A Brit on pole position at Silverstone?
And a Brit in a Wimbledon final?
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Allons enfants…
I sat with a despondent sense of doom (or a doomed sense of despondency) as two unrated unfancied French nobodies, out of their depth at this stage of the competition, M Gasquet and Mlle Bartoli, took on two giants of the game, Mr Roddick and Miss Henin, in their respective singles at SW19 today and immediately started the process of losing very badly, right on cue.
Then, just as it was time for dinner, they went and staved off the inevitable for one moment by taking a set off their illustrious opponents, thereby saving some face and delaying my dinner.
Then….well, then they both won! Well done for knocking cycling off the front of l’Equipe for one day. I’ll print your pictures, because come Sunday, trust me, no-one will remember who you were…
Red Light Spells Danger
Half of Jessop’s tits have gone up.
Do you think things might not be entirely right with this country’s economy?
Rod The Mod’s haircut c.1974
Three days back at work – only 35 more years to go – and it occurs to me that in-house commercial lawyers are a lot like toilet brushes: neither can do their job properly without coming into contact with massive shits.
Panic on the streets of Kensington & Chelsea…
1.04pm: this just in from BBC News:
Tories ‘will not change strategy’
There will be “absolutely no change in strategy” by the Conservatives, shadow chancellor George Osborne has said.
Followed at 2.43pm by, er, this from BBC News:
Tories ‘will listen’ over terror
The Tories have promised to “listen to new evidence” for holding terror suspects for longer without charge. Shadow chancellor George Osborne told the BBC his party was open-minded.
Where’s Malcolm Tucker when you need him?