The Chinese Do Make Vast

The Nanny Seemed To Be Extinct Until 1975, When, Like The Coelacanth, She Suddenly And Unexpectedly Reappeared In The Shape Of Margaret Thatcher.

Until Now Their Line Has Been That The Tories Are Incapable Of Doing Anything About Poverty, And Aren't Interested In Doing It In The First Place. By Contrast, Labour Says, We Are Also Incapable Of Doing Anything About Poverty, But Would Dearly Love To Do Something. If We Knew What.

The British Are The Last National Group Who Can Be Insulted By Hollywood Without Any Comeback. These Days If You Depict Italians As Gangsters, Saudis As Terrorists Or Mexicans As Violent Drug Dealers You'll Never Hear The End Of It. But As Still The Largest - And Possibly The Richest - Ethnic Group In The States, The British Just Have To Take It.

Life Was So Much Simpler In Pre-video Days When Everyone Refused Invitations Because The 'forsyte Saga' Was On. Now We All Just Have A Long List Of Unwatched Shows, All Of Which, It Seems, Our Friends Are Raving About. I Feel As Outdated As If I Wore A Fair Isle Sweater, Ate Pot Noodle And Had A Two-bar Electric Fire In The Sitting Room.

I Know Of No Wars Started By Anyone To Impose Lack Of Religion On Someone Else.