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Lycett was not deliberately working in Qatar to improve the image of the country. That may well be the effect, and indirectly that is obviously how it works, but it doesn't reflect on his motives for working there. And again, even if he had, it wouldn't matter. Whether somebody is being a...

Yes, Beckham's bad at playing the PR game. Obviously. Christ, he's not even trying anymore. And you know Lycett wasn't working for Qatari money. It's literally written several times above this on the thread. You want to be contrary and interesting, try harder.

Whether that would be hypocrisy on Johnson's part would depend on whether he was being paid by the Qatari government to participate in said freakshow in order to make them look good. In any case, even if he was being a hypocrite, it wouldn't invalidate the criticism. The fact that you've thrown...

If you think stating straightforward facts is somebody doing their utmost do defend the indefensible, you clearly haven't read enough of [insert obvious poster's name here] on the political threads. He really isn't getting praised for being the victim. I'd say "victim" is almost the last word...

Out of interest, how are you defining "posh" in this context?

Some of us were put on this earth to get attention by setting ourselves on fire, some of us were put down to make viral videos. To be fair, it's not like Lycett needs the attention. And shredding money always gains a disproportionate amount of publicity because it attacks the conceit at the...

I watched Who Killed The KLF a few weeks ago. At least one of them said he really regretted burning the money, for the entirely prosaic reason that he could really have done with having it. Turns out burning £1m and then deleting your entire back catalogue isn't a sound financial strategy.

At a time of high inflation, burning money would seem to be an excellent idea. Maybe the government should do more of it. Seriously though, the whole point of any protest is to get publicity. Burning £10,000 doesn't actually cost anybody anything, and gets in all the papers. Whereas, for...