Gordon’s priorities
It's good to see that our beloved great leader Gordon Brown (I like to call him GODRON, personally) is spending his time concentrating on the really important issues.
"Gordon Brown has sparked controversy on the eve of the Commonwealth summit by suggesting he backs the sweeping away of 300-year-old laws that prevent Roman Catholics ascending to the Throne. Mr Brown is also keen to change the ancient rule of primogeniture, which stipulates that men must always take precedence over a woman in line to the throne."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6931557.ece
If you ask me that's FANTASTIC news, obviously the economy is going swimmingly, there's no looming energy crisis, everything is hunky-dory and the pressing issue on everyone's mind is the order of succession!
How about doing something useful, Gordon, and calling a fucking election, you fat useless waddling one-eyed Scotch gormless prune-faced meglaomaniac fucking arsehole.
Birmingham: biggest burger
Birmingham is home to "Britain's Biggest Burger" (according to the Sunday Mercury, anyway)
The mound of meat is available just off M42 J2, and features 4 burger patties (of unspecified size), 8 rashers of bacon, 8 cheese slices, and for some reason some lettuce and tomato as well.
Yours for only £8.
That photo is genuinely making me hungry. Unsurprisingly, the British Heart Foundation isn't happy. I will not dignify them by reproducing their quote.
£150k to send ‘artists’ to Arctic for ‘inspiration’
Here is something I found on the blog of David Thompson, seemingly £150,000 of Arts Council (read "taxpayer's") money was spent on sending a gaggle of arty types to the polar regions, "to inspire the creative team to respond to climate change".
Highlights include the projection of images onto a glacier, the opening of a CO2 cylinder (profound) and the collection of poppies. It is unknown what the 'carbon footprint' of the carbon-footprint-awareness junket was (seemingly always the case).
£150,000 of your and my money well spent then.
Full details here: http://davidthompson.typepad.com/davidthompson/2009/11/artists-for-gaia.html