Selasa, 15 Mei 2012

Elton John, don't fire David Furnish!

Elton John, don't fire David Furnish!

By Ephraim Hardcastle

PUBLISHED: 18:15 EST, 14 May 2012 | UPDATED: 02:25 EST, 15 May 2012

Late: Sir Elton John

Late: Sir Elton John

Has veteran comic John Cleese become the sad clown of cliché? He regrets never having had female groupies, confessing: ‘At 72, I’m beginning to give up hope. The only girl who ever sort of threw herself at me was when I was performing in Cardiff  in 1973. She could have played in the second row for the Welsh rugby team without anyone noticing there was anything up. So, the whole idea of girls throwing themselves at you because  of fame, it’s not part of my experience.’ Perhaps it’s as well. Even without them, thrice-married Cleese has paid out more than £12million in alimony.

Sir Elton John, 65, pictured, turned up 20 minutes late  and left 25 minutes early at his much-publicised Million Dollar Piano show  at the Colosseum in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. He splashed his drinking water all over the stage, which required an urgent mopping-up operation, before announcing that someone (on his management team) was going to be ‘f****** fired’. Hope he doesn’t mean ‘Lady John’ â€" his civil partner, David Furnish.

As head of the Liberal Democrats’ policy committee, Daniel Wood’s views are respected by the sandal-wearing classes. So it’s news when he says the electorate will ‘never again trust the party which has helped the Tories implement cuts which have harmed the poorest and most vulnerable’. Wood elaborates:  ‘The Liberal Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith, once remarked that the only way in which liberalism would be killed would be by suicide.’ Who’ll hand Nick Clegg a bottle of whisky and a revolver?

Icon: Harley-Davidson

Icon: Harley-Davidson

The humble stone cottage of Arthur Davidson near Brechin, Angus â€" he was the co-founder of Harley-Davidson motorbikes â€" has been bought by fans as a pilgrimage site. Arthur emigrated  from Scotland to the US in the mid-1850s and, with childhood friend William S. Harley, created the famous two-wheeler, pictured. Today  the company has revenue of more than £3billion. But I wonder if he would have appreciated the purely ‘heritage’ â€" ie old-fashioned â€" marketing of HD? My expert source says the sleeker, faster, easier-handling machines of our own Triumph Motorcycles leave Harleys floundering in their wake.

Controversial benefits firm A4e â€" it gets millions from the Government for finding jobs for the unemployed â€" has given its special adviser David Blunkett, the former Labour Home Secretary, a pay rise. It used to pay him up to £30,000 for part-time advice. Now it’s £35,000. Is it because the scandal-hit firm needs to keep its friends sweet?

Anna Wintour, editor of fashion bible Vogue, is thrilled that President Obama has come out in favour of gay marriage, announcing: ‘There were tears in the office today . . .’ Obama will need support from less flaky sectors of the electorate.

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What a rubbish article DM.

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Think you are comparing chalk with cheese. Harleys are leisurely tourers, Triumphs are road bikes more suited to speed. It is like comparing family saloons with hot hatches.

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When you let two boys get married and 'have' a child - like there's nothing wrong with that - then you know, there's something wrong with that, and society. No'ting against the 'boys', but this arrangement is wrong - it should not be celebrated.

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Harleys, when we ride, we always make sure those who ride them have a half decent tool kit with them.

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