Review of the Year 2010 (part 3)

Concluding my personal review of the past year...

September :

The Labour leadership battle AND a Papal visit. My cup runneth over! The parable of Cain and Abel all over again in the gospel according to New Labour - or is it back to Old Labour? It's becoming rather hard to tell. The shock of it all was too much for me so I buggered off to Greece again for some more Metaxa therapy.

Having watched David Miliband commit political hari kiri (very gratifying), I was dismayed to see the deputy governor of the Bank of England talking out of his arse and still keeping is job. My piss bolier of the year was a geezer called Mr Bean telling us that we all ought to be spending more for the good of the country. Happy to oblige, mate - just give us our income back by raising the interest rates.

October :

A milestone month for me. To commemorate the Pope's rather unwelcome visit to the UK, I recorded a little number called the Ratshitter Rap which earned me the accolade of my first death threat and a nomination on 'Unforgiven' for being a blaspheming heretic after the post was picked up by the Catholic Herald. Great readership figures and proof positive that religious nutters have no sense of humour. I got my own back by nominating my detractors on '...is a cunt' as this seemed only fair!

Having had quite enough of that, I buggered off to the Pacific for a well earned rest...

November :

...returning in November. I got enough material from the very strange people I met and the even stranger bars I went drinking in to give me pretty much enough posts to keep me going until Christmas! This month also saw the launch of my Cunt of the Year Awards - although I suppose it was inevitable that no-one was ever going to beat the dreaded snot gobbler Brown. Maybe next year will be more competitive?

December :

Ah, the season of goodwill is upon us and herefore needs to be marked with a damn good riot. This was supposedly about tuition fees, but did coincide with the release of Gordon's new book which confirms for us irks that it was all someone else's fault and if we had only listened to him, then everything would have been alright. Well, it is the season of fairy tales I suppose and it would likely make a good pantomime.

Only time will tell what happens over the Wikileaks affair. It's certainly livened up the run up to Christmas!Will the CIA manage to screw Assange?  Will any of us still be able to speak our minds this time next year? Can the internet be censored? One thing is certain - they're certainly having a damned good try...

I hope you enjoyed the musical efforts I made and the posts I have put in in my first year. You have rewarded me with 25,000 hits for which I sincerely thank you. I will try to keep you entertained and informed for another year.

Have a great 2011 - enjoy it while you can as we have the crock of shit known as the Olympics to look forward to in 2012...