Spring : Lord Patel shoots first Cuckoo

A Sunny spring day beckons and the Torygraph (page 17 today) reports that the ever perfidious Gulbuddin Hekmatyr has renounced the Taliban (again) and is ready to schmooze with Karzai and his criminal pals in what passes for a Gubment in those parts.

They also report the Iranian spy chief Ali Reza Azkari (last seen Istanbul Feb 7th see pic) has done a deal and been "turned" by Mossad with the prospect of oodles of boodle, to spill the beans on his time as Iranian deputy defence Minister... It is a little known medical fact that once having secured the safety of defection, such people undergo dramatic memory losses...although Mossad no doubt has "ways and means" of dealing with this problem , that Lord Patel's previous paymasters didn't.

It is therefore encouraging that the Torygraph still publish today .. and people write letters like the following....

One is tempted to suggest she visit the Upton Park home of the Hammers where she will find plenty of discarded gaily coloured bobble hats, which ,with a little skill and modest effort, and zero cost, can be transformed into a very serviceable and durable item to fit her requirments.