Ross,Brand and a very silly idea.

I don't know if the Jonathan Ross / Russell Brand fiasco has been deliberately engineered to take our minds of the impending recession but it might as well have been. I'm prepared to accept that both Ross and  Brand are overpaid tossers, reproductive parts of the first water and a general waste of space but aren't we making just a bit too much fuss about all this?

Meanwhile, the prize for dim idea of the week goes to DEFRA who announced that in future schools and charities that have a compost heap (it's not clear yet if that includes allotment societies) will have to pay an annual £50 fee to be exempt from a recycling license. This master-plan will be administered by the Environment Agency who will also be responsible for INSPECTING THE SITE OF EVERY COMPOST HEAP.  Sometimes I feel like I'm losing the will to live.