Tag Archives: the-now-show
Government targets obesity
According to the BBC The government has launched a healthy living campaign in a bid to stem rising obesity rates in England. A perfect excuse to wheel out one of my favourite clips from Marcus Brigstocke on The Now Show: … Continue reading
Mr T speed walking Snickers ad banned
Take a chuckle at this advert: Now have a listen to this [Audio clip: view full post to listen] And a read of this The world has gone mad
Channel 4 to be censured for fake “documentary”.
In March 2007, Channel 4 screened a fake/hoax documentary (fokumentary?) called The Great Global Warming Swindle. And a lot of people fell for it. Unfortunately, some of the more, shall we put it “cerebrally challenged” saw fit to embarrass themselves … Continue reading
Council bans brainstorming
From The Telegraph (and many others) Meaningless jargon and trendy buzzwords should be banned from town halls, it was claimed, after one council introduced the term “thought showers” to replace “brainstorming”. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent ordered the change … Continue reading
ETS Europe SATS marking company – massive stuff-up
ANOTHER huge stuff-up from American-based marking company, ETS Europe. Just read the above – what a sorry story. And apparently, they use GCSE students to mark the papers! Un-be-lievable. And I heard a bit about it Radio 4 this morning … Continue reading
The word “chav” is now politically incorrect.
You are really, really not going to believe this – here are a few brown pearls of wisdom from Tom Hampson of the Fabian Society (the people that brought you political correctness). UPDATE: Jon Holmes covered this on The Now … Continue reading
Marcus Brigstocke from The Now Show on Fox Hunting
So, the hunt ban took more parliamentary time than ANYTHING since the war. Here’s Marcus Brigstocke from The Now Show giving a view which comes across as surprising for a lefty comedian, but in fact he presents a nicely balance … Continue reading
