HUMOUR

How gullible are we?

Diary has heard about the politics of the pork barrel, but the trail of political scandal from last week’s Budget had a rather fishy taint of the seagull.

Diary has heard about the politics of the pork barrel, but the trail of political scandal from last week's Budget had a rather fishy taint of the seagull.

Hackles were raised that the need to protect urban grockles from the depredations of this scavenging marine bird of ill omen amounted to a £250,000 funding handout, according the small print in the Treasury red book.

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