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Local Government Councillors
October 11, 2004 – 7:35 am | No Comment

The charge: that they did wilfully and systematically bring into disrepute the name of local democracy through the pursuance of vainglorious self-gratification; further that they did allow the pompous, egotistical and disrespectful amongst their number to dominate to the detriment of the constituents whom they are elected to serve and the officers who are charged to implement their half-witted, lamebrained policies

The Nissan Micra
October 4, 2004 – 8:24 am | No Comment

The charge: that the accused did wilfully and with malice aforethought manufacture very small low-powered cars and flagrantly market the same to immensely fat people with poor spatial awareness thereby preventing commuters from going about their rightful daily business

Olympics Not Ideal
August 17, 2004 – 10:06 pm | No Comment

You’d think they’d get the message, but it seems that no matter how few people turn up to the festival of contrived sports that is the modern Olympic Games, they still persist in holding them.
The …

Free Jeremy Clarkson!
June 10, 2004 – 10:07 pm | No Comment

It’s just not fair, that poor man.
I speak, of course, of Jeremy Clarkson. We live in an age where intolerance will simply not be tolerated and yet poor Jeremy still feels unable to declare his …

Pining for the fjords
April 13, 2004 – 8:21 am | No Comment

The charge: that he deliberately and wittingly lures feeble-brained victims to his lair and there wrongfully imprisons them for a very long time, robbing them of their money and throwing them back out onto the street clutching unwanted low-quality items of furniture

School’s A Scandal
March 17, 2004 – 6:44 am | No Comment

The charge: that they wantonly and negligently stand by and do nothing while our Education system lurches from crisis to crisis, leading to a dumbing-down of academic and social standards

Tesco the Oppressor
March 9, 2004 – 10:09 pm | No Comment

Brothers and sisters, a great wrong has been done. I discovered today that my local “Big Issue” seller has been repeatedly moved on from his preferred patch outside Tesco by the management of the store.
I’m …

Nescafe No More
March 8, 2004 – 10:10 pm | No Comment

Fair trade fortnight is finally here! It’s taken seven years to get off the ground but we’ll finally be able to sink the boot into Nescafe. Gold Blend? That couple would be the first against …