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Just when you’d thought you’d had all the foodie metaphors around the imminent downfall of Mr Johnson, along comes the cream tea plot – so called because the MPs who are now openly conspiring against their leader come from Devon. Is it because they think he’s scone? Or in a jam? While cream tea sounds…

Quote of the week – in fact, very possibly of the decade, goes to MP Conor Burns who claims Boris was  “ambushed by a cake”.  The ensuing brouhaha reveals that Boris has form on this, having been ambushed by a cake on the Peston Show in 2016. It was part of a limp gag about having his…

With any luck, last Monday, January 17th passed you by without too much grief. It was, after all, Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year apparently. Blue Monday is based on a “scientific formula” that includes variants such as debt level, time since Christmas and time elapsed since breaking New Year resolutions.  Cod…

Britain is presently undergoing a period of existential angst. The privations of lockdown and now the disgraceful antics of our political and royal (allegedly) leaders have left a bit of a sour taste in the nation’s collective mouth.  So, perhaps it’s comforting to note that across the Channel, our French neighbours are also having something…

Are you fed up with reviews of the past year – and predictions for the next? We were at Insight, so, in deference to the late, great Gil Scott-Heron’s assertion that the revolution will not be televised, we thought we’d give you our predictions of what won’t happen in 2022.  Back in the 1970’s, Scott-Heron’s…

God knows, Matt Hancock has a lot to answer for. Not least, his rather unceremonious departure from his post as Health Secretary earlier this year, after a slightly stomach-churning video of him snogging his aide was leaked, amid his own restrictions on social distancing. His handling of the pandemic in general, many on both sides…

It’s been a week of highs and lows in PR Land – and some truly excruciating interviews. First, a tip of the hat to the people at kitchen gadget manufacturer, Morphy Richards.  Their headline grabber was based on a competition to find the owner of Britain’s oldest electric iron. Step forward Orpington’s Chris West who was declared winner with an…

Travel, it’s said, broadens the mind. Well, that kind of depends on your destination, your travel companions, your method of conveyance and, more poignantly these days, the hassle factor involved by travelling at a time of pestilence and contagion.  How quickly we forget the ease of flying and flopping somewhere on a whim – and paying…