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  And our esteemed Foreign Secretary answered it par excellence with – you guessed it - another lammy – and one of his best so far.... No sooner had the e-ink dried on my last blog when he came up with his real masterstroke. Still obviously smarting from his boss’s attempt to out-lammy him by thinking up the idea of compulsory sight tests for 5.6M drivers over 70, he cunningly used his ‘outing’ this week with US Vice President JD Vance to engineer his coup, by exploiting said gentleman's love of fishing, To ‘forget’ to buy a fishing licence with which to entertain US 'Royalty’ at his own grace and favour lakeside at Chevening was a superb ploy…but to then actually report himself for it was …simply divine. I suspect we’ll not see the comedic like for some time.... His celebrated 'inner voice' should indeed now be telling him "...Well done David.....Once again you’ve managed to raise the nation’s morale another notch at a time when 'all around them ...

  Devotees of the BBC’s Radio 4 ‘Dead Ringers’ Friday Night comedy offering will already be familiar with the phrase “Oh what a lammy”.... The DR team’s most recent series has treated us to hilarious weekly lampoons of our unfortunately rather ‘gaffe-prone’ foreign secretary, thereby doing much to lift the country’s morale at a time of much turbulence and uncertainty on the international and home fronts. If there’s one thing the dear old Beeb has done right in recent months, it’s commission another series of this radio ‘gem’, for which they should rightly accept the credit that’s due… on the other hand, failure to renew or cancellation (heaven forbid!) of this series is simply not an option if they wish to retain the licence fee beyond 2027. Programme planners be warned.... The series is A must for any comedy fan - if you haven’t already sampled the delights, it's available on BBC Sounds now…..just follow the link. But I digress....here's the serious bit.... The ter...

  I have to admit, my first reaction when I saw this news item was “…Oh no, not another lammy …”. It’s perfectly true that road accident statistics, along with small boat crossings, taxes, and other such undesirable phenomena, have been on the up since Labour took power in 2024, but what seems to have escaped the policy makers’ collective notice is that the bulk of RTAs are caused by inexperienced drivers, and notably those under 21.  Insurance companies have long realised this as hard fact, and, as would be expected, their charging structures reflect the  risk, with sky high annual premiums into the thousands now being charged for the under 21s, with the traditional sharp downward transition in cost after age 25 is reached still in force. It’s also true that a small number of thoughtless elderly drivers do neglect their legal (and moral !) obligation to self-declare to DVLA any change in their circumstances which could affect their driving skills…of which a deter...