A bear of very little brains
The snow has gone. Well, almost. All we have left are dirty pyramids of scummy snow squatting on street corners and the occasional scab of ice waiting to be picked clean by the warmer weather. The roads and pavements are still covered in grit and it's like walking to work through muesli. Better that however than skidding and sliding. Most people I know, myself and my wife included, have fallen at least once in the recent snow and ice. It's also warmer now of course and the central heating in the house can be returned to its normal settings. No more 24-hour heating at full blast needed, a boon to the planet but a dent in the profits of the energy companies. Won't they have made a killing during the cold snap! Why doesn't Osborne slap a one-off tax on them, a Cold-Weather Excessive Profits Tax, as well as the Odious Bankers Obscene Bonuses Tax? No, sorry, I'm being silly. He's a right-wing Conservative politician and a very rich man in thrall to big business. Not to mention a bear of very little brains. (Sorry Winnie, no insult intended.) Why on earth would he want to do that? Why, isn't it true that the additional revenue that will accrue to the Treasury because of the increase in VAT to 20% (a 'progressive tax', remember) is roughly equivalent to the sum of money the bankers will pay themselves? I do like Alex Ferguson's riposte to a player's agent who asked for a bonus because of his goal-scoring record. 'He's a striker. Strikers score goals. Why should he get a bonus for doing his job properly?' While you're thinking about that, which of the characters in the delightful E.H.Shepherd drawing above is Cameron and which is Clegg? And which of the characters below is Osborne?
The snow has gone. Well, almost. All we have left are dirty pyramids of scummy snow squatting on street corners and the occasional scab of ice waiting to be picked clean by the warmer weather. The roads and pavements are still covered in grit and it's like walking to work through muesli. Better that however than skidding and sliding. Most people I know, myself and my wife included, have fallen at least once in the recent snow and ice. It's also warmer now of course and the central heating in the house can be returned to its normal settings. No more 24-hour heating at full blast needed, a boon to the planet but a dent in the profits of the energy companies. Won't they have made a killing during the cold snap! Why doesn't Osborne slap a one-off tax on them, a Cold-Weather Excessive Profits Tax, as well as the Odious Bankers Obscene Bonuses Tax? No, sorry, I'm being silly. He's a right-wing Conservative politician and a very rich man in thrall to big business. Not to mention a bear of very little brains. (Sorry Winnie, no insult intended.) Why on earth would he want to do that? Why, isn't it true that the additional revenue that will accrue to the Treasury because of the increase in VAT to 20% (a 'progressive tax', remember) is roughly equivalent to the sum of money the bankers will pay themselves? I do like Alex Ferguson's riposte to a player's agent who asked for a bonus because of his goal-scoring record. 'He's a striker. Strikers score goals. Why should he get a bonus for doing his job properly?' While you're thinking about that, which of the characters in the delightful E.H.Shepherd drawing above is Cameron and which is Clegg? And which of the characters below is Osborne? 
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