When you combine Angela Merkel and François Hollande, you end up with a perfect portmanteau that neatly sums up the state of the European Union and the Eurozone. Merde. How very European. EXCLUSIVE :You can read the full transcript of the first Merde meeting HERE. Possibly ;-)
A major fire has broken out in the Williams F1 Team garage shortly after they began celebrating their Spanish Grand Prix win in Barcelona. A KERS related issue is thought to be the cause after a witnesses described an explosion at the rear of the garage, in the area where the fuel was stored. Neighbouring garages included those of Caterham,
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Back in the day when I was a wet behind the ears kid, clickers on my bicycle wheels and a pocket full of marbles, this was the popular definition of child grooming … … when I just used to sit back, close my eyes and think of Johnny Morris doing those funny voices on Animal Magic. How times have changed.
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It appears that the advocation of opposite sex marriage is against the law. Just ask ask His Grace, Archbishop Cranmer. The blogger is currently being persecuted by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for displaying an ‘offensive and homophobic’ advert on his blog. The advert was produced for the Coalition for Marriage and you can still see it being proudly displayed
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Rebekah Brooks has a full day of giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry today and the MSM are already foaming at the mouth about text messages that were sent to her by Tony Blair and David Cameron. It’s all just tittle tattle of course and if it’s anything like yesterday, when Andy Coulson gave evidence at Leveson, it’ll be a
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It’s a funny old world alright … here’s a few examples that prove it : In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals, but he is prohibited from looking
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It appears that free speech died today. Well, in Bexley anyway … as blogger and tweeter Olly Cromwell, who was found guilty of calling a councillor the C word on twitter, was sentenced at a court hearing in Bromley today. The judge handed out a 12 month community service order AND a 5 year restraining order against Olly Cromwell following
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Hang out the flags, as long as it’s the EU one and not the Union Jack of course, it’s Europe Day! So, here’s the official Max Farquar poster which has been especially commisioned for the event, at huge expense, by the tax paying public of the European union : Further opinion on this momentous occasion in celebration of a European Union united in diversity
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In a joint appearance, ahead of the Queen’s Speech tomorrow, David Cameron and Nick Clegg confirmed their coalition marriage vows today. In a tractor factory. Gordon would be proud …
Due to the fact that I have chosen to work today, I though I’d start this Bank Holiday week off with a Max Farquar Five. A chance to take a look at another selection of posts, from my humongous daily reader list, produced by truly independent bloggers. I feel sure that you won’t fail to be informed and entertained by
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The BBC are at it again … just like they do with the Strictly Come Dancing Results Show they record The Voice UK Results Show on Saturday night, straight after the live show, but don’t broadcast the elimination results until Sunday night. This leaves the BBC wide open for those in the know to let slip the singers that have
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Regular readers will know that Max Farquar isn’t exactly a big fan of football but we do like some decent mockery, so here’s an advert for goal line technology which I found rather amusing. The basis of this Paddy Power commercial is that all England Footballers are rampant, as far as the opposite sex is concerned, and has little to
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Ed Miliband gets wacked with an egg during a tv interview about the local election results. The jokes write themselves … Egg Miliband, Red Ed Egg etc., etc. …
It seems that there are a couple of interesting witnesses due to appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week. Andy Coulson is listed to give evidence on Thursday 10th May with Rebekah Brooks following on Friday 11th May. With well-known links to David Cameron, it could be an episode of friends that’s worth a watch … However, following the rather
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Here’s an early result in the London Mayoral Election. Of Sorts. Two fingers from Ken Livingstone, during some last minute campaigning on voting day … The original can be found here, complete with the caption … ‘This campaigner just got his hand bitten by a dog delivering Labour leaflets’. Quite how a dog managed to bite off two fingers with
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