.
Today it seems I’ve watched everything on TV. The five afternoon movie is ‘Evel’, starring CSI’s George Eads as the stuntman (seen it) and I’ve seen the Diagnosis Murder. OK, I haven’t seen Jeremy Kyle, but I’ve seen The X-Factor this week, so I’ve had my fill of unattractive badly dressed people making an aurally [...]
It’s Saturday night and I’m one of the 19 million watching the Britain’s Got Talent final. Having previously missed every second of this year’s BGT, I find the whole 150 minute spectacular an unpleasantly entertainment-free experience akin to cleansing one’s urethra with an icepick. The ‘talent’ seems never-ending. Pudding-bowl boy soprano Liam McNally sings a note perfect Danny Boy. Ant & Dec ask him how he slept [...]
Dear Mr Cowell, I know this is only a TV show; that Lucie Jones was never going to win it; that next year or next week there’ll be another teenager with another dream who has to give it up. But you lied, and I thought you were better than that. Before the sing-off you said “Forget the past – we’ll [...]