Peter Connelly of The Observer had effortlessly explained the context of Aardman’s ‘Early Man’ as a prehistoric Brexit parable, or the Churchill epic ‘Darkest Hour’ as the origin of the ‘Britain alone’ narrative that resulted in the Leave vote in 2016. [read...]
‘It says here in the manual, to reboot the government, simultaneously hold down the nuclear launch button and the White House toaster,’ [read...]
One correspondent confessed: ‘I had considered just wrapping the letter around a dead fish and sending it recorded delivery. But in the end I plumped for ‘kind regards’ – the ‘yo momma’ of farewells. I also sent the fish separately – as everyone still needs their omega-3 fatty acids.’ [read...]
Google is launching a new online accountancy service, Google Diddle, just in time for the tax return deadline of 31 January. The tech giant demonstrated its awesome commanded of UK tax legislation when it agreed to pay £130m in taxes dating back to 2005 following a six year inquiry by HMRC costing UK taxpayers £130 million. [read...]
