Politicians aren’t on same wavelength
APPARENTLY, yoga is a better cure for back pain than painkillers or physio. In fairness, it has been practised for over 5000 years. Or if you’re in the DUP, since the beginning of time.
Chronic back pain is rife. A sharp stabbing pain in the back affects four out of five people in the UK at some point in our lives. The number rises to five out of five for people who have worked with Michael Gove.
Talking of which, it’s a year since Brexit. David Davies has kicked off negotiations, saying it’s not how it starts but how it finishes. That, coincidentally, is also the way he remembers the difference between his first and last names.
And while he was in Brussels, did you hear Ed Miliband covering for Jeremy Vine on Radio 2? Obviously Ed didn’t actually want the job but then heard his brother David said he was up for it, so Ed was right in there.
All joking aside, Miliband slotted right into radio. Well, at least there no one could see him eat his bacon roll. Now Iain Duncan Smith is getting in on the act, taking over hosting duties next week. And as the theme seems to be failed party leaders, we look forward to the week after, where the guest host will be a wummin called Theresa May. ●Staff at Hamilton Central Station have been demonstrating about having to work in a war zone full of teenage gangs. Hard to talk to, moody and permanently raging – just some of the words the teenagers used to describe their local train staff. ●Avocados with laser-printed barcodes are going on sale at M&S to reduce paper waste. It’s a shame as the paper barcode on an avocado is easily the most edible part.