As You Sow

Another proud day for the British body politic. Blair appears before the Iraq Commission and makes a spirited defence of his conduct which amounts to what we all suspected in the first place, that he knew best, that he still knows best, that there are times when men of destiny such as he have to act for the global good. He's not bullshitting you know - he genuinely believes this stuff. Blow by blow account at Iraq Enquiry

Meanwhile back on earth the Downing Street Director of Communications resigns because the publicity about what he might have known when he was editor of The Geriatric Wankers' Weekly is preventing him from giving the required '110%' to his job - Coulson Goes - Leaving aside the puerile drivel involved in stating that any job can require more than 100% effort (one had rather hoped that only footballers went in for this sort of crap) we have the distasteful sight of a man losing his job for something he denies he did (with Ed Milliband lobbing in some sanctimonious tripe from the sidelines) because of the malign hold our gutter press has over public sensibilities. Irony of ironies, this is the lynch-mob mentality which Coulson and his tribe have created in the first place. In a development you really couldn't make up I read that one of the celebrities taking legal action against Coulson's former organ is the parasite's parasite Max Clifford. If ever a legal action deserved to be ruled a nil-nil draw with each side bearing its own huge costs, this must be it.

And yet there is more. Alan Johnson comes across as a thoroughly decent sort of bloke, so of course he has lasted about three minutes as shadow chancellor and retreats to the back benches to rescue what is left of his dignity. Johnson Quits In his place comes the snarling Ed Balls to take on the oleaginous George Osborne. Another scoreless draw would seem the best one can hope for. Just to top it all Coulson's resignation is cynically timed to coincide with Blair giving evidence. These knob heads never learn do they.

Still, look on the bright side. I signed my tax return today and according to that I am due a small refund. Let joy be unconfined as I prepare to kick-start the economy with my £330.  I bet I'll make a better fist of it than successive governments.