It seems that the Government is considering a u-turn over its decision to downgrade cannabis from a class B to a class C drug. The reason for this suggested back down is that they’ve discovered cannabis might be harmful to some blissfully unaware ’spliffers’. A group called Rethink Severe Mental Illness has been lobbying the […]

A tabloid scribbler named Daniel Boffey has managed to get a job as a switchboard operator at the House of Commons by using a fake CV. Good for you sir! Although we can’t condone such fraudulent behaviour, it must come as a relief to his family to see him in gainful employment at last. And […]

We at Blighty missed the Ig Nobel prize for biology in 2002 and were therefore unaware of Chris McManus’ learned work on ’scrotal asymmetry’ that won the (un)coveted prize. We’re grateful to the Guardian for bringing it to our attention now.
If you haven’t read this treatise on all things testicular, you might be unaware […]

Here at Blighty we were up early enough this morning to catch the back end of the Today programme on Radio 4. They were discussing the idea that the real opposition to the Labour Government was not on the benches across from them, and not even over in t’other chamber where the half-asleep unelected preside, […]

The US might be in love with the gun, but here in dear old Blighty we hold up betting shops with bananas. Robert Downey, a real English character, and crack addict, thrust a banana through the security screen at the shop in Tower Hamlets threatening to shoot staff if they didn’t hand over money. But […]

Gordon Brown has delivered his last budget of this Parliament. If you’re a pensioner, have children, want to buy a house for up to 120k or have moderately wealthy relatives about to shuffle off this mortal coil then you’re quids in. If you want to have a beer to celebrate it’ll cost you a penny […]

The long list for the Orange Prize for Fiction has been announced. We’d show it to you but it’s a bit… well, long. There are 20 novels on it. It’s an award only open to women, from anywhere in the world, and the winner gets £30,000 to spend on ink. The panel of judges is […]

Unemployed royal Prince Charles is to have a quiet do when he gets married to the tabloid villain Camilla. A quick nip down to the local registry office on a Saturday afternoon kind of thing, then onto the social club for a bit of a knees up. Apparently his mum won’t be there. Miserable old […]

Efforts seem afoot to push religion into the political arena in the forthcoming election. The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, and Tory leader Michael Howard all seem to think abortion should be an election issue. Here at Blighty we say it should not. We think that perhaps this terrible trio are mistaking Britain […]

All those wanting to give Tony Blair a bloody nose might be heartened by the latest poll. It puts Labour only 5 points ahead of the tories. Yes, we said ‘only’. In a poll last month Labour were a massive 12 points ahead. This seems strange to us at Blighty. We thought everyone was voting […]