Welcome to another scorching edition of the Frank Report. Like the Lionesses, it seems everyone has brought their A-game this week – isn’t it amazing what you can do when you try? Take British summertime for instance. In all my 43 years, I can only recall one decent holiday period where it didn’t piss down […]
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It’s been a rebrand-heavy week, particularly among the Tory hopefuls at Westminster. Having spent the past 12 years masquerading as the ‘Net Zero Big Girl’s Blouse Brigade’, the Conservative Party has suddenly discovered the notion of conservatism. The pledges have been coming fast and furious, with Sunak and Truss simultaneously promising an assault on woke
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The nation’s attention may have switched to the Commonwealth Games this week, but the Frank Report remains concerned with the uncommon wealth vying for the keys to Downing Street. The Red Wall’s favourite billionaire, Rishi Sunak, may need to work a little on his ‘man of the people shtick’, but so too it seems does
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Unlike politicians, the sun held up its end of the bargain this week. The extreme heat warning was even extended to the East of Scotland, where temperatures reached a staggering 30 degrees (and that’s before you get inside the kilt). Our beloved NHS set aside a tranche of its £190 Bn budget to inform us
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Welcome to another edition of the Frank Report, and it’s more doom and gloom this week I’m afraid. Covid cases have hit a record high in the UK with daily symptomatic infections ‘soaring’ to 351,546. And yet, Britons are not nearly as terrified as they should be – only three in ten of us are
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As a rule of thumb, the Frank Report endeavours to cover all the major stories from the past week. The resignation of Boris Johnson however, does require a little more than a paragraph. As the nation bids farewell to Bozza, stabbed in the back more times than a Julius Caesar understudy, we reflect on his
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Welcome to a financially turbulent edition of the Frank Report. If you’re feeling the pinch these days don’t worry – you’re in good company. Even at the palace, rumours are that Her Majesty is having to tighten the purse strings. Since Covid, the Royal coffers are short to the tune of £14M, which leaves The
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It’s been an abortion-heavy week, as the United States reappraises sanctity of life versus a woman’s right to choose. A cursory glance at the recent Supreme Court ruling appears to indicate America’s preference for chaperoning foetuses safely through the uterus, just long enough to give them the Covid vaccine; which should finish the job properly.
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Welcome to a special Father’s Day edition of the Frank Report – the special being that in 2022, fathers are increasingly in short supply. As gas hits $5 a barrel, toxic masculinity it seems has done a runner. Prospective fathers are now shunning a bit of how’s your father, for fear of the dreaded monkeypox.
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Another Sunday, another breakfast in bed (I trust?), and we look back on another Royal-heavy week together, as yesterday marked the Queen’s official 96th birthday. As one approaches one’s centenary, it would be nice to put one’s feet up a little. Sadly, I fear Her Majesty is going to spend the weekend deciding which member
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