Anyone who has walked around the streets of London recently will have noticed the rise in people doing anything and everything to get hold of our money. I expect muggers but not chuggers (charity collectors with clipboards and a sadistic smile).

 

This blog has been laying dormant for some time and I've decided to start up again.  However, today I am going to use the words of my hero, Eric Morecambe.

This Christmas there was a noble battle in the world of entertainment; the war for Christmas Number 1.  Year after year Simon Cowell's endless army of reality TV stars invade the charts and take the previously coveted number 1 spot without blinking an eyelid.  So easily do they achieve this that huge stars of reputable ability avoid releasing singles at Christmas knowing that a number 2 would blot their copy book.  It's not worth going up against the machine... or is it?