Saturday 15^th October – has ‘The Donald’ finally blown it as women come out of the woodwork with alleged assaults? With no time to examine and challenge the allegations Trump has to let them run and fight them any way he can. That guarantees a fascinating final debate with Hilary. Bill Clinton might want use earplugs and under no circumstances smoke a cigar.  And what a brilliant diversion to suggest drug tests before the debate? It would finally reduce the election of the most powerful person on the planet to a sporting event. At least that would strike a chord with the millions worldwide that view politicians with distaste.

    Sunday 16^th October – back to the real world at last. A bloke in Honduras has had to have his penis amputated after getting it stuck in a bottle for four days. When it went black and began to rot he finally overcame his embarrassment and went to hospital. The surgeon who performed the operation has repositioned the urethra so that the patient can urinate. With no information about the repositioning you wouldn’t want to stand next to him in the urinal, especially if you were wearing decent shoes. I see him as another victim of the switch from glass bottles to the everlasting plastic. He could have smashed a glass one!

    Britain and the US are considering economic sanctions against Russia over bombings in Aleppo. At least they have stopped murmuring about the gross stupidity of ‘no fly’ zones that would be likely to lead to shooting war. Typically, they are too late in stepping up to the plate. While they dithered, Putin acted and he has been on the front foot ever since. That’s unlikely to change and the final scenario will involve Assad in power over at least a part of Syria and Russia with a base in Syria.

    Tuesday 18th October – a Russian fleet seems to be heading for the English Channel en-route for the Eastern Mediterranean to support Assad in Syria. Instead of shadowing it with naval ships and aircraft I suggest that P&O and Cunard pull all their cruise liners into The Channel. Passengers would almost certainly pay a premium to escort the heavily armed fleet. It would also give Entertainment Managers the opportunity to organize great British ‘sailaways’ throughout daylight hours. Pop music combined with passengers singing Rule Britannia and waving plastic flags would cause more embarrassment to the warships than anything our armed forces can muster.