Cold Pasty Assassination

George Osborne, someone on the radio was saying, 'has dug a hole for himself and then fallen into it.' Having once worked with him, I have to say that this sounds like exactly the kind of thing he might do. But you can't help feeling a little bit sorry for him, when even the Daily Mail are attacking him, and what they called the other day his 'insane child benefit plans'. Insane? That's a bit strong. I mean, it isn't like he's taken child benefit away from parents and given it to mice. That would be insane.

Instead he has come up with the idea of telling taxpayers exactly where their money is going. This would be quite exciting if everybody's money went on something different - if, for example, mine went on nuclear weapons and Dave's went on free cheese, and we could swap if we wanted. But apparently it isn't like that.

Also oozing out of the radio was Dennis Waterman's controversial idea that some women (specifically Rula Lenska) deserve a good slap. This prompted one listener to ring in and say that his wife had 'spent fifteen years trying to make me hit her.' Yes, I think I went to a dinner party round theirs once. Bit of an atmosphere, as I recall.