It's a girl!

Another great achievement for the human race – A man, who is American, has given birth to a baby. I was rather disappointed to learn that the man was in fact a semi-transexual woman who has had what appears to be half a sex-change (the top half, for those of you who need me to draw a diagram). He/She has already appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and will now be writing a book. I am glad to see that even a sex change can not stop a mother from from caring above all about her money.., I mean child's welfare. Anyway, congratulations to you, sir and/or madam, on the birth of your new daughter (at least for now).

My successors as Members of Parliament, meanwhile, have been letting the side down again by voting to keep their apparently unlimited expenses on top of their salaries. I just can't understand why they feel the need. In my day if you wanted a nice house you just used your position to get yourself a few consultancies with ICI or BP – they'd give you all the money you want and all you'd have to do was look out for their interests in the House. These new politicians, on the other hand, seem to want to spend all their time hanging around television studios or, even worse, representing their constituents! Sometimes I wonder where it all went wrong.