Professional Tennis

As Wimbledon strolled to its moribund conclusion we were once again reminded that at the top level men and women are only equal when it comes to prize money. What a nonsense. In a tournament where one match covered 3 days in the men’s draw, the Cynical Eye feels that the 67 minute women’s final didn’t quite deliver fair value. Get real ladies and take a pay cut.

UK Government ‘Spending Cuts’

Only in the eyes of the vast body of civil servants can a cut occur to something that has yet to exist. What nonsense. This is clearly an attempt to exert the rhetoric of the ‘kept classes’ which has been so apparent for the past 13 years. Good riddance.

The World Cup

The world’s most popular sporting event sadly drifted into farce at the final. The Prima Donna ‘sportsman’s’ inability to play football amplified by honed skills in the arena of fouling. What a nonsense. How much do these people have to be paid to be bothered to perform? The clear star of the tournament, Paul the octopus, born in England, giving some hope that Britain can indeed perform at the top level.

En Primeur Bordeaux 2009

The profiteering of the first growth vineyards actively indulged by the wealthy ‘keeping up with the oligarch’ classes is a nonsense. The majority of wine producers around the world bottling good quality wine, struggle financially. Robert Parker doesn’t need to tell us that Margaux is good wine; or that a ‘98 pointer’ is better than a ‘92 pointer’. Thanks but no thanks Robert.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

The attempts of Mr Obama to divert attention from his floundering term in office by dictating terms to a corporation like BP. A UK oil company that had hired local US ‘expertise’ that have since walked away without blame. What nonsense. Is the world’s biggest consumer of oil becoming even more protectionist?  Time for Britain to move on and find another ‘special’ relationship.