This is no time to get bogged down and flush your money away

I don’t (always) mean to lower the tone, but I read last week that Vladimir Putin has £650 lavatory brushes in his Black Sea palace. This is far from his greatest crime, but I do think that’s too much to spend on a loo brush. Except, having learnt this fact and had a quick look on the internet, I’ve discovered that this isn’t even the most expensive bog brush on the market. Harrods is flogging a “diamond-cut toilet brush” for £1,220, and a goldplated version for £1,030. What has gone wrong in your life for you to believe that it’s necessary to spend over a grand on one of these things? Ikea does a perfectly good version for £3.50, and the brush is replaceable for when that part needs to be, er, retired. Let’s say no more about it.