Drivel From Devizes: Dateline – Sunday 12th March 2023
Here is our weekly round-up of events from D-Town:
1. The row over free speech continues at the DBC (D-Town Broadcasting Corporation) as the organisation seeks to draw a line under the recent activities of its presenters, who have been tweeting negative comments about our Illustrious Leaders in the Town Clowncil. One of its top presenters, Hairy Spinnaker, ex-international bladder-kicker and packeted-snack purveyor, has been suspended from appearing on screen. As a mark of solidarity , his co-presenters, Ian Wrong and Alan Sheepshagger, have declined to appear by shouting “I am Spinnakus!” and “No – I am Spinnakus!”. Meanwhile the public were treated to displays of wildflowers in bloom and the test-card in place of the advertised sports programme, leading viewers to comment on how that had been a considerable improvement on previous editions of the programme.
2. And in bad news for the whole region, it has been announced by central Government that HS2, which was never planned to come anywhere near the West Country, will still not be coming to the West Country. In order to save money on the scheme the original planned date of “never” will be extended “definitely never” and, as some local councillors still fear, that may mean “absolutely, definitively, you-really-don’t-get-it-do-you, bloody never”.
Copyright Andy
Fawthrop 2023
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