Gavin’s Gaily Gigest

I suppose it needed to be said for the benefit of any phoney Pharaohs out there, but:
There is “not a shred of evidence” that the Duke of Edinburgh ordered Princess Diana’s death or that it was organised by MI6, the inquest has heard.
Coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker said jurors could find that Diana and Dodi [...]

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Or at least according to um… pro-referendum campaigning group I Want a Referendum. The words "no surprise there then" leap to mind, which is why I’m wondering why BBC News thought it worth a write up. Look out for future BBC News stories revealing that Iraq as the least favourite holiday destination and Gary Glitter [...]

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The frequently infrequent No Shit Sherlock award makes a welcome return today. The lucky winner is Civitas, with their startling revelation that NHS care favours the middle class. I quote from the BBC News:
Mr Seddon [author of the Civitas report] said this was partly attributable to the fact that middle classes were more assertive, articulate [...]

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The less-than-welcome return of No Shit Sherlock, with the revelation that people believe bright schoolchildren do better when grouped with (guess who) bright schoolchildren.

And there I was believing that being stuck next to Thicko Johnson in Science class helped me in my GCSEs, as well as endangering my life when he forgot to close the [...]

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Charles Kennedy, (current) leader of the Liberal Democrats and all round nice bloke, has admitted to have a drinking problem.

Ginger Ale

Watch out for revelations that the Pope is a Catholic and guns kill people.
Previous No Shit Sherlocks:
Zimbabwe and The InterpreterBNP are RacistIraq has no link to 9/11 attacks

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A sure fire contender for the No Shit Sherlock Award is Zimbabwe’s Acting Information Minister, Chen Chimutengwende, who has claimed that The Interpreter is part of a CIA-sponsered campaign against Zimbabwe.Whilst it’s certainly not “CIA-sponsered”, it is an attack against Zimbabwe, but then that’s what happens when you kill people isn’t it Mr Silly. Say [...]

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The BBC have discovered that the BNP are racist.I think we have a new contender for the “No-Shit Sherlock Award”.

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This year’s No Shit Sherlock Award (£10 cash prize and golden toilet seat winging their way to the winner) goes to the US 9/11 Commission for the startling revelation that Iraq had no link to the 11 September attacks. Took them a while didn’t it. It must’ve been very confusing for them when 15 of [...]

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