Dublin Opinion

Sod yer Urbi et Orbi, yer Queen’s Speech and whatever passes for all-uniting festive morale-boosting propaganda broadcasts in Ireland (probably Frank (Head) Pig assuring us we can safely tuck into that rump of dioxin-infested ham) Over here at the Dublin Opinion bedsit, during the brief Christmas respite when we manage to crawl out from under the pile of pine needles shed by that fucking cheapo Christmas tree, it’s a pack of scallies from the Wirral we hear in our twisted Festive imagination, so here goes :

Greatest Christmas song since ‘Fairytale’, I reckon. A gift pack of half a dozen stale mince pies to whoever can pinpoint the moment Joey Barton appears in the afore-mentioned vid and what offence he’s evidently guilty of…
A pity HMHB will never be seen on a stage over in our beloved dioxin-free land - due to leadsinger Nigel being the Denis Bergkamp of Indie. Actually, he’s even worse than Bergkamp, as he even has a phobia about taking ferries.. Barring drastic progress in the technology of teleportation, you’re all going to have to drag your sorry arses over to Blighty to see them on a stage between now and we die.
Happy Christmas to all - with the obligatory dose of cliché and cynicism, right enough…