Harvey Wallenstein

Who or what is Harvey Wallenstein? Till a week ago I had never heard of him nor  - at a rough guess-  had 99.9999% of the population of the UK so why have we had his repulsive features spread over even the quality press.  Honestly I don't know. Apparently he is a top Hollywood film producer and is, by all accounts, a sexual predator. Having been brought up on such salacious reads as the Carpet Baggers  and Valley of the Dolls I thought such behaviour by Hollywood film moguls was par for the course so can't help wondering what all the fuss is about.

Of course the real joke is our Harvey was  a 'right on' member of the 'liberal' establishment. donating money to Hillary Clinton's campaign  and raising many millions for the Democrats over the last twenty odd years. Don't you love it when a full on member of the 'liberal establishment' is found with his trousers down. 

Now we read that Harvey has gone into a clinic to have his 'sex addiction' treated. I can't help wondering how you treat 'sex addiction.'  Do clinics - as public schools allegedly used to - pop Bromide in patients tea in the morning in order to calm natural urges.  In fact an old fashioned English Public School regime might be just the thing for Harvey.  An early morning run, in just a pair of shorts, followed by a cold shower should cool his ardour. Follow that up with nearly inedible food and compulsory games he might lose some weight as well. What though if he misbehaved?  Would Harvey relish receiving six of the best on his voluminous bare behind or would he screech like Billy Bunter did when beaten?  Yes, I think I can safely say that if Harvey attended my specialist clinic for sex addicts he would  emerge as a very different person, possibly even a better one.     

Paying for a 'hard' Brexit

Talk about a row over nothing. One the one hand there is that arch weasel Hammond saying that he has 'not put any money aside' to pay for a 'hard Brexit' and then there is the Prime Minister seemingly contradicting him. The truth is that we don't have to put any money aside to pay for a 'hard Breixt' because if that happens we certainly won't be paying Europe anything like the £30 billion plus they are demanding from us - not to mention our annual membership 'fee' of £13 billion.  In other words we will have simply oodles of money to help smooth the path of leaving Europe.

But all this talk of 'hard or 'soft' Brexit is so much eyewash. The truth is that a 'hard' Brexit will happen. It is simply a matter of mathematics. Twenty seven countries will have to agree the terms of a 'soft Brexit.'  Can you imagine how difficult it will be to get all twenty seven to agree on something so contentious and momentous. Each country will have a particular axe to grind. Spain will want access to our fishing grounds as will France and the Netherlands. Poland, Roumania and Bulgaria will want a special deal for their citizens in the UK ,Germany will want to ply the part of Miss Whiplash and give us 'six of the best' before allowing us to leave and so on.  In other words what is being played out by the Mrs May and her acolytes is a charade designed to show the 'Remainers' in her party and in the country at large that she has really tried to do a fair deal but it is the hard liners on the other side of the Channel who by demanding impossible conditions have made it imposible